'The bootstrap/cache directory must be present and writable' error during laravel 6 testing

Question

Laravel 6 includes some additional configuration in phpunit.xml:

<server name="APP_CONFIG_CACHE" value="bootstrap/cache/config.phpunit.php"/>
<server name="APP_SERVICES_CACHE" value="bootstrap/cache/services.phpunit.php"/>
<server name="APP_PACKAGES_CACHE" value="bootstrap/cache/packages.phpunit.php"/>
<server name="APP_ROUTES_CACHE" value="bootstrap/cache/routes.phpunit.php"/>
<server name="APP_EVENTS_CACHE" value="bootstrap/cache/events.phpunit.php"/>

If I run the tests in PHPStorm, I get the following error:

In PackageManifest.php line 168:

The bootstrap/cache directory must be present and writable.

But the bootstrap/cache directory is indeed present and writable. However, if I comment out those new configs in phpunit.xml, my tests run without any errors. How do I fix this?

I also ran php artisan cache:clear. No luck.

Possible duplicate of [How to set up file permissions for Laravel?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30639174/how-to-set-up-file-permissions-for-laravel) — Script47, Sep 11 '19 at 08:15

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 11 '19 at 05:50

If you're running Linux, most likely it's a read/write permission problem, to solve these problems, do the following:

Before doing the steps below, be sure to be outside of your Laravel folder

Assuming that your user should be the owner, type the following command:

sudo chown -R user:www-data /path/of/your/laravel/project

Then give the user and webserver permissions as follows:

sudo find /path/of/your/laravel/project -type f -exec chmod 664 {} \;

then run:

sudo find /path/of/your/laravel/project -type d -exec chmod 775 {} \;

After you run those commands, go to your Laravel folder and give the webserver rights to read/write to your bootstrap/cache and storage folder:

sudo chgrp -R www-data storage bootstrap/cache
sudo chmod -R ug+rwx storage bootstrap/cache

It should solve not only your problem but also solves your project security.

This is an answer you want to read. Simple and straight forward. — Daniel Soublett, Mar 30 '20 at 18:51

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 12 '19 at 10:57

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This was an issue from Laravel end:

https://github.com/laravel/framework/issues/29862

This PR Fixes that issue.

Updating the framework version to the latest version (6.0.3 as of the time of this answer) fixes the problem.

answered Sep 12 '19 at 10:57

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