ExTester Runner does not run any tests

[rsigal]

I downloaded the test project
https://github.com/redhat-developer/vscode-extension-tester-example

First I ran the tests using 'npm run ui-test'
npm run ui-test -
36 passing (1m)
1 failing

FYI - the failing test is

      open context menu on an element:
     StaleElementReferenceError: stale element reference: stale element not found in the current frame
  (Session info: chrome=138.0.7204.235)
      at Object.throwDecodedError (node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\error.js:523:15)
      at parseHttpResponse (node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\http.js:524:13)
      at Executor.execute (node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\http.js:456:28)
      at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
      at async Driver.execute (node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver.js:745:17)

Then I tried running the tests using ExTester Runner. No tests ran:

Extension 'helloworld-extester-0.1.0.vsix' was successfully installed.
Loading mocha configuration from C:\Temp\vscode-extension-tester-example-main\.mocharc.js
  0 passing (1ms)

The 'Tasks' output view shows:

Error: the task 'extester-runner: Run All Tests' neither specifies a command nor a dependsOn property. The task will be ignored. Its definition is:
{
    "type": "shell",
    "id": "shell,npx,extest,setup-and-run,'c:\\Temp\\vscode-extension-tester-example-main\\out\\ui-test\\**\\*.test.js',--code_version,max,--type,stable,--code_settings,settings.json,--extensions_dir,.test-extensions,",
    "problemMatcher": [],
    "label": "extester-runner: Run All Tests"
}
Error: the task 'extester-runner: Run All Tests' neither specifies a command nor a dependsOn property. The task will be ignored. Its definition is:
{
    "type": "shell",
    "id": "shell,npx,extest,setup-and-run,'c:\\Temp\\vscode-extension-tester-example-main\\out\\ui-test\\**\\*.test.js',--code_version,max,--type,stable,--code_settings,settings.json,--extensions_dir,.test-extensions,",
    "problemMatcher": [],
    "label": "extester-runner: Run All Tests"
}

The 'ExTester Runner' output view shows:

[DEBUG] Command triggered: extester-runner.runAll
[DEBUG] RunAllTask: outputFolder: out, rootFolder: src
[DEBUG] RunAllTask: rootFolder: src
[DEBUG] RunAllTask: tempDirSettings: 
[DEBUG] RunAllTask: Common relative path segments: ["src","ui-test"]
[DEBUG] RunAllTask: Using glob pattern: **/ui-test/**/*.test.ts
[DEBUG] RunAllTask: Test file pattern: *.test.js
[DEBUG] RunAllTask: Path segments - Output: ["out"], Root: ["src"], Relative: ["src","ui-test"]
[DEBUG] RunAllTask: Final path: c:\Temp\vscode-extension-tester-example-main\out\ui-test\**\*.test.js
[INFO] RunAllTask: Running command: npx extest setup-and-run 'c:\Temp\vscode-extension-tester-example-main\out\ui-test\**\*.test.js'  --code_version max --type stable --code_settings settings.json --extensions_dir .test-extensions
[INFO] Starting test execution: Run All Tests
[DEBUG] Task finished: Run All Tests
[INFO] Test execution completed: Run All Tests
[DEBUG] Refreshing all trees after test run.
[DEBUG] Command triggered: extester-runner.refreshTests
[DEBUG] Refreshing test tree...
[DEBUG] Looking for test files.
[DEBUG] Command triggered: extester-runner.refreshLogs
[DEBUG] Refreshing logs tree...
[DEBUG] Command triggered: extester-runner.refreshScreenshots
[DEBUG] Refreshing screenshots tree...
[DEBUG] Resolved logs directory: C:\Users\rsigal\AppData\Local\Temp\test-resources\settings\logs
[DEBUG] Resolved screenshots directory: C:\Users\rsigal\AppData\Local\Temp\test-resources\screenshots
[DEBUG] setContext for extesterRunner.hasTestFiles to true
[DEBUG] Parsing file c:\Temp\vscode-extension-tester-example-main\src\ui-test\textEditor.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file c:\Temp\vscode-extension-tester-example-main\src\ui-test\settingsEditor.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file c:\Temp\vscode-extension-tester-example-main\src\ui-test\statusBar.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file c:\Temp\vscode-extension-tester-example-main\src\ui-test\notifications.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file c:\Temp\vscode-extension-tester-example-main\src\ui-test\treeView.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file c:\Temp\vscode-extension-tester-example-main\src\ui-test\modalDialog.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file c:\Temp\vscode-extension-tester-example-main\src\ui-test\menus.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file c:\Temp\vscode-extension-tester-example-main\src\ui-test\input.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file c:\Temp\vscode-extension-tester-example-main\src\ui-test\extensionsView.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file c:\Temp\vscode-extension-tester-example-main\src\ui-test\commands.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file c:\Temp\vscode-extension-tester-example-main\src\ui-test\bottomBar.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file c:\Temp\vscode-extension-tester-example-main\src\ui-test\activityBar.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file c:\Temp\vscode-extension-tester-example-main\src\ui-test\webView.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file: file:///c%3A/Temp/vscode-extension-tester-example-main/src/ui-test/textEditor.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file: file:///c%3A/Temp/vscode-extension-tester-example-main/src/ui-test/settingsEditor.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file: file:///c%3A/Temp/vscode-extension-tester-example-main/src/ui-test/statusBar.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file: file:///c%3A/Temp/vscode-extension-tester-example-main/src/ui-test/notifications.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file: file:///c%3A/Temp/vscode-extension-tester-example-main/src/ui-test/treeView.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file: file:///c%3A/Temp/vscode-extension-tester-example-main/src/ui-test/modalDialog.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file: file:///c%3A/Temp/vscode-extension-tester-example-main/src/ui-test/menus.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file: file:///c%3A/Temp/vscode-extension-tester-example-main/src/ui-test/input.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file: file:///c%3A/Temp/vscode-extension-tester-example-main/src/ui-test/extensionsView.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file: file:///c%3A/Temp/vscode-extension-tester-example-main/src/ui-test/commands.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file: file:///c%3A/Temp/vscode-extension-tester-example-main/src/ui-test/bottomBar.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file: file:///c%3A/Temp/vscode-extension-tester-example-main/src/ui-test/activityBar.test.ts
[DEBUG] Parsing file: file:///c%3A/Temp/vscode-extension-tester-example-main/src/ui-test/webView.test.ts
[DEBUG] setContext for extesterRunner.hasTestFiles to true

Are there specific settings I need to set?

[djelinek]

Hello,
There should not be any additional settings for the example project. Unfortunately, it seems that there has been some instability or something has broken on Windows if the issue is persistent.

Could you please verify whether this is the case with the latest version of ExTester? If so, please feel free to open an issue.

Thank you for trying out our framework!