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title: "#2257 Test Result Analyzer fails if no stack trace is available"
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# #2257 Test Result Analyzer fails if no stack trace is available

> Fixed Test Result Analyzer to handle XML elements without stack traces by using InnerText instead of the potentially null text property.

[Pull request](https://github.com/microsoft/AL-Go/pull/2257) · merged into `main` on 2026-07-29 by FreundDK · 2 files (+3 -2), 1 AL · fix · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus)

## What changed

- Switched from #Text to InnerText for XML element content retrieval
- Prevents null reference errors when analyzing test results with empty stack traces
- Ensures the analyzer handles edge cases in test failure reporting
- Uses safer XML property access pattern
- Behaviour changes for users or extensions.

## AL objects touched

- `Actions/AnalyzeTests/TestResultAnalyzer.ps1`: modified, not in the BC? snapshot

## Context

- Fixes: [#2256 [Bug]: Test Result Analyzer fails if no stack trace is available](https://github.com/microsoft/AL-Go/issues/2256) (closed)
- Systems: development, platform
- From the description: "TestResultAnalyzer uses "#Text", which might be null instead of InnerText"

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