# Run tests from intellij idea

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-tests-from-intellij-idea/177100>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 16, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-tests-from-intellij-idea/177100 "2019-04-16T14:08:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![754b65d236a544450766](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/754b65d236a544450766/32/43562_2.png) [@754b65d236a544450766](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/754b65d236a544450766)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-tests-from-intellij-idea/177100/1 "2019-04-16T14:08:19Z")

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Good afternoon.

I'm trying to run test from intellij idea. I have executed all the advices from **CONTRIBUTING.md** ( in the "Configuring IDEs And Running Tests" chapter):

> <https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md>

Unfortunately I have the same error for all the tests I run:

"Error:(31, 16) java: cannot find symbol  
symbol: variable ExtendedPluginsClassLoader  
location: class org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginLoaderIndirection"

The class PluginLoaderIndirection is ok, no dependencies error. I even have started the elasticsearch from sources with kibana and it works good. Could you help me please?

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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-tests-from-intellij-idea/177100/2 "2019-04-16T14:17:39Z")

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This looks like this issue:

> <https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/31555>

The solution is to run a test from the main project first. `org.elasticsearch.common.ReleasablesTests` is a good candidate, it's very short.

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**Author:** ![754b65d236a544450766](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/754b65d236a544450766/32/43562_2.png) [@754b65d236a544450766](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/754b65d236a544450766)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-tests-from-intellij-idea/177100/3 "2019-04-16T14:22:22Z")

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Oops, I overlooked that. Thanks very much.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-tests-from-intellij-idea/177100/4 "2019-05-14T14:22:34Z")

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