Console fails against assembly relying on "Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" - incorrect runtimeconfig.json

[bthharper]

Using "nunit-console3" to run unit tests for .NET 8.0 assemblies that require the "Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" framework fails with the following error:

Results (nunit3) saved as TestResult.xml
PS C:\git\common> C:\Platform\nunit.console\net8.0\nunit3-console.exe C:/git/common/Source/Framework.Test/bin/x64/Debug/Framework.Test.dll
NUnit Console 3.17.0+685c5b542b5e9ba632c905f0bd514a773d9758af (Release)
Copyright (c) 2022 Charlie Poole, Rob Prouse
17 May 2024 23:56:17

Runtime Environment
   OS Version: Microsoft Windows 10.0.22631
  Runtime: .NET 8.0.5

Test Files
    C:/git/common/Source/Framework.Test/bin/x64/Debug/Framework.Test.dll


Errors, Failures and Warnings

1) Invalid : C:/git/common/Source/Framework.Test/bin/x64/Debug/Framework.Test.dll
Unable to load one or more of the requested types.
Could not load file or assembly 'System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51'. The system cannot find the file specified.
  ----> Could not load file or assembly 'System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51'. The system cannot find the file specified.Microsoft.AspNetCore.App

The workaround was to change the nunit3-comsole.runtimeconfig.json in the net8.0 folder to:

{
  "runtimeOptions": {
    "tfm": "net8.0",
    "frameworks": [
      {
        "name": "Microsoft.NETCore.App",
        "version": "8.0.0"
      },
      {
        "name": "Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App",
        "version": "8.0.0"
      },
      {
        "name": "Microsoft.AspNetCore.App",
        "version": "8.0.0"
      }
    ],
    "configProperties": {
      "System.Reflection.NullabilityInfoContext.IsSupported": true,
      "System.Runtime.Serialization.EnableUnsafeBinaryFormatterSerialization": false
    }
  }
}

I would rather not have to modify the distribution of nunit3-console to make this work if possible, is there another solution I have missed for this?

As an aside, I am unable to use dotnet test as this does not work when the solution contains C++/CLI vcxproj - which is something Microsoft seem reluctant to fix.

[bthharper]

Closed as I have just seen #1392.