Adapter V2 Release Notes

NUnit Test Adapter for Visual Studio - Version 2.3.0 - June 8, 2020

NUnit Test Adapter for Visual Studio - Version 2.3.0-beta01 - May 7, 2020

Updates the NUnit framework to 2.7.1

#186 How to change used NUnit 2 version of test adapter to e.g. v2.7.1 ?
#184 Update NUnit library to 2.7.1

Thanks to BobSilent for #188 solving #184 and #186.

Bugs

189 NUnit adapter is failing when PropertyAttribute is used with NULL value

NUnit Test Adapter for Visual Studio - Version 2.2.0 - June 5, 2019

Features

#180 NUnit 2 test adapter does not support Visual Studio 2019
#175 NuGet Package : Add repository metadata. Thanks to MaximRouiller for the PR
#174 NUnitTestAdapter 2.1.1 not working with Visual Studio 2017 15.8.0

Bugfixes

#147 Fails to resolve assembly for base type of TestFixture if placed in a different dll
#178 Test Explorer Picks up Zero Tests in VS 2017 for NUnit 2

NUnit Test Adapter for Visual Studio - Version 2.1.1 - March 19, 2017

Hotfix release

Bug Fixes

#142 NUnit Test Adapter 2.1 doesn't work with projects that target .NET Framework 3.5 / CLR 2.0
#144 Adapter requires test project PDBs to be generated for tests to be executed

NUnit Test Adapter for Visual Studio - Version 2.1 - March 4, 2017

Features

#135 Support for VS 2017
#127 Change adapter package to use tools directory
#116 Use Mono.Cecil to retrieve source code locations

Bug Fixes

#84 NUnit load failure
#87 Can't overload async/await methods

Notes

The NUnit V2 adapter does not support the Live Unit Testing feature in VS 2017. That support is only included with the NUnit V3 adapter.
The package including both the adapter and the framework are discontinued. Please install the separate packages instead when upgrading.

NUnit Test Adapter for Visual Studio - Version 2.0 - April 1, 2015

Features

Tested for up to VS2015 Pre-release CTP 6
Updated to use NUnit 2.6.4
Adapter does not try to discover tests if the nunit.framework version is 3.0 or greater

Bug Fixes

#61 Confusing NUnit version message made clearer
#62 Adapter uses shadowcopy setting in discoverer but not in the executor

NUnit Test Adapter for Visual Studio (RTM) - Version 1.2 - September 17, 2014

Features

Tested for up to VS2013 Update 3
Bugs 39 and 40 was inability to run under VS2012. This is now fixed.

Bug Fixes

#24 Long-running tests ignored
#34 Adapter causes ArgumentException to be thrown by Microsoft logger proxy's SendMessage method
#37 TestExecution throws Exception System.InvalidOperationException in TFS Build
#38 NUnit only accepts absolute paths to test assembly
#39 VSTest unable to find NUnit tests since 1.1.0.0
#40 NUnit version 1.1.0.0 is broken with test class which ran under 1.0.0.0

NUnit Test Adapter for Visual Studio (RTM) - Version 1.1 - April 26, 2014

Features

Support for NUnit 2.6.3
Tested for up to VS2013 Update 2 RC
Shadow copy now disabled by default, see issue #7 Unable to disable shadow copy.
Registry settings added for some customization options, see Tips and Tricks
All code moved to github

Bug Fixes

#13 Category attribute not working with TFS test case filter
#21 Xamarin.iOS NUnit project causes adapter to throw

NUnit Test Adapter for Visual Studio (RTM) - Version 1.0 - September 12, 2013

Features

This is the release version 1.0 of the test adapter.

Bug Fixes

#1208148 The test result output node is not shown for debug/trace statements

NUnit Test Adapter for Visual Studio (RC) - Version 0.97 - September 12, 2013

Features

This is the release candidate for version 1.0 of the test adapter.

