Add support for non-branch coverage goals in DynaMOSA by Aditya-9215 · Pull Request #142 · se2p/pynguin

Aditya-9215 · 2026-03-22T05:49:08Z

This PR extends DynaMOSA to support coverage goals beyond branch coverage, such as line coverage.

Changes:

Modified GoalsManager to include non-branch fitness functions
Preserved existing branch dependency handling via BranchFitnessGraph
Ensured backward compatibility with existing branch coverage behavior
Added safe handling for optional dependencies (OpenAI, SecretStr) in type inference

All existing tests pass, and no regressions were introduced.

LuKrO2011

Hi,

thank you for the pull request! Before requesting review for a non-draft PR, please make sure all CI checks pass. For running the checks locally, see CONTRIBUTING.md.

I assume you were working on #119 and this PR, once merged, closes #119.

Aditya-9215 · 2026-03-23T17:22:41Z

Hi Lukas, Thank you for your feedback! I have addressed the CI issues (mypy and pre-commit), and all checks pass locally now. The remaining workflow appears to require maintainer approval to run. This PR addresses issue #119 by extending DynaMOSA to support non-branch coverage goals (e.g., line coverage), while preserving the existing branch-based dependency handling. Please let me know if any further changes are needed. I’d be happy to refine the implementation. Best regards, Aditya

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LuKrO2011

Hi,
thank you for your contribution. However, I can not accept the PR as it is, because of the following three reasons. This PR

changes stuff unrelated to the issue
removes active goal updating which breaks the idea of DynaMOSA
does not convince me that the limitation mentioned in the issue is addressed (as there is no new test showing that this is fixed now)

src/pynguin/analyses/type_inference.py

src/pynguin/ga/algorithms/dynamosaalgorithm.py

Aditya-9215 · 2026-03-28T10:50:21Z

Hi @LuKrO2011,

Thanks for your feedback.

I have addressed the issues:

Ensured all pre-commit checks pass locally
Verified that all tests pass successfully
Removed unrelated changes and kept the PR focused on DynaMOSA only
Added a test to validate activation of non-branch goals

Please let me know if any further changes are needed.

LuKrO2011

Hi,
thank you for your updating your contribution. Unrelated changes to the issue have been removed successfully. However, there are still limitations:

tests do not pass (again)
does not convince me that the limitation mentioned in the issue is addressed (as there is no new test showing that this is fixed now)

Additionally, I question whether the proposed way of allowing for additional "non-branch" fitness functions is a good way to address the issue. While the original DynaMosa paper does not handle line coverage, generalizing from how the other coverage metrics (statement, branch and mutation coverage) are handled one should rather aim for using LineCoverageGoals instead.

LuKrO2011 · 2026-03-30T06:36:22Z

src/pynguin/ga/algorithms/dynamosaalgorithm.py

+        non_branch_fitness_functions: OrderedSet[ff.FitnessFunction] = OrderedSet()
+
        for fit in fitness_functions:
-            assert isinstance(fit, bg.BranchCoverageTestFitness)


In the current implementation, DynaMOSA will not work if one fitness_functions is not BranchCoverageTestFitness. If this stays like this, we should still ensure that at least one of the fitness_functions is a BranchCoverageTestFitness.

LuKrO2011 · 2026-03-30T06:41:56Z

src/pynguin/ga/algorithms/dynamosaalgorithm.py

+        self._current_goals: OrderedSet[ff.FitnessFunction] = OrderedSet(self._graph.root_branches)
+
+        # Store non-branch goals separately (DO NOT activate yet)
+        self._non_branch_goals: OrderedSet[ff.FitnessFunction] = non_branch_fitness_functions


The name might cause confusion with CodeObjectGoals which are also "non-branch" goals but might belong to the self._current_goals.
If the logic stays like this, I am fine with this naming, but add a respective comment on what's the difference.

LuKrO2011 · 2026-03-30T06:45:19Z

src/pynguin/ga/algorithms/dynamosaalgorithm.py

+        # Add non-branch goals ONLY after all branch goals are covered
+        if len(self._archive.uncovered_goals) == 0:
+            added = False
+            for goal in self._non_branch_goals:
+                if goal not in self._current_goals:
+                    self._current_goals.add(goal)
+                    added = True
+
+            if added:
+                self._archive.add_goals(self._current_goals)  # type: ignore[arg-type]


For simplicity, let's assume the second FitnessFunction is a LineCoverageTestFitness function.
First, such goals should probably be encoded as LineCoverageGoals.
Second, we might already be able to cover such goals before all branches are covered.

LuKrO2011 · 2026-03-30T07:01:25Z

tests/ga/algorithms/test_dynamosa_non_branch.py

Unit tests with heavy mocking are great to test some behaviour of your code in isolation. In this case it is tested, that initially "non-branch" goals are not active, which makes sense if it is intended as it is in this case.
However, this does not test other properties of the algorithm, such as what happens once all branch goals are covered.

Even if that is also covered with a unit test with heavy mocking, it is still not tested that the behaviour is the same for non-mocked stuff. In general, using a simple non-mocked example with a real archive, real goals and a real subject is preferrable here.

Even if all of that is added, I would still not be convinced that now DynaMOSA + LineCoverage works. This must be tested with an integration test.

Aditya-9215 · 2026-03-30T07:17:16Z

Hi @LuKrO2011,

Thank you for the detailed feedback — I really appreciate the time and clarity.

I understand now that my current approach of introducing separate "non-branch" goals does not align well with the existing design of Pynguin. Your suggestion to instead work with LineCoverageGoals makes sense, and I see that it would integrate more naturally with the architecture.

I also acknowledge that my current tests are too limited and rely heavily on mocking. I will work on improving this by:

adding tests that verify behavior after branch coverage is completed
using real goals and archive instead of mocks
adding an integration-level test

Before proceeding with a redesign, I wanted to confirm:
Would you recommend extending DynaMOSA to directly support LineCoverageGoals (similar to how other coverage metrics are handled), rather than introducing a separate mechanism?

Thanks again for your guidance — this has been very helpful for my understanding.

Best regards,
Aditya

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