Question Running tests targetting StandaloneWindows64 from console with -nograhpics no longer works

Hey,
I've met an issue that I am not sure whenever to report as bug, or not.

In short, running tests from command line with -nographics flag used to work in Unity 2021.1.5f1.

In newer Unity versions (2021.2.0f1, 2021.1.28f1) -nographics flag causes no shader to compile and built test player window is simply pink.

See attached logs in .zip archive:
- editor-2021.2.0f1.log.txt contains successful tests run (without -nographics flag)
- editor-nographics-2021.2.0f1.log.txt & Player-nographics-2021.2.0f1.log.txt contain logs for "pink" run.
- editor-2021.1.5f1-nographics.log.txt contain log for successful run, even with -nographics

Also, reproduce it with given project.

Command:

"C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor\2021.2.0f1\Editor\Unity.exe" -runTests -batchmode -projectPath "%CD%" -testPlatform StandaloneWindows64 -testResult "%CD%\results.xml" -logFile "%CD%\editor.log" -nographics

or

"C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor\2021.1.5f1\Editor\Unity.exe" -runTests -batchmode -projectPath "%CD%" -testPlatform StandaloneWindows64 -testResult "%CD%\results.xml" -logFile "%CD%\editor-2021.1.5f1-nographics.log.txt" -nographics

PS. While writing this, I've downloaded and checked:
- Unity 2021.1.18f1, -nographics was still working for it.
- Unity 2021.1.21f1, -nographics still works.
- Unity 2021.1.22f1, -nographics no longer works.
- Unity 2021.1.23f1, -nographics no longer works.

So my guess is that whatever change causes this, it was shipped in Unity 2021.1.22f1.

PPS. An obvious workaround is to simply skip -nographics flag. But I can find the scenerio, where build machine without GPU will be compiling the test player, which later is run on another machine. Espetially since this scenario is described by Documentation: https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/c...tml#split-build-and-run-for-player-mode-tests

 

I'm also experiencing this.
Not just for tests, but also when doing builds in a build machine. In the latest Unity versions, if -nographics is set, then IOS builds render pink when deployed.