Artifacts & Observability

Prova provides a unified way to capture and report output, logs, and artifacts (files) from your tests. This system works seamlessly across individual tests and global lifecycle hooks.

Test Output & Attachments

Each test has access to an ITestOutput instance via TestContext.Current.Output. You can use this to:

• Write log messages: TestContext.Current.Output.WriteLine("message")
• Attach files: TestContext.Current.Output.AttachArtifact("path/to/file.png", "Screenshot")

This information is captured and reported by the test runner (and eventually CI systems).

Session Artifacts & Global Hooks

Global hooks like [BeforeAssembly], [AfterAssembly], [BeforeEvery], etc., also run within a valid TestContext.

• Session Context: Code running in Assembly-level hooks operates in a global "Session" context. Usage is identical:

  [BeforeAssembly]
  public static void Setup()
  {
      TestContext.Current.Output.WriteLine("Global Setup...");
      TestContext.Current.Output.AttachArtifact("global-config.json");
  }

• Context Stacking: Prova automatically handles context saving and restoring. An [AfterAssembly] hook will have access to the same Session Context as [BeforeAssembly].