Quarkus Verification Loop
Run before PRs, after major changes, and pre-deploy.
When to Activate
- Before opening a pull request for a Quarkus service
- After major refactoring or dependency upgrades
- Pre-deployment verification for staging or production
- Running full build → lint → test → security scan → native compilation pipeline
- Validating test coverage meets thresholds (80%+)
- Testing native image compatibility
Phase 1: Build
bash# Maven mvn clean verify -DskipTests # Gradle ./gradlew clean assemble -x test
If build fails, stop and fix compilation errors.
Phase 2: Static Analysis
Checkstyle, PMD, SpotBugs (Maven)
bashmvn checkstyle:check pmd:check spotbugs:check
SonarQube (if configured)
bashmvn sonar:sonar \ -Dsonar.projectKey=my-quarkus-project \ -Dsonar.host.url=http://localhost:9000 \ -Dsonar.login=${SONAR_TOKEN}
Common Issues to Address
- Unused imports or variables
- Complex methods (high cyclomatic complexity)
- Potential null pointer dereferences
- Security issues flagged by SpotBugs
Phase 3: Tests + Coverage
bash# Run all tests mvn clean test # Generate coverage report mvn jacoco:report # Enforce coverage threshold (80%) mvn jacoco:check # Or with Gradle ./gradlew test jacocoTestReport jacocoTestCoverageVerification
Test Categories
Unit Tests
Test service logic with mocked dependencies:
java@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class) class UserServiceTest { @Mock UserRepository userRepository; @InjectMocks UserService userService; @Test void createUser_validInput_returnsUser() { var dto = new CreateUserDto("Alice", "alice@example.com"); // Panache persist() is void: use doNothing + verify doNothing().when(userRepository).persist(any(User.class)); User result = userService.create(dto); assertThat(result.name).isEqualTo("Alice"); verify(userRepository).persist(any(User.class)); } }
Integration Tests
Test with real database (Testcontainers):
java@QuarkusTest @QuarkusTestResource(PostgresTestResource.class) class UserRepositoryIntegrationTest { @Inject UserRepository userRepository; @Test @Transactional void findByEmail_existingUser_returnsUser() { User user = new User(); user.name = "Alice"; user.email = "alice@example.com"; userRepository.persist(user); Optional<User> found = userRepository.findByEmail("alice@example.com"); assertThat(found).isPresent(); assertThat(found.get().name).isEqualTo("Alice"); } }
API Tests
Test REST endpoints with REST Assured:
java@QuarkusTest class UserResourceTest { @Test void createUser_validInput_returns201() { given() .contentType(ContentType.JSON) .body(""" {"name": "Alice", "email": "alice@example.com"} """) .when().post("/api/users") .then() .statusCode(201) .body("name", equalTo("Alice")); } @Test void createUser_invalidEmail_returns400() { given() .contentType(ContentType.JSON) .body(""" {"name": "Alice", "email": "invalid"} """) .when().post("/api/users") .then() .statusCode(400); } }
Coverage Report
Check target/site/jacoco/index.html for detailed coverage:
- Overall line coverage (target: 80%+)
- Branch coverage (target: 70%+)
- Identify uncovered critical paths
Phase 4: Security Scanning
Dependency Vulnerabilities (Maven)
bashmvn org.owasp:dependency-check-maven:check
Review target/dependency-check-report.html for CVEs.
