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Espresso test failed, no feedback to help me figure out why

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
android, java
Domain
mobile, testing

Research direction

Start by reproducing the Espresso failure with the listed AndroidX Test versions on Android 10 or Android 13, then inspect connected.zip and the available logs. Done means the failing test produces actionable diagnostic output, such as a stack trace or assertion error, that explains the cause.

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Description

Description

As far as I know, I'm writing my Espresso tests correctly. However, they fail when I run them, and there's nothing that's telling me why they fail so I can fix them. There's no stack trace, no assertion errors in logs, nothing.

Expected Results

In theory, my test should pass.

Actual Results

The test fails, with no information or indication of why it failed.

Here are my only logs. Good luck finding the cause from them.
connected.zip

AndroidX Test and Android OS Versions
androidx.test:core:1.5.0
androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.4.0
androidx.test.ext:junit-ktx:1.1.5
androidx.test:runner:1.5.2
androidx.test:rules:1.5.0

Android 10, Android 13

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