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Closes #1553

Ports the session side of upstream test.fail (e2e-inc/e2e#1539, 732ea8a) far enough for the two unported its of mcp-test-run.test.ts. Per the maintainer's decision, no new public API: the mark is NUnit's own property E2E.Fail ([Property("E2E.Fail", "reason")], or set in the body through TestExecutionContext.CurrentContext.CurrentTest.Properties).

What changes in open_session {test}:

  • A marked test whose body fails reads failed as expected with Expected to fail: <reason>.
  • A marked test whose body passes reads UNEXPECTED_PASS: test is marked test.fail ("<reason>") but passed, and is recorded as a failure, as upstream does.
  • A beforeAll failure under a mark reads failed (not as expected), with the reason line, as upstream.
  • A timeout is not decided by the mark, so it gets no Expected to fail line.

Upstream parity

Upstream change: tester-army/e2e commit 732ea8a (#1539, feat(e2e): test.fail for tests expected to fail) and the mcp-test-run.test.ts its it adds.

Verdict: gaps remain. Each gap is a justified exception:

  • Counts (approximate): ported 4 (mark read, outcome text, UNEXPECTED_PASS, beforeAll under a mark), partial 2 (the two its, see below), missing 3 groups (see below), renamed 0, port-only 3 (SessionTestOutcome.ExpectedFailure, NUnitSessionTestRunner.ExpectedFailure/FindResult, the E2E.Fail property name constant).
  • Missing, justified: the run verdict. NUnit has no expected-failure outcome, so dotnet test reports a marked failing test as failed and a marked passing test as passed. Upstream's expected-failure.ts settles the verdict. Not ported: collect/registry.ts (fail option, test.fail registration), run/expected-failure.ts and run/retry.ts (retry of an unexpected pass), report/* (reporters show the covered error), schema/report-v1.schema.json, telemetry/events.ts, internal/expected-failure.ts. The port has no test registry, scheduler, retry, or reporter parts; NUnit and xUnit own those.
  • Missing, justified: upstream's timeout coverage (timed-out is covered upstream and becomes a pass). The port reports timed out and does not cover it.
  • Missing, justified: test.fail called in the body is set through NUnit's execution context, not an API; beforeEach marks and afterEach refusal are not ported.
  • Partial: the two its are Partial_ in OpenSessionTestOverE2eMcpTests (full names, not file:line). They open through SessionHost and check the opening text. Text unit tests are in TestOutcomeTests.
  • Error codes: UNEXPECTED_PASS (NUnitSessionTestRunner.Outcome, covered by Partial_Tells_a_test_that_failed_as_test_fail_expected_and_one_that_passed_unexpectedly and Tells_a_test_that_passed_though_marked_as_expected_to_fail); HOOK_FAILED in beforeAll under a mark (covered by Partial_Does_not_cover_a_beforeAll_failure_with_test_fail and Tells_a_hook_failure_under_a_mark_as_failed_not_as_expected).
  • Contract sentences: upstream's "a skip wins" is not verified in the port (a skipped test under a mark is not tested here). "Infrastructure errors are not covered" is not verified either; the port reads the test's own Failure only.
  • Repo rules (CLAUDE.md): the public surface change (the E2E.Fail convention, the outcome wording) is in COMPATIBILITY.md (the test.fail entry) and skills/e2e-dotnet/references/mcp.md, and docs-site/src/content/docs/coding-agents.mdx. The change adds no public API.

Local checks

  • dotnet format E2E.slnx --verify-no-changes on the changed files: clean.
  • tests/E2E.Cli.Tests McpTestOutcome: 9 passed (3 new).
  • tests/E2E.NUnit.Tests OpenSessionTestOverE2eMcpTests: 12 passed (2 new).
  • tests/E2E.Cli.Tests HostedDeviceSessionTests.Releases_the_lease_of_a_session_that_sits_idle failed once in a full Mcp run and passed on rerun (11/11). It is in hosted-device code this PR does not touch.
  • Real-model tests (TestCategory=RealModel) not run: the change does not affect the agent, prompts, cache, replay, the web engine, or the page script.

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  • New Features
    • NUnit session runs now recognize tests marked as expected to fail. A failing test body is reported as “failed as expected” with its reason; a passing test is reported as UNEXPECTED_PASS.
    • Failures in setup hooks remain ordinary failures, and timeouts retain their existing status. The expected-failure mark does not change the verdict from dotnet test.
  • Documentation
    • Updated compatibility and usage guidance to clarify the partial support and its behavior in session runs.

kblok and others added 2 commits November 10, 2026 23:15
A test marked expected to fail, with NUnit's [Property("E2E.Fail", reason)]
or set in its body, reads "failed as expected" in open_session {test} when
its body fails, and fails with UNEXPECTED_PASS when it passes. A beforeAll
failure under a mark reads failed. The run's own verdict is not inverted,
since NUnit has no expected-failure outcome; see COMPATIBILITY.md.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
A teardown that fails after a marked body is a failure, not UNEXPECTED_PASS.
A non-string mark value still counts as a mark. A timeout is not decided by
the mark, so it gets no "Expected to fail" line. The coding-agents guide
describes the expected-failure outcome.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The NUnit session runner now reads E2E.Fail and carries its reason into session outcomes. The CLI reports marked body failures as “failed as expected” and marked passes as UNEXPECTED_PASS. The expected-failure marker does not change the dotnet test verdict.