Quarkus Security Audit
bash# Check vulnerable extensions mvn quarkus:audit # List all extensions mvn quarkus:list-extensions
OWASP ZAP (API Security Testing)
bashdocker run -t owasp/zap2docker-stable zap-api-scan.py \ -t http://localhost:8080/q/openapi \ -f openapi
Common Security Checks
- All secrets in environment variables (not in code)
- Input validation on all endpoints
- Authentication/authorization configured
- CORS properly configured
- Security headers set
- Passwords hashed with BCrypt
- SQL injection protection (parameterized queries)
- Rate limiting on public endpoints
Phase 5: Native Compilation
Test GraalVM native image compatibility:
bash# Build native executable mvn package -Dnative # Or with container mvn package -Dnative -Dquarkus.native.container-build=true # Test native executable ./target/*-runner # Run basic smoke tests curl http://localhost:8080/q/health/live curl http://localhost:8080/q/health/ready
Native Image Troubleshooting
Common issues:
- Reflection: Add reflection config for dynamic classes
- Resources: Include resources with
quarkus.native.resources.includes - JNI: Register JNI classes if using native libraries
Example reflection config:
java@RegisterForReflection(targets = {MyDynamicClass.class}) public class ReflectionConfiguration {}
Phase 6: Performance Testing
Load Testing with K6
javascript// load-test.js import http from 'k6/http'; import { check } from 'k6'; export const options = { stages: [ { duration: '30s', target: 50 }, { duration: '1m', target: 100 }, { duration: '30s', target: 0 }, ], }; export default function () { const res = http.get('http://localhost:8080/api/markets'); check(res, { 'status is 200': (r) => r.status === 200, 'response time < 200ms': (r) => r.timings.duration < 200, }); }
Run:
bashk6 run load-test.js
Metrics to Monitor
- Response time (p50, p95, p99)
- Throughput (requests/sec)
- Error rate
- Memory usage
- CPU usage
Phase 7: Health Checks
bash# Liveness curl http://localhost:8080/q/health/live # Readiness curl http://localhost:8080/q/health/ready # All health checks curl http://localhost:8080/q/health # Metrics (if enabled) curl http://localhost:8080/q/metrics
Expected responses:
json{ "status": "UP", "checks": [ { "name": "Database connection", "status": "UP" } ] }
Phase 8: Container Image Build
bash# Build container image mvn package -Dquarkus.container-image.build=true # Or with specific registry mvn package \ -Dquarkus.container-image.build=true \ -Dquarkus.container-image.registry=docker.io \ -Dquarkus.container-image.group=myorg \ -Dquarkus.container-image.tag=1.0.0 # Test container docker run -p 8080:8080 myorg/my-quarkus-app:1.0.0
Container Security Scan
bash# Trivy trivy image myorg/my-quarkus-app:1.0.0 # Grype grype myorg/my-quarkus-app:1.0.0
Phase 9: Configuration Validation
bash# Check all configuration properties mvn quarkus:info # List all config sources curl http://localhost:8080/q/dev/io.quarkus.quarkus-vertx-http/config
Environment-Specific Checks
- Database URLs configured per environment
- Secrets externalized (Vault, env vars)
- Logging levels appropriate
- CORS origins set correctly
- Rate limiting configured
- Monitoring/tracing enabled
Phase 10: Documentation Review
- OpenAPI/Swagger docs up to date (
/q/swagger-ui) - README has setup instructions
- API changes documented
- Migration guide for breaking changes
- Configuration properties documented
Generate OpenAPI spec:
bashcurl http://localhost:8080/q/openapi -o openapi.json
Verification Checklist
Code Quality
- Build passes without warnings
- Static analysis clean (no high/medium issues)
- Code follows team conventions
- No commented-out code or TODOs in PR
Testing
- All tests pass
- Code coverage ≥ 80%
- Integration tests with real database
- Security tests pass
- Performance within acceptable limits
Security
- No dependency vulnerabilities
- Authentication/authorization tested
- Input validation complete
- Secrets not in source code
- Security headers configured
Deployment
- Native compilation successful
- Container image builds
- Health checks respond correctly
- Configuration valid for target environment
Native Image
- Native executable builds
- Native tests pass
- Startup time < 100ms
- Memory footprint acceptable
Automated Verification Script
bash#!/bin/bash set -e echo "=== Phase 1: Build ===" mvn clean verify -DskipTests echo "=== Phase 2: Static Analysis ===" mvn checkstyle:check pmd:check spotbugs:check echo "=== Phase 3: Tests + Coverage ===" mvn test jacoco:report jacoco:check echo "=== Phase 4: Security Scan ===" mvn org.owasp:dependency-check-maven:check echo "=== Phase 5: Native Compilation ===" mvn package -Dnative -Dquarkus.native.container-build=true echo "=== All Phases Complete ===" echo "Review reports:" echo " - Coverage: target/site/jacoco/index.html" echo " - Security: target/dependency-check-report.html" echo " - Native: target/*-runner"
CI/CD Integration
GitHub Actions Example
yamlname: Verification on: [push, pull_request] jobs: verify: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v3 - name: Set up JDK 21 uses: actions/setup-java@v3 with: java-version: '21' distribution: 'temurin' - name: Cache Maven packages uses: actions/cache@v3 with: path: ~/.m2 key: ${{ runner.os }}-m2-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }} - name: Build run: mvn clean verify -DskipTests - name: Test with Coverage run: mvn test jacoco:report jacoco:check - name: Security Scan run: mvn org.owasp:dependency-check-maven:check - name: Upload Coverage uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3 with: files: target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml
Best Practices
- Run verification loop before every PR
- Automate in CI/CD pipeline
- Fix issues immediately; don't accumulate debt
- Keep coverage above 80%
- Update dependencies regularly
- Test native compilation periodically
- Monitor performance trends
- Document breaking changes
- Review security scan results
- Validate configuration for each environment


