Removed core properties: runDescription, outputDirectoryBaseName

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Gatling version: 3.13.1 (must be up to date)
Gatling flavor: java kotlin scala javascript typescript
Gatling build tool: maven gradle sbt bundle npm

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Hello,
After upgrade from Gatling 3.10.5 to latest (3.13.1) I found that, at least two properties from gatling.core were removed:

  • runDescription
  • outputDirectoryBaseName

What’s interesting report is still showing a placeholder for runDescription:

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Is it still possible to use those properties when maven is responsible for launching tests? For example: mvn clean gatling:test -Dgatling.simulationClass=myClass -Dgatling.core.outputDirectoryBaseName=DIR_NAME -Dgatling.core.runDescription=DESCRIPTION

Thank you in advance!

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Indeed, these options were removed from the config and won’t come back.

runDescription

This can (and always could/should have) been set from your build tool as it’s a plugin parameter.

As you’re using maven, you can use the gatling-maven-plugin gatling.runDescription parameter. You can either set it in the plugin configuration in your pom.xml, or simply pass it from the command line as a System property, eg -Dgatling.runDescription= DESCRIPTION .

outputDirectoryBaseName

This option is dropped and won’t come back as it has no use in any official Gatling component.