Can MSTest Data Driven Tests Be Run in Parallel?

[Palak Shah]

I have a data driven login test that runs the same test for multiple clients.

I've tried different threading solutions by triggering threads in ClassInitialize and TestInitialize, and waiting for all the tests to be done before cleaning up. Anything I've tried hasn't worked for these data driven tests.

I'm worried that attempting this is fundamentally wrong with how MSTest works with dd tests. Basically what I've found is that the next dataset will not run until TestCleanup is finished, and TestCleanup won't finish without the test being finished and the test results being recorded. So basically, the next test can't start until the previous test results are recorded. Is that true? Or is there a way to parallelize these using the MSTest framework?

 

[Skydiver]

How married are you to MSTest? I've found that I can run tests in parallel using xUnit.

If you are married to MSTest, can you use MSTest v2?

MSTest v2: Execute tests in parallel - Gérald Barré

By default, the MSTest runner executes the tests of an assembly sequentially. If your tests are well isolated you can run them in parallel to reduce the execution time. Since version 1.3, MSTest v2 provides this functionality, but you have to opt-in. To opt-in for parallel execution, you just...

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