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@jkotas jkotas commented Sep 30, 2025

Fixes #109904

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Pull Request Overview

This PR fixes a race condition in Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration tests where variable initialization and null checks were creating potential null reference exceptions during concurrent operations. The fix removes unnecessary null checks and initialization tracking variables, simplifying the code to use a do-while loop pattern that guarantees at least one execution.

Key changes:

  • Removed redundant null initialization and tracking variables
  • Replaced while loops with do-while loops to ensure variables are always assigned before assertions
  • Removed temporary instrumentation code that was added for debugging the race condition

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File Description
ConfigurationTests.cs Simplified loop logic by removing optionsInitialized tracking and null initialization, using do-while pattern
EnvironmentVariablesTest.cs Removed debugging instrumentation code and applied same race condition fix with do-while pattern

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Thanks for fixing the issue and knowing the underlying reason causing the test failure!

@jkotas jkotas merged commit 617c885 into dotnet:main Sep 30, 2025
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@jkotas jkotas deleted the issue-109904 branch September 30, 2025 05:38
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Test failure: Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables.Test.EnvironmentVariablesTest.BindingDoesNotThrowIfReloadedDuringBinding

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