Skip Build failure in maven if the integration test fails

Question

I want to skip the build failure even if the integration test fails. I am using maven-failsafe for Integration test. I am currently getting the following:

Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin:2.15:verify (default) on project xxxxx: There are test failures.

Question: Can I use the following for Maven Failsafe Plugin? I know it works for the Surefire plugin, but not sure for failsafe.

-Dmaven.test.failure.ignore=true

Answer 1

Yes, the same parameter is valid for the maven-failsafe-plugin. From the documentation of the verify goal, you can set the testFailureIgnore to true:

Set this to true to ignore a failure during testing. Its use is NOT RECOMMENDED, but quite convenient on occasion.

• Type: boolean
• Required: No
• User Property: maven.test.failure.ignore
• Default: false

The corresponding user property is maven.test.failure.ignore, which means that setting that property on the command line will ignore tests failure.

Answer 2

The Maven Failsafe Plugin documentation for the verify goal also provides this option:

Set this to true to ignore a failure during testing. Its use is NOT RECOMMENDED, but quite convenient on occasion.

The configuration entry is testFailureIgnore while the user property is indeed maven.test.failure.ignore.

So, running:

mvn clean install -Dmaven.test.failure.ignore=true

Would indeed ignore test failures as you guessed.