maven surefire plugin runtime exception - writing xml report stdout/stderr

Problem: Sometimes you get the RunTime exception in your java projects. Example in an enterprise spring boot application when you use:

> mvn clean install

or, mvn package

See the error snapshot below:

Tests run: 325, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[INFO] BUILD FAILURE

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[INFO] Total time:  24:49 min

[INFO] Finished at: 2020-04-13T13:25:50+05:30

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.19.1:test (default-test) on project postbooking-ndc-pad: Execution default-test of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.19.1:test failed: java.lang.RuntimeException: org.apache.maven.surefire.report.ReporterException: When writing xml report stdout/stderr: /var/folders/3r/wl3bcq6x0cq1_zxj94xtz6ww0000gn/T/stdout8283814721678605256deferred (No such file or directory) -> [Help 1]

[ERROR] 

[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.

[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.

[ERROR] 

[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:

[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginExecutionException

Root cause:

This mainly happens because of using wrong/ old version of suefire in your pom.xml while some parts of your code requires higher versions in compilation.

Possible remediation:

1. Either ignore tests while building

>mvn install -DskipTests

2. or,  use latest Surefire in pom.xml 2.22.0