microsoft / microsoft/vscode-dotnettools

Testing / test runner constant quirks (cant see test, cant run test, runs other tests, Test icon disappears)

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Hi team,
I’ve been running into a few ongoing issues with the Testing Explorer:

Clicking a specific test in the left pane sometimes runs the entire test suite instead
At times it reports that no tests were run after clicking a test
The “Run test” icon in the editor appears inconsistently

Overall it feels a bit unreliable at the moment. Happy to help with diagnostics - let me know what logs or details would be useful and how to capture them. Thank you.

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Start in the Testing Explorer and editor test actions, reproducing the reported cases: a selected test runs the full suite, no tests run, and the “Run test” icon disappears. Collect the requested logs and environment details, then use them to isolate a reproducible failure; done means each symptom has a confirmed cause or a documented diagnostic path.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp, vscode
Domain
devtools, testing-qa
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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