# Aqua.jl tests failing because Aqua not a dependency of root project
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/aqua-jl-tests-failing-because-aqua-not-a-dependency-of-root-project/83590
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** aqua
**Created:** [June 30, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/aqua-jl-tests-failing-because-aqua-not-a-dependency-of-root-project/83590 "2022-06-30T23:55:50Z")
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### Author:  [@maxkapur](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/maxkapur)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/aqua-jl-tests-failing-because-aqua-not-a-dependency-of-root-project/83590/1 "2022-06-30T23:55:50Z")
I’m trying to add [Aqua.jl](https://github.com/JuliaTesting/Aqua.jl) to my project. As suggested in the Aqua.jl documentation, I have placed Aqua in the `test/Project.toml` file to fix its version to 0.5. But now the Aqua tests fail if I call `julia --project` from my project’s root directory and then `]test`, because Aqua is listed as a test dependency but not a project dependency:
```julia
MyPackage [UUID ...]: Test Failed at /home/max/.julia/packages/Aqua/HWLbM/src/project_extras.jl:13
Expression: result ⊜ true
Evaluated: ⟪result: 😭 FAILED: MyPackage [UUID ...]
Root and test projects are inconsistent.
Test dependencies not in root project (/home/max/MyProject.jl/Project.toml):
Aqua = "4c88cf16-eb10-579e-8560-4a9242c79595"
⟫ ⊜ true
```
But Aqua isn’t a project dependency on purpose! The only time I want to use Aqua is during testing.
Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong?
(I notice that other packages with Aqua badges, such as the recently announced ImplicitDifferentiation.jl, list Aqua only in the test dependencies and [not in Project.toml](https://github.com/gdalle/ImplicitDifferentiation.jl/blob/main/Project.toml).)
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### Author:  [@baggepinnen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/baggepinnen)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2022, 4:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/aqua-jl-tests-failing-because-aqua-not-a-dependency-of-root-project/83590/2 "2022-07-02T04:41:08Z")
[https://github.com/JuliaTesting/Aqua.jl/issues/78](https://github.com/JuliaTesting/Aqua.jl/issues/78)
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### Author:  [@maxkapur](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/maxkapur)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2022, 6:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/aqua-jl-tests-failing-because-aqua-not-a-dependency-of-root-project/83590/3 "2022-07-02T06:52:11Z")
The solution suggested there is to remove Aqua.jl from `test/Project.toml` and list it under `extras` in the main `Project.toml` instead. But this doesn’t work either: Now running `julia --project` and `]test` gives me
```julia
LoadError: ArgumentError: Package Aqua not found in current path.
- Run `import Pkg; Pkg.add("Aqua")` to install the Aqua package.
```
(this is immediately after running `]add Aqua` in my global Julia environment.)
MyProject’s `Project.toml` looks like this
```julia
> cat Project.toml
name = "MyProject"
# ...
[deps]
# ...
[compat]
julia = "1"
#...
[extras]
# ...
Aqua = "4c88cf16-eb10-579e-8560-4a9242c79595"
[targets]
test = ["Test"]
```
and I have deleted `test/Project.toml` (because the only additional package it uses is Aqua).
Is my environment just corrupted somewhere?
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### Author:  [@baggepinnen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/baggepinnen)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2022, 7:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/aqua-jl-tests-failing-because-aqua-not-a-dependency-of-root-project/83590/4 "2022-07-02T07:03:11Z")
You must list the package in the vector of strings under target test also,
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### Author:  [@aplavin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aplavin)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2022, 7:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/aqua-jl-tests-failing-because-aqua-not-a-dependency-of-root-project/83590/5 "2022-07-02T07:08:37Z")
Can you show your original Project.toml and test/Project.toml? I always add Aqua (and other test dependencies) to test/Project.toml, and it just works fine.
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### Author:  [@maxkapur](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/maxkapur)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2022, 7:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/aqua-jl-tests-failing-because-aqua-not-a-dependency-of-root-project/83590/6 "2022-07-02T07:24:46Z")
I have deleted `test/Project.toml` now, and have it working with just Aqua in extras and target. I was never able to get Aqua not to give me the stale dependencies error as long as it was in `test/Project.toml`. Do you have an example of one of your packages that uses the setup you described?
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### Author:  [@aplavin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aplavin)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2022, 9:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/aqua-jl-tests-failing-because-aqua-not-a-dependency-of-root-project/83590/7 "2022-07-02T09:23:46Z")
Sure, see [Alexander Plavin / FlexiJoins.jl · GitLab](https://gitlab.com/aplavin/FlexiJoins.jl) for an example.
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### Author:  [@Barget](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Barget)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2023, 9:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/aqua-jl-tests-failing-because-aqua-not-a-dependency-of-root-project/83590/8 "2023-05-02T09:09:55Z")
I had the same issue running `Aqua.test_all(MyPackage)`, but couldn’t use the solution.
Test that failed were:
```julia
Aqua.test_project_extras(MyPackage);
Aqua.test_deps_compat(MyPackage);
```
… but both passed when I added the missing `[compat]` entries.
I’m on Julia v1.9rc3, and Aqua v0.6.
It is obvious that adding compats would some `test_deps_compat`, but why so for `test_project_extras`?
Does it worth a PR or at least a `README.md` update?