Overview

In Spring Framework 7.1, the TestContext Framework will reliably detect all implicit default context configuration within the type hierarchy or enclosing class hierarchy (for @Nested test classes) above a given test class.

However, test suites may encounter failures once we make that switch in behavior (see #31456 (comment)).

In order to help development teams prepare for the switch in 7.1, we should log a warning whenever we detect default context configuration that is currently ignored.

We should be able to use the new
resolveDefaultContextConfigurationAttributes() method that was introduced in
ContextLoaderUtils in commit 4ae471d to perform such detection.

Related Issues

• Default context config is not detected when superclass or enclosing class is not annotated with @ContextConfiguration #31456
• Document tips to avoid issues with ignored default context configuration in tests #36392