fix: smarter stack trace filtering that preserves TUnit-internal traces

TUnit.Engine.Tests/StackTraceFilterTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+using Shouldly;
+using TUnit.Engine.Exceptions;
+
+namespace TUnit.Engine.Tests;
+
+public class StackTraceFilterTests
+{
+    [Test]
+    public void UserFrames_BeforeTUnitFrames_ArePreserved()
+    {
+        var stackTrace = string.Join(Environment.NewLine,
+            "   at MyApp.UserService.GetUser(Int32 id) in C:\\src\\UserService.cs:line 42",
+            "   at MyApp.Tests.UserTests.TestGetUser() in C:\\src\\Tests.cs:line 15",
+            "   at TUnit.Core.RunHelpers.RunAsync()",
+            "   at TUnit.Engine.TestExecutor.ExecuteAsync()");
+
+        var result = TUnitFailedException.FilterStackTrace(stackTrace);
+
+        result.ShouldContain("MyApp.UserService.GetUser");
+        result.ShouldContain("MyApp.Tests.UserTests.TestGetUser");
+        result.ShouldNotContain("TUnit.Core.RunHelpers");
+        result.ShouldNotContain("TUnit.Engine.TestExecutor");
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void UserFrames_AfterTUnitFrames_ArePreserved()
+    {
+        // Assertion internals at top, user test method below
+        var stackTrace = string.Join(Environment.NewLine,
+            "   at TUnit.Assertions.AssertCondition.Check()",
+            "   at TUnit.Assertions.AssertionBuilder.Process()",
+            "   at MyApp.Tests.UserTests.TestGetUser() in C:\\src\\Tests.cs:line 15",
+            "   at TUnit.Core.RunHelpers.RunAsync()");
+
+        var result = TUnitFailedException.FilterStackTrace(stackTrace);
+
+        result.ShouldContain("MyApp.Tests.UserTests.TestGetUser");
+        result.ShouldNotContain("TUnit.Assertions.AssertCondition");
+        result.ShouldNotContain("TUnit.Core.RunHelpers");
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void AllTUnitFrames_PreservesFullTrace()
+    {
+        // TUnit bug — no user frames at all
+        var stackTrace = string.Join(Environment.NewLine,
+            "   at TUnit.Engine.SomeService.Process()",
+            "   at TUnit.Engine.TestExecutor.ExecuteAsync()");
+
+        var result = TUnitFailedException.FilterStackTrace(stackTrace);
+
+        result.ShouldBe(stackTrace);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void EmptyStackTrace_ReturnsEmpty()
+    {
+        TUnitFailedException.FilterStackTrace(null).ShouldBeEmpty();
+        TUnitFailedException.FilterStackTrace("").ShouldBeEmpty();
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void OmittedFrames_ShowHint()
+    {
+        var stackTrace = string.Join(Environment.NewLine,
+            "   at MyApp.Tests.UserTests.TestGetUser() in C:\\src\\Tests.cs:line 15",
+            "   at TUnit.Core.RunHelpers.RunAsync()");
+
+        var result = TUnitFailedException.FilterStackTrace(stackTrace);
+
+        result.ShouldContain("--detailed-stacktrace");
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void NoTUnitFrames_NoHint()
+    {
+        var stackTrace = string.Join(Environment.NewLine,
+            "   at MyApp.UserService.GetUser(Int32 id) in C:\\src\\UserService.cs:line 42",
+            "   at MyApp.Tests.UserTests.TestGetUser() in C:\\src\\Tests.cs:line 15");
+
+        var result = TUnitFailedException.FilterStackTrace(stackTrace);
+
+        result.ShouldNotContain("--detailed-stacktrace");
+        result.ShouldBe(stackTrace);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void TUnitWithoutDot_IsNotFiltered()
+    {
+        // "TUnitExtensions" is NOT a TUnit internal namespace
+        var stackTrace = string.Join(Environment.NewLine,
+            "   at TUnitExtensions.MyHelper.DoSomething()",
+            "   at TUnit.Core.RunHelpers.RunAsync()");
+
+        var result = TUnitFailedException.FilterStackTrace(stackTrace);
+
+        result.ShouldContain("TUnitExtensions.MyHelper");
+        result.ShouldNotContain("TUnit.Core.RunHelpers");
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void InterleavedFrames_PreservesAllUserFrames()
+    {
+        var stackTrace = string.Join(Environment.NewLine,
+            "   at MyApp.Database.Connect() in C:\\src\\Database.cs:line 10",
+            "   at TUnit.Core.SomeHelper.DoSomething()",
+            "   at MyApp.Tests.TestBase.Setup() in C:\\src\\TestBase.cs:line 5",
+            "   at TUnit.Engine.TestExecutor.ExecuteAsync()");
+
+        var result = TUnitFailedException.FilterStackTrace(stackTrace);
+
+        result.ShouldContain("MyApp.Database.Connect");
+        result.ShouldContain("MyApp.Tests.TestBase.Setup");
+        result.ShouldNotContain("TUnit.Core.SomeHelper");
+        result.ShouldNotContain("TUnit.Engine.TestExecutor");
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void AsyncInfrastructureLines_ArePreserved()
+    {
+        var stackTrace = string.Join(Environment.NewLine,
+            "   at MyApp.UserService.GetUser(Int32 id) in C:\\src\\UserService.cs:line 42",
+            "--- End of stack trace from previous location ---",
