Parallel protractor tests are still running sequentially

Question

Looking For: I want to run Specs in Parallel.

Tried:

Included in config file:

shardTestFiles : true,
maxInstances: 4 

Output I see:

Multiple instances are not opening. Still running in serial.

**CONFIG.js**
exports.config = {
framework: 'jasmine2',      //framework Used
seleniumPort: 4444,         // selenium port address
specs: ['./Spec/Master.spec.js'],      //inside this i have 50 Specs
allScriptsTimeout: 50000,
jasmineNodeOpts: {                   //jasmine framework details
    isVerbose: true,
    showColors: true,
    includeStackTrace: true,
    defaultTimeoutInterval: 260000,
    print: function() {}
},

capabilities: {
    'browserName':'chrome',
    'chromeOptions':{'args':['--disable-extensions']},
    shardTestFiles : true,
    maxInstances: 4
},
 onPrepare: function (config_) {                  // before starting the actual TC execution, setup the things we define here
    require('./Data/waitReady.js');
    //browser.manage().window().maximize();

Any help is highly appreciated.

Answer 1

As far as I understand this sort of parallel test running, I believe "shardTestFiles" will run test files in parallel but if a test file has multiple test cases those will run sequentially on a single browser instance. With your single spec file I would not expect parallel execution when running your config. However, were you to split them up into 4 test files (ex: Master[0-3].spec.js) I would expect to see a test case from each file start at the same time. There's a comment in the config specification that might be helpful to you https://github.com/angular/protractor/blob/master/lib/config.ts#L295 .