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test(fuzz): FsCheck property tests + continuous-fuzz workflow (#170) - #274

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test(fuzz): FsCheck property tests + continuous-fuzz workflow (#170)#274
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Closes #170. Files #273 (real bug found by first fuzz run).

Summary

  • Adds FsCheck.Xunit 2.16.6 (xunit-v2 compatible line).
  • PropertyTests.cs — 6 short-form properties at default MaxTest = 100 each. Runs in the PR gate (~250 ms).
  • FuzzTests.cs — same theorems at MaxTest = 100_000, tagged [Trait("Category", "Fuzz")]. Excluded from PR runs via --filter "Category!=Fuzz" (added to both Linux + Windows stages in pr.yaml).
  • fuzz.yaml — weekly Mondays 04:00 UTC + workflow_dispatch. Runs Category=Fuzz on net10.0, uploads log as artifact, on failure extracts failing seeds + shrunk counter-examples and auto-files a bug-labelled issue with the reproducer.

Real finding on first run

Fuzz caught a latent bug immediately: Try.Run(() => throw new X(" ")) throws ArgumentException (from inside Result.Failure, which rejects whitespace) instead of returning a Failed Result. Filed as #273. Both property sets currently skip the whitespace case via string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace guard with an inline // tracked in #273 comment so the fuzz suite ships clean — remove the guard when #273 lands.

Local run

  • dotnet test -f net10.0 --filter Category!=Fuzz → 97 pass in 1s
  • dotnet test -f net10.0 --filter Category=Fuzz → 4 pass in 3s (400_000 randomized cases total, minus whitespace skips)

Stacked-PR base

Base = vNext. One of two in this pair (#177 to follow).

Protected-file guard

Touches .github/workflows/pr.yaml + adds fuzz.yaml → protected. Expected admin-bypass at merge.

Test plan

  • Fuzz workflow runs on workflow_dispatch — 4 properties, ~2–5 min total, all pass
  • pr.yaml PR runs succeed with the Category!=Fuzz filter
  • Introduce a deliberate property regression on a scratch branch to confirm auto-filing works

Closes #170.

Adds FsCheck.Xunit 2.16.6 (xunit-v2 compatible) and two property sets:

  1. `PropertyTests.cs` — 6 properties at default 100 iters each,
     runs in the PR gate (~250 ms). Covers Try.Run success/failure,
     generic value round-trip, AllSucceeded ⇔ !AnyFailed duality, and
     Result.Flatten invariants.

  2. `FuzzTests.cs` — same properties at MaxTest=100_000, tagged
     `[Trait("Category", "Fuzz")]`. Excluded from PR runs via
     `--filter "Category!=Fuzz"` (pr.yaml, both Linux + Windows
     stages) — kept out of the per-PR budget. Total ~400_000
     randomized cases per weekly run.

New `fuzz.yaml`: weekly Mondays 04:00 UTC + workflow_dispatch. Runs
Category=Fuzz on net10.0, uploads log as artifact, extracts failing
seeds + shrunk counter-examples on failure, and auto-files a
`bug`-labelled issue with the reproducer.

The first fuzz-mode run surfaced a real latent bug — `Try.Run` throws
`ArgumentException` when the caught exception's Message is
whitespace-only (Result.Failure rejects whitespace). Filed as #273;
both property sets skip the whitespace case via a
`string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace` guard so the fuzz workflow ships clean,
citing #273 in the property comment so the skip is removed once the
bug is fixed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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`ThrowIfNull` is net6+. The test project multi-targets net462
through net10.0, so the FuzzTests / PropertyTests properties added
in this PR break the build on net462/net472/net48/net481/net5.0.
Replaced with `if (x is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(x));`
which works on every TFM.

Caught by the full-repo code review run against vNext-preview.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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