Run all tests except for a JUnit Category in IntelliJ

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I pretty much only use JUnit Categories for non-unit tests that I don't want to run as part of the test suite. In NUnit I could use Explicit, but the only thing I've found comparable in JUnit is a Category. In gradle, it's simple to exclude a Category, but I can't figure out how to do this with IntelliJ's test runner. I see how to run tests that belong to a Category, but not how to exclude them.

I don't think IntelliJ's built-in test runner is intelligent enough to handle this by itself. Ever consider delegating that action to Gradle instead? — Makoto, Jul 05 '17 at 14:48
When I need to do this, it's specifically to not use gradle, e.g. troubleshooting, debugging — Novaterata, Jul 05 '17 at 14:52
For example, there are bugs that manifest as the gradle test runner either failing silently or hanging indefinitely. It's much easier to pin point the problem with a GUI — Novaterata, Jul 05 '17 at 14:54
You can specify a category in the debug configuration for a test: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/run-debug-configuration-junit.html However, it looks like there is no way to exclude a category. — matt helliwell, Jul 09 '17 at 10:14
It's work in progress: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-153780 . You can upvote the issue to make it a bit higher priority. — Pieter De Bie, Jul 30 '19 at 08:30
@Pieter De Bie thanks, I'm one of the participants in the comments. I've switched to always using Gradle to run tests, which supports the scenario via custom test tasks. — Novaterata, Jul 30 '19 at 19:30

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 07 '20 at 14:26

Some time has passed since I asked this question, and in that time the Gradle test runner has become the default (at least for me). So though the built-in runner may not have this functionality, you can easily create a gradle task that excludes categories or tags:

test {
    useJUnitPlatform {
        excludeTags 'integrationTest'
        excludeTags 'endToEndTest'
        excludeTags 'testDriver'
    }
    options {
        exclude '**/*Integration*'
        exclude 'integrationTest'
        exclude 'endToEndTest'
        exclude 'testDriver'
    }

}

Run all tests except for a JUnit Category in IntelliJ

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