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Mark certain XUnit tests as "expensive" so they don't get run by default.
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ExpensiveFactAttribute.cs
class ExpensiveFactAttribute : FactAttribute
{
public ExpensiveFactAttribute()
{
// remove this line to run these expensive tests
base.Skip = "Expensive";
}
}
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For example, suppose you want to test the code that calls in to a service that charges you $0.10 each time. Weekly that's fine; every 10 seconds and it becomes a problem.

Or maybe after the test runs you have to clean up the mess that it makes.

Or maybe the test is inherently slow.

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