Running in parallel suppresses output from failed examples
Author: rkennedyCreated Oct 31, 2025Updated Nov 4, 2025
I have a module whose tests include some testable examples. The examples run, and the failure is detected, but I've found that if I use ginkgo run -p to run tests in parallel, then the output of failed examples never gets printed.
Running sequentially:
$ ginkgo run .
Running Suite: Examples - /Users/Rob.Kennedy/src/ginkgo-example-bug
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Random Seed: 1761932072
Will run 1 of 1 specs
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Ran 1 of 1 Specs in 0.000 seconds
SUCCESS! -- 1 Passed | 0 Failed | 0 Pending | 0 Skipped
--- FAIL: ExampleFoo (0.00s)
got:
foo
want:
bar
FAIL
Ginkgo ran 1 suite in 706.842041ms
Test Suite Failed
exit status 1Running parallel:
$ ginkgo run -p .
Running Suite: Examples - /Users/Rob.Kennedy/src/ginkgo-example-bug
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Random Seed: 1761932054
Will run 1 of 1 specs
Running in parallel across 7 processes
•
Ran 1 of 1 Specs in 0.004 seconds
SUCCESS! -- 1 Passed | 0 Failed | 0 Pending | 0 Skipped
Ginkgo ran 1 suite in 2.404204125s
Test Suite Failed
exit status 1We can see above that we still get "Test Suite failed," but we're not shown what failed.
Source: onsi/ginkgo