Avoid live HTTP clients in Java unit tests

#Metadata

Rule ID

java.testing.http-client-in-unit-test

Severity

medium

Confidence

0.62

Languages

java

Presets

recommended, strict

Stability

experimental

Applies to

block

Tags

java, rules-catalog, testing

#Why it matters

Live HTTP couples CI to the network.

#Remediation

Use MockWebServer, WireMock, or injected clients with deterministic responses.

#Repository path

The generated metadata points to critiq-rules/libs/rules/catalog/rules/java/java.testing.http-client-in-unit-test.rule.yaml.