False cyclic dependency error

[ayeracaris]

TestNG Version

7.8.0

Expected behavior

Test class runs to completion

Actual behavior

org.testng.TestNGException: 
The following methods have cyclic dependencies:
AppTest.beforeClass1()[pri:0, instance:null]
AppTest.beforeClass2()[pri:0, instance:null]
AbstractTestBase.baseBeforeClass()[pri:0, instance:null]

	at org.testng.internal.Graph.topologicalSort(Graph.java:122)
	at org.testng.internal.MethodHelper.topologicalSort(MethodHelper.java:376)
	at org.testng.internal.MethodHelper.sortMethods(MethodHelper.java:447)
	at org.testng.internal.MethodHelper.lambda$collectAndOrderMethods$1(MethodHelper.java:76)
	at org.testng.util.TimeUtils.computeAndShowTime(TimeUtils.java:45)
	at org.testng.internal.MethodHelper.collectAndOrderMethods(MethodHelper.java:72)
	at org.testng.internal.TestNGMethodFinder.findConfiguration(TestNGMethodFinder.java:212)
	at org.testng.internal.TestNGMethodFinder.getAfterGroupsConfigurationMethods(TestNGMethodFinder.java:110)
	at org.testng.TestClass.initMethods(TestClass.java:205)
	at org.testng.TestClass.init(TestClass.java:102)
	at org.testng.TestClass.<init>(TestClass.java:66)
	at org.testng.TestRunner.initMethods(TestRunner.java:483)
	at org.testng.TestRunner.init(TestRunner.java:356)
	at org.testng.TestRunner.init(TestRunner.java:309)
	at org.testng.TestRunner.<init>(TestRunner.java:184)
	at org.testng.SuiteRunner$DefaultTestRunnerFactory.newTestRunner(SuiteRunner.java:652)
	at org.testng.SuiteRunner.init(SuiteRunner.java:224)
	at org.testng.SuiteRunner.<init>(SuiteRunner.java:116)
	at org.testng.TestNG.createSuiteRunner(TestNG.java:1375)
	at org.testng.TestNG.createSuiteRunners(TestNG.java:1349)
	at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesLocally(TestNG.java:1191)
	at org.testng.TestNG.runSuites(TestNG.java:1114)
	at org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:1082)
	at com.intellij.rt.testng.IDEARemoteTestNG.run(IDEARemoteTestNG.java:66)
	at com.intellij.rt.testng.RemoteTestNGStarter.main(RemoteTestNGStarter.java:105)

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Test case sample

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[ayeracaris]

It turns out that overriding "baseBeforeClass()" in my sample in AppTest effects a workaround.