#19725·spring-security

XML configuration tests fail with a non-English locale

Author: noojungCreated Sep 15, 2026Updated Sep 15, 2026

Labelsstatus: waiting-for-triagetype: bug

Describe the bug

Three tests in spring-security-config assert on the text of XML schema validation errors produced by the JDK's built-in Xerces. Those messages are localized by the JDK, so the tests fails whenever the build runs with a non-English default locale.

    JdbcUserServiceBeanDefinitionParserTests > testMissingDataSourceRef() FAILED
    HttpHeadersConfigTests > configureWhenUsingHpkpWithoutPinsThenAutowireFails() FAILED
    HttpHeadersConfigTests > configureWhenUsingHpkpWithEmptyPinsThenAutowireFails() FAILED

    3661 tests completed, 3 failed, 6 skipped

The exception-type assertions pass; only the message comparison fails:

    en_US  cvc-complex-type.4: Attribute 'data-source-ref' must appear on element 'jdbc-user-service'.
    ko_KR  cvc-complex-type.4: 'data-source-ref' 속성은 'jdbc-user-service' 요소에 나타나야 합니다.
    ja_JP  cvc-complex-type.4: 要素'jdbc-user-service'に属性'data-source-ref'が必要です。

To Reproduce

You can easily reproduce this by forcing a non-English locale in your terminal using JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS:

JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS="-Duser.language=ko -Duser.country=KR" \
./gradlew :spring-security-config:test \
  --rerun-tasks --no-build-cache

Gradle propagates user.language/user.country from the daemon to test workers, so this reproduces regardless of the host machine's locale.

Environment

JDK 25 (Temurin 25.0.4), Gradle 9.7.1, macOS 15

Source: spring-projects/spring-security

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