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This gist will illustrate a bug on the testing facility.

application.conf

Application.scala

package controllers

import play.api._
import play.api.mvc._

object Application extends Controller {
  def index = Action {
    Ok("Hello")
  }
}

build.properties

sbt.version=0.12.2

Build.scala

import sbt._
import Keys._
import play.Project._

object ApplicationBuild extends Build {

  val appName         = "gist4579143"
  val appVersion      = "0.1"

  val appDependencies = Seq(
    javaCore, javaJdbc
  )

  val main = play.Project(appName, appVersion, appDependencies).settings()
}

HelloSpec.scala

import org.specs2.mutable._

import play.api.test._
import play.api.test.Helpers._

class AppSpec extends Specification {
  "The App" should {
    "respond to the index Action" in new WithApplication {
      // It works if we remove following lines.
      val Some(result) = route(FakeRequest(GET, "/"))
      status(result) must equalTo(OK)
    }
  }
}

plugins.sbt

// The Typesafe repository 
resolvers += "Typesafe repository" at "http://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/releases/"

// Use the Play sbt plugin for Play projects
addSbtPlugin("play" % "sbt-plugin" % "2.1-RC2")

routes

GET     /                         controllers.Application.index

SBT 0.12.2 fixes the problem