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JUnit XML — Every Test Skipped

A suite in which every case was skipped, so tests equals skipped and nothing actually ran. A gate that reads only the failure count calls this green; one that checks executed>0 catches it.

Preview — first 15 linesxml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<testsuites>
  <testsuite name="cart.DiscountTest" tests="3" failures="0" errors="0" skipped="3" time="0.003" timestamp="2026-08-07T09:14:22" hostname="ci-runner-04">
    <testcase classname="cart.DiscountTest" name="appliesLoyaltyTier" time="0.001">
      <skipped message="loyalty tiers are disabled in the CI profile"/>
    </testcase>
    <testcase classname="cart.DiscountTest" name="appliesPartnerRate" time="0.001">
      <skipped message="loyalty tiers are disabled in the CI profile"/>
    </testcase>
    <testcase classname="cart.DiscountTest" name="appliesSeasonalOverride" time="0.001">
      <skipped message="loyalty tiers are disabled in the CI profile"/>
    </testcase>
  </testsuite>
</testsuites>

Specifications

Seed
61200
Dialect
surefire
Encoding
UTF-8
Line Endings
LF
Tests
3
Failures
0
Errors
0
Skipped
3
Passed
0

Testing contract

Expected to pass
Scenario
Decide whether a run in which nothing executed should pass a CI gate.
Expected result
tests=3 and skipped=3 with failures=0, so zero cases executed — a gate keyed only on failures would wrongly report success.

What is a .xml file?

XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a verbose, self-describing markup language using nested tags, attributes, and namespaces to represent structured, hierarchical data. It supports schemas, entities, and validation and underlies many document and data formats. It remains common in enterprise, publishing, and interchange contexts.

How to use this file

Use an example XML file to test parsers, namespace and schema validation, XPath queries, and protection against entity-expansion and external-entity attacks.

How to use this file for testing

“JUnit XML — Every Test Skipped” is a deterministic Novus Examples fixture for Error handling, Conversion testing, Log parsing. Deliberately corrupt and invalid files, clearly labelled, for testing how your tool fails.

Documented properties for this file: seed 61200 · UTF-8 · LF. Compare results against paired or grouped companions on this page when present (clean↔damaged, searchable↔scanned, or format twins) so scores stay reproducible across runs.

Download the file once, keep the path stable in CI or local scripts, and treat the spec table as the contract: dimensions, seeds, field lists, and roles are intentional. Corrupt or invalid samples are labelled as such — expect parsers to fail loudly rather than silently accept them.

Test and coverage reports document their totals (suites, cases, passes, failures, skips, covered lines) in the spec table. Point your CI dashboard, coverage gate, or report converter at the file and assert those counts survive; format twins carry identical numbers so a conversion can be scored exactly.

Code examples

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

tree = ET.parse("outcome-skipped-only.xml")
root = tree.getroot()
print(root.tag, [c.tag for c in root][:5])

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