Code coverage: exclude specified classes #1749

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1. ericPavone commented on Feb 14, 2025

   

   Eric Pavone (ericPavone)

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   i get the same problem, can't exclude target folders from coverage
2. sterling000 commented on Mar 27, 2025

   

   sterling000

   on Mar 27, 2025

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   Same problem, I have a few integration test and sample classes with main functions in my project that I don't want to track coverage on because it wouldn't make sense, they are distorting the results.
3. regis-amaral commented on Jun 4, 2025

   

   Regis Amaral (regis-amaral)

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   Same problem
4. pcarterubc commented on Jul 29, 2025

   

   Paul Carter (pcarterubc)

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   Just discovered that jacoco has built-in support for handling this issue. See this post for details. Note that you can also use the annotation to exclude an entire class from coverage.
5. glektarssza commented on Nov 4, 2025

   

   G'lek Tarssza (glektarssza)

   on Nov 4, 2025

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   I've ran into this today and am in the process of submitting a PR to support this functionality. Stand by!

   PR: #1809
6. github-actions commented on Nov 12, 2025

   

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   Hi Paul Carter (@pcarterubc), I'm an AI Support assistant here to help with your issue. While the team reviews your request, I wanted to provide some possible tips and documentation that might help you in the meantime.

   There’s currently no built-in support in vscode-java-test to exclude classes via java.test.coverage. You can work around this at the build tool level:

   • Maven (JaCoCo):

   <plugin>
     <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
     <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
     <configuration>
       <excludes>
         <exclude>com/example/IgnoreMe*</exclude>
       </excludes>
     </configuration>
   </plugin>

   https://www.jacoco.org/jacoco/trunk/doc/maven.html

   • Gradle (JaCoCo):

   jacocoTestReport {
     afterEvaluate {
       classDirectories.setFrom(files(
         classDirectories.files.collect {
           fileTree(dir: it, exclude: ['com/example/IgnoreMe*'])
         }
       ))
     }
   }

   https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/jacoco_plugin.html

   If you’d like native support in vscode-java-test, please upvote/comment on the feature request:

   • Code coverage report discussion (feature request)
   #387

   Other references with low confidence

   • Bug: Coverage not shown for subprojects in Explorer and Testing tab – discusses internal handling of coverage results, but doesn’t address exclusion. #1676

   The team will respond to your issue shortly. I hope these suggestions are helpful in the meantime. If this comment helped you, please give it a 👍. If the suggestion was not helpful or incorrect, please give it a 👎. Your feedback helps us improve!
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8. glektarssza commented on Feb 10, 2026

   

   G'lek Tarssza (glektarssza)

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   Looks like my PR finally got merged!