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@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+---
+name: trx-analysis
+description: Parse and analyze Visual Studio TRX test result files. Use when asked about slow tests, test durations, test frequency, flaky tests, failure analysis, or test execution patterns from TRX files.
+---
+
+# TRX Test Results Analysis
+
+Parse `.trx` files (Visual Studio Test Results XML) to answer questions about test performance, frequency, failures, and patterns.
+
+## TRX File Format
+
+TRX files use XML namespace `http://microsoft.com/schemas/VisualStudio/TeamTest/2010`. Key elements:
+
+- `TestRun.Results.UnitTestResult` — individual test executions with `testName`, `duration` (HH:mm:ss.fffffff), `outcome` (Passed/Failed/NotExecuted)
+- `TestRun.TestDefinitions.UnitTest` — test metadata including class and method info
+- `TestRun.ResultSummary` — aggregate pass/fail/skip counts
+
+## Loading a TRX File
+
+```powershell
+[xml]$trx = Get-Content "path/to/file.trx"
+$results = $trx.TestRun.Results.UnitTestResult
+```
+
+## Common Queries
+
+### Top N slowest tests
+
+```powershell
+$results | ForEach-Object {
+    [PSCustomObject]@{
+        Test     = $_.testName
+        Seconds  = [TimeSpan]::Parse($_.duration).TotalSeconds
+        Outcome  = $_.outcome
+    }
+} | Sort-Object Seconds -Descending | Select-Object -First 25 |
+  Format-Table @{L='Sec';E={'{0,6:N1}' -f $_.Seconds}}, Outcome, Test -AutoSize
+```
+
+### Slowest test from each distinct class (top N)
+
+```powershell
+$results | ForEach-Object {
+    $parts = $_.testName -split '\.'
+    [PSCustomObject]@{
+        Test      = $_.testName
+        ClassName = ($parts[0..($parts.Length-2)] -join '.')
+        Seconds   = [TimeSpan]::Parse($_.duration).TotalSeconds
+    }
+} | Sort-Object Seconds -Descending |
+  Group-Object ClassName | ForEach-Object { $_.Group | Select-Object -First 1 } |
+  Sort-Object Seconds -Descending | Select-Object -First 10 |
+  Format-Table @{L='Sec';E={'{0,6:N1}' -f $_.Seconds}}, ClassName, Test -AutoSize
+```
+
+### Most-executed tests (parameterization frequency)
+
+Extract the base method name before parameterization and count runs:
+
+```powershell
+$results | ForEach-Object {
+    $name = $_.testName
+    if ($name -match '^(\S+?)[\s(]') { $base = $Matches[1] } else { $base = $name }
+    [PSCustomObject]@{ Base = $base; Seconds = [TimeSpan]::Parse($_.duration).TotalSeconds }
+} | Group-Object Base | ForEach-Object {
+    [PSCustomObject]@{
+        Runs     = $_.Count
+        TotalSec = ($_.Group | Measure-Object Seconds -Sum).Sum
+        Test     = $_.Name
+    }
+} | Sort-Object TotalSec -Descending | Select-Object -First 20 |
+  Format-Table @{L='Runs';E={$_.Runs}}, @{L='TotalSec';E={'{0,7:N1}' -f $_.TotalSec}}, Test -AutoSize
+```
+
+### Failed tests
+
+```powershell
+$results | Where-Object { $_.outcome -eq 'Failed' } | ForEach-Object {
+    [PSCustomObject]@{
+        Test    = $_.testName
+        Seconds = [TimeSpan]::Parse($_.duration).TotalSeconds
+        Error   = $_.Output.ErrorInfo.Message
+    }
+} | Format-Table -Wrap
+```
+
+### Summary statistics
+
+```powershell
+$summary = $trx.TestRun.ResultSummary.Counters
+[PSCustomObject]@{
+    Total    = $summary.total
+    Passed   = $summary.passed
+    Failed   = $summary.failed
+    Skipped  = $summary.notExecuted
+    Duration = $trx.TestRun.Times.finish
+} | Format-List
+```
+
+## Cross-File Duplicate Analysis
+
+Compare two TRX files to find tests that appear in both and ran (were not skipped) in both. Useful for identifying redundant CI work across different configurations (e.g., net9.0 x64 vs net48 x86).
+
+### Load and find duplicates that ran in both files
+
+```powershell
+[xml]$trx1 = Get-Content "path/to/file1.trx"
+[xml]$trx2 = Get-Content "path/to/file2.trx"
+
+$r1 = $trx1.TestRun.Results.UnitTestResult
+$r2 = $trx2.TestRun.Results.UnitTestResult
+
+# Build lookup: testName -> (outcome, duration) keeping best outcome per name
+function Get-TestLookup($results) {
+    $lookup = @{}
+    foreach ($r in $results) {
+        $name = $r.testName
+        $outcome = $r.outcome
+        $dur = [TimeSpan]::Parse($r.duration)
