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Updated MSTest from 3.9.2 to 4.3.0.

Release notes

Sourced from MSTest's releases.

4.3.0

See the release notes here

4.2.3

See the release notes here

4.2.2

See the release notes here

4.2.1

See the release notes here

4.1.0

See the release notes here

4.0.2

See the release notes here

4.0.1

See the release notes here

4.0.0

What is new?

Assert.That

MSTest v4 adds a new type of assertion, that allows you to write any expression, and it will inspect the result to give you more information on failure. Providing a very flexible way to assert complicated expressions. Here a simple example:

[TestClass]
public sealed class Test1
{
    [TestMethod]
    public void TestMethod1()
    {
        var animal = "Tiger";
        var zoo = new Zoo();
        Assert.That(() => zoo.GetAnimal() == animal);
    }
}

public class Zoo
{
    public string GetAnimal()
    {
        return "Giraffe";
    }
}
Assert.That(() => zoo.GetAnimal() == animal) failed.
Details:
    animal = "Tiger"     
    zoo.GetAnimal() = "Giraffe"

CallerArgumentExpression

CallerArgumentExpression is consumed by all assertions, to make them aware of the expressions used in the assertion. In the example below, we now know what both the expected and actual values are. But also what value they come from, giving us opportunity to provide better error messages:

[TestClass]
public sealed class Test1
{
    [TestMethod]
    public void TestMethod1()
    {
        string animal = null;
        Assert.AreEqual("Giraffe", animal);
    }
}
 ... (truncated)

## 4.0.0-preview.25372.6

This is a prerelease of MSTest v4. Docs on migration from v3 to v4 are in progress. We are working towards addressing the items tracked in #​1285 and #​5762

## 4.0.0-preview.25358.7

This is a prerelease of MSTest v4. Docs on migration from v3 to v4 are in progress. We are working towards addressing the items tracked in https://github.com/microsoft/testfx/issues/1285 and https://github.com/microsoft/testfx/issues/5762

## 3.11.1

See the release notes [here](https://github.com/microsoft/testfx/blob/main/docs/Changelog.md#​3.11.1)

## 3.11.0

See the release notes [here](https://github.com/microsoft/testfx/blob/main/docs/Changelog.md#​3.11.0)

## 3.10.5

See the release notes [here](https://github.com/microsoft/testfx/blob/main/docs/Changelog.md#​3.10.5)


## 3.10.4

See the release notes [here](https://github.com/microsoft/testfx/blob/main/docs/Changelog.md#​3.10.4)


## 3.10.3

See the release notes [here](https://github.com/microsoft/testfx/blob/main/docs/Changelog.md#​3.10.3)


## 3.10.2

See the release notes [here](https://github.com/microsoft/testfx/blob/main/docs/Changelog.md#​3.10.2)


## 3.10.1

See the release notes [here](https://github.com/microsoft/testfx/blob/main/docs/Changelog.md#​3.10.1)


## 3.10.0

See the release notes [here](https://github.com/microsoft/testfx/blob/main/docs/Changelog.md#​3.10.0)


## 3.9.3

## What's Changed

* Simpler fix for dotnet test when using retry by @​Youssef1313 in #​5732. Note that this PR targets rel/3.9 branch. For 3.10, we did a different fix: https://github.com/microsoft/testfx/pull/5717

See the MSTest changelog here: https://github.com/microsoft/testfx/blob/main/docs/Changelog.md#​3.9.3
See the Microsoft.Testing.Platform changelog here: https://github.com/microsoft/testfx/blob/main/docs/Changelog-Platform.md#​1.7.3

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/microsoft/testfx/compare/v3.9.2...v3.9.3

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Test this change out locally with the following install scripts (Action run 29279856113)

VSCode
  • Mac/Linux
    bash <(curl -Ls https://aka.ms/bicep/nightly-vsix.sh) --run-id 29279856113
  • Windows
    iex "& { $(irm https://aka.ms/bicep/nightly-vsix.ps1) } -RunId 29279856113"
Azure CLI
  • Mac/Linux
    bash <(curl -Ls https://aka.ms/bicep/nightly-cli.sh) --run-id 29279856113
  • Windows
    iex "& { $(irm https://aka.ms/bicep/nightly-cli.ps1) } -RunId 29279856113"

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@copilot please fix CI/CD

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@copilot please fix CI/CD

Fixed. The CI failures were caused by MSTest 4.x bundling Microsoft.Testing.Platform.MSBuild 2.3.1, which blocks the old VSTest execution path on .NET 10 SDK.

Changes made:

  • global.json: Added "test": { "runner": "Microsoft.Testing.Platform" } to opt into the new MTP-based dotnet test mode required by MSTest 4.x on .NET 10 SDK
  • src/Directory.Build.props: Suppressed 5 new MSTest 4.x analyzer errors (MSTEST0017, MSTEST0044, MSTEST0052, MSTEST0055, MSTEST0065) that fire on existing code, with TODO comments for future cleanup
  • StringExtensionsTests.cs: Replaced removed Assert.ThrowsException<T>() with Assert.Throws<T>()
  • BaselineHelper.cs: Updated TestContext.Properties.Contains()ContainsKey() (Properties changed from IDictionary to IReadOnlyDictionary in MSTest 4.x)
  • SnippetTemplatesTests.cs: Replaced removed Assert.Fail(format, args) overloads with interpolated strings

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A newer version of MSTest exists, but since this PR has been edited by someone other than Dependabot I haven't updated it. You'll get a PR for the updated version as normal once this PR is merged.

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