spring testing: Another CacheManager with same name 'myCacheManager' already exists in the same VM

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Before you mark this as duplicate please read the question first. I've read all the stuff about this exception however it does not solve the issue for me. And I do get a slightly different exception eg `Another CacheManager with same name 'myCacheManager' already exists` instead of `Another unnamed CacheManager already exists`. Spring config: ``` ``` ehcache ``` ``` The Problem is that I have 1 (in the future more) test classes that test security. these classes also loa…

Accepted Answer

Add `@DirtiesContext` annotation to your test class:

```
@ContextConfiguration(...)
@RunWith(...)
@DirtiesContext // <== add e.g. on class level
public class MyTest {
    // ...
}
```

This annotation indicates that the application context associated with a test is dirty and should be closed. Subsequent tests will be supplied a new context. Works on class-level and method-level.

spring testing: Another CacheManager with same name 'myCacheManager' already exists in the same VM

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