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Fixes #6854

Problem

In IDE workspaces (C# DevKit, Visual Studio, Rider) project-to-project references are CompilationReferences rather than PE references. Attributes declared in a referenced project therefore keep an AttributeData.ApplicationSyntaxReference that points into that project's syntax trees.

TestMetadataGenerator collects attributes from base types (GetAttributesIncludingBaseTypes()) and from inherited test methods ([InheritsTests]). When a test class derives from a base class in another project, AttributeWriter saw a non-null syntax reference, took the syntax-based path, and called compilation.GetSemanticModel(attributeArgumentSyntax.SyntaxTree) on a tree the consuming compilation does not own:

System.ArgumentException: SyntaxTree is not part of the compilation (Parameter 'syntaxTree')
   at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.CSharpCompilation.CommonGetSemanticModel(...)
   at TUnit.Core.SourceGenerator.CodeGenerators.Writers.AttributeWriter.FormatConstructorArgument(...)
   at TUnit.Core.SourceGenerator.CodeGenerators.Writers.AttributeWriter.GetAttributeObjectInitializerInner(...)
   at TUnit.Core.SourceGenerator.Generators.TestMetadataGenerator.PreGenerateCreateAttributesCode(...)

The exception escapes the generator and takes the whole language-server request down with it, which is what the DevKit log in the issue shows. On the command line the same code works because PE references carry no syntax, so the generator already used the TypedConstant fallback there.

Fix

  • New AttributeData.GetApplicationSyntax(Compilation, out bool isInCompilation) and GetApplicationSyntaxInCompilation(Compilation) extensions share one compilation.ContainsSyntaxTree(...) ownership rule. ContainsSyntaxTree is a dictionary lookup, so this is cheap on the hot path.
  • AttributeWriter.WriteAttribute / GetAttributeObjectInitializer use it, so attributes whose syntax lives in another compilation take the existing WriteAttributeWithoutSyntax (TypedConstant) path, exactly as they do for metadata references on the CLI. The syntax is now resolved once per attribute instead of up to three times.
  • GenerateArgumentsAttributeWithParameterTypes (the [Arguments] decimal-precision path) reads the syntax via GetApplicationSyntax and gates only the GetSemanticModel call on isInCompilation. Its catch fallback previously re-entered AttributeWriter.WriteAttribute and would have thrown the same exception a second time.
  • The [Arguments] typed-constant fallback is extracted to GenerateArgumentsAttributeFromTypedConstants (review follow-ups 8672889, a300f0d):
    • appends attr.NamedArguments as an object initializer, so Skip, DisplayName, Categories and SkipIfEmpty on an inherited [Arguments] are no longer dropped (this was also lost for metadata references before);
    • keeps the source text of numeric literals bound to decimal parameters when the foreign syntax is available and aligns 1:1 with the values, so precision matches same-project generation. Only decimal-compatible forms qualify (TryGetDecimalLiteralText: digits, separators, fraction, exponent, optional d/f/m suffix, unary +/-); hex/binary prefixes and L/U suffixes are formatted from the typed constant so the output still compiles;
    • guards the null params-array form of [Arguments(null)];
    • formats into a local CodeWriter and appends via AppendRaw, so a mid-format exception cannot leave a partial new X( on the shared writer ahead of the caller's catch fallback.

Generated output for attributes in the current compilation is unchanged; existing snapshots are untouched.

Tests

tests/TUnit.Core.SourceGenerator.Tests/CrossCompilationAttributeTests.cs builds a base compilation and a derived compilation that references it via ToMetadataReference() (a CompilationReference, the IDE shape) and asserts the precondition that the base attributes carry syntax references into a tree the derived compilation does not contain.

