Can NUnit run TestCaseSource based tests independently?

Question

Below tests does not run independently which causes them to fail. In our case, we need to populate a database with relevant data for each case.

Is there a way to let each run on a 'clean' fixture?

[TestFixture]
public class TestSourceTest
{
    int _sum = 0;

    public class T
    {
        public int I { get; }

        public T(int i)
        {
            I = i;
        }

        public override string ToString()
        {
            return I.ToString();
        }
    }
    [TestCaseSource(nameof(TestCases))]
    public void Test(T t)
    {
        _sum += t.I;

        Assert.That(_sum, Is.EqualTo(t.I));
    }

    static IEnumerable<T> TestCases()
    {
        yield return new T(1);
        yield return new T(2);
        yield return new T(3);
    }
}

You are missing the point, Roman. The sum is there to illustrate the problem and as I write, we populate database (and Fakes) with each run. The test runs appear not to be independent. — Anders Juul, Nov 30 '22 at 11:06

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 30 '22 at 16:09

The problem isn't TestCaseSource. In NUnit all tests within a fixture have historically used the same fixture instance. This is probably the biggest difference between NUnit and most other frameworks and it's important to be aware of it.

Starting with NUnit 3.13, you have been able to use [FixtureLifeCycle(LifeCycle.InstancePerTestCase)] to override the default and have each test case run in a separate instance. This new feature has had a number of bug fixes since then so you should use the latest release of NUnit (3.13.3 at this writing) if you want to make use of the new attribute.

Can NUnit run TestCaseSource based tests independently?

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