microsoft / microsoft/vscode-java-test

Instead of just showing green immediately on a disabled test, show a message saying test is disabled/ignored

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ai-triaged enhancement junit low-priority test-reporting upstream
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Description

Might be a nice usability improvement to show a notification or special icon when trying to run a disabled test, or a test in a disabled test suite. Today - it just shows as green, which at times may cause several minutes of frantic debugging trying to understand why a test is showing green without seemly doing anything (as sometimes test may fail in before/beforeClass stage and not produce any output - thus causing the same visual queues).

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the behavior described for a disabled test and for a test in a disabled suite, including cases where setup produces no output. Trace the VS Code test-result rendering entry point and determine how a disabled result can be distinguished from a passing one; done means the UI clearly identifies ignored tests without presenting them as ordinary green passes.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, typescript
Domain
devtools, testing-qa
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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