IntelliJ IDEA debugger skips breakpoints when debugging Maven tests

One solution would be to use remote debugging:

1. configure the surefire plugin: <debugForkedProcess>true</debugForkedProcess>;

2. run the test (will wait for a remote debugger to connect)

3. create and run a remote debug configuration in IntelliJ (will hit your breakpoint); the port to connect to is 5005.

Just disable the forked mode - something like this in your pom file (under project/build/plugins section):

<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.14</version>
<configuration>
    <forkMode>never</forkMode>
</configuration>
</plugin>