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This package contains a subset of binaries for the Visual Studio Test Platform (vstest). Vstest provides a modern, cross platform testing engine that also powers the testing on .NET Core. Supports the following popular test frameworks: MSTest v2, xUnit and Nunit with support for extensibility. Visit https://github.com/microsoft/vstest to know more about vstest platform. For running tests based on the MSTest v1 framework, .orderedtest, .webtest and .generictest please use Microsoft.TestPlatform package.
Last release 23 days ago
15 Sep 2026
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Most releases are documented
notes for 38 of the last 60 stable releases
4 versions withdrawn
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127 years old
149 releases · first in 1900
Isolate code coverage files in published output by Azat Mukhametshin (@azat-msft) in #16476
Full Changelog: v18.10.0...v18.10.1
Drop Mono fallback, run .NET Framework tests on Windows only by Jakub Jareš (@nohwnd) in #16158
vstest.console and datacollector by Jakub Jareš (@nohwnd) in #16201Full Changelog: v18.9.0...v18.10.0
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Fix tilde/exclamation characters corrupted in TerminalLogger test output by Jakub Jareš (@nohwnd) in #16046
Full Changelog: v18.8.0...v18.9.0
Fix protocol negotiation timeout when STJ reflection is disabled (18.8.1) by Jakub Jareš (@nohwnd) in #16281
Full Changelog: v18.8.0...v18.8.1
Migrate from Newtonsoft.Json to System.Text.Json / Jsonite (merge to main) by Jakub Jareš (@nohwnd) in #15687
Full Changelog: v18.7.0...v18.8.0
Add ARM64 msdia140.dll support to test platform packages by James Croft (@jamesmcroft) in #15689
Full Changelog: v18.6.0...v18.7.0
Remove deprecated WebTest and TMI test methods by Jakub Jareš (@nohwnd) in #15525
Full Changelog: v18.5.1...v18.6.0
Fix System.Collections.Immutable binding mismatch in Common.dll (rel/18.5) by Jakub Jareš (@nohwnd) in #15720
Full Changelog: v18.5.0...v18.5.1
⚠️ Unlisted on Nuget, because of #15718
⚠️ Unlisted on Nuget, because of #15718
Full Changelog: v18.4.0...v18.5.0
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Please see release notes directly in the release page: https://github.com/microsoft/vstest/releases
Please see release notes directly in the release page: https://github.com/microsoft/vstest/releases
Add dotnet vstest deprecation message #4297
dotnet vstest deprecation message #4297Microsoft.TestPlatform.Extensions.TrxLogger.ObjectMode.TestOutcome #4243See full log here
Add dotnet vstest deprecation message #4297
dotnet vstest deprecation message #4297Microsoft.TestPlatform.Extensions.TrxLogger.ObjectMode.TestOutcome #4243See full log here
Add test run serialization feature #4126
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Add test run serialization feature #4126
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Fix release note and prebuild scripts #4039
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Fix satellite resolution for Microsoft.TestPlatform.Common #4147
Fixed some security vulnerabilities. #3851
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Updated deprecated build VMs. #3972
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Fixed some security vulnerabilities. #3851
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Enable more rules on test projects #3832
dotnet test #3768See full log here
[rel/17.3] Update Newtonsoft.Json to 13.0.1 #4299
Fixed Selenium test run hang after stopping the debugger #4013
Do not match .NET Standard to Dotnet testhost runner #3958
Reverts change that breaks DOTNET_ROOT #3844
dotnet test #3768See full log here
Fix logging setup when running in remote #3643
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Fix CppUnitTestFramework package layout #3695
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Patched CVE-2017-11770 and CVE-2019-0981 #3578
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[rel/17.2] Update Newtonsoft.Json to 13.0.1 #4310
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