Unable to use createnode in extent reports

[RajaAutomation]

Beforefeature ---
ExtentTest feature = extentReports.CreateTest<Feature>("Name of Feature");

Before Scenario

ExtentTest scenario = feature.CreateNode<Scenario>("Name of Scenario");
Scenario name and feature name are being pulled dynamically by using following properties from REQNROLL.

FeatureContext.FeatureInfo.Title and ScenarioContext.ScenarioInfo.Title

Issue --- After the control moves from BEFOREFEATURE to BEFORESCENARIO , the value of feature variable is null inspite of this variable being defined at a class level as private static as mentioned below

[ThreadStatic]
private static ExtentTest feature;

[ThreadStatic]
private static ExtentTest scenario;

The same code works in specflow however on using it in REQNROLL I get null object reference error in BEFORESCENARIO

Note:- I had been running my tests in parallel at a fixture level using specflow hence had to use the ThreadStatic attribute.

If I do not use the [ThreadStatic] attribute I am not seeing this issue in REQNROLL. The same code works in specflow however on using it in REQNROLL I get null object reference error in BEFORESCENARIO

Any suggestions/idea for this issue.

[gasparnagy]

The [ThreadStatic] will not work as we use async tests now.

You can let the TestThreadContext object injected to your hooks and save the settings to it:

testThreadContext["extentFeature"] = extentReports.CreateTest<Feature>("Name of Feature");

But maybe there are others here who have successfully integrated extent reports with Reqnroll already.

[RajaAutomation]

I may be incorrect, But below is my understanding.
Using TestThreadContext means I will have to restrict to serial execution and not parallel execution.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

[gasparnagy]

No. Each parallel thread will have it own TestThreadContext that is reused for the subsequent tests in the same execution "thread" (it's not really a single thread but a parallel worker), so this should be fine also during parallel execution.

[RajaAutomation]

private static TestThreadContext _testContext;
 
[BeforeTestRun]
_testContext = new TestThreadContext(_objectContainer);
 
[BeforeFeature]
feature = extentReports.CreateTest<Feature>(featureName);
_testContext["extentFeature"]=feature;
 
[BeforeScenario]
scenario = ((ExtentTest)_testContext["extentFeature']).CreateNode<Scenario>(scenarioName);
_testContext["scenario"] = scenario;

I have implemented above manner and I now see that the extent reports are misbehaving. The results of feature A are appearing under feature B results.

[gasparnagy]

You have misunderstood me. You should not create a TestThreadContext yourself, this is an infrastructure that Reqnroll provides to you. Like:

[BeforeFeature]
public void BeforeFeatureHook(TestThreadContext testThreadContext)
{
  ...
  testThreadContext["extentFeature"]=...;
}