+            "   at MyApp.Tests.UserTests.TestGetUser() in C:\\src\\Tests.cs:line 15",
+            "   at TUnit.Core.RunHelpers.RunAsync()");
+
+        var result = TUnitFailedException.FilterStackTrace(stackTrace);
+
+        result.ShouldContain("End of stack trace from previous location");
+        result.ShouldContain("MyApp.UserService.GetUser");
+        result.ShouldContain("MyApp.Tests.UserTests.TestGetUser");
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void AllTUnitFrames_WithAsyncSeparators_PreservesFullTrace()
+    {
+        // TUnit bug with async separators — should still return full trace
+        var stackTrace = string.Join(Environment.NewLine,
+            "   at TUnit.Engine.SomeService.Process()",
+            "--- End of stack trace from previous location ---",
+            "   at TUnit.Engine.TestExecutor.ExecuteAsync()");
+
+        var result = TUnitFailedException.FilterStackTrace(stackTrace);
+
+        result.ShouldBe(stackTrace);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void OrphanedSeparator_AfterStrippedTUnitFrame_IsRemoved()
+    {
+        // The separator originally followed a TUnit frame; once stripped, the
+        // separator must not orphan at the top of the output.
+        var stackTrace = string.Join(Environment.NewLine,
+            "   at TUnit.Assertions.Check()",
+            "--- End of stack trace from previous location ---",
+            "   at MyApp.Tests.MyTest() in C:\\src\\Tests.cs:line 15",
+            "   at TUnit.Core.RunHelpers.RunAsync()");
+
+        var result = TUnitFailedException.FilterStackTrace(stackTrace);
+
+        var lines = result.Split(Environment.NewLine);
+        lines[0].ShouldNotContain("End of stack trace from previous location");
+        lines[0].ShouldContain("MyApp.Tests.MyTest");
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void TrailingSeparator_BeforeOnlyStrippedFrames_IsRemoved()
+    {
+        // The separator originally pointed at a TUnit frame; once that frame
+        // is stripped, the separator must not dangle right before the hint.
+        var stackTrace = string.Join(Environment.NewLine,
+            "   at MyApp.Tests.MyTest() in C:\\src\\Tests.cs:line 15",
+            "--- End of stack trace from previous location ---",
+            "   at TUnit.Core.RunHelpers.RunAsync()");
+
+        var result = TUnitFailedException.FilterStackTrace(stackTrace);
+
+        result.ShouldNotContain("End of stack trace from previous location");
+        result.ShouldContain("MyApp.Tests.MyTest");
+        result.ShouldContain("--detailed-stacktrace");
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void Separator_BetweenStrippedTUnitAndUserFrame_IsRemoved()
+    {
+        // Separator's "before" anchor (the TUnit frame above) is gone after
+        // stripping, so it would misleadingly imply an async boundary between
+        // First() and Second() that wasn't really there in user code.
+        var stackTrace = string.Join(Environment.NewLine,
+            "   at MyApp.First() in C:\\src\\App.cs:line 10",
+            "   at TUnit.Core.SomeHelper.DoSomething()",
+            "--- End of stack trace from previous location ---",
+            "   at MyApp.Second() in C:\\src\\App.cs:line 20",
+            "   at TUnit.Engine.TestExecutor.ExecuteAsync()");
+
+        var result = TUnitFailedException.FilterStackTrace(stackTrace);
+
+        result.ShouldContain("MyApp.First");
+        result.ShouldContain("MyApp.Second");
+        result.ShouldNotContain("End of stack trace from previous location");
+        result.ShouldNotContain("TUnit.Core.SomeHelper");
+        result.ShouldNotContain("TUnit.Engine.TestExecutor");
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void Separator_BetweenTwoUserFrames_IsPreserved()
+    {
+        // Both anchors are kept user frames — separator stays.
+        var stackTrace = string.Join(Environment.NewLine,
+            "   at MyApp.First() in C:\\src\\App.cs:line 10",
+            "--- End of stack trace from previous location ---",
+            "   at MyApp.Second() in C:\\src\\App.cs:line 20",
+            "   at TUnit.Engine.TestExecutor.ExecuteAsync()");
+
+        var result = TUnitFailedException.FilterStackTrace(stackTrace);
+
+        result.ShouldContain("End of stack trace from previous location");
+        result.ShouldContain("MyApp.First");
+        result.ShouldContain("MyApp.Second");
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void FilteredTrace_HintHasCorrectFormat()
+    {
+        var stackTrace = string.Join(Environment.NewLine,
+            "   at MyApp.Tests.MyTest() in C:\\src\\Tests.cs:line 15",
+            "   at TUnit.Core.RunHelpers.RunAsync()");
+
+        var result = TUnitFailedException.FilterStackTrace(stackTrace);
+
+        var lines = result.Split(Environment.NewLine);
+        lines.Length.ShouldBe(2);
+        lines[0].ShouldContain("MyApp.Tests.MyTest");
+        lines[1].ShouldContain("--detailed-stacktrace");
+    }
+}

