"Could not create service" exception when clicking Cover, Cover tests, or building with 'Cover after every build' turned on.

I’m getting an error in the AxoCover Output window pane when I click the Cover option in the header bar, the Cover tests option in the context menu, or build with “Cover after every build” turned on (via the Context menu).

Please let me know what additional information you would like. AxoCover is a great tool and I’m glad to have found it!

Here’s the contents of the Output window pane:

Test execution started.
AxoCover encountered an error:

Test execution failed.
SerializableException: Could not create service.
   at AxoCover.Models.TestProcess`1..ctor(IProcessInfo processInfo) in C:\projects\axotools\AxoCover\Models\TestProcess.cs:line 36
   at AxoCover.Models.ExecutionProcess.Create(String[] testPlatformAssemblies, IHostProcessInfo hostProcess, TestPlatform testPlatform) in C:\projects\axotools\AxoCover\Models\ExecutionProcess.cs:line 28
   at AxoCover.Models.AxoTestRunner.RunTests(TestItem testItem, Boolean isCovering, Boolean isDebugging) in C:\projects\axotools\AxoCover\Models\AxoTestRunner.cs:line 176
   at AxoCover.Models.TestRunner.<>c__DisplayClass31_0.<RunTestsAsync>b__0() in C:\projects\axotools\AxoCover\Models\TestRunner.cs:line 53

The Build version is 1.1.244 per the Settings window. The last check for updates was today.

Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2017 Version 15.2 (26430.16) Release VisualStudio.15.Release/15.2.0+26430.16 Microsoft .NET Framework Version 4.6.01590

Installed Version: Professional

I have telemetry turned ON for AxoCover.

[axodox]

Ok, I think I will add some developer options, namely:

• Configure all timeouts used
• Print all exceptions to console including handled ones
• Some solution to print the current stack trace of the runner threads on timeout (so we can see what we spend the time on)

Hopefully this will help to understand the issue.

[auroraeosrose]

This bug is definitely related to whitespace and quotation marks in settings entries

https://github.com/axodox/AxoCover/blob/master/AxoCover/Models/Testing/Execution/OpenCoverProcessInfo.cs#L84

This appears to be causing issues when sending args to opencover console.exe

https://github.com/opencover/opencover/wiki/Usage

I haven’t dug around in the code enough to figure out exactly where the issue is - but any kind of quotes in the exclude values will cause the serializableexception to fail

But not using quotes means you can’t ignore anything with spaces apparently