Cannot Run or Debug C# tests with CodeLens in VSCode

Question

I am trying to run my xUnit tests within VSCode using the Run CodeLens .

I am using VSCode 1.65.0 with .Net 6 (6.0.200) on a 2019 MacBook Pro (Intel) with the v1.24.1 of the C# VSCode extension.

I have run it using the dotnet test command, the .NET Core Test Explore Plugin and VS2022, and these work as expected.

This is the output log I get

----- Running test method "net6TestTest.TestControllerTest.Get_ShouldReturn_String" -----

Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 17.1.0+ae57d105c for .NET
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/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.200/Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(4650,5): error MSB3883: Unexpected exception:  [/Users/ssmale/Projects/net6Test/net6Test/net6Test.csproj]
/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.200/Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(4650,5): error : DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path '/Users/ssmale/Projects/net6Test/net6Test/bin/Debug/net6.0/ref/net6Test.dll'. [/Users/ssmale/Projects/net6Test/net6Test/net6Test.csproj]
/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.200/Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(4650,5): error :    at Interop.ThrowExceptionForIoErrno(ErrorInfo errorInfo, String path, Boolean isDirectory, Func`2 errorRewriter) [/Users/ssmale/Projects/net6Test/net6Test/net6Test.csproj]
/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.200/Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(4650,5): error :    at Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle.Open(String path, OpenFlags flags, Int32 mode) [/Users/ssmale/Projects/net6Test/net6Test/net6Test.csproj]
/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.200/Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(4650,5): error :    at Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle.Open(String fullPath, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, FileOptions options, Int64 preallocationSize) [/Users/ssmale/Projects/net6Test/net6Test/net6Test.csproj]
/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.200/Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(4650,5): error :    at System.IO.FileSystem.CopyFile(String sourceFullPath, String destFullPath, Boolean overwrite) [/Users/ssmale/Projects/net6Test/net6Test/net6Test.csproj]
/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.200/Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(4650,5): error :    at System.IO.File.Copy(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Boolean overwrite) [/Users/ssmale/Projects/net6Test/net6Test/net6Test.csproj]
/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.200/Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(4650,5): error :    at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.BuildTasks.CopyRefAssembly.Copy() [/Users/ssmale/Projects/net6Test/net6Test/net6Test.csproj]
/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.200/Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(4650,5): error :  [/Users/ssmale/Projects/net6Test/net6Test/net6Test.csproj]

Build FAILED.

/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.200/Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(4650,5): error MSB3883: Unexpected exception:  [/Users/ssmale/Projects/net6Test/net6Test/net6Test.csproj]
/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.200/Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(4650,5): error : DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path '/Users/ssmale/Projects/net6Test/net6Test/bin/Debug/net6.0/ref/net6Test.dll'. [/Users/ssmale/Projects/net6Test/net6Test/net6Test.csproj]
/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.200/Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(4650,5): error :    at Interop.ThrowExceptionForIoErrno(ErrorInfo errorInfo, String path, Boolean isDirectory, Func`2 errorRewriter) [/Users/ssmale/Projects/net6Test/net6Test/net6Test.csproj]
/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.200/Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(4650,5): error :    at Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle.Open(String path, OpenFlags flags, Int32 mode) [/Users/ssmale/Projects/net6Test/net6Test/net6Test.csproj]
/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.200/Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(4650,5): error :    at Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle.Open(String fullPath, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, FileOptions options, Int64 preallocationSize) [/Users/ssmale/Projects/net6Test/net6Test/net6Test.csproj]
/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.200/Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(4650,5): error :    at System.IO.FileSystem.CopyFile(String sourceFullPath, String destFullPath, Boolean overwrite) [/Users/ssmale/Projects/net6Test/net6Test/net6Test.csproj]
/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.200/Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(4650,5): error :    at System.IO.File.Copy(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Boolean overwrite) [/Users/ssmale/Projects/net6Test/net6Test/net6Test.csproj]
/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.200/Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(4650,5): error :    at Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.BuildTasks.CopyRefAssembly.Copy() [/Users/ssmale/Projects/net6Test/net6Test/net6Test.csproj]
/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.200/Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(4650,5): error :  [/Users/ssmale/Projects/net6Test/net6Test/net6Test.csproj]
    0 Warning(s)
    2 Error(s)

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