Can you make sure that contrib is cc'd in the issue settings?
http://gwt-code-reviews.appspot.com/612802/diff/1/2 File user/src/com/google/gwt/user/client/ui/Panel.java (right): http://gwt-code-reviews.appspot.com/612802/diff/1/2#newcode231 user/src/com/google/gwt/user/client/ui/Panel.java:231: private static native void eraseDom(Element element) /*-{ There is really no need for this method, and also no need for it to be native. Why not just call this.getElement().setInnerHTML("") at the only call site? http://gwt-code-reviews.appspot.com/612802/diff/1/3 File user/test/com/google/gwt/user/client/ui/RootPanelTest.java (right): http://gwt-code-reviews.appspot.com/612802/diff/1/3#newcode33 user/test/com/google/gwt/user/client/ui/RootPanelTest.java:33: public void testClear() { These two new tests should be in PanelTestBase. Can you also try making this test extend that one? It's odd that it doesn't. I imagine there's a good reason but it might be an oversight. If it doesn't work, could you explain so and why in the RootPanelTest class doc? If there are one or two problem tests, they could be overridden to be no-ops. http://gwt-code-reviews.appspot.com/612802/diff/1/3#newcode51 user/test/com/google/gwt/user/client/ui/RootPanelTest.java:51: public void testClearWithDomErasure() { I'm very surprised that this doesn't destroy all downstream tests. Have you run the full suite? http://gwt-code-reviews.appspot.com/612802/show -- http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors