What's Changed

New features

• Add support for MSTest4 by @jnyrup in #3111

Improvements

• Allow WithoutMessage when using Should().Throw() and ThrowAsync() by @dennisdoomen in #3100
• Improve reporting of the differences between long strings by @dennisdoomen in #3101
• Allow customizing the equivalency behavior for BeXmlSerializable by @logiclrd in #3107

Documentation

• Add docs for config parameter by @jnyrup in #3104

Others

• Refreshed readme by @dennisdoomen in #3106
• Merge hotfix 8.7.1 back to main by @dennisdoomen in #3109
• Fix release notes by @jnyrup in #3112
• Bump github/codeql-action from 3 to 4 by @dependabot[bot] in #3113

Full Changelog: 8.7.1...8.8.0

What's Changed

Others

• JSON assertions did not properly handle floats, doubles and unsigned … by @dennisdoomen in #3105
• Fixed ambiguity when using Should on a JsonNode derived class ... by @JSkimming in #3102

Full Changelog: 8.7.0...8.7.1

What's Changed

New features

• Added System.Text.Json assertion APIs and BeEquivalentTo support by @dennisdoomen in #3094

Others

• Address a bunch of Qodana issues by @dennisdoomen in #3082
• Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 5 by @dependabot[bot] in #3085
• Bump JetBrains/qodana-action from 2025.1 to 2025.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #3086
• Bump actions/download-artifact from 4 to 5 by @dependabot[bot] in #3087
• Bump cspell from 9.2.0 to 9.2.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #3090
• Bump actions/setup-dotnet from 4 to 5 by @dependabot[bot] in #3092
• Add lock file for nuget packages by @jnyrup in #3084
• Set DisableImplicitNuGetFallbackFolder by @jnyrup in #3095
• Bump Nugets by @jnyrup in #3096
• Revert package locking by @jnyrup in #3098
• Clean-up tests related to exceptions by @dennisdoomen in #3099

Full Changelog: 8.6.0...8.7.0

What's Changed

Improvements

• Add support for inline assertions using Value.ThatMatches and Value.ThatSatisfies by @dennisdoomen in #3076

Others

• Remove Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub by @SimonCropp in #3072
• Bump cspell from 9.1.3 to 9.1.5 by @dependabot[bot] in #3073
• Added PackageGuard to the build pipeline by @dennisdoomen in #3075
• Bump cspell from 9.1.5 to 9.2.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #3077
• Remove dependencies on Bogus by @jnyrup in #3080
• Update nuget packages by @jnyrup in #3081
• Follow-up to #3076 by @jnyrup in #3079
• Documentation and typo fixes by @jnyrup in #3078

New Contributors

• @SimonCropp made their first contribution in #3072

Full Changelog: 8.5.0...8.6.0

What's Changed

New features

• Extended BeEquivalentTo with support for checking the type of the properties by @dennisdoomen in #3066

Fixes

• Ensured WithTracing is safe when used with BeEquivalentTo globally by @dennisdoomen in #3067

Others

• Revisit the .editorconfig rules by @dennisdoomen in #3063
• Bump cspell from 9.1.1 to 9.1.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #3068
• Use .NET 9 SDK by @jnyrup in #3069
• Bump cspell from 9.1.2 to 9.1.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #3071

Full Changelog: 8.4.0...8.5.0

What's Changed

Improvements

• Allow excluding properties by name anywhere in the graph by @dennisdoomen in #3062
• Added Should().Throw(), ThrowAsync() and ThrowWithinAsync() flavors that don’t require a specific exception type by @Xceed-DelvaJB in #3059

Others

• Bump cspell from 9.0.1 to 9.0.2 by @dependabot in #3050
• Bump JetBrains/qodana-action from 2024.2 to 2025.1 by @dependabot in #3044
• Fix qodana warnings by @jnyrup in #3053
• Add contributor grant by @dennisdoomen in #3055
• Bump cspell from 9.0.2 to 9.1.1 by @dependabot in #3058

