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• Skype installs a Firefox extension that can cause Selenium RC to crash. Workaround is to remove the Skype extension from your Firefox or Chrome instance.
• If your test runs correctly when ran alone but fails with the error message "ERROR Server Exception: sessionId should not be null; has this session been started yet?", make sure that you have a @ContextConfiguration line before your class definition (see ClientLoanRepaymentPeriodTest).
• If your test doesn't run together with the other suites, make sure that the class name matches one of: Test, Test or *TestCase.

DB unit dependency

As part of MIFOS-4590, there is currently an on-going effort to refactor the current suite of acceptance tests to minimize dependency on the DB unit based XML datasets. As a result, a new test group, no_db_unit, has been introduced to categorize tests that do not need DB unit dependency. Currently, the Maven POM for acceptance tests, ensures that all tests in the no_db_unit group are executed prior to executing the rest of the acceptance tests. This ensures that the no_db_unit group of tests do not inadvertently depend on the XML data sets used by the older tests.

In summary, if you are adding an acceptance test to the current suite, ensure that you look at an existing test in the no_db_unit category and see how the test data is setup & managed. Try & avoid loading your seed data from an XML dataset whenever possible.