Akka.NET Testing Patterns

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:

• Writing unit tests for Akka.NET actors
• Testing persistent actors with event sourcing
• Verifying actor interactions and message flows
• Testing actor supervision and lifecycle
• Mocking external dependencies in actor tests
• Testing cluster sharding behavior locally
• Verifying actor state recovery and persistence

Reference Files

• examples.md: Complete code samples for all testing patterns (Patterns 1-8 plus Reminders)
• anti-patterns-and-reference.md: Anti-patterns, traditional TestKit, CI/CD integration

Choosing Your Testing Approach