Run command before retry or before last retry

[oeresundsgruppen]

Would it be an idea to allow to run a command before a retry or before last retry, e.g. restart a service, reload db etc.

CommandBeforeRetry=sqlcmd delete from tableX
CommandBeforeLastRetry=gradlew restartX && wait 60

Maybe I could add this and make PR for your review ?

[oeresundsgruppen]

This is beneficial when tests are not mackovian, e.g. they built up state...

[pshevche]

@oeresundsgruppen , thank you for reporting this proposal and volunteering to work on this. Could you help us understand the scenario better?

It seems like the class' lifecycle methods like JUnit's @BeforeEach or @BeforeAll would be a good place for such commands. Those will be executed before each retry, and you could then restart a service, etc.

Can you maybe give an example where this will not work?