+        if (-not $lookup.ContainsKey($name) -or ($lookup[$name].Outcome -eq 'NotExecuted' -and $outcome -ne 'NotExecuted')) {
+            $lookup[$name] = [PSCustomObject]@{ Outcome = $outcome; Duration = $dur }
+        }
+    }
+    $lookup
+}
+
+$t1 = Get-TestLookup $r1
+$t2 = Get-TestLookup $r2
+
+$skipped = @('NotExecuted','Pending','Disconnected','Warning','InProgress','Inconclusive')
+$common = $t1.Keys | Where-Object { $t2.ContainsKey($_) -and $t1[$_].Outcome -notin $skipped -and $t2[$_].Outcome -notin $skipped }
+```
+
+### Separate non-parametrized vs parametrized duplicates
+
+Parametrized tests contain `(` in their name (e.g., `RunAllTests (Row: 0, Runner = net10.0, ...)`). The base method name is everything before the first `(`.
+
+```powershell
+$nonParam = $common | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '\(' }
+$param    = $common | Where-Object { $_ -match '\(' }
+```
+
+### Non-parametrized duplicates ordered by duration
+
+```powershell
+$nonParam | ForEach-Object {
+    $d1 = $t1[$_].Duration; $d2 = $t2[$_].Duration
+    [PSCustomObject]@{
+        Test       = $_
+        File1Sec   = $d1.TotalSeconds
+        File2Sec   = $d2.TotalSeconds
+        TotalSec   = $d1.TotalSeconds + $d2.TotalSeconds
+    }
+} | Sort-Object TotalSec -Descending |
+  Format-Table @{L='File1';E={'{0,6:N1}' -f $_.File1Sec}},
+               @{L='File2';E={'{0,6:N1}' -f $_.File2Sec}},
+               @{L='Total';E={'{0,6:N1}' -f $_.TotalSec}}, Test -AutoSize
+```
+
+### Parametrized duplicates squashed by base method
+
+Tests with `(Row: ...)` or other parameterization are instances of the same test. Squash them into one row per base method, showing variant count, max single-instance duration, and total duration across all instances in both files.
+
+```powershell
+$param | ForEach-Object {
+    if ($_ -match '^(.+?)\s*\(') { $base = $Matches[1] } else { $base = $_ }
+    $d1 = $t1[$_].Duration; $d2 = $t2[$_].Duration
+    [PSCustomObject]@{ Base = $base; D1 = $d1.TotalSeconds; D2 = $d2.TotalSeconds; Max = [Math]::Max($d1.TotalSeconds, $d2.TotalSeconds) }
+} | Group-Object Base | ForEach-Object {
+    [PSCustomObject]@{
+        Test         = $_.Name
+        Variants     = $_.Count
+        OneInstance   = ($_.Group | Measure-Object Max -Maximum).Maximum
+        AllInstances  = ($_.Group | Measure-Object { $_.D1 + $_.D2 } -Sum).Sum
+    }
+} | Sort-Object AllInstances -Descending |
+  Format-Table @{L='Variants';E={$_.Variants}},
+               @{L='1 Instance';E={'{0,7:N1}s' -f $_.OneInstance}},
+               @{L='All Instances';E={'{0,7:N1}s' -f $_.AllInstances}}, Test -AutoSize
+```
+
+## Tips
+
+- Parameterized tests appear as separate `UnitTestResult` entries. Use regex `'^(\S+?)[\s(]'` to extract the base method name.
+- Sort by **TotalSec** (runs × avg duration) to find tests that consume the most CI time overall, even if each individual run is fast.
+- When comparing files, filter out `NotExecuted` tests — many parameterized tests are skipped in one configuration but not the other, so raw name overlap overstates true duplication.
+- TRX files from CI are typically found in `TestResults/` or as pipeline artifacts.
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Acceptance.IntegrationTests/BlameDataCollectorTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Acceptance.IntegrationTests/BlameDataCollectorTests.cs
index 7bc5dbc814..a5567d74b4 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Acceptance.IntegrationTests/BlameDataCollectorTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Acceptance.IntegrationTests/BlameDataCollectorTests.cs
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ public void HangDumpChildProcesses(RunnerInfo runnerInfo)
         var assemblyPaths = GetAssetFullPath("child-hang.dll");
         var arguments = PrepareArguments(assemblyPaths, GetTestAdapterPath(), string.Empty, string.Empty, runnerInfo.InIsolationValue);
         arguments = string.Concat(arguments, $" /ResultsDirectory:{TempDirectory.Path}");
-        arguments = string.Concat(arguments, $@" /Blame:""CollectHangDump;HangDumpType=full;TestTimeout=15s""");
+        arguments = string.Concat(arguments, $@" /Blame:""CollectHangDump;HangDumpType=full;TestTimeout=10s""");
         InvokeVsTest(arguments);
 
