Debugging "org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.SurefireBooterForkException: There was an error in the forked process null" error

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I'm having an issue diagnosing a problem with an automated test framework. I wasn't the one who set it up, so there are some knowledge gaps in my understanding but any help would be appreciated. I've attached some information below to help troubleshoot the problem.

Additional comments that may be useful:

This is being run on a Linux machine
This works on my local Windows eclipse IDE, but not the Linux machine
Removing the <suiteXmlFiles> within the pom.xml file removes the error, it just passes because there's 0 tests, but we never run into the error

Here is a list of fixes that I tried:

Changing the owner of the files to the user running mvn test
Changing the version of maven-surefire-plugin to a variety of different versions
Changing the read/write/execute permissions of pom.xml and the Testng.xml file
Added forkCount 0 per this thread

Error when running mvn test

Please refer to /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/Trax_Automation-ProdValidation-Test-Backup/target/surefire-reports for the individual test results.
Please refer to dump files (if any exist) [date].dump, [date]-jvmRun[N].dump and [date].dumpstream.
There was an error in the forked process
null
org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.SurefireBooterForkException: There was an error in the forked process
null
        at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter.fork(ForkStarter.java:656)
        at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter.run(ForkStarter.java:282)
        at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter.run(ForkStarter.java:245)
        at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.executeProvider(AbstractSurefireMojo.java:1183)
        at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.executeAfterPreconditionsChecked(AbstractSurefireMojo.java:1011)
        at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.execute(AbstractSurefireMojo.java:857)
        at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:137)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:210)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:156)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:148)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:117)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:81)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:56)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:128)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:305)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:192)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:105)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:957)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:289)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:193)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
        at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:282)
        at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:225)
        at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:406)
        at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:347)

    at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.SurefireHelper.throwException (SurefireHelper.java:284)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.SurefireHelper.reportExecution (SurefireHelper.java:161)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.SurefirePlugin.handleSummary (SurefirePlugin.java:364)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.executeAfterPreconditionsChecked (AbstractSurefireMojo.java:1041)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.execute (AbstractSurefireMojo.java:857)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo (DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:137)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:210)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:156)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:148)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:117)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:81)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build (SingleThreadedBuilder.java:56)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute (LifecycleStarter.java:128)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:305)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:192)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute (DefaultMaven.java:105)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute (MavenCli.java:957)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain (MavenCli.java:289)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main (MavenCli.java:193)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0 (Native Method)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:566)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced (Launcher.java:282)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch (Launcher.java:225)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode (Launcher.java:406)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main (Launcher.java:347)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.SurefireBooterForkException: There was an error in the forked process
null
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter.fork (ForkStarter.java:656)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter.run (ForkStarter.java:282)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter.run (ForkStarter.java:245)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.executeProvider (AbstractSurefireMojo.java:1183)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.executeAfterPreconditionsChecked (AbstractSurefireMojo.java:1011)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.execute (AbstractSurefireMojo.java:857)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo (DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:137)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:210)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:156)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:148)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:117)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:81)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build (SingleThreadedBuilder.java:56)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute (LifecycleStarter.java:128)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:305)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:192)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute (DefaultMaven.java:105)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute (MavenCli.java:957)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain (MavenCli.java:289)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main (MavenCli.java:193)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0 (Native Method)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:566)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced (Launcher.java:282)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch (Launcher.java:225)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode (Launcher.java:406)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main (Launcher.java:347)

pom.xml

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
        <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

        <groupId>traxKOUR</groupId>
        <artifactId>traxKOUR</artifactId>
        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
        <packaging>jar</packaging>

        <name>traxV1</name>
        <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

        <properties>
                <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        </properties>

        <!-- Plug-ins required for executing Tests -->
        <build>
                <plugins>
                        <plugin>
                                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                                <version>2.3.2</version>
                                <configuration>
                                        <source>1.7</source>
                                        <target>1.7</target>
                                </configuration>
                        </plugin>
                        <plugin>
                                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                                <version>2.22.1</version>
                                <configuration>
                                        <suiteXmlFiles>
                                                <!-- TestNG suite XML files -->
                                                <suiteXmlFile>Testng.xml</suiteXmlFile>
                                        </suiteXmlFiles>
                                        <printSummary>true</printSummary>
                                </configuration>
                        </plugin>

                </plugins>

        </build>
        <!-- Dependencies required for Project -->

        <dependencies>

                <dependency>
                        <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
                        <artifactId>google-api-services-gmail</artifactId>
                        <version>v1-rev105-1.25.0</version>
                </dependency>

