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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

We are trying to reduce the time of our CI by splitting the execution between multiple runners.

Describe the solution you'd like

Similar to what we can do in Playwright, I think that implementing sharding in the dotnet test CLI would greatly benefit many projects. One possible API could be based on the previous example:

# The first runner could execute this, running the first fifth of the tests in MyTests.dll
dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 1/5
# Run the second fifth of the tests in MyTests.dll
dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 2/5
# ...
dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 3/5
dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 4/5
dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 5/5

Additional context

We already tried these two solutions that does not completely satisfy us:

Work around the issue by splitting our tests in multiple projects

We can have multiple test projects and configure our CI to split the projects to run between multiple runners. This is not ideal as it forces an architecture upon us, multiplying the projects count for no other purpose than the tests execution.

Keep a single test project and split the tests to run manually

We also tried to implement our own "sharding" by:

  1. Listing all of the tests with the dotnet test --list-tests command;
  2. Split the result in shards in a bash script;
  3. Have one CI runner per shard.

The return of the dotnet test --list-tests command forces us to manipulate it multiple times, removing the headers that cannot be muted and manage the parameterized tests that appears multiple times. Those manipulations are tedious and seem hacky, compared to a native solution provided by the SDK.


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      Support tests sharding in dotnet test #4068

      Description

      Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

      We are trying to reduce the time of our CI by splitting the execution between multiple runners.

      Describe the solution you'd like

      Similar to what we can do in Playwright, I think that implementing sharding in the dotnet test CLI would greatly benefit many projects. One possible API could be based on the previous example:

      # The first runner could execute this, running the first fifth of the tests in MyTests.dll
      dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 1/5
      # Run the second fifth of the tests in MyTests.dll
      dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 2/5
      # ...
      dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 3/5
      dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 4/5
      dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 5/5

      Additional context

      We already tried these two solutions that does not completely satisfy us:

      Work around the issue by splitting our tests in multiple projects

      We can have multiple test projects and configure our CI to split the projects to run between multiple runners. This is not ideal as it forces an architecture upon us, multiplying the projects count for no other purpose than the tests execution.

      Keep a single test project and split the tests to run manually

      We also tried to implement our own "sharding" by:

      1. Listing all of the tests with the dotnet test --list-tests command;
      2. Split the result in shards in a bash script;
      3. Have one CI runner per shard.

      The return of the dotnet test --list-tests command forces us to manipulate it multiple times, removing the headers that cannot be muted and manage the parameterized tests that appears multiple times. Those manipulations are tedious and seem hacky, compared to a native solution provided by the SDK.


      Opened by ThomasFerroAgicap in dotnet/sdk#42986 (comment)

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          Support tests sharding in dotnet test #4068

          Description

          Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

          We are trying to reduce the time of our CI by splitting the execution between multiple runners.

          Describe the solution you'd like

          Similar to what we can do in Playwright, I think that implementing sharding in the dotnet test CLI would greatly benefit many projects. One possible API could be based on the previous example:

          # The first runner could execute this, running the first fifth of the tests in MyTests.dll
          dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 1/5
          # Run the second fifth of the tests in MyTests.dll
          dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 2/5
          # ...
          dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 3/5
          dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 4/5
          dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 5/5

          Additional context

          We already tried these two solutions that does not completely satisfy us:

          Work around the issue by splitting our tests in multiple projects

          We can have multiple test projects and configure our CI to split the projects to run between multiple runners. This is not ideal as it forces an architecture upon us, multiplying the projects count for no other purpose than the tests execution.

          Keep a single test project and split the tests to run manually

          We also tried to implement our own "sharding" by:

          1. Listing all of the tests with the dotnet test --list-tests command;
          2. Split the result in shards in a bash script;
          3. Have one CI runner per shard.

          The return of the dotnet test --list-tests command forces us to manipulate it multiple times, removing the headers that cannot be muted and manage the parameterized tests that appears multiple times. Those manipulations are tedious and seem hacky, compared to a native solution provided by the SDK.


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              Support tests sharding in dotnet test #4068

              Description

              Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

              We are trying to reduce the time of our CI by splitting the execution between multiple runners.

              Describe the solution you'd like

              Similar to what we can do in Playwright, I think that implementing sharding in the dotnet test CLI would greatly benefit many projects. One possible API could be based on the previous example:

              # The first runner could execute this, running the first fifth of the tests in MyTests.dll
              dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 1/5
              # Run the second fifth of the tests in MyTests.dll
              dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 2/5
              # ...
              dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 3/5
              dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 4/5
              dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 5/5

              Additional context

              We already tried these two solutions that does not completely satisfy us:

              Work around the issue by splitting our tests in multiple projects

              We can have multiple test projects and configure our CI to split the projects to run between multiple runners. This is not ideal as it forces an architecture upon us, multiplying the projects count for no other purpose than the tests execution.

              Keep a single test project and split the tests to run manually

              We also tried to implement our own "sharding" by:

              1. Listing all of the tests with the dotnet test --list-tests command;
              2. Split the result in shards in a bash script;
              3. Have one CI runner per shard.

              The return of the dotnet test --list-tests command forces us to manipulate it multiple times, removing the headers that cannot be muted and manage the parameterized tests that appears multiple times. Those manipulations are tedious and seem hacky, compared to a native solution provided by the SDK.


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                  Support tests sharding in dotnet test #4068

                  Description

                  Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

                  We are trying to reduce the time of our CI by splitting the execution between multiple runners.

