Azure Dev Ops test step not finding tests (.net 5)

Question

I have a simple .net 5 project that contains a main project and a unit test project with nUnit3 tests. On my machine (a mac with visual studio for mac fwiw) tests are discovered on build and work as expected.

When I try and set up a build pipeline in Azure dev ops, none of my tests are discovered and I get the follow line in the logs:

Test run detected DLL(s) which were built for different framework and platform versions. Following DLL(s) do not match current settings, which are .NETFramework,Version=v4.0 framework and X86 platform.

GenericRepositoryTests.dll is built for Framework .NETCoreApp,Version=v5.0 and Platform AnyCPU.
Microsoft.TestPlatform.CommunicationUtilities.dll is built for Framework .NETStandard,Version=v2.0 and Platform AnyCPU.

There are more Microsoft dlls it reports but you get the idea. Here is my yaml file for the build process:

# ASP.NET Core (.NET Framework)
# Build and test ASP.NET Core projects targeting the full .NET Framework.
# Add steps that publish symbols, save build artifacts, and more:
# https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/devops/pipelines/languages/dotnet-core

trigger:
- main

pool:
  vmImage: 'windows-latest'

variables:
  solution: '**/*.sln'
  buildPlatform: 'Any CPU'
  buildConfiguration: 'Release'

steps:
# Added this step manually
- task: UseDotNet@2
  displayName: 'Use .NET Core sdk 5.0.100'
  inputs:
    packageType: 'sdk'
    version: '5.0.100'
    includePreviewVersions: true
# Added this step manually
- task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
  displayName: 'dotnet restore'
  inputs:
    command: restore
    projects: '**/*.csproj'
- task: NuGetToolInstaller@1

- task: NuGetCommand@2
  inputs:
    restoreSolution: '$(solution)'

- task: VSBuild@1
  inputs:
    solution: '$(solution)'
    msbuildArgs: '/p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:WebPublishMethod=Package /p:PackageAsSingleFile=true /p:SkipInvalidConfigurations=true /p:DesktopBuildPackageLocation="$(build.artifactStagingDirectory)\WebApp.zip" /p:DeployIisAppPath="Default Web Site"'
    platform: '$(buildPlatform)'
    configuration: '$(buildConfiguration)'

- task: VSTest@2
  inputs:
    testSelector: 'testAssemblies'
    testAssemblyVer2: |
      **\*test*.dll
      !**\*TestAdapter.dll
      !**\obj\**
    searchFolder: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)'
    codeCoverageEnabled: true

How can I make sure the Azure Dev Ops test runner settings are set up to run .net 5 dlls?

Thanks

Answer 1

Thanks to jessehouwing I found that the answer I needed was to use dotnet test rather than VSTest:

Here is my final pipeline:

trigger:
- main

pool:
  vmImage: 'windows-latest'

variables:
  solution: '**/*.sln'
  buildPlatform: 'Any CPU'
  buildConfiguration: 'Release'

steps:

- task: UseDotNet@2
  displayName: 'Use .NET Core sdk 5.0.100'
  inputs:
    packageType: 'sdk'
    version: '5.0.100'
    includePreviewVersions: true

- task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
  displayName: 'dotnet restore'
  inputs:
    command: restore
    projects: '**/*.csproj'

- task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
  displayName: 'dotnet build'
  inputs:
    command: 'build'
    projects: '**/*.sln'

- task: DotNetCoreCLI@2
  displayName: 'dotnet test'
  inputs:
    command: 'test'
    projects: '**/*tests.csproj'
    arguments: '--configuration $(buildConfiguration) --collect "Code coverage"'
    testRunTitle: 'Generic Repository Tests'