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Description

In some summaries with retries, the duration is wrongly calculated since 0001-01-01.

Example from a real API test suite run:

ApiTests summary
❌ TUnit Test Results — 2 suites
1118 tests across 2 suites in 17757303h 19m — 97.2% passed

✅ 1087 passed · ❌ 16 failed · ⏭️ 15 skipped

Suite	Tests	✅	❌	⏭️	Duration
✅ ApiTests #1	16	16	0	0	50.9s
❌ ApiTests #2	1102	1071	16	15	17757303h 18m
Quick diagnosis: 13 × ApiRequestFailedException in ApiTests #2, 2 × AssertionException in ApiTests #2, 1 × InvalidOperationException in ApiTests #2

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  • Bug Fixes
    • HTML reports now ignore default timestamps when calculating wall-clock duration, using the suite’s total duration instead.
    • Default timestamps are no longer treated as valid Unix timestamps; other successfully parsed timestamps continue to be converted as before.
    • HTML and JUnit XML reports now exclude default start times from duration calculations. HTML results with a default start time no longer show derived start or end times.

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HTML and JUnit reports now exclude default timestamps from report calculations. The tests check duration fallback and confirm that a skipped test with a default start time has no start or end time in the HTML report.

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Timestamp handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Default timestamp fallback
src/TUnit.Engine/Reporters/Html/HtmlReportGenerator.cs, src/TUnit.Engine/Reporters/Html/HtmlReporter.cs, src/TUnit.Engine/Xml/JUnitXmlWriter.cs, tests/TUnit.UnitTests/ReportAggregationTests.cs, tests/TUnit.Engine.Tests/HtmlReporterTests.cs
The HTML timestamp parser returns null for DateTimeOffset.MinValue. HTML duration and result calculations, and JUnit earliest-start selection, exclude default start times. Tests check duration fallback and null start and end times for a skipped test with default timing.

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Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: thomhurst

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to ccaa5

JUnit reports now ignore default start times, but this behavior lacks a regression test. The change appears mergeable, with a focused test as a bounded follow-up.

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A rabbit checks the timestamps twice,
And finds the default is not precise.
The reports now leave it out of sight,
While timed tests keep durations right.
The bunny hops beneath the moon,
And files its checks before the noon.

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Review: LGTM.

The fix is small and targeted. TryParseUnixMs now treats 0001-01-01 (DateTimeOffset.MinValue) as unparseable. That stops retried tests with a default StartTime from pulling the wall-clock start bound back to year 1, which is where the 17757303h duration came from. The wall-clock code then falls back to the suite's total duration. The added unit test covers this path.

Two optional notes:

  • A test with a default StartTime also has no valid end time. Check the per-test loop around line 124 of HtmlReportGenerator.cs so it doesn't produce an odd end bound. Since TryParseUnixMs now returns null, it probably already skips those tests.
  • The underlying cause is that retry summaries carry a default start time. A fix at the source, so a retried test always reports its real start, would be more robust than filtering at parse time. That can be a separate change.

I couldn't run the skill-based review or the tests here. This is based on reading the diff and the surrounding code.

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RetriggerConfidence Score: 5/5

[Medium risk] Fixes timestamp handling in test reports to exclude default values.

The PR appears safe to merge; no outstanding timing defect was identified.

Summary

The PR prevents default test-start timestamps from inflating HTML report durations and JUnit suite timestamps.

  • Excludes default starts from HTML timing bounds and per-test timestamps.
  • Adds regression tests for HTML reporting and merged wall-clock duration.

Reviews (2) · Last reviewed commit: "fix: Ignore default start timestamps whe..." · Reviewed by Greptile

Comment thread src/TUnit.Engine/Reporters/Html/HtmlReportGenerator.cs
Tests that never started carry a default TimingInfo (StartTime 0001-01-01).
HtmlReporter folded that start into TotalDurationMs and emitted it as the
test's StartTime, so the report and aggregated summary still showed a
~17,757,303h duration. Skip default starts in both places, and in the JUnit
writer's earliest-timestamp tracking.