  • AttributeWriter_FallsBackToTypedConstants_ForAttributesFromReferencedCompilation drives AttributeWriter directly and checks the emitted new global::TUnit.Core.CategoryAttribute("FromBase") / RetryAttribute(3) initializers.
  • TestMetadataGenerator_DoesNotThrow_ForAttributesFromReferencedCompilation runs the full generator over a [InheritsTests] class (covering both the per-class helper path and the inherited-method path, including [Arguments]), asserts no generator exception or error diagnostics, checks the emitted attribute initializers (including 123_999.00000000000000001m, -1.5m, 0.5m from +0.5, 2e1m, Skip = "from base", Categories, ArgumentsAttribute(null)), asserts 100L/100U/0x1F/0b1010 never become …Lm/0x1m/0b1010m, and compiles the output.

Both tests fail with SyntaxTree is not part of the compilation without the src changes and pass with them (verified on net10.0 and net472). Full TUnit.Core.SourceGenerator.Tests suite passes on net10.0.

Not addressed

The issue also mentions that DevKit previously reported errors in generated files rather than crashing. Those are a separate symptom (likely the EnableTUnitSourceGeneration / reflection-mode interplay in design-time builds) and are not changed here.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Fixed source generation failures when processing attributes from referenced or cross-project assemblies.
    • Preserved attribute values when source syntax is unavailable, including decimal literals, named arguments, arrays, and null values.
    • Improved generation of inherited class-level and method-level attributes.
    • Corrected formatting for integral-suffixed and hexadecimal or binary literals.
  • Tests

    • Added regression coverage for cross-compilation attribute handling and generator stability.

…ompilations

In IDE workspaces project references are CompilationReferences, so attributes
declared in a referenced project keep an ApplicationSyntaxReference into that
project's syntax trees. AttributeWriter treated any non-null syntax reference as
local and called Compilation.GetSemanticModel on a foreign tree, which throws
"SyntaxTree is not part of the compilation" and crashes the generator (and the
C# DevKit language server request that ran it).

Add AttributeData.GetApplicationSyntaxInCompilation, which only returns the
attribute syntax when Compilation.ContainsSyntaxTree is true, and use it in
AttributeWriter and the [Arguments] decimal-precision path so foreign attributes
take the existing TypedConstant fallback exactly as metadata references do on
the command line.

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The change prevents semantic lookups against syntax trees outside the active compilation. Attribute generation uses typed constants for foreign syntax and preserves only valid decimal literal text. Cross-compilation tests validate generated output and diagnostics.

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Attribute generation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Syntax resolution and attribute writing
src/TUnit.Core.SourceGenerator/Extensions/AttributeDataExtensions.cs, src/TUnit.Core.SourceGenerator/CodeGenerators/Writers/AttributeWriter.cs
Adds compilation ownership checks. AttributeWriter uses typed constants when attribute syntax is foreign or unavailable.
Typed-constant fallback and literal formatting
src/TUnit.Core.SourceGenerator/Generators/TestMetadataGenerator.cs
Uses semantic models only for local syntax, buffers fallback output, and preserves source text only for decimal-compatible literals.
Cross-compilation regression validation
tests/TUnit.Core.SourceGenerator.Tests/CrossCompilationAttributeTests.cs
Tests inherited attributes, decimal and non-decimal literals, named arguments, nullable arguments, diagnostics, and exception-free generation.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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sequenceDiagram
  participant DerivedCompilation
  participant TestMetadataGenerator
  participant AttributeWriter
  participant GeneratedSource
  DerivedCompilation->>TestMetadataGenerator: Process inherited attributes
  TestMetadataGenerator->>AttributeWriter: Generate attribute initialization
  AttributeWriter->>AttributeWriter: Check syntax tree ownership
  AttributeWriter-->>TestMetadataGenerator: Use syntax or typed constants
  TestMetadataGenerator-->>GeneratedSource: Emit validated attribute code
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Source generation now avoids foreign-compilation semantic lookups while preserving valid attribute output for decimal, integral, radix, named, and nullable arguments. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