Changes: NUnit expected-failure reporting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Read the NUnit marker and create session outcomes
src/E2E/Run/SessionTests.cs, src/E2E.NUnit/NUnitSessionTestRunner.cs, tests/E2E.NUnit.Tests/McpTestRun/OpenSessionTestOverE2eMcpTests.cs
SessionTestOutcome carries an optional expected-failure reason. The NUnit runner reads E2E.Fail from test results and includes the reason in outcomes, including beforeAll failures. Tests cover marked failures, unexpected passes, and setup-hook failures.
Format outcomes and document supported behavior
src/E2E.Cli/Mcp/TestOutcome.cs, src/E2E.Cli/Mcp/Session.cs, tests/E2E.Cli.Tests/McpTestOutcome/TestOutcomeTests.cs, COMPATIBILITY.md, docs-site/src/content/docs/coding-agents.mdx, skills/e2e-dotnet/SKILL.md, skills/e2e-dotnet/references/mcp.md
The CLI formats expected body failures and unexpected passes, while setup-hook failures remain ordinary failures and timeouts retain their timeout status. Tests verify these outcomes. The documentation describes the marker, reported outcomes, and compatibility limits.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant NUnitTestResult
  participant NUnitSessionTestRunner
  participant SessionTestOutcome
  participant SessionOpenSessionAsync
  participant TestOutcomeDescribe
  NUnitTestResult->>NUnitSessionTestRunner: E2E.Fail marker and test result
  NUnitSessionTestRunner->>SessionTestOutcome: Failure, phase, and expected-failure reason
  SessionOpenSessionAsync->>TestOutcomeDescribe: Session outcome and expected-failure reason
  TestOutcomeDescribe->>SessionOpenSessionAsync: Formatted outcome text
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A teardown failure can be misleadingly reported as expected. Correct that status and add the missing opening-text assertions; the remaining risk is narrow.

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Upstream Parity Error (previously flagged, unaddressed) Point 4: TestOutcome.Describe changes the user-visible open_session outcome for expected failures. The PR reports this as upstream behavior, but skills/e2e-dotnet/SKILL.md:118 is unchanged. The … Update skills/e2e-dotnet/SKILL.md to describe the expected-failure outcomes. Verify the wording and remaining parity against upstream when its source is available.
Linked Issues check Warning Issue #1553 requires both upstream integration tests with their upstream names and assertions. The PR adds Partial_Tells_a_test_that_failed_as_test_fail_expected_and_one_that_passed_unexpectedly and… Add the two upstream-named integration tests with the required open_session {test} assertions. Assert the opening text for the expected body failure, the unexpected pass, and the marked beforeAll failure. Keep the existing unit tests if…
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Title check Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: porting test.fail session outcomes through NUnit's E2E.Fail property. It is specific and concise.
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changed source, tests, and documentation implement or document the test.fail behavior for open_session {test}. The E2E.Fail property handling, outcome propagation, text formatting, hook hand…
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The changed source, tests, and documentation implement or document the test.fail behavior for open_session {test}. The E2E.Fail property handling, outcome propagation, text formatting, hook handling, teardown handling, and non-string mark coverage support that behavior. No unrelated change is demonstrated.

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Point 4: TestOutcome.Describe changes the user-visible open_session outcome for expected failures. The PR reports this as upstream behavior, but skills/e2e-dotnet/SKILL.md:118 is unchanged. The PR updates the docs-site guide and COMPATIBILITY.md. Upstream source was unavailable. The upstream test inventory, assertions, symbol mapping, and wording could not be verified.

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Update skills/e2e-dotnet/SKILL.md to describe the expected-failure outcomes. Verify the wording and remaining parity against upstream when its source is available.

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Issue #1553 requires both upstream integration tests with their upstream names and assertions. The PR adds Partial_Tells_a_test_that_failed_as_test_fail_expected_and_one_that_passed_unexpectedly and Partial_Does_not_cover_a_beforeAll_failure_with_test_fail, but these tests assert SessionTestOutcome only. They do not assert the open_session {test} opening text. The new TestOutcomeTests cover text formatting separately, but they do not provide the required integration assertions. The implementation does read E2E.Fail, reports expected failures, reports UNEXPECTED_PASS, and carries the mark through beforeAll failures.

Resolution

Add the two upstream-named integration tests with the required open_session {test} assertions. Assert the opening text for the expected body failure, the unexpected pass, and the marked beforeAll failure. Keep the existing unit tests if they remain useful.

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Latest explanation: The prior documentation concern is addressed: commit 40a58757 updates skills/e2e-dotnet/SKILL.md with the expected-failure outcomes. The PR and COMPATIBILITY.md describe the partial port, and the two session tests use Partial_ names. Upstream source is unavailable, so the symbol mappings, test inventory and assertions, behavior, and documentation wording could not be verified.

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Review comments at @src/E2E.NUnit/NUnitSessionTestRunner.cs:
- Around line 128-138: Update the fallback failure handling in
NUnitSessionTestRunner so a OneTimeTearDown failure after a passing body
receives a distinct code or phase from an expected body failure. Update
TestOutcome.Describe to exclude that teardown failure from the “failed as
expected” status while preserving expected-failure reporting for body failures.

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- Around line 75-110: Update the marked-test coverage in
Partial_Tells_a_test_that_failed_as_test_fail_expected_and_one_that_passed_unexpectedly
and Partial_Does_not_cover_a_beforeAll_failure_with_test_fail to run the
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…he text (#1553)

A teardown that fails after a passing marked body reports TEST_FAILED with no
expected-failure reason. The two partial session tests now open through
SessionHost and assert the opening text, not only the outcome.

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The Upstream Parity row cites skills/e2e-dotnet/SKILL.md:118 as unchanged, but commit 40a5875 updates that line with the expected-failure outcome. Please re-check against the latest commit 334a4d3.

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