New Contributors

• @Xceed-DelvaJB made their first contribution in #3059

Full Changelog: 8.3.0...8.4.0

What's Changed

Improvements

• Improve rendering of exception messages when using WithMessage by @dennisdoomen in #3039
• Clarify the date/time type when comparing dates, times and combinations of those by @dennisdoomen in #3049

Others

• Bump cspell from 8.17.5 to 8.18.1 by @dependabot in #3041
• Bump cspell from 8.18.1 to 8.19.2 by @dependabot in #3042
• Bump cspell from 8.19.2 to 8.19.3 by @dependabot in #3043
• Bump cspell from 8.19.3 to 9.0.0 by @dependabot in #3045
• Bump cspell from 9.0.0 to 9.0.1 by @dependabot in #3046
• Fix links to test suites in bug report template by @robvanuden in #3047

Full Changelog: 8.2.0...8.3.0

What's Changed

Improvements

• Optimize various string operations by @jnyrup in #3037
• Reworked formatting and support multi-dimensional arrays. by @dennisdoomen in #3009

Fixes

• Restore StringSyntax annotations by @jnyrup in #3033
• Regex fixups by @jnyrup in #3034
• Handle missing caller identifier by @jnyrup in #3036

Others

• Bump cspell from 8.17.3 to 8.17.5 by @dependabot in #3035

Full Changelog: 8.1.1...8.2.0

What's Changed

Fixes

• Fix a formatting exception when {} is used as a dictionary key. by @dennisdoomen in #3029
• Removed the PS script that opens the FA website because it misbehaves. by @dennisdoomen in #3030

Full Changelog: 8.1.0...8.1.1

What's Changed

Improvements

• Add [NotNull] attribute on the Should() method for object assertions by @0xced in #2987
• Improves the subject identification for chained assertions and those that use Which by @dennisdoomen in #3000

Fixes

• Fixed a regression in which CompleteWithinAsync treated a canceled task as an exception by @dennisdoomen in #2853

Documentation

• Reconnected the new license to the history of the old license by @dennisdoomen in #2985
• Removed an incorrect date/time example from the docs by @dennisdoomen in #2989

Others

• Make sure developers don't accidentally update to v8 without understanding the new license by @dennisdoomen in #2988
• Bump Microsoft.Testing.Extensions.TrxReport from 1.5.1 to 1.5.3 by @dependabot in #2993
• Bump TUnit from 0.6.154 to 0.7.24 by @dependabot in #2992
• Bump the mstest group with 2 updates by @dependabot in #2991
• Backport updates to pipelines by @jnyrup in #3001
• Bump cspell from 8.17.2 to 8.17.3 by @dependabot in #3005
• Bump Roslynator.Analyzers from 4.12.10 to 4.12.11 by @dependabot in #3004
• Bump TUnit from 0.7.24 to 0.10.6 by @dependabot in #3002
• Upmerge from v7 by @dennisdoomen in #3006
• Renamed CallerStatementBuilder to StatementParser by @dennisdoomen in #3007
• Bump Meziantou.Analyzer and Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies by @dependabot in #3014
• Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk, Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies and Newtonsoft.Json by @dependabot in #3013
• Bump Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies and Roslynator.Analyzers by @dependabot in #3012
• Bump the xunit group with 3 updates by @dependabot in #3010
• Adjust dependencies by @jnyrup in #3015
• Bump NUnit3TestAdapter from 4.6.0 to 5.0.0 in the nunit group by @dependabot in #3011
• Fixed typo in introduction page by @tealamore in #3019
• Bump Verify.Xunit from 28.10.1 to 28.11.0 in the xunit group by @dependabot in #3022
• Bump TUnit from 0.10.6 to 0.13.3 by @dependabot in #3026
• Bump Microsoft.Testing.Extensions.CodeCoverage from 17.13.1 to 17.14.1 by @dependabot in #3024
• Bump the mstest group with 2 updates by @dependabot in #3023
• Bump Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies, System.Collections.Immutable and System.Reflection.Metadata by @dependabot in #3025
• Upmerge from v7 by @jnyrup in #3028
• Fixed a regression in which CompleteWithinAsync treated a canceled ta… by @dennisdoomen in #3027

New Contributors

• @tealamore made their first contribution in #3019

Full Changelog: 8.0.1...8.1.0