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Speed up tests indexing

Last modified: 11 February 2024

Test indexing is one of the most CPU- and time-consuming IDE procedures. To speed it up, you can use CLion's mechanism of detecting test scopes or create a test scope manually. Either way, after you have a test scope, only the files filtered by this scope will be processed during test indexation.

You can use the Tests scope to filter the Project view and quickly access the test files in your project:

Tests scope in Project view