"Test Framework quit unexpectedly" error running ignored test

[ShindongLee]

Kotlin 1.8.20 Kotest 5.5.5

@Ignored
class SampleTest: FreeSpec({
    "test" {
        println("test")
    }
})

In earlier versions, it was possible to run a specific test in Kotest by clicking the '>' button next to the test name, even if the corresponding spec was ignored. This was very useful when wanting to run a test in the IDE, but not wanting to run it every time for CI.

However, with the current version, running a single test using the '>' button results in a "Test Framework quit unexpectedly" error. It is not clear whether this is an issue with Kotest or with its IntelliJ plugin.

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[Tomasz-Marciniak]

@ShindongLee - Intellij kotest plugin runs a single test with pure Java command. In my case the test was simply not found because I used @Tags and @RequiresTag annotation so to fix it I had to add the tag to execution configuration.

1. Open run configuration which is failing
2. Click modify option
3. Add "add vm options"
4. -Dkotest.tags="myTag"