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Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning The implementation meets the core [#6854] requirement. GetApplicationSyntaxInCompilation rejects foreign syntax trees, and AttributeWriter uses typed-constant fallbacks. The new cross-compilation … Add reviewable integration coverage or implementation evidence for the DevKit generated-file diagnostics and codeLens/resolve behavior required by [#6854]. Alternatively, narrow or update [#6854] before treating the issue as complete.
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The implementation meets the core [#6854] requirement. GetApplicationSyntaxInCompilation rejects foreign syntax trees, and AttributeWriter uses typed-constant fallbacks. The new cross-compilation tests cover inherited attributes, [Arguments], named arguments, decimal literals, and null params-array handling. The tests also verify that generation produces no exception or error diagnostics. However, [#6854] requires generated code to produce no DevKit errors or crashes during CodeLens resolution. The PR does not add or demonstrate coverage for generated-file diagnostics or codeLens/resolve; the summary explicitly leaves those errors out of scope. The requested macOS and tool-version validation is manual and is not a coding requirement.

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The PR appears safe to merge; the previous cross-compilation decimal-literal finding is fixed and no new actionable failures were identified.

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The PR prevents source-generator crashes when inherited attributes retain syntax references from another Roslyn compilation.

  • Adds helpers that distinguish syntax trees owned by the consuming compilation from foreign trees.
  • Routes foreign attributes through typed-constant formatting instead of requesting an invalid semantic model.
  • Preserves decimal source precision, named arguments, and null params-array forms in the cross-compilation [Arguments] fallback.
  • Adds regression coverage for direct attribute writing and full inherited-test generation.
  • The previously reported malformed decimal-suffix behavior is fixed for the cross-compilation fallback, and its review thread is resolved.
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flowchart TD
  A[Inherited attribute] --> B{Application syntax exists?}
  B -- No --> C[Format from TypedConstants]
  B -- Yes --> D{Syntax tree belongs to compilation?}
  D -- Yes --> E[Use semantic model and syntax path]
  D -- No --> F[Read foreign literal text where safe]
  F --> C
  C --> G[Emit generated attribute initializer]
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var attributeSyntax = attr.ApplicationSyntaxReference?.GetSyntax() as AttributeSyntax;
// Get the attribute syntax to access source text (preserves precision for decimals).
// Null for metadata references and for CompilationReferences to other projects (IDE).
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P2 Badge Preserve foreign syntax for decimal argument literals

When a referenced-project [Arguments] supplies a decimal parameter from a high-precision literal such as 123_999.00000000000000001, this returns null even though the syntax remains available, sending the value through TypedConstantFormatter after Roslyn has already rounded it to a double. The generated test therefore receives a different decimal value than same-project source generation, whose decimal path deliberately uses the original source text; retain the foreign syntax for literal extraction while avoiding only the semantic-model lookup.

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Verified and addressed in 8672889. The [Arguments] path no longer discards foreign syntax: it reads ApplicationSyntaxReference unconditionally and only gates the GetSemanticModel call on Compilation.ContainsSyntaxTree. When the semantic model is unavailable, GenerateArgumentsAttributeFromTypedConstants still uses the source text for numeric literals bound to decimal parameters (including the unary-minus form), provided the positional syntax arguments align 1:1 with the typed-constant values; otherwise (e.g. [Arguments(new object[] { ... })]) it uses the typed constants. Covered by the 123_999.00000000000000001m / -1.5m / 2.5m assertions in CrossCompilationAttributeTests.

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var attributeSyntax = attr.ApplicationSyntaxReference?.GetSyntax() as AttributeSyntax;
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When a referenced-project [Arguments] supplies a decimal parameter from a high-precision literal such as 123_999.00000000000000001, this returns null even though the syntax remains available, sending the value through TypedConstantFormatter after Roslyn has already rounded it to a double. The generated test therefore receives a different decimal value than same-project source generation, whose decimal path deliberately uses the original source text; retain the foreign syntax for literal extraction while avoiding only the semantic-model lookup.

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Duplicate of the thread above; addressed in 8672889.

