Running dotnet test on projects that reference Newtonsoft.Json < 9.0.0.0 throws exception

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Description

Running dotnet test on projects that reference Newtonsoft.Json < 9.0.0.0 causes test to throw exception.

Steps to reproduce

Create a library project targetting .NET 4.5:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net45</TargetFramework>
    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="6.0.5" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

Create unit test project referencing the library project and mstest:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net45</TargetFramework>
    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestFramework" version="1.1.13" />
    <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestAdapter" version="1.1.13" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="Library.csproj" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

Execute dotnet test Library.Test.csproj

Expected behavior

Test run succeeds

Actual behavior

Test run fails with the following exception:
Error Message:

Test method Foo threw exception:
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Newtonsoft.Json, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Newtonsoft.Json, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

Environment

Microsoft (R) Test Execution Command Line Tool Version 15.0.0.0
.NET Command Line Tools (1.0.1)

Product Information:
Version: 1.0.1
Commit SHA-1 hash: 005db40cd1

Runtime Environment:
OS Name: Windows
OS Version: 10.0.14393
OS Platform: Windows
RID: win10-x64
Base Path: C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\1.0.1

[pwiens]

@livarcocc @piotrpMSFT

[codito]

@Arkasha a PackageReference to Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk is missing in test project. Can you please add it? It will allow nuget to compute dependencies closure/binding redirects appropriately.

You may hit into #428, this workaround will help #428 (comment)

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I did that. It didn't fix the issue.

[Faizan2304]

@Arkasha: I tried to repro it but no luck. Can you please share a repro project.

Can you also try this:
Add following line in your test project and run the test

<PropertyGroup>
  <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
  <GenerateBindingRedirectsOutputType>true</GenerateBindingRedirectsOutputType>
</PropertyGroup>