         ValidateDump(2);
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Acceptance.IntegrationTests/DotnetTestMSBuildOutputTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Acceptance.IntegrationTests/DotnetTestMSBuildOutputTests.cs
index d61602db26..3ba0930695 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Acceptance.IntegrationTests/DotnetTestMSBuildOutputTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Acceptance.IntegrationTests/DotnetTestMSBuildOutputTests.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 
-using Microsoft.TestPlatform.TestUtilities;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
 
 namespace Microsoft.TestPlatform.AcceptanceTests;
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ public void MSBuildLoggerCanBeEnabledByBuildPropertyAndDoesNotEatSpecialChars(Ru
 
         var projectPath = GetIsolatedTestAsset("TerminalLoggerTestProject.csproj");
         // Forcing terminal logger so we can see the output when it is redirected
-        InvokeDotnetTest($@"{projectPath} -tl:on -nodereuse:false /p:PackageVersion={IntegrationTestEnvironment.LatestLocallyBuiltNugetVersion}", workingDirectory: Path.GetDirectoryName(projectPath));
+        InvokeDotnetTest($@"{projectPath} --no-restore --no-build -tl:on", workingDirectory: Path.GetDirectoryName(projectPath));
 
         // The output:
         // Determining projects to restore...
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ public void MSBuildLoggerCanBeDisabledByBuildProperty(RunnerInfo runnerInfo)
         SetTestEnvironment(_testEnvironment, runnerInfo);
 
         var projectPath = GetIsolatedTestAsset("TerminalLoggerTestProject.csproj");
-        InvokeDotnetTest($@"{projectPath} -nodereuse:false /p:VsTestUseMSBuildOutput=false /p:PackageVersion={IntegrationTestEnvironment.LatestLocallyBuiltNugetVersion}", workingDirectory: Path.GetDirectoryName(projectPath));
+        InvokeDotnetTest($@"{projectPath} --no-restore --no-build -nodereuse:false /p:VsTestUseMSBuildOutput=false", workingDirectory: Path.GetDirectoryName(projectPath));
 
         // Check that we see the summary that is printed from the console logger, meaning the new output is disabled.
         StdOutputContains("Failed! - Failed: 1, Passed: 1, Skipped: 1, Total: 3, Duration:");
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ public void MSBuildLoggerCanBeDisabledByEnvironmentVariableProperty(RunnerInfo r
         SetTestEnvironment(_testEnvironment, runnerInfo);
 
         var projectPath = GetIsolatedTestAsset("TerminalLoggerTestProject.csproj");
-        InvokeDotnetTest($@"{projectPath} -nodereuse:false /p:PackageVersion={IntegrationTestEnvironment.LatestLocallyBuiltNugetVersion}", environmentVariables: new Dictionary<string, string?> { ["MSBUILDENSURESTDOUTFORTASKPROCESSES"] = "1" }, workingDirectory: Path.GetDirectoryName(projectPath));
+        InvokeDotnetTest($@"{projectPath} --no-restore --no-build -nodereuse:false", environmentVariables: new Dictionary<string, string?> { ["MSBUILDENSURESTDOUTFORTASKPROCESSES"] = "1" }, workingDirectory: Path.GetDirectoryName(projectPath));
 