                <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.testautomationguru.pdfutil/pdf-util -->
                <dependency>
                        <groupId>com.testautomationguru.pdfutil</groupId>
                        <artifactId>pdf-util</artifactId>
                        <version>0.0.3</version>
                </dependency>
                <!-- Checking pdf file and whether is corrupted or not -->
                <dependency>
                        <groupId>com.j256.simplemagic</groupId>
                        <artifactId>simplemagic</artifactId>
                        <version>1.8</version>
                </dependency>
                <dependency>
                        <groupId>com.sun.mail</groupId>
                        <artifactId>smtp</artifactId>
                        <version>1.6.0</version>
                </dependency>

                <dependency>
                        <groupId>com.sun.mail</groupId>
                        <artifactId>javax.mail</artifactId>
                        <version>1.6.0</version>
                </dependency>

                <dependency>
                        <groupId>junit</groupId>
                        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
                        <version>3.8.1</version>
                        <scope>test</scope>
                </dependency>

                <dependency>
                        <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
                        <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
                        <version>3.14.0</version>
                </dependency>

                <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.mail/javax.mail-api -->
                <dependency>
                        <groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
                        <artifactId>javax.mail-api</artifactId>
                        <version>1.6.2</version>
                </dependency>

        <dependency>
                        <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
                        <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
                        <version>7.1.0</version>
                        <scope>test</scope>
                </dependency>

                <dependency>
                        <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
                        <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
                        <version>3.17</version>
                </dependency>

                <dependency>
                        <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
                        <artifactId>pdfbox</artifactId>
                        <version>2.0.16</version>
                </dependency>

                <dependency>
                        <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
                        <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
                        <version>3.17</version>
                </dependency>

                <dependency>
                        <groupId>com.aventstack</groupId>
                        <artifactId>extentreports</artifactId>
                        <version>3.1.5</version>
                </dependency>

                <dependency>
                        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                        <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
                        <version>3.0</version>
                </dependency>
                <dependency>
                        <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
                        <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
                        <version>1.3.2</version>
                </dependency>

                <dependency>
                        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
                        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
                        <version>1.2.17</version>
                </dependency>

                <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.googlecode.json-simple/json-simple FOR TEST RAIL -->
                <dependency>
                        <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
                        <artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
                        <version>1.1.1</version>
                </dependency>

                <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.json/json FOR TEST RAIL -->
                <dependency>
                        <groupId>org.json</groupId>
                        <artifactId>json</artifactId>
                        <version>20200518</version>
                </dependency>
        </dependencies>

</project>

Testng.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd">
<suite name="TraxV1">
        <listeners>
                <listener class-name="com.trax.utilities.Reporting" />
        </listeners>
        <test name="trax Test">
                <parameter name="browser" value="chromeLinux" />
                <!-- <groups> <run> <include name="smoke" /> <exclude name= "krishna" />
                        </run> </groups> -->
                <classes>
                    <class name="com.trax.testCases.TC_readPublicPrivateFilters" />
                    <class name="com.trax.testCases.TC_readTraxitInternalEventNotes" />
                        <class name="com.trax.testCases.TC_readUsersProjectsProposals" />
                        <class name="com.trax.testCases.TC_readActiveCustomersActiveSuppliers" />
                        <class name="com.trax.testCases.TC_readAttachmentsAPInvoices" />
                        <class name="com.trax.testCases.TC_readAttachmentsChkLogsBidsSubmittalsBills" />
                        <class name="com.trax.testCases.TC_readBlueBeamForJobProject" />
                        <class name="com.trax.testCases.TC_readCollectionsScoreboard" />
                        <class name="com.trax.testCases.TC_readCompanyRepCommissionViewer" />
                        <class name="com.trax.testCases.TC_readInternalProjectRevenueTable" />
                        <class name="com.trax.testCases.TC_readJobSearchPurchaseAgencyOrders" />
                        <class name="com.trax.testCases.TC_readMfrNonInventoriedProducts" />
                        <class name="com.trax.testCases.TC_readMfrQuotaReport" />
                        <class name="com.trax.testCases.TC_readReleaseNotesCompanyLinks" />
                        <class name="com.trax.testCases.TC_readSOTUReports" />
                        <class name="com.trax.testCases.TC_readSubmittalsTraxits" />
                </classes>
        </test>
</suite>

You are using pretty old plugins versions (both surefire and compiler). It would be good to check if the same error happens if you update them. — Piotr Michalczyk, Sep 28 '21 at 19:45

Debugging "org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.SurefireBooterForkException: There was an error in the forked process null" error

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