TUnit.Engine/Exceptions/TUnitFailedException.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using TUnit.Core.Exceptions;
 using TUnit.Core.Helpers;
+using TUnit.Engine.CommandLineProviders;
 
 namespace TUnit.Engine.Exceptions;
 
@@ -17,28 +18,105 @@
 
     public override string StackTrace { get; }
 
-    private static string FilterStackTrace(string? stackTrace)
+    // The hint only mentions --detailed-stacktrace because filtering is bypassed
+    // entirely when --log-level Debug/Trace is set (see TUnitMessageBus.SimplifyStacktrace),
+    // so users on debug logging will never see this message.
+    private const string OmittedHint =
+        $"   --- TUnit internals omitted (run with --{DetailedStacktraceCommandProvider.DetailedStackTrace} for full trace) ---";
+
+    internal static string FilterStackTrace(string? stackTrace)
     {
         if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(stackTrace))
         {
             return string.Empty;
         }
 
-        var vsb = new ValueStringBuilder(stackalloc char[256]);
+        var span = stackTrace.AsSpan();
+
+        // Fast path: user-code failures usually throw from pure user frames with no
+        // TUnit internals at all — skip the split/copy loop entirely in that case.
+        if (span.IndexOf("at TUnit.".AsSpan()) < 0)
+        {
+            return stackTrace;
+        }
 
+        var vsb = new ValueStringBuilder(stackalloc char[1024]);
         var added = false;
-        foreach(var range in stackTrace.AsSpan().Split(Environment.NewLine))
+        var omittedAny = false;
+        var lastWasStripped = false;
+        Range pendingSeparator = default;
+        var hasPendingSeparator = false;
+
+        foreach (var range in span.Split(Environment.NewLine))
         {
-            var slice = stackTrace.AsSpan()[range];
-            if (slice.Trim().StartsWith("at TUnit"))
+            var slice = span[range];
+            var trimmed = slice.Trim();
+
+            if (IsTUnitInternalFrame(trimmed))
+            {
+                omittedAny = true;
+                // A separator we were holding described resumption *into* the frame
+                // we're now stripping — its anchor is gone, so drop it.
+                hasPendingSeparator = false;
+                lastWasStripped = true;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            var isFrame = trimmed.StartsWith("at ");
+            if (isFrame)
+            {
+                if (added)
+                {
+                    vsb.Append(Environment.NewLine);
+                }
+
+                if (hasPendingSeparator)
+                {
+                    vsb.Append(span[pendingSeparator]);
+                    vsb.Append(Environment.NewLine);
+                    hasPendingSeparator = false;
+                }
+
+                vsb.Append(slice);
+                added = true;
+                lastWasStripped = false;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // Separator/non-frame line: only emit if it sits between two surviving
+            // user frames. Drop it if nothing has been emitted yet (would orphan at
+            // the top), or if the previous non-separator line was a stripped TUnit
+            // frame (its "before" anchor is gone). Otherwise buffer — we'll flush
+            // it when (and only when) a surviving user frame follows.
+            if (!added || lastWasStripped)
             {
-                break;
+                continue;
             }
-            vsb.Append(added ? Environment.NewLine : "");
-            vsb.Append(slice);
-            added = true;
+
+            pendingSeparator = range;
+            hasPendingSeparator = true;
         }
 
+        // If every frame is TUnit-internal, the error originates inside TUnit itself —
+        // return the full unfiltered trace so the bug can be diagnosed. Also return
+        // the original if nothing was actually omitted (the fast-path `at TUnit.` match
+        // landed inside a non-frame line, e.g. an embedded message).
+        if (!added || !omittedAny)
+        {
+            vsb.Dispose();
+            return stackTrace;
+        }
+
+        vsb.Append(Environment.NewLine);
+        vsb.Append(OmittedHint);
+
         return vsb.ToString();
     }
+
+    private static bool IsTUnitInternalFrame(ReadOnlySpan<char> trimmedLine)
+    {
+        // Uses "at TUnit." with the dot to avoid false positives on user types whose names
+        // happen to start with "TUnit" (e.g. a hypothetical "TUnitExtensions" namespace).
+        return trimmedLine.StartsWith("at TUnit.");
+    }
 }