         // Check that we see the summary that is printed from the console logger, meaning the new output is disabled.
         StdOutputContains("Failed! - Failed: 1, Passed: 1, Skipped: 1, Total: 3, Duration:");
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Acceptance.IntegrationTests/DotnetTestTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Acceptance.IntegrationTests/DotnetTestTests.cs
index 36b81f4201..69182cebe0 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Acceptance.IntegrationTests/DotnetTestTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Acceptance.IntegrationTests/DotnetTestTests.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public void RunDotnetTestWithCsproj(RunnerInfo runnerInfo)
         SetTestEnvironment(_testEnvironment, runnerInfo);
 
         var projectPath = GetIsolatedTestAsset("SimpleTestProject.csproj");
-        InvokeDotnetTest($@"{projectPath} -tl:off /p:VSTestNoLogo=false --logger:""Console;Verbosity=normal"" /p:PackageVersion={IntegrationTestEnvironment.LatestLocallyBuiltNugetVersion}", workingDirectory: Path.GetDirectoryName(projectPath));
+        InvokeDotnetTest($@"{projectPath} --no-restore --no-build -tl:off /p:VSTestNoLogo=false --logger:""Console;Verbosity=normal""", workingDirectory: Path.GetDirectoryName(projectPath));
 
         // ensure our dev version is used
         StdOutputContains(GetFinalVersion(IntegrationTestEnvironment.LatestLocallyBuiltNugetVersion));
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public void RunDotnetTestWithDll(RunnerInfo runnerInfo)
         SetTestEnvironment(_testEnvironment, runnerInfo);
 
         var assemblyPath = GetAssetFullPath("SimpleTestProject.dll");
-        InvokeDotnetTest($@"{assemblyPath} --logger:""Console;Verbosity=normal""", workingDirectory: Path.GetDirectoryName(assemblyPath));
+        InvokeDotnetTest($@"{assemblyPath} --no-restore --no-build --logger:""Console;Verbosity=normal""", workingDirectory: Path.GetDirectoryName(assemblyPath));
 
         // ensure our dev version is used
         StdOutputContains(GetFinalVersion(IntegrationTestEnvironment.LatestLocallyBuiltNugetVersion));
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public void RunDotnetTestWithCsprojPassInlineSettings(RunnerInfo runnerInfo)
         SetTestEnvironment(_testEnvironment, runnerInfo);
 
         var projectPath = GetIsolatedTestAsset("ParametrizedTestProject.csproj");
-        InvokeDotnetTest($@"{projectPath} --logger:""Console;Verbosity=normal"" -tl:off /p:VSTestNoLogo=false /p:PackageVersion={IntegrationTestEnvironment.LatestLocallyBuiltNugetVersion} -- TestRunParameters.Parameter(name =\""weburl\"", value=\""http://localhost//def\"")", workingDirectory: Path.GetDirectoryName(projectPath));
+        InvokeDotnetTest($@"{projectPath} --no-restore --no-build --logger:""Console;Verbosity=normal"" -tl:off /p:VSTestNoLogo=false -- TestRunParameters.Parameter(name =\""weburl\"", value=\""http://localhost//def\"")", workingDirectory: Path.GetDirectoryName(projectPath));
 
         // ensure our dev version is used
         StdOutputContains(GetFinalVersion(IntegrationTestEnvironment.LatestLocallyBuiltNugetVersion));
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public void RunDotnetTestWithDllPassInlineSettings(RunnerInfo runnerInfo)
         SetTestEnvironment(_testEnvironment, runnerInfo);
 
         var assemblyPath = GetAssetFullPath("ParametrizedTestProject.dll");
-        InvokeDotnetTest($@"{assemblyPath} --logger:""Console;Verbosity=normal"" -- TestRunParameters.Parameter(name=\""weburl\"", value=\""http://localhost//def\"")", workingDirectory: Path.GetDirectoryName(assemblyPath));
+        InvokeDotnetTest($@"{assemblyPath} --no-restore --no-build --logger:""Console;Verbosity=normal"" -- TestRunParameters.Parameter(name=\""weburl\"", value=\""http://localhost//def\"")", workingDirectory: Path.GetDirectoryName(assemblyPath));
 
