# Progress update: fixing the ReactOS test suite

DevFeed: [Progress update: fixing the ReactOS test suite](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/progress-update-fixing-the-reactos-test-suite-32767.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/blogs/cbialorucki-tests-2/>)

Published: 2025-11-04T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [WINE](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/wine.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>), [gcc](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gcc.md>), [MSVC](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/msvc.md>), [x86](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/x86.md>)

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## AI overview

A ReactOS project developer describes work to clean up the neglected test suite. The update reports fixes to 55 existing test modules, five new modules, broader testing across Windows versions and compiler toolchains, and changes intended to improve synchronization with Wine 10.0. The supplied text also states that the full test suite can now run on Windows Vista without a bugcheck.

## Source excerpt

For many years, the ReactOS test suite was neglected. It was a random collection of our own tests and old Wine tests that were only checked against Windows Server 2003 and sometimes a random newer version of Windows up to the discretion of the contributor. The Wine tests we imported were heavily modified and the changes made weren't always well documented. I'm here to clean up this mess. I have been deeply involved with the ReactOS project since 2023 and in May of 2024 I became an official project developer.