…ed-constant fallback

Review follow-up. The TypedConstant fallback in
GenerateArgumentsAttributeWithParameterTypes emitted only the constructor
arguments, so Skip, DisplayName, Categories and SkipIfEmpty on an inherited
[Arguments] from another project were dropped. It also discarded the foreign
syntax entirely, so a numeric literal bound to a decimal parameter went through
the double TypedConstant and lost precision that same-project generation keeps.

Split the fallback into GenerateArgumentsAttributeFromTypedConstants: it now
appends attr.NamedArguments as an object initializer, uses the foreign syntax
text for numeric literals on decimal parameters when the syntax arguments align
1:1 with the values, and guards the null params-array form of [Arguments(null)].
Only the semantic-model lookup is gated on Compilation.ContainsSyntaxTree.
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if (expression is PrefixUnaryExpressionSyntax unary && unary.IsKind(SyntaxKind.UnaryMinusExpression))
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P2 Badge Treat unary-plus decimal literals as literals

For a referenced-project case such as [Arguments(+123_999.00000000000000001)] targeting a decimal parameter, this helper recognizes unary minus but not unary plus, so the foreign-syntax path formats Roslyn's already-rounded double typed constant instead of preserving the literal text. The same-project path preserves this expression, producing different test data depending on the reference mode; the new unary-minus-only check is fresh evidence beyond the previously reported general precision issue.

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Verified and fixed in a300f0d: TryGetDecimalLiteralText handles UnaryPlusExpression as well as UnaryMinusExpression (the + is dropped, so [Arguments(+0.5)] emits 0.5m). Covered by a new +0.5 case in CrossCompilationAttributeTests.

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I reviewed this PR (fix for a source-generator crash when attributes come from a CompilationReference in IDE workspaces) by reading the full diff, the pre-PR versions of the three modified files (AttributeWriter.cs, AttributeDataExtensions.cs, TestMetadataGenerator.cs), the new test file, and tracing every caller of the changed methods plus related unguarded GetSemanticModel call sites in the generator (CodeGenerationHelpers.cs, SyntaxExtensions.cs) to check for gaps.

The core fix — gating Compilation.GetSemanticModel on ContainsSyntaxTree and falling back to TypedConstant-based formatting otherwise — is correctly and consistently applied. I traced the new GenerateArgumentsAttributeFromTypedConstants logic step-by-step against the new CrossCompilationAttributeTests.cs cases (123_999.00000000000000001, -1.5, new object[] { 2.5 }, [Arguments(null)]) and it produces the expected output in each case. Decimal-precision preservation, the [Arguments(null)] guard, named-argument round-tripping, and the AttributeWriter caching logic all look correct, and the new regression tests accurately exercise the crash scenario this PR fixes.

Two smaller issues survived review, both non-blocking:

  1. TestMetadataGenerator.cs:1416 — If GenerateArgumentsAttributeFromTypedConstants throws after it has already written new {attrTypeName}( to the shared CodeWriter, the catch block in GenerateDataSourceAttribute appends a second, unrelated attribute instantiation onto the same writer instead of resetting it, producing malformed/duplicated generated C# (e.g. new global::...ArgumentsAttribute(new global::...ArgumentsAttribute(1, 2),). This hazard existed in the old null-syntax fallback too, but the new function has more branches (array/IsNull pattern, positionalSyntax alignment, IsNumericLiteral, named-argument loop) between the initial Append and completion, widening the window where a mid-write exception corrupts output. Worth considering buffering the attribute text separately and only appending to the shared writer once generation succeeds.

  2. TestMetadataGenerator.cs:1441 — GenerateArgumentsAttributeWithParameterTypes reimplements the foreign-syntax-tree detection inline (attributeSyntax is not null && compilation.ContainsSyntaxTree(attributeSyntax.SyntaxTree)) instead of calling AttributeDataExtensions.GetApplicationSyntaxInCompilation(compilation), the helper this same PR adds specifically for this purpose in AttributeWriter.cs. If that check is later refined, only the AttributeWriter.cs call site would pick up the fix, reintroducing the exact cross-mode divergence this PR is meant to eliminate. Suggest reusing the shared helper here too.

