Package coverlet.console 3.0.0 is not compatible with netcoreapp3.1

I can’t install coverlet.console 3.0.0 for mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:3.1 image:

error NU1202: Package coverlet.console 3.0.0 is not compatible with netcoreapp3.1 (.NETCoreApp,Version=v3.1) / any. Package coverlet.console 3.0.0 supports: net5.0 (.NETCoreApp,Version=v5.0) / any

Is it expected behavior for a new release?

[MarcoRossignoli]

Yep we moved .NET Tool to last version. We’ll move .NET tool to last version every time we can. .NET 5.0 is not a LTS(expires in February, 2022) but we’ll move to next one on next releases https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/master/releases.md

[SabriArslan]

Hello @MarcoRossignoli

I’m also having same issue that I can not use coverlet.console v3 anymore within .net core 3.1 SDK docker image.

What I understand is I can not install coverlet.console while using mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:3.1 docker image in the pipeline, and in order to install I need to install .net 5 runtime while running my pipeline inside mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:3.1, is this correct ?

If that the case then I need to upgrade all projects that uses coverlet.console otherwise it doesn’t make sense install .net 5 runtime while using the 3.1 SDK image.

To give more details, we are using Bitbucket pipelines and my pipeline looks like below

build-and-test:
  name: Build and Test
  image: mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:3.1
  caches:
    - dotnetcore
  services:
    - docker
  script:
    - export PATH="$PATH:/root/.dotnet/tools"
    - echo "Building the project"
    - apt-get update 
    - dotnet tool install --global coverlet.console
    - dotnet build
    - dotnet test --no-build --collect:"XPlat Code Coverage" --logger trx -- DataCollectionRunSettings.DataCollectors.DataCollector.Configuration.Format=opencover
    .....

As you can see installing .net 5 runtime doesn’t make sense into container runs with .net core 3.1 SDK.

Could you please consider creating a new coverlet.console V3 package that still supports .net core 3.1 ?

Thanks