Apache/ Maven/ Surefire/ Maven Failsafe Plugin/ Introduction | Last Published: 2024-07-07 Version: 3.3.1 The Failsafe Plugin is designed to run integration tests while the Surefire Plugin is designed to run unit tests. The name (failsafe) was chosen both because it is a synonym of surefire and because it implies that when it fails, it does so in a safe way. The Maven lifecycle has four phases for