         ValidateSummaryStatus(1, 0, 0);
         ExitCodeEquals(0);
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public void RunDotnetTestWithNativeDll(RunnerInfo runnerInfo)
         string assemblyRelativePath = @"microsoft.testplatform.testasset.nativecpp\2.0.0\contentFiles\any\any\x64\Microsoft.TestPlatform.TestAsset.NativeCPP.dll";
         var assemblyAbsolutePath = Path.Combine(_testEnvironment.PackageDirectory, assemblyRelativePath);
 
-        InvokeDotnetTest($@"{assemblyAbsolutePath} --logger:""Console;Verbosity=normal"" --diag:c:\temp\logscpp\", workingDirectory: Path.GetDirectoryName(assemblyAbsolutePath));
+        InvokeDotnetTest($@"{assemblyAbsolutePath} --no-restore --no-build --logger:""Console;Verbosity=normal"" --diag:c:\temp\logscpp\", workingDirectory: Path.GetDirectoryName(assemblyAbsolutePath));
 
         ValidateSummaryStatus(1, 1, 0);
         ExitCodeEquals(1);
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public void RunDotnetTestAndSeeOutputFromConsoleWriteLine(RunnerInfo runnerInfo)
         SetTestEnvironment(_testEnvironment, runnerInfo);
 
         var assemblyPath = GetAssetFullPath("OutputtingTestProject.dll");
-        InvokeDotnetTest($@"{assemblyPath} --logger:""Console;Verbosity=normal"" ", workingDirectory: Path.GetDirectoryName(assemblyPath));
+        InvokeDotnetTest($@"{assemblyPath} --no-restore --no-build --logger:""Console;Verbosity=normal""", workingDirectory: Path.GetDirectoryName(assemblyPath));
 
         StdOutputContains("MY OUTPUT FROM TEST");
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Acceptance.IntegrationTests/RunsettingsTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Acceptance.IntegrationTests/RunsettingsTests.cs
index 3054994bc6..783ad15ec4 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Acceptance.IntegrationTests/RunsettingsTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.TestPlatform.Acceptance.IntegrationTests/RunsettingsTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
 
 using System;
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ public void RunSettingsAreLoadedFromProject(RunnerInfo runnerInfo)
 
         var projectName = "ProjectFileRunSettingsTestProject.csproj";
         var projectPath = GetIsolatedTestAsset(projectName);
-        InvokeDotnetTest($@"{projectPath} /p:VSTestUseMSBuildOutput=false --logger:""Console;Verbosity=normal"" /p:PackageVersion={IntegrationTestEnvironment.LatestLocallyBuiltNugetVersion}", workingDirectory: Path.GetDirectoryName(projectPath));
+        InvokeDotnetTest($@"{projectPath} --no-restore --no-build /p:VSTestUseMSBuildOutput=false --logger:""Console;Verbosity=normal""", workingDirectory: Path.GetDirectoryName(projectPath));
         ValidateSummaryStatus(0, 1, 0);
 
         // make sure that we can revert the project settings back by providing a config from command line
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ public void RunSettingsAreLoadedFromProject(RunnerInfo runnerInfo)
         // are honored by dotnet test, instead of just using the default, which would produce the same
         // result
         var settingsPath = GetProjectAssetFullPath(projectName, "inconclusive.runsettings");
-        InvokeDotnetTest($@"{projectPath} --settings {settingsPath} /p:VSTestUseMSBuildOutput=false --logger:""Console;Verbosity=normal"" /p:PackageVersion={IntegrationTestEnvironment.LatestLocallyBuiltNugetVersion}", workingDirectory: Path.GetDirectoryName(projectPath));
+        InvokeDotnetTest($@"{projectPath} --no-restore --no-build --settings {settingsPath} /p:VSTestUseMSBuildOutput=false --logger:""Console;Verbosity=normal""", workingDirectory: Path.GetDirectoryName(projectPath));
         ValidateSummaryStatus(0, 0, 1);
     }