Parallel "both" setting does not execute classes in parallel

Sorry I messed up in the description field. Here is a description:

I have been trying the several settings for running junit tests in parallel. I am using
surefire-junit47 version 2.11. I do not see any difference in the operation of "both" or "methods" option. I have 5 classes each with one @Test. When I run them using classes, all 5 get launched in parallel. When I use methods, the tests in each class is run in parallel, but the classes are executed in sequence.

I was expecting that when I use both, that the classes and the methods will be initiated in parallel, but this is not the cases, the classes are executed in sequence. If I have 2 @Test methods to one of the test classes, I can clearly see the methods being executed in parallel.

I am running against a Selenium grid environment, so I can see when tests are running in parallel. I also log the threads at runtime.

Due to the difficulties involved in handling console output for "both", we may consider deprecating "both" support entirely.

I understand your comment above above about the future of this functionality. Can you please confirm that the behavior I observed the current operation of 'both'? I just want to make sure that this is not due to my version of surefire, some config issue or misinterpretation of the output. Thanks.

"both" is largely untested for a long time and I have no reason to disbelieve that you're seeing this issue.

We had a bug that was fixed for 2.12 that may be the source of your problem (SUREFIRE-865). Please confirm if the problem persists with the latest version (2.12.4 as of this writing)