                  Describe the solution you'd like

                  Similar to what we can do in Playwright, I think that implementing sharding in the dotnet test CLI would greatly benefit many projects. One possible API could be based on the previous example:

                  # The first runner could execute this, running the first fifth of the tests in MyTests.dll
                  dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 1/5
                  # Run the second fifth of the tests in MyTests.dll
                  dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 2/5
                  # ...
                  dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 3/5
                  dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 4/5
                  dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 5/5

                  Additional context

                  We already tried these two solutions that does not completely satisfy us:

                  Work around the issue by splitting our tests in multiple projects

                  We can have multiple test projects and configure our CI to split the projects to run between multiple runners. This is not ideal as it forces an architecture upon us, multiplying the projects count for no other purpose than the tests execution.

                  Keep a single test project and split the tests to run manually

                  We also tried to implement our own "sharding" by:

                  1. Listing all of the tests with the dotnet test --list-tests command;
                  2. Split the result in shards in a bash script;
                  3. Have one CI runner per shard.

                  The return of the dotnet test --list-tests command forces us to manipulate it multiple times, removing the headers that cannot be muted and manage the parameterized tests that appears multiple times. Those manipulations are tedious and seem hacky, compared to a native solution provided by the SDK.


                  Opened by ThomasFerroAgicap in dotnet/sdk#42986 (comment)

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                      Support tests sharding in dotnet test #4068

                      Description

                      Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

                      We are trying to reduce the time of our CI by splitting the execution between multiple runners.

                      Describe the solution you'd like

                      Similar to what we can do in Playwright, I think that implementing sharding in the dotnet test CLI would greatly benefit many projects. One possible API could be based on the previous example:

                      # The first runner could execute this, running the first fifth of the tests in MyTests.dll
                      dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 1/5
                      # Run the second fifth of the tests in MyTests.dll
                      dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 2/5
                      # ...
                      dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 3/5
                      dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 4/5
                      dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 5/5

                      Additional context

                      We already tried these two solutions that does not completely satisfy us:

                      Work around the issue by splitting our tests in multiple projects

                      We can have multiple test projects and configure our CI to split the projects to run between multiple runners. This is not ideal as it forces an architecture upon us, multiplying the projects count for no other purpose than the tests execution.

                      Keep a single test project and split the tests to run manually

                      We also tried to implement our own "sharding" by:

                      1. Listing all of the tests with the dotnet test --list-tests command;
                      2. Split the result in shards in a bash script;
                      3. Have one CI runner per shard.

                      The return of the dotnet test --list-tests command forces us to manipulate it multiple times, removing the headers that cannot be muted and manage the parameterized tests that appears multiple times. Those manipulations are tedious and seem hacky, compared to a native solution provided by the SDK.


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                          Description

                          Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

                          We are trying to reduce the time of our CI by splitting the execution between multiple runners.

                          Describe the solution you'd like

                          Similar to what we can do in Playwright, I think that implementing sharding in the dotnet test CLI would greatly benefit many projects. One possible API could be based on the previous example:

                          # The first runner could execute this, running the first fifth of the tests in MyTests.dll
                          dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 1/5
                          # Run the second fifth of the tests in MyTests.dll
                          dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 2/5
                          # ...
                          dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 3/5
                          dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 4/5
                          dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 5/5

                          Additional context

                          We already tried these two solutions that does not completely satisfy us:

                          Work around the issue by splitting our tests in multiple projects

                          We can have multiple test projects and configure our CI to split the projects to run between multiple runners. This is not ideal as it forces an architecture upon us, multiplying the projects count for no other purpose than the tests execution.

                          Keep a single test project and split the tests to run manually

                          We also tried to implement our own "sharding" by:

                          1. Listing all of the tests with the dotnet test --list-tests command;
                          2. Split the result in shards in a bash script;
                          3. Have one CI runner per shard.

                          The return of the dotnet test --list-tests command forces us to manipulate it multiple times, removing the headers that cannot be muted and manage the parameterized tests that appears multiple times. Those manipulations are tedious and seem hacky, compared to a native solution provided by the SDK.


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                              Description

                              Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

                              We are trying to reduce the time of our CI by splitting the execution between multiple runners.

                              Describe the solution you'd like

                              Similar to what we can do in Playwright, I think that implementing sharding in the dotnet test CLI would greatly benefit many projects. One possible API could be based on the previous example:

                              # The first runner could execute this, running the first fifth of the tests in MyTests.dll
                              dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 1/5
                              # Run the second fifth of the tests in MyTests.dll
                              dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 2/5
                              # ...
                              dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 3/5
                              dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 4/5
                              dotnet test"MyTests.dll" --shard 5/5

                              Additional context

                              We already tried these two solutions that does not completely satisfy us:

                              Work around the issue by splitting our tests in multiple projects

                              We can have multiple test projects and configure our CI to split the projects to run between multiple runners. This is not ideal as it forces an architecture upon us, multiplying the projects count for no other purpose than the tests execution.

                              Keep a single test project and split the tests to run manually

                              We also tried to implement our own "sharding" by:

                              1. Listing all of the tests with the dotnet test --list-tests command;
                              2. Split the result in shards in a bash script;
                              3. Have one CI runner per shard.

                              The return of the dotnet test --list-tests command forces us to manipulate it multiple times, removing the headers that cannot be muted and manage the parameterized tests that appears multiple times. Those manipulations are tedious and seem hacky, compared to a native solution provided by the SDK.


                              Opened by ThomasFerroAgicap in dotnet/sdk#42986 (comment)

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