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process-dotnet-test-results

This repository is based on NasAmin/trx-parser

This action works in conjunction with a previous step that runs dotnet test --logger trx and has created trx files for this action to process. This action will examine the parsed results and create a Status Check or PR Comment depending on the flags set. This action does not run the tests itself.

If creating status checks is enabled, one status check will be created for each trx file found. If creating pr comments is enabled, one comment will be created for all trx files. The status check title and each comment heading are named after the test project the trx was generated for.

Index

Failures

The test status & action's conclusion can be viewed in multiple places:

  • In the body of a PR comment this action generates
  • Next to the name of one of the status checks under the Checks section of a PR
  • Next to the name of one of the status checks under the Jobs section of the workflow run
  • In the body of a status check listed on the workflow run

If the test results contain failures, the status check's conclusion will be set to failure. If the status check is required and its conclusion is failure the PR cannot be merged. If this required status check behavior is not desired, the ignore-test-failures input can be set and the conclusion will be marked as neutral if test failures are detected. The status badge that is shown in the comment or status check body will still indicate it was a failure though.

Limitations

GitHub does have a size limitation of 65535 characters for a Status Check body or a PR Comment. This action would fail if the test results exceeded the GitHub limit. To mitigate this size issue only details for failed tests are included in the output in addition to a badge, duration info and outcome info. If the comment still exceeds that size, it will be truncated with a note to see the remaining output in the log.

If you have multiple workflows triggered by the same pull_request or push event, GitHub creates one checksuite for that commit. The checksuite gets assigned to one of the workflows randomly and all status checks for that commit are reported to that checksuite. That means if there are multiple workflows with the same trigger, your status checks may show on a different workflow run than the run that created them.

Action Outputs

Pull Request Comment

This is shown on the pull request when the create-pr-comment is set to true and there is a PR associated with the commit.

Pull Request Status Check

This is shown on the pull request when the create-status-check is set to true and there is a PR associated with the commit.

Workflow Run

This is shown on the workflow run when the create-status-check is set to true.

Failed Test Details

For failed test runs you can expand each failed test and view more details about the failure

Inputs

Parameter Is Required Default Description
github-token true N/A Used for the GitHub Checks API. Value is generally: secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN.
base-directory false . Root Directory of repository The base directory of where to look for trx files.
report-title-filter false Enables truncating the report title by filtering out previous name parts taken from the trx UnitTest name. See Report Title below for more information.
create-status-check false true Flag indicating whether a status check with dotnet test results should be generated.
ignore-test-failures false false If there are test failures, the check's conclusion is set to neutral so it will not block pull requests.

Only applicable when create-status-check is true.
create-pr-comment false true Flag indicating whether a PR comment with dotnet test results should be generated. When true the default behavior is to update an existing comment if one exists.
update-comment-if-one-exists false true This flag determines whether a new comment is created or if the action updates an existing comment (if one is found).

Only applicable when create-pr-comment is true.
comment-identifier false ${{ env.GITHUB-JOB }}_${{ env.GITHUB-ACTION }} A unique identifier which will be added to the generated markdown as a comment (it will not be visible in the PR comment).

This identifier enables creating then updating separate results comments on the PR if more than one instance of this action is included in a single job. This can be helpful when there are multiple test projects that run separately but are part of the same job.

Only applicable when create-pr-comment is true.
timezone false UTC IANA time zone name (e.g. America/Denver) to display dates in.

Outputs

Output Description
test-outcome Test outcome based on presence of failing tests: Failed,Passed
If exceptions are thrown or if it exits early because of argument errors, this is set to Failed.
trx-files List of trx files that were processed
test-results-truncated Flag indicating whether test results were truncated due to markdown exceeding character limit of 65535.
test-results-file-path File path for the file that contains the pre-truncated test results in markdown format. This is the same output that is posted in the PR comment.
status-check-ids A comma-separated string of IDs for any status checks that were created. This is only set if create-status-check is true and one or more status checks were created successfully.
pr-comment-id The ID of the PR comment that was created. This is only set if create-pr-comment is true and a PR was created successfully.

Usage Examples

Using the defaults

permissions:
    contents: read
    pull_request: write # required if create-pr-comment: true
    checks: write       # required if create-status-check: true

jobs:
  ci:
    runs-on: [ubuntu-latest]
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: dotnet test with coverage
        run: dotnet test './src/MyProj.sln' --logger trx --configuration Release

      - name: Process trx reports with default
        if: always()
        # You may also reference just the major or major.minor version
        uses: im-open/[email protected]
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Specifying additional behavior

permissions:
    contents: read
    pull_request: write # required if create-pr-comment: true
    checks: write       # required if create-status-check: true

jobs:
  advanced-ci:
    runs-on: [ubuntu-latest]
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Test My Solution
        continue-on-error: true
        run: dotnet test ./src/my-solution.sln --logger "trx" --configuration Release --results-directory ../../test-results

