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Provides guidance and instructions for writing, running and filtering tests.

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Provides guidance and instructions for writing, running and filtering tests.
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**IMPORTANT**: This repository uses TUnit with Microsoft.Testing.Platform (MTP v2). Traditional `--filter` syntax does NOT work. Use the options below instead. * There should generally be one test project (under the `test` directory) per shipping project (under the `src` directory). Test projects are named after the project being tested with a `.Tests` suffix. * Tests use TUnit with Microsoft.Testing.Platform (MTP v2), while retaining xUnit assertions. Traditional VSTest `--filter` syntax does NOT work. ## Running Tests There *may* be unstable tests that are attributed as such. Running the [dotnet-test-cloud.ps1](../../../tools/dotnet-test-cloud.ps1) script will execute all previously built tests except the unstable ones. The commands below will *not* automatically exclude unstable tests, but you may do so by adding a parameter to filter out those that set their `TestCategory` property to `FailsInCloudTest`. **Run all tests** (from the root of the repository): ```bash dotnet test --no-build -c Release ``` To run a specific test project, change to that project's directory first; the commands below then target it without hard-coding its path. **Run tests for a specific test project** (within that test project's directory): ```bash dotnet test --no-build -c Release ``` **Run a single test method**: ```bash dotnet test --no-build -c Release -- --treenode-filter "/*/*/ClassName/MethodName" ``` **Run all tests in a test class**: ```bash dotnet test --no-build -c Release -- --treenode-filter "/*/*/ClassName/*" ``` **Run tests with wildcard matching** (supports wildcards at beginning and/or end): ```bash dotnet test --no-build -c Release -- --treenode-filter "/*/*/*/*Pattern*" ``` **Run tests with a specific property**: ```bash dotnet test --no-build -c Release -- --treenode-filter "/*/*/*/*[PropertyName=value]" ``` **Run tests for a specific framework only**: ```bash dotnet test --no-build -c Release --framework net8.0 ``` **List all available tests without running them**: ```bash dotnet run --no-build -c Release --framework net8.0 -- --list-tests ``` **Key points about test filtering with TUnit / MTP v2**: - Options after `--` are passed to the test runner, not to `dotnet test` - Use `--treenode-filter` to select tests by assembly, namespace, class, method, or property - Traditional VSTest `--filter` expressions do NOT work - Wildcards `*` are supported in tree node segments - See `--help` for query filter language for advanced scenarios
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