As part of this release we had 4 issues closed.

Bugs

• #1795 Assembly loading move to AssemblyLoadContext for net8 and higher
• #1796 Assembly load logic changes in v6
• #1797 Issue with assembly load context changes in NUnit3TestAdapter v6 & Microsoft.Build.dll dynamic loading

Feature

• #1807 Add support for MTP

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Bugs

• #1795 Assembly loading move to AssemblyLoadContext for net8 and higher
• #1796 Assembly load logic changes in v6
• #1797 Issue with assembly load context changes in NUnit3TestAdapter v6 & Microsoft.Build.dll dynamic loading

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As part of this release we had 3 issues closed.

Bug

• #1761 Engine crashes if unrelated .addins file is found in the output directory

Enhancements

• #1777 Add .NET 10.0 agent and remove .NET 6.0 agent
• #1779 TypeInitializationException in TestAssemblyResolver Targeting .NET 10

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Bug

• #1757 Attempting to execute a native assembly crashes the runner

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As part of this release we had 73 issues closed.

This is the first beta for version 4 of the NUnit Console and Engine. As a major version release, V4 incorporates a large number of Breaking Changes as well as new features, enhancements and bug fixes. See BREAKING_CHANGES.md in the root directory for a summary of breaking changes in V4.

Breaking Changes

• #770 v4 Console/Engine Platform support
• #860 Eliminate DomainUsage setting
• #861 Eliminate In-Process Execution
• #873 Remove UserSettings From Engine
• #874 Remove RecentFilesService from Engine
• #878 Stop Bundling the TeamCity Extension
• #879 Stop Bundling V2 Result Writer
• #880 Stop Bundling V2 Framework Driver
• #888 v4: Remove deprecated --params option
• #889 v4: Create single constructor method/structure for a TestPackage
• #890 v4: Remame --timeout option (and associated EnginePackageSettings)
• #891 v4: Remove deprecated --labels options
• #948 Simplify or remove loading of engine by reflection via TestEngineActivator
• #1149 Rename the console runner for version 4
• #1582 Eliminate zip package in version 4

Bugs

• #17 DomainManagerTests.CanCreateDomainWithApplicationBaseSpecified() fails when not 3 directories deep
• #441 Test count in start-run report is always 0
• #491 TestFilterBuilder builds invalid XML
• #1152 Engine Core tries to load all engine extensions
• #1166 nunit3-console.exe does not have a manifest
• #1177 Eliminate need for CLR version in RuntimeFramework class
• #1586 Loggers don't use latest writer
• #1644 NUnit Console v4: not all events are received in ITestEventListener#OnTestEvent.
• #1677 Non-string TestPackage settings values are not deserialized correctly
• #1685 Intermittent Error running multiple assemblies in parallel
• #1706 Continued errors running multiple test assemblies in parallel

Build

• #1117 Update to latest NSubstitute where available
• #1137 Branch named like "support-XXX" causes release of new package
• #1139 Add a package test that uses nunit framework 4.0
• #1539 V4 Codebase Should be Null-Enabled
• #1540 Update Language Level to C# 12
• #1541 V4 CI Build no longer works
• #1542 Build using NUnit.Cake.Recipe
• #1576 Eliminate reference to nunit.engine by nunit-console runner
• #1581 Remove unused scripts and targets and document.
• #1589 Move common settings from individual .csproj files to Directory.Build.props
• #1657 Build not running automatically when release is published
• #1703 Simplify build scripts

Enhancements

• #772 Console indentation is not consistent
• #877 Give agents individual names
• #955 Modify arguments to agent process for 4.0
• !1135 Nunit4 support
• #1141 Separate engine and agent runners and implement validity checks for creating each type
• #1154 Incorporate NUnit Project loader extension in msi and zip packages
• #1168 Refactor RuntimeFramework and related classes
• #1258 Port fixes for 3.16 release to the 4.0 development code
• #1547 Port fixes from 3.18 releases
• #1549 Port changes from 3.19 releases to V4
• #1596 Combine nunit3 drivers and switch to new interface
• #1629 Port changes from 3.20 to V4
• #1686 Introduce a class to represent individual package settings

Features

• #909 Implement Pluggable agents
• #934 Remove services from nunit.engine.core assembly
• #1019 Define Extension Points to be supported in V4.0
• !1041 Consider later NUnit versions as a valid framework.
• #1049 Separate assembly for NUnit extensibility
• #1290 Change console executable name to nunit4-console.exe
• #1578 Isolate agents from the engine itself
• #1623 Direct execution of agents
• #1649 Support Version 3 NUnit Extensions
• #1660 Eliminate use of Remoting as a Transport between Engine and Agents
• #1670 Provide nunit.agent.core package
• #1673 Convert Built-in agents to pluggable agents
• #1700 Bundle .net 9.0 agent with runner

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As part of this release we had 3 issues closed.

Bugs

• #1401 NUnit.Engine.NUnitEngineException : Unable to acquire remote process agent
• #1678 The nunit engine does not use the extension with the latest version if multiple versions are available
• #1680 The filter "tests" truncates the provided value at the first closing parenthesis.

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As part of this release we had 7 issues closed.

Bugs

• #1570 Presence of a TEAMCITY_PROJECT_NAME environment variable makes builds fail if TeamCity service unavailable
• #1613 Extensions are no longer loading as is currently documented
• #1646 Unhandled exception. System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'System.TimeSpan System.TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(Int64, Int64)'

Enhancement

• #1634 Upgrade bundled TeamCity extension to version 1.0.9

Features

• #1354 Eliminate BinaryFormatter
• #1601 Drop .NET Core 3.1 and .NET 7.0 agents in preparation for 3.20 release
• #1602 Add agent for .NET 9.0 to the version 3 build

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This release fixes a critical issue in the nunit-console-runner Chocolatey package. It doesn't affect any other packages.

As part of this release we had 1 issue closed.

Bug

• #1614 Broken Extensions discovery when installed with Chocolatey

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As part of this release we had 1 issue closed.

Bug

• #1598 NUnit Console Extensions are not loaded in version 3.19

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As part of this release we had 11 issues closed.

Bugs

• #1324 Introduction of Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel causes reflection crashes
• #1505 Engine extensions do not work with our dotnet tool
• #1507 The --teamcity option silently fails if the extension is not installed

Build

• #1458 Unable to run .NET 7.0 and .NET Core 3.1 X86 tests under GitHub actions
• #1545 Replace 'dev' label used for development builds with 'alpha'

Documentation

• #1508 Readme doesn't list the .NET Core runner
• !1520 Update IExtensionManager doc comments

Enhancement

• #1504 Use a programmed search to locate extensions in place of default addins files.

Features

• #488 Simplify locating of addins
• #1492 Create a .NET 8.0 build of the engine
• #1502 Eliminate the .NET Standard 2.0 build of the engine

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