Workaround for Initialization race in MultiNodeSpec, see #2143

akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/testconductor/TestConductorSpec.scala

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeConfig
 
 object TestConductorMultiJvmSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
   commonConfig(debugConfig(on = false))
-  
+
   val master = role("master")
   val slave = role("slave")
 }
@@ -34,19 +34,19 @@ class TestConductorSpec extends MultiNodeSpec(TestConductorMultiJvmSpec) with Im
 
   def initialParticipants = 2
 
-  runOn(master) {
-    system.actorOf(Props(new Actor {
-      def receive = {
-        case x ⇒ testActor ! x; sender ! x
-      }
-    }), "echo")
-  }
-
-  val echo = system.actorFor(node(master) / "user" / "echo")
+  lazy val echo = system.actorFor(node(master) / "user" / "echo")
 
   "A TestConductor" must {
 
     "enter a barrier" in {
+      runOn(master) {
+        system.actorOf(Props(new Actor {
+          def receive = {
+            case x ⇒ testActor ! x; sender ! x
+          }
+        }), "echo")
+      }
+
       testConductor.enter("name")
     }
 

akka-remote-tests/src/test/scala/akka/remote/testkit/MultiNodeSpec.scala

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 import akka.dispatch.Await.Awaitable
 import akka.dispatch.Await
 import akka.util.Duration
+import akka.util.NonFatal
 import akka.actor.ActorPath
 import akka.actor.RootActorPath
 import akka.remote.testconductor.RoleName
@@ -214,8 +215,20 @@ abstract class MultiNodeSpec(val myself: RoleName, _system: ActorSystem, roles:
     val deployString = (str /: replacements) {
       case (base, r @ Replacement(tag, _)) ⇒
         base.indexOf(tag) match {
-          case -1    ⇒ base
-          case start ⇒ base.replace(tag, r.addr)
+          case -1 ⇒ base
+          case start ⇒
+            val replaceWith = try
+              r.addr
+            catch {
+              case NonFatal(e) ⇒
+                // might happen if all test cases are ignored (excluded) and
+                // controller node is finished/exited before r.addr is run
+                // on the other nodes
+                val unresolved = "akka://unresolved-replacement-" + r.role.name
+                log.warning(unresolved + " due to: " + e.getMessage)
+                unresolved
+            }
+            base.replace(tag, replaceWith)
         }
     }
     import scala.collection.JavaConverters._