Both findings are plausible but not confirmed defects — the first requires a mid-format exception to trigger, and the second is a maintainability/duplication concern rather than an active bug. No other prior review comments (CodeRabbit, Codex, Greptile) raised issues that remain unaddressed at the current head commit.

…nts] fallback

Review follow-up. Appending "m" to any numeric literal produced invalid C# for
integral suffixes and radix prefixes (100L -> 100Lm, 0x1F -> 0x1m, 0b1010 ->
0b1010m). TryGetDecimalLiteralText now accepts only plain digit sequences with
optional separators, fraction, exponent and a real suffix, honours unary plus as
well as unary minus, and everything else is formatted from the typed constant.

The typed-constant fallback is built into a local CodeWriter and appended with
AppendRaw, so a formatting failure part-way through no longer leaves a partial
"new X(" on the shared writer for the caller's catch block to append after.

GenerateArgumentsAttributeWithParameterTypes now uses the shared
AttributeData.GetApplicationSyntax(compilation, out isInCompilation) helper so
the syntax-ownership rule lives in one place alongside
GetApplicationSyntaxInCompilation.
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Confirmed the fix: AttributeWriter and GenerateArgumentsAttributeWithParameterTypes now gate every Compilation.GetSemanticModel call on compilation.ContainsSyntaxTree(...) via the new AttributeDataExtensions.GetApplicationSyntax/GetApplicationSyntaxInCompilation helpers, and fall back to TypedConstant-based formatting for attributes whose syntax lives in another compilation (the IDE cross-project shape from #6854). I traced every call site of GetSemanticModel that was reachable from attribute generation and didn't find another path that still passes a foreign syntax tree into it.

The two findings from the earlier automated review on this PR (buffered writer for the typed-constant fallback so a mid-format exception can't corrupt the shared CodeWriter; and reusing the shared GetApplicationSyntax helper instead of reimplementing the ContainsSyntaxTree check inline) are both addressed in a300f0d. TryGetDecimalLiteralText correctly restricts source-text preservation to actual numeric literals (with optional unary sign), so hex/binary prefixes and integral suffixes (0x1F, 0b1010, 100L, 100U) fall through to the typed-constant formatter instead of producing invalid C# like 0x1Fm — the new tests cover this explicitly. Named arguments, the [Arguments(null)] params-array case, and array-form [Arguments(new object[] {...})] (where source text can't be trusted 1:1) all look correct.

One pre-existing duplication worth a follow-up, not a blocker for this PR:

CodeGenerationHelpers.GenerateAttributeInstantiation (src/TUnit.Core.SourceGenerator/CodeGenerationHelpers.cs:65-100,118-150,163-189, untouched by this diff) has its own decimal-literal source-text extraction that just does originalText.TrimEnd('d','D','f','F','l','L','u','U','m','M') + "m" on any non-null/non-string/non-identifier syntax expression, without first checking it's actually a numeric literal the way the new TryGetDecimalLiteralText does. This helper is reachable for cross-compilation attributes too — GenerateMethodDataSourceAttribute falls back to it (TestMetadataGenerator.cs:1758,1777) for [MethodDataSource]-style attributes on inherited members whose data-source method can't be resolved or can't get a factory, and those attributes can come from GetAttributesIncludingBaseTypes() on a base class in another compilation. A decimal-typed argument that isn't a plain literal (e.g. a parenthesized expression or a unary form TryGetDecimalLiteralText would reject) would still get blindly suffixed with m here, producing invalid generated C#.

Since this PR already introduces the safer, well-tested literal-detection logic, it'd be worth extracting TryGetDecimalLiteralText (or the equivalent check) into a shared location both TestMetadataGenerator and CodeGenerationHelpers call, rather than leaving two implementations of the same source-text-vs-typed-constant decision to drift apart. That's an optional follow-up though — it isn't a regression introduced by this change and doesn't need to hold up merging.

