[fix] Fix MsCoverageReferencedPathMaps: skip during design-time builds and parallelize project builds

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Closes #15105
Partial fix for #15295

Root Cause

The MsCoverageReferencedPathMaps target in Microsoft.CodeCoverage.targets ran unconditionally on every CoreCompile invocation, including during IDE design-time builds. Design-time builds happen frequently in the background while you type in Visual Studio (for IntelliSense, error squiggles, etc.) and are triggered far more often than real builds. Running MSBuild on all referenced projects on every design-time build caused significant IDE slowdowns — especially for solutions with large project graphs.

Additionally, the MSBuild task invoked referenced projects sequentially (one at a time, batched by TFM), even though the individual project invocations are independent.

Fix

Two changes to Microsoft.CodeCoverage.targets:

1. Skip during design-time builds — Added '$(DesignTimeBuild)' != 'true' to the MsCoverageReferencedPathMaps target condition. The SDK sets $(DesignTimeBuild) to true during all IDE background build invocations; this is the standard pattern used across the MSBuild ecosystem (e.g., Roslyn analyzers, source generators) to avoid expensive work during design-time passes.

2. Parallelize project invocations — Added BuildInParallel="true" to the MSBuild task. This allows the build engine to invoke the InitializeSourceRootMappedPaths/MsCoverageGetPathMap target on multiple referenced projects concurrently, reducing wall-clock time for large project graphs.

Testing

This is a .targets file change (MSBuild metadata, no C# code). There are no automated tests for this specific target behavior in the repo. The change follows the established SDK pattern for skipping work during design-time builds and is a minimal, low-risk addition to an existing condition.

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Pull request overview

Note

Copilot was unable to run its full agentic suite in this review.

Fixes IDE slowdowns caused by MsCoverageReferencedPathMaps running on every design-time build, and improves performance for real builds by parallelizing referenced project invocations.

Changes:

• Skip the MsCoverageReferencedPathMaps target when $(DesignTimeBuild) is true.
• Enable BuildInParallel="true" on the MSBuild task for referenced projects.

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Review Summary

Dimensions activated: Build Script & Infrastructure Hygiene, Dependency & Package Integrity, Cross-TFM & Framework Resolution

Both changes are correct and follow established MSBuild patterns:

• DesignTimeBuild guard: canonical SDK pattern; no behavioral change during real builds.
• BuildInParallel="true": MSBuild batching on %(NearestTargetFramework) still applies correctly per TFM. The invoked target is read-only metadata, so no inter-project hazard. Output item ordering is non-deterministic with parallelism, but source root path maps are an unordered set — downstream PathMap compiler arg is not order-sensitive.

No correctness, compatibility, or resource management issues found.

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🔧 Branch updated — SDK bump applied

Updated global.json to SDK 11.0.100-preview.5.26227.104 and Arcade SDK 11.0.0-beta.26325.1 to match main. This should resolve the macOS/Ubuntu CI failures caused by the unavailable preview SDK.

The code change (2-line .targets fix) is unchanged.

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