Framework Release Notes

NUnit 3.6.1 - February 26, 2017

This is a hotfix release of the framework that addresses critical issues found in the 3.6 release.

Issues Resolved

• 1962 A Theory with no data passes
• 1986 NUnitLite ignores --workers option
• 1994 NUnitLite runner crashing when --trace is specified
• 2017 Two NUnit project's tests fail on systems with comma decimal mark settings
• 2043 Regression in 3.6.0 when catching AssertionException

NUnit 3.6 - January 9, 2017

This release of the framework no longer includes builds for Compact Framework or for SilverLight, but adds a .NET Standard 1.6 build. If anyone still using Compact Framework or SilverLight and would like to continue development on those versions of the framework, please contact the NUnit team.

Framework

• .NET Standard 1.6 is now supported
• Adds support for Multiple Assert blocks
• Added the --params option to NUnitLite
• Theories now support Nullable enums
• Improved assert error messages to help differentiate differences in values
• Added warnings with Warn.If(), Warn.Unless() and Assert.Warn()
• Enabled Path, File and Directory Asserts/Contraints for .NET Core testing
• Added NonTestAssemblyAttribute for use by third-party developers to indicate that their assemblies reference the NUnit framework, but do not contain tests

Issues Resolved

• 406 Warning-level Assertions
• 890 Allow file references anywhere in the command line.
• 1380 Appveyor Failures when branch name is too long
• 1589 Split the nunit repository into multiple repositories
• 1599 Move Compact Framework to separate project
• 1601 Move Silverlight to a separate project
• 1609 Upgrade Cake build to latest version
• 1661 Create .NET Standard Framework Build
• 1668 Need implementation-independent way to test number of items in a collection
• 1743 Provide multiple results for a test case in the XML output
• 1758 No direct inverse for Contains.Key
• 1765 TestCaseSourceAttribute constructor for method with parameters
• 1802 Design Multiple Assert syntax as seen by users
• 1808 Disambiguate error messages from EqualConstraint
• 1811 Build.ps1 fails if spaces in path
• 1823 Remove engine nuspecs and old global.json
• 1827 Remove unused repository paths from repositories.config
• 1828 Add Retry for failed tests only
• 1829 NUnitLite accepts --params option but does not make any use of it.
• 1836 Support nullable enums in Theories
• 1837 [Request] AfterContraint to support more readable usage
• 1840 Remove SL and CF #Defined source
• 1866 [Request] More readable way to set polling interval in After constraint
• 1870 EqualConstraint result failure message for DateTime doesn't show sufficient resolution
• 1872 Parameterized method being called with no parameter
• 1876 What should we do about Env.cs
• 1880 AttributeUsage for various Attributes
• 1889 Modify nunitlite to display multiple assert information
• 1891 TestContext.Progress and TestContext.Error silently drop text that is not properly XML encoded
• 1901 Make nunitlite-runner Prefer32Bit option consistent across Debug/Release
• 1904 Add .NET Standard 1.6 Dependencies to the Nuspec Files
• 1907 Handle early termination of multiple assert block
• 1911 Changing misleading comment that implies that every ICollection is a list
• 1912 Add new warning status and result state
• 1913 Report Warnings in NUnitLite
• 1914 Extra AssertionResult entries in TestResults
• 1915 Enable Path, File and Directory Assert/Constraints in the .NET Standard Build
• 1917 Use of IsolatedContext breaks tests in user-created AppDomain
• 1924 Run tests using the NUnit Console Runner
• 1929 Rename zip and remove source zip
• 1933 Tests should pass if test case source provides 0 test cases
• 1941 Use dictionary-based property for test run parameters
• 1945 Use high-quality icon for nuspecs
• 1947 Add NonTestAssemblyAttribute
• 1954 Change Error Message for Assert.Equals
• 1960 Typo fixes
• 1966 Xamarin Runner cannot reference NUnit NuGet Package

Earlier Releases

• Release Notes for NUnit 2.9.1 through 3.5
• Release Notes for NUnit 2.6 through 2.6.4
• Release Notes for NUnit 2.5 through 2.5.10
• Release Notes for NUnit 2.4 through 2.4.8
• Release Notes for NUnit 2.0 through 2.2.10