Microsoft code coverage tools

Microsoft code coverage functionality is closed source. This repository contains documentation and samples. You can also use it to report any issues related to Microsoft.CodeCoverage NuGet package, dotnet-coverage NuGet package or Visual Studio code coverage functionality.

Get started

To collect code coverage for .NET test project you can simply execute:

dotnet new mstest -o mstests
cd mstests
dotnet test --collect "Code Coverage;Format=cobertura"

You should see output:

Determining projects to restore...
  All projects are up-to-date for restore.
  mstests -> D:\mstests\bin\Debug\net8.0\mstests.dll
Test run for D:\mstests\bin\Debug\net8.0\mstests.dll (.NETCoreApp,Version=v8.0)
Microsoft (R) Test Execution Command Line Tool Version 17.8.0 (x64)
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Starting test execution, please wait...
A total of 1 test files matched the specified pattern.

Passed!  - Failed:     0, Passed:     1, Skipped:     0, Total:     1, Duration: 16 ms - mstests.dll (net8.0)

Attachments:
  D:\mstests\TestResults\caf685fa-04ce-4858-9feb-ae472f1a71e1\dd166e58-6e19-4741-931a-816d025fcb32.cobertura.xml

For any .NET application you can collect code coverage in this way:

dotnet new console -o sample1
cd sample1
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-coverage
dotnet-coverage collect "dotnet run"

You should see output:

Microsoft (R) Code Coverage Command Line Tool (x64)
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

SessionId: d1bf31db-f634-4b2c-a627-c708ac93d85b
Hello, World!
Code coverage results: output.coverage.

For existing projects to get latest features and best performance please keep up to date below references:

<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.11.1" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeCoverage" Version="17.11.1" />

If your solution doesn't contain any C++ code it is recommended to disable native code coverage by adding into configuration below flags:

<EnableStaticNativeInstrumentation>False</EnableStaticNativeInstrumentation>
<EnableDynamicNativeInstrumentation>False</EnableDynamicNativeInstrumentation>

Check other configuration options here.

Documentation

Documentation for dotnet-coverage tool is available at https://aka.ms/dotnet-coverage.
Documentation for Microsoft.CodeCoverage is available at https://learn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/test/customizing-code-coverage-analysis
Supported OS versions
Configuration
Performance data

Samples

Contributing

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