Tobias Zimmergren • 4/10/2021

Solution: Unable to find .deps.json when running .NET 5 tests in Azure DevOps

This article provides solutions for resolving the 'Unable to find .deps.json' error that occurs when running .NET 5 xUnit tests in Azure DevOps. The error arises due to duplicate files in the /ref/ folder. Two solutions are offered: setting ProduceReferenceAssembly to false in the .csproj file to disable reference assembly generation, or configuring Azure DevOps test tasks to ignore the /ref/ folder path. The article includes code snippets and YAML examples for implementation, targeting developers using .NET 5 and Azure DevOps pipelines.

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#Test Configuration #Azure Devops #Xunit