Nice test coverage in CrossCompilationAttributeTests.cs — building an actual CompilationReference to reproduce the IDE-workspace shape rather than mocking ApplicationSyntaxReference is the right way to pin this down.

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* refactor: remove unreachable decimal source-text path from GenerateAttributeInstantiation

No caller passes targetParameters, so parameterTypes was always null and
every decimal source-text branch was dead. Dropping it leaves
TestMetadataGenerator.TryGetDecimalLiteralText as the only implementation
of the source-text-vs-typed-constant decision, and stops parsing
attribute syntax for attributes that never use it.

Follow-up to review feedback on #6855.

* fix: emit null for a null params array in GenerateAttributeInstantiation

A null params array (e.g. [Arguments(null)]) was expanded into zero arguments,
turning the attribute into an empty-array call. Let it fall through so it is
emitted as a single null argument.

* refactor: remove unreachable params-array expansion from GenerateAttributeInstantiation

The IsParamsArrayArgument branch only matched ArgumentsAttribute/InlineDataAttribute,
neither of which can reach this function: GenerateTestAttributes filters out
IDataSourceAttribute implementations (ArgumentsAttribute is one), the
TestMetadataGenerator callers only handle MethodDataSource fallbacks, and
StaticPropertyInitializationGenerator routes ArgumentsAttribute elsewhere first.
InlineDataAttribute does not exist in TUnit. Remove the branch and the helper.
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## 1.69.0

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## What's Changed
### Other Changes
* feat(templates): add enableDotCover flag (#​6714) by @​ForNeVeR in
thomhurst/TUnit#6844
* fix: don't request semantic models for attribute syntax from other
compilations (DevKit crash) by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6855
* fix(ci): restore net472 PublicAPI tests on Windows by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6857
* perf(html-report): stream report JSON through pooled chunks and
overlap sidecar serialization by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6860
* chore(renovate): cap Microsoft.Build packages below 18.10.0 by
@​thomhurst in thomhurst/TUnit#6863
* perf: shrink generated per-class test source static constructors (~40%
less startup JIT) by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6859
* refactor: remove unreachable decimal source-text path from
GenerateAttributeInstantiation by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6856
* perf: cut per-test allocations in discovery and execution (-61% at 10k
tests) by @​thomhurst in thomhurst/TUnit#6861
* perf: stop hashing per-test event receivers during registration
(data-driven tests 2.9x faster at 10k) by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6858
* perf(analyzers): cut TUnit analyzer build time ~60% on large test
projects by @​thomhurst in thomhurst/TUnit#6862
### Dependencies
* chore(deps): update opentelemetry to 1.19.0 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6838
* chore(deps): update dependency opentelemetry.instrumentation.runtime
to 1.19.0 by @​thomhurst in thomhurst/TUnit#6840
* chore(deps): update tunit to 1.68.17 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6839
* chore(deps): update verify to 33.1.0 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6843
* chore(deps): update verify to 33.1.1 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6847
* chore(deps): update opentelemetry to 1.19.1 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6850
* chore(deps): update dependency grpc.core.api to 2.84.0 by @​thomhurst
in thomhurst/TUnit#6851
* chore(deps): update dependency stackexchange.redis to 3.3.1 by
@​thomhurst in thomhurst/TUnit#6853
* chore(deps): update dependency polyfill to 11.4.0 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6841
* chore(deps): update dependency polyfill to 11.4.0 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6842

## New Contributors
* @​ForNeVeR made their first contribution in
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## 1.68.17

