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smehaffieUMB
Occasional Contributor
9 years ago
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403 Error When Running Test In Test Suite

When I run a test it passes, but when I run all the test through the test suite Iget a 403 (Access Forbidden).  So why do the same test run when run directly but fail when run through the test suite....
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    smehaffieUMB
    9 years ago

    I found out what the issue was.  On our new Win2012 servers we had some setting setup to help stop DOS attacks. This cuased the test to fails after so many were runs successfully because the server saw the request as DOS attack because of the number of request coming from the same IP in such a quick manner.  We disabled this feature and that took care of the issue. 

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nmrao
Champion Level 3
In my openion, there could be two possibilities here.
1. could be an issue with application that is under test. To avoid complexties/ isolate the issue, try to test manually in the same sequence where you notice problem.

2. Something causing the interdepency or loosing the application state when the steps are interchanged.
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smehaffieUMB
Occasional Contributor
9 years ago

I already did the test individual.  I can go straight down the list and run each test individual and they all pass, it is only when run together as a "test suite" that at some point all the test start failing.  But runnign them manually and they pass.

  • smehaffieUMB's avatar
    smehaffieUMB
    Occasional Contributor
    9 years ago

    I found out what the issue was.  On our new Win2012 servers we had some setting setup to help stop DOS attacks. This cuased the test to fails after so many were runs successfully because the server saw the request as DOS attack because of the number of request coming from the same IP in such a quick manner.  We disabled this feature and that took care of the issue.