play framework test connection refused <p>I have a huge problem with my play 2.4 application. Every time I try to start my application with <code>activator test</code>, I get the following error:</p> <pre><code>java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: localhost/127.0.0.1:9000, took 0.0 sec [error] at com.ning.http.client.providers.netty.request.NettyConnectListener.onFutureFailure(NettyConnectListener.java:128) [error] at com.ning.http.client.providers.netty.request.NettyConnectListener.operationComplete(NettyConnectListener.java:140) [error] at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelFuture.notifyListener(DefaultChannelFuture.java:409) [error] at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelFuture.addListener(DefaultChannelFuture.java:145) [error] at com.ning.http.client.providers.netty.request.NettyRequestSender.sendRequestWithNewChannel(NettyRequestSender.java:283) [error] at com.ning.http.client.providers.netty.request.NettyRequestSender.sendRequestWithCertainForceConnect(NettyRequestSender.java:140) [error] at com.ning.http.client.providers.netty.request.NettyRequestSender.sendRequest(NettyRequestSender.java:115) [error] at com.ning.http.client.providers.netty.NettyAsyncHttpProvider.execute(NettyAsyncHttpProvider.java:87) [error] at com.ning.http.client.AsyncHttpClient.executeRequest(AsyncHttpClient.java:506) [error] at play.libs.ws.ning.NingWSRequest.execute(NingWSRequest.java:509) [error] at play.libs.ws.ning.NingWSRequest.execute(NingWSRequest.java:395) [error] at play.libs.ws.ning.NingWSRequest.post(NingWSRequest.java:322) [error] at controllers.projeckerSystem.LoginController.login(LoginController.java:28) [error] at projeckerSystem.Routes$$anonfun$routes$1$$anonfun$applyOrElse$1$$anonfun$apply$1.apply(Routes.scala:504) [error] at projeckerSystem.Routes$$anonfun$routes$1$$anonfun$applyOrElse$1$$anonfun$apply$1.apply(Routes.scala:504) [error] at play.core.routing.HandlerInvokerFactory$$anon$5.resultCall(HandlerInvoker.scala:139) [error] at play.core.routing.HandlerInvokerFactory$JavaActionInvokerFactory$$anon$14$$anon$3$$anon$1.invocation(HandlerInvoker.scala:127) [error] at play.core.j.JavaAction$$anon$1.call(JavaAction.scala:70) [error] at play.GlobalSettings$1.call(GlobalSettings.java:67) [error] at play.db.jpa.TransactionalAction.lambda$call$5(TransactionalAction.java:19) [error] at play.db.jpa.DefaultJPAApi.withTransaction(DefaultJPAApi.java:136) [error] at play.db.jpa.JPA.withTransaction(JPA.java:159) [error] at play.db.jpa.TransactionalAction.call(TransactionalAction.java:16) [error] at play.core.j.JavaAction$$anonfun$7.apply(JavaAction.scala:94) [error] at play.core.j.JavaAction$$anonfun$7.apply(JavaAction.scala:94) [error] at scala.concurrent.impl.Future$PromiseCompletingRunnable.liftedTree1$1(Future.scala:24) [error] at scala.concurrent.impl.Future$PromiseCompletingRunnable.run(Future.scala:24) [error] at play.core.j.HttpExecutionContext$$anon$2.run(HttpExecutionContext.scala:40) [error] at play.api.libs.iteratee.Execution$trampoline$.execute(Execution.scala:70) [error] at play.core.j.HttpExecutionContext.execute(HttpExecutionContext.scala:32) [error] at scala.concurrent.impl.Future$.apply(Future.scala:31) [error] at scala.concurrent.Future$.apply(Future.scala:492) [error] at play.core.j.JavaAction.apply(JavaAction.scala:94) [error] at play.api.mvc.Action$$anonfun$apply$1$$anonfun$apply$4$$anonfun$apply$5.apply(Action.scala:105) [error] at play.api.mvc.Action$$anonfun$apply$1$$anonfun$apply$4$$anonfun$apply$5.apply(Action.scala:105) [error] at play.utils.Threads$.withContextClassLoader(Threads.scala:21) [error] at play.api.mvc.Action$$anonfun$apply$1$$anonfun$apply$4.apply(Action.scala:104) [error] at play.api.mvc.Action$$anonfun$apply$1$$anonfun$apply$4.apply(Action.scala:103) [error] at scala.Option.map(Option.scala:146) [error] at play.api.mvc.Action$$anonfun$apply$1.apply(Action.scala:103) [error] at play.api.mvc.Action$$anonfun$apply$1.apply(Action.scala:96) [error] at play.api.libs.iteratee.Iteratee$$anonfun$mapM$1.apply(Iteratee.scala:524) [error] at play.api.libs.iteratee.Iteratee$$anonfun$mapM$1.apply(Iteratee.scala:524) [error] at play.api.libs.iteratee.Iteratee$$anonfun$flatMapM$1.apply(Iteratee.scala:560) [error] at play.api.libs.iteratee.Iteratee$$anonfun$flatMapM$1.apply(Iteratee.scala:560) [error] at play.api.libs.iteratee.Iteratee$$anonfun$flatMap$1$$anonfun$apply$14.apply(Iteratee.scala:537) [error] at play.api.libs.iteratee.Iteratee$$anonfun$flatMap$1$$anonfun$apply$14.apply(Iteratee.scala:537) [error] at scala.concurrent.impl.Future$PromiseCompletingRunnable.liftedTree1$1(Future.scala:24) [error] at scala.concurrent.impl.Future$PromiseCompletingRunnable.run(Future.scala:24) [error] at akka.dispatch.TaskInvocation.run(AbstractDispatcher.scala:40) [error] at akka.dispatch.ForkJoinExecutorConfigurator$AkkaForkJoinTask.exec(AbstractDispatcher.scala:397) [error] at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinTask.doExec(ForkJoinTask.java:260) [error] at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.runTask(ForkJoinPool.java:1339) [error] at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(ForkJoinPool.java:1979) [error] at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(ForkJoinWorkerThread.java:107) [error] Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: localhost/127.0.0.1:9000 [error] at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.checkConnect(Native Method) [error] at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.finishConnect(SocketChannelImpl.java:717) [error] at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioClientBoss.connect(NioClientBoss.java:152) [error] at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioClientBoss.processSelectedKeys(NioClientBoss.java:105) [error] at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioClientBoss.process(NioClientBoss.java:79) [error] at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.AbstractNioSelector.run(AbstractNioSelector.java:337) [error] at org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioClientBoss.run(NioClientBoss.java:42) [error] at org.jboss.netty.util.ThreadRenamingRunnable.run(ThreadRenamingRunnable.java:108) [error] at org.jboss.netty.util.internal.DeadLockProofWorker$1.run(DeadLockProofWorker.java:42) [error] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [error] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [error] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) </code></pre> <p>When I start a second application with <code>activator run</code> and execute the test again, there is no problem and the test runs through successfully. I suspect that there is something wrong with the configuration, but I can't find the problem. Can anybody help?</p> <p>Edit: Here is some of my code.</p> <pre><code>@Test public void test(){ RequestBuilder requestBuilder = new RequestBuilder() .method(Helpers.POST) .uri("..."); Result result = Helpers.route(request); assertEquals(OK, result.status()); } </code></pre> <p>I start the FakeApplication globally within the <code>BeforeClass</code> method.</p> <pre><code>@BeforeClass public static void startApp(){ app = Helpers.fakeApplication(); Helpers.start(app); } </code></pre>