Document dotnet test improvements

[meaghanlewis]

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Description

Update the dotnet test CLI docs to include the improvements introduced in .NET 11:

• --no-dependencies: Skips building project-to-project references, matching the existing dotnet build --no-dependencies behavior.
• DOTNET_TEST_RUNNER environment variable: Selects the test runner without requiring a global.json change. Set it to VSTest or Microsoft.Testing.Platform to override global.json for the current session.
• --use-current-runtime / --ucr: Targets the current runtime during restore and build, matching the option already available on dotnet build and dotnet publish.
• --test-modules exclusion patterns: Patterns starting with ! are now treated as excludes, and whitespace between semicolons is trimmed, making YAML-folded CI expressions work correctly.
• Per-assembly test counts: The summary line for multi-assembly runs now includes per-assembly counts.
• Terminal logger arguments: --tl, --terminallogger, and --tlp are now forwarded to MSBuild instead of being passed as test application arguments.
• Live display of in-flight tests: The progress area shows tests that are running, using a new TestInProgressMessages IPC event. The panel keeps per-assembly trimming for large parallel runs and is enabled only for interactive ANSI terminals.
• Two-stage Ctrl+C cancellation: The first press stops scheduling new test apps and shows a hint; the second press force-kills all child test processes.
• --device for MAUI: Select a device per target framework when running tests for .NET MAUI projects.
• Protocol 1.1.0 output forwarding: When the test host supports protocol 1.1.0, stdout/stderr and IOutputDevice messages are streamed live through the terminal reporter instead of being shown only on failure.
• --timeout and --maximum-failed-tests options in Microsoft Testing Platform mode

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-test-mtp

Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/docs/blob/main/docs/core/tools/dotnet-test-mtp.md

Document Version Independent Id

8e26d044-aa1e-3863-7731-a382e9b50dd3

Platform Id

345bb8be-53d8-2135-c78b-e42322e57055

Article author

@meaghanlewis

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• PlatformId: 345bb8be-53d8-2135-c78b-e42322e57055
• Service: dotnet-fundamentals

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