Avoid Thread.sleep in tests

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Metadata

ID: csharp-best-practices/no-sleep-in-tests

Language: C#

Severity: Notice

Category: Best Practices

Description

Avoid sleeping in tests. It blocks the test execution and leads to unpredictable results.

Non-Compliant Code Examples

class MyClass {
    [TestMethod]
    public void TestMyMethod()
    {
        Thread.Sleep(500);
    }
}

Compliant Code Examples

class MyClass {
    [TestMethod]
    public void TestMyMethod()
    {
        // statements
    }
}
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