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## What's Changed
### Other Changes
* fix(mocks): emit init accessors for init-only properties and indexers
by @​thomhurst in thomhurst/TUnit#6833
* fix(mocks): let one type be mocked regularly and wrapped in one
compilation by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6835
* fix(mocks): keep editors in sync with publicized project references
(#​6836) by @​thomhurst in thomhurst/TUnit#6837
### Dependencies
* chore(deps): update tunit to 1.68.4 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6824
* chore(deps): update mstest to 4.4.1 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6825
* chore(deps): update microsoft.testing by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6717
* chore(deps): update verify to v33 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6794
* chore(deps): update dependency stackexchange.redis to 3.2.15 by
@​thomhurst in thomhurst/TUnit#6827
* chore(deps): update dependency messagepack to 3.1.9 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6828
* chore(deps): update dependency stackexchange.redis to 3.3.0 by
@​thomhurst in thomhurst/TUnit#6831
* chore(deps): update opentelemetry to 1.19.0 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6832


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## 1.69.0

<!-- Release notes generated using configuration in .github/release.yml
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## What's Changed
### Other Changes
* feat(templates): add enableDotCover flag (#​6714) by @​ForNeVeR in
thomhurst/TUnit#6844
* fix: don't request semantic models for attribute syntax from other
compilations (DevKit crash) by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6855
* fix(ci): restore net472 PublicAPI tests on Windows by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6857
* perf(html-report): stream report JSON through pooled chunks and
overlap sidecar serialization by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6860
* chore(renovate): cap Microsoft.Build packages below 18.10.0 by
@​thomhurst in thomhurst/TUnit#6863
* perf: shrink generated per-class test source static constructors (~40%
less startup JIT) by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6859
* refactor: remove unreachable decimal source-text path from
GenerateAttributeInstantiation by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6856
* perf: cut per-test allocations in discovery and execution (-61% at 10k
tests) by @​thomhurst in thomhurst/TUnit#6861
* perf: stop hashing per-test event receivers during registration
(data-driven tests 2.9x faster at 10k) by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6858
* perf(analyzers): cut TUnit analyzer build time ~60% on large test
projects by @​thomhurst in thomhurst/TUnit#6862
### Dependencies
* chore(deps): update opentelemetry to 1.19.0 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6838
* chore(deps): update dependency opentelemetry.instrumentation.runtime
to 1.19.0 by @​thomhurst in thomhurst/TUnit#6840
* chore(deps): update tunit to 1.68.17 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6839
* chore(deps): update verify to 33.1.0 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6843
* chore(deps): update verify to 33.1.1 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6847
* chore(deps): update opentelemetry to 1.19.1 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6850
* chore(deps): update dependency grpc.core.api to 2.84.0 by @​thomhurst
in thomhurst/TUnit#6851
* chore(deps): update dependency stackexchange.redis to 3.3.1 by
@​thomhurst in thomhurst/TUnit#6853
* chore(deps): update dependency polyfill to 11.4.0 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6841
* chore(deps): update dependency polyfill to 11.4.0 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6842

## New Contributors
* @​ForNeVeR made their first contribution in
thomhurst/TUnit#6844

**Full Changelog**:
thomhurst/TUnit@v1.68.17...v1.69.0

## 1.68.17

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## What's Changed
### Other Changes
* fix(mocks): emit init accessors for init-only properties and indexers
by @​thomhurst in thomhurst/TUnit#6833
* fix(mocks): let one type be mocked regularly and wrapped in one
compilation by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6835
* fix(mocks): keep editors in sync with publicized project references
(#​6836) by @​thomhurst in thomhurst/TUnit#6837
### Dependencies
* chore(deps): update tunit to 1.68.4 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6824
* chore(deps): update mstest to 4.4.1 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6825
* chore(deps): update microsoft.testing by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6717
* chore(deps): update verify to v33 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6794
* chore(deps): update dependency stackexchange.redis to 3.2.15 by
@​thomhurst in thomhurst/TUnit#6827
* chore(deps): update dependency messagepack to 3.1.9 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6828
* chore(deps): update dependency stackexchange.redis to 3.3.0 by
@​thomhurst in thomhurst/TUnit#6831
* chore(deps): update opentelemetry to 1.19.0 by @​thomhurst in
thomhurst/TUnit#6832


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