Addresses review feedback on thomhurst#6942.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Review: looks good, with one small note.

The fix covers the cause in all three places that read TimingInfo.StartTime:

  • HtmlReporter.BuildReportData skips a default start when computing the run bounds.
  • ExtractTestResult leaves StartTime and EndTime null instead of writing 0001-01-01.
  • HtmlReportGenerator.TryParseUnixMs and JUnitXmlWriter reject the default value, so reports from older producers and JUnit output behave the same.

I read the diff but did not run the tests.

Greptile asked whether a default-derived duration can still reach the HTML output. I found no remaining path. The only other readers of StartTime in the HTML reporter are the sort helper and the TryParseUnixMs call at line 124 of HtmlReportGenerator.cs. Both now see null for default starts.

Suggestions, neither blocking:

  • The != default check now appears in three or four places. A small helper such as TimingInfo.HasStarted, or an extension method, would keep the meaning ("never started") in one spot and stop the checks drifting apart.
  • Retried and skipped tests carrying a default TimingInfo is the underlying cause. If the engine can emit no TimingProperty for tests that never ran, that is a sturdier fix. The reporter-side guard is still worth keeping for robustness.

The new tests cover the HTML reporter path and the merger fallback. A JUnit test for the JUnitXmlWriter change would be a nice addition.

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src/TUnit.Engine/Xml/JUnitXmlWriter.cs (1)

382-384: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a JUnit regression test for default StartTime.

JUnitReporterTests do not pass a TimingProperty(new TimingInfo()) through JUnitXmlWriter.GenerateXml or assert the summary timestamp. Without this test, reverting the startTime != default guard can emit a year-0001 JUnit timestamp while the tests remain green.

Suggested fix
+    [Test]
+    public async Task AfterRunAsync_Should_Ignore_Default_StartTime_In_Summary_Timestamp()
+    {
+        var directory = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "TUnit-JUnit-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
+        var path = Path.Combine(directory, "results.xml");
+        Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("TUNIT_ENABLE_JUNIT_REPORTER", "true");
+        Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("JUNIT_XML_OUTPUT_PATH", path);
+        var reporter = new JUnitReporter(new MockExtension());
+
+        try
+        {
+            (await reporter.IsEnabledAsync()).ShouldBeTrue();
+            await reporter.ConsumeAsync(
+                null!,
+                new TestNodeUpdateMessage(new SessionUid("default-start-session"), new TestNode
+                {
+                    Uid = new TestNodeUid("skipped"),
+                    DisplayName = "Skipped",
+                    Properties = new PropertyBag(
+                        new SkippedTestNodeStateProperty("skipped"),
+                        new TimingProperty(new TimingInfo()))
+                }),
+                CancellationToken.None);
+
+            await reporter.AfterRunAsync(exitCode: 0, CancellationToken.None);
+
+            var timestamp = DateTimeOffset.Parse(
+                XDocument.Load(path).Root!.Attribute("timestamp")!.Value);
+            timestamp.ShouldNotBe(DateTimeOffset.MinValue);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            if (Directory.Exists(directory))
+            {
+                Directory.Delete(directory, recursive: true);
+            }
+        }
+    }
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Review comment at @src/TUnit.Engine/Xml/JUnitXmlWriter.cs around lines 382 -
384:
Add a regression test in JUnitReporterTests that passes a TimingProperty
containing a default TimingInfo through JUnitXmlWriter.GenerateXml and asserts
the summary timestamp is not the year-0001 default. Ensure the test fails if the
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Review comments at @src/TUnit.Engine/Xml/JUnitXmlWriter.cs:
- Around line 382-384: Add a regression test in JUnitReporterTests that passes a
TimingProperty containing a default TimingInfo through
JUnitXmlWriter.GenerateXml and asserts the summary timestamp is not the
year-0001 default. Ensure the test fails if the default StartTime guard in the
timing aggregation is removed.

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