Bug Fixes

#1208161 NUnit Test Adapter runs [Explicit] unit tests in TFS Build
#1210536 No Source Available for Async Tests
#1165188 Clicking "Run Selected Tests" doesn't show Trace.WriteLine() output

NUnit Test Adapter for Visual Studio (Beta 6) - Version 0.96 - June 28, 2013

Features

Support for Visual Studio 2013 Preview

Bug Fixes

#1189268 Profile a test will crash with exception

NUnit Test Adapter for Visual Studio (Beta 5) - Version 0.95.2 - June 7, 2013

Bug Fixes

#1188000, adapter don't work with solutions with only .net 2.0/3.5 project

NUnit Test Adapter for Visual Studio (Beta 5) - Version 0.95.1 Hotfix- May 28, 2013

Bug Fixes

Hotfix for debug issue

NUnit Test Adapter for Visual Studio (Beta 5) - Version 0.95 - May 10, 2013

Features

#1174925 Add support for installing the adapter from NuGet

Bug Fixes

#1155617 Grouping by class name in VS 2012 doesn't work
#1165359 Exception after building Coded UI test
#1116747 vstest.executionengine.x86.exe does not terminate
#1093178 Eliminate unnecessary files from VSIX

NUnit Test Adapter for Visual Studio (Beta 4) - Version 0.94 - December 22, 2012

Features

Works with Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 as well as the RTM.
Supports filtering and sorting tests by Traits under Update 1.
Supports use of standard filter expressions when running under TFS Update 1.
NUnit Categories specified on the fixture class are now recognized and honored.

Bug Fixes

1074891 Can't test multiple assemblies referencing different NUnit versions
1075893 Test execution fails if solution contains native C++ project
1076012 No source information found for async test methods
1087629 TestFixture Category not being recognized as traits in VS2012 update 1
1091020 Adapter doesn't support TFS Build traits/test case filtering

NUnit Test Adapter for Visual Studio (Beta 3-2) - Version 0.93.2 - November 2, 2012

Bug Fixes

1074544 Failures in Test Discovery not reporting sufficient information

NUnit Test Adapter for Visual Studio (Beta 3-1) - Version 0.93.1 - October 26, 2012

Bug Fixes

1072150 NUnit adapter 0.93 won't run selected tests

NUnit Test Adapter for Visual Studio (Beta 3) - Version 0.93 - October 24, 2012

Features

Works with Visual Studio 2012 RTM. Some features require the November CTP update.
The adapter now uses NUnit 2.6.2. Among other things, this allows us to support async test methods. See the NUnit Release Notes for more info.
Source file and line number can now be found for test cases that have an alternate name set.
Console output from tests is now displayed in the Visual Studio Output window.
TestFixtureSetUp and TestFixtureTearDown errors are now displayed in the Output window.
The caret line (------^) is no longer displayed in the IDE since it depends on use of a fixed font.
Tests may now be grouped and filtered by Category (only under the November CTP update for VS2012).

Bug Fixes

1021144 Text output from tests not displayed in Visual Studio IDE
1033623 Not possible to include or exclude tests based on [Category] attribute Released
1040779 Null reference exception on generic test fixtures
1064620 Support async test methods
1065209 Should call both RecordEnd and RecordResult at end of a test
1065212 Upgrade NUnit to 2.6.2
1065223 Error messages assume a fixed font, but don't get one
1065225 No display for TestFixtureSetUp/TearDown or SetUpFixture errors
1065254 Cannot open test from Test Explorer for tests in a Parameterized Test Fixture
1065306 Generic Fixtures aren't discovered.
1066393 Unable to display source for test cases with an alternate name set
1066518 Executed fast test appears in Not Run category in Test Explorer

NUnit Test Adapter for Visual Studio (Beta 2) - Version 0.92 - May 3, 2012

Features

Works with Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate
Uses NUnit 2.6

Bug Fixes

992837 Unable to Debug using VS Test Adapter
994146 Can't run tests under .NET 2.0/3.5

NUnit Test Adapter for Visual Studio (Beta 1) - Version 0.91 - February 29, 2012

Features

Built against Visual Studio 11 Beta 1
Uses NUnit 2.6

NUnit Test Adapter for Visual Studio (Alpha) - Version 0.90 - February 21, 2012

Features

First release of the test adapter. Compatible with the Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview.
Uses NUnit 2.6.