Problem with "Exclude these categories"

[J Young]

Version 2.6.0.12051, Gui Runner.

If "Exclude these categories" is selected and there are no "Available Categories", then all test are excluded. I expect no tests to be excluded. Moreover, the "Exclude these categories" option is disabled.

[Charlie Poole (charlie.poole)]

I'm unable to get to a state where there are no available categories but 'Exclude these categories' is checked. How did you do it?

[Charlie Poole (charlie.poole)]

I figured out how it happens:

1. Open a test assembly with one category on a test - if there are other categories, it's more complicated.
2. Select the category in the gui and check exclude these categories.
3. Without closing the gui, modify the source to remove the category and rebuild
4. Reload the assembly - or let it reload automatically

All tests are now excluded.

This only seems to happen on reload, which involves code that is not used in other situations. An explicit test is needed for whether any more categories remain and the checkbox should be cleared otherwise.

[J Young (jyoung)]

I am sorry for not giving enough information to make your task easier. I looks like you have figured it out.
FYI: In my case, I was excluding tests marked as "KnownFailures". So when I fixed the last "KnownFailures", no tests could run.

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Subject: [Bug 1027269] Re: Problem with "Exclude these categories"

I'm unable to get to a state where there are no available categories but 'Exclude these categories' is checked. How did you do it?

[Charlie Poole (charlie.poole)]

Yes, I had been unable to make it happen using the UI only, but then hit on the notion of changing the assembly to see what happened. Your usage with "KnownFailures" should no longer cause a problem after the next release.