Release Notes

Deprecate constructors for ForkJoinPoolHierarchicalTestExecutorService in favor of the new ParallelHierarchicalTestExecutorServiceFactory that also supports WorkerThreadPoolHierarchicalTestExecutorService.

Support for creating a ModuleSelector from a java.lang.Module and using its classloader for test discovery.

New WorkerThreadPoolHierarchicalTestExecutorService implementation used for parallel test execution that is backed by a regular thread pool rather than a ForkJoinPool. Engine authors should switch to use ParallelHierarchicalTestExecutorServiceFactory rather than instantiating a concrete HierarchicalTestExecutorService implementation for parallel execution directly.

OpenTestReportGeneratingListener now supports redirecting XML events to a socket via the new junit.platform.reporting.open.xml.socket configuration parameter. When set to a port number, events are sent to 127.0.0.1:<port> instead of being written to a file.

Allow implementations of HierarchicalTestEngine to specify which nodes require the global read lock by overriding the Node.isGlobalReadLockRequired() method to return false.

Introduce new module org.junit.start for writing and running tests. It simplifies using JUnit in compact source files together with a single module import statement:

Introduce new dynamicTest(Consumer<? super Configuration>) factory method for dynamic tests. It allows configuring the ExecutionMode of the dynamic test in addition to its display name, test source URI, and executable.

Introduce new dynamicContainer(Consumer<? super Configuration>) factory method for dynamic containers. It allows configuring the ExecutionMode of the dynamic container and/or its children in addition to its display name, test source URI, and children.

Enrich assertInstanceOf failure using the test subject Throwable as cause. It results in the stack trace of the test subject Throwable to get reported along with the failure.

Make implementation of HierarchicalTestExecutorService used for parallel test execution configurable via the new junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.config.executor-service configuration parameter to in order to add support for WorkerThreadPoolHierarchicalTestExecutorService. Please refer to the User Guide for details.