Ignore Attribute

IgnoreAttribute is used to indicate that a test should not be executed for some reason. Note that with NUnit 3, the reason must be specified. Ignored tests are displayed by the runners as warnings in order to provide a reminder that the test needs to be corrected or otherwise changed and re-instated.

Note that the IgnoreAttribute is attached to a method. If you have multiple test cases using the same method, adding it will ignore all the cases. To ignore individual test cases see Ignoring Individual Test Cases below.

####Test Fixture Syntax

namespace NUnit.Tests
{
  using System;
  using NUnit.Framework;

  [TestFixture]
  [Ignore("Ignore a fixture")]
  public class SuccessTests
  {
    // ...
  }
}

Test Syntax

namespace NUnit.Tests
{
  using System;
  using NUnit.Framework;

  [TestFixture]
  public class SuccessTests
  {
    [Test]
    [Ignore("Ignore a test")]
    public void IgnoredTest()
    { /* ... */ }
}

####Ignore Until

The Until named parameter allows you to ignore a test for a specific period of time, after which the test will run normally. The until date must be a string that can be parsed to a date.

[TestFixture]
[Ignore("Waiting for Joe to fix his bugs", Until = "2014-07-31 12:00:00Z"]
public class MyTests
{
 [Test]
 public void Test1() { /* ... */ }
}

In the above example, it's assumed that the test would fail if run. With the IgnoreAttribute, it will give a warning until the specified date. After that time, it will run normally and either pass or fail.

####Ignoring Individual Test Cases

The IgnoreAttribute causes all the test cases using the method on which it is placed to be ignored. Ignoring individual test cases is possible, depending on how they are specified.

Attribute	How to ignore a case
TestCase	Use the Ignore named parameter of the TestCaseAttribute.
TestCaseSource	Use TestCaseData for the source and set the Ignore property.