      - name: Process trx reports
        id: process-trx
        # You may also reference just the major or major.minor version
        uses: im-open/[email protected]
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          base-directory: './test-results'
          create-status-check: true
          create-pr-comment: true
          update-comment-if-one-exists: true
          ignore-test-failures: true
          timezone: 'america/denver'
          comment-identifier: 'bff-tests'

      # Optional
      - name: Annotate Test Outcome
        if: steps.process-trx.outputs.test-results-truncated == 'true'
        run: cat ${{ steps.process-trx.outputs.test-results-file-path }} > $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

      # Optional
      - name: Upload Outcome as artifact if character limit reached
        if: steps.process-trx.outputs.test-results-truncated == 'true'
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: Cypress-Results
          path: |
            ${{ steps.process-trx.outputs.test-results-file-path }}
          retention-days: 7

      - run: ./do-other-advanced-things-in-the-build.sh

      - name: Fail if there were test problems
        if: steps.process-trx.outputs.test-outcome == 'Failed'
        run: |
          echo "There were test failures."
          exit 1

Using test-results-file-path

permissions:
    contents: read
    pull_request: write # required if create-pr-comment: true
    checks: write       # required if create-status-check: true

jobs:
  ci:
    runs-on: [ubuntu-latest]
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@4

      - name: dotnet test with coverage
        run: dotnet test './src/MyProj.sln' --logger trx --configuration Release

      - name: Process trx reports with default
        if: always()
        id: process-test
        # You may also reference just the major or major.minor version
        uses: im-open/[email protected]
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          create-status-check: false
          create-pr-comment: false
          report-title-filter: 'Tests' # See Report Title Notes below on title output

      - name: Annotate Test Results
        run: cat ${{ steps.process-test.outputs.test-results-file-path }} > $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

Report Title

When report-title-filter is provided, the action uses the name of the first UnitTest in the .trx file. That name is then split into parts by .. The report title will be set to the value of the name part following the name part that matches the report-title-filter. If that does not result in a value, the action will default to examining the storage property of the first UnitTest and setting the report title based on .dll name.

Example

  • Test Name=Widget.Tests.MathTests.OnePlusOneShouldNotEqualFive

  • Test dll=widget.tests.dll

    report-title-filter Report Title
    Widget Tests
    Tests MathTests
    MathTests OnePlusOneShouldNotEqualFive
    Other WIDGET.TESTS
    empty WIDGET.TESTS

This input is helpful to differentiate groups of tests in the markdown that is output to a file and the pull request comment. To get a list of Unit Test names run dotnet test --list-tests in the cli.

Breaking Changes

2.4.0 to 3.0.0

  • The create-results-file input was removed. The action will automatically create this test results file.
  • TEST_RESULTS_FILE_PATH environment variable output was removed. Use test-results-file-path output instead.
  • The action now incorporates the job & action names as part of the test results file name. This allows the action to be called multiple times in one job without overriding previous test results file contents. Use the test-results-file-path output to get the file path.

Contributing

When creating PRs, please review the following guidelines:

  • The action code does not contain sensitive information.
  • At least one of the commit messages contains the appropriate +semver: keywords listed under Incrementing the Version for major and minor increments.
  • The action has been recompiled. See Recompiling Manually for details.
  • The README.md has been updated with the latest version of the action. See Updating the README.md for details.

Incrementing the Version

This repo uses git-version-lite in its workflows to examine commit messages to determine whether to perform a major, minor or patch increment on merge if source code changes have been made. The following table provides the fragment that should be included in a commit message to active different increment strategies.

Increment Type Commit Message Fragment
major +semver:breaking
major +semver:major
minor +semver:feature
minor +semver:minor
patch default increment type, no comment needed

Source Code Changes

The files and directories that are considered source code are listed in the files-with-code and dirs-with-code arguments in both the build-and-review-pr and increment-version-on-merge workflows.

If a PR contains source code changes, the README.md should be updated with the latest action version and the action should be recompiled. The build-and-review-pr workflow will ensure these steps are performed when they are required. The workflow will provide instructions for completing these steps if the PR Author does not initially complete them.

If a PR consists solely of non-source code changes like changes to the README.md or workflows under ./.github/workflows, version updates and recompiles do not need to be performed.

Recompiling Manually

This command utilizes esbuild to bundle the action and its dependencies into a single file located in the dist folder. If changes are made to the action's source code, the action must be recompiled by running the following command:

# Installs dependencies and bundles the code
npm run build

Updating the README.md

If changes are made to the action's source code, the usage examples section of this file should be updated with the next version of the action. Each instance of this action should be updated. This helps users know what the latest tag is without having to navigate to the Tags page of the repository. See Incrementing the Version for details on how to determine what the next version will be or consult the first workflow run for the PR which will also calculate the next version.

Code of Conduct

This project has adopted the im-open's Code of Conduct.

License

Copyright © 2024, Extend Health, LLC. Code released under the MIT license.