no-skipped-tests.md

Disallow skipped tests (mocha/no-skipped-tests)

⚠️ This rule warns in the ✅ recommended config.

Mocha has a feature that allows you to skip tests by appending .skip to a test-suite or a test-case, or by prepending it with an x (e.g., xdescribe(...) instead of describe(...)). Sometimes tests are skipped as part of a debugging process, and aren't intended to be committed. This rule reminds you to remove .skip or the x prefix from your tests.

Rule Details

This rule looks for describe.skip, it.skip, suite.skip, test.skip, context.skip, specify.skip, xdescribe, xit, xcontext and xspecify occurrences within the source code.

The following patterns are considered warnings:

// bdd
describe.skip("foo", function () {});
it.skip("foo", function () {});
describe["skip"]("bar", function () {});
it["skip"]("bar", function () {});
xdescribe("baz", function() {});
xit("baz", function() {});

// tdd
suite.skip("foo", function () {});
test.skip("foo", function () {});
suite["skip"]("bar", function () {});
test["skip"]("bar", function () {});

These patterns would not be considered warnings:

// bdd
describe("foo", function () {});
it("foo", function () {});
describe.only("bar", function () {});
it.only("bar", function () {});

// tdd
suite("foo", function () {});
test("foo", function () {});
suite.only("bar", function () {});
test.only("bar", function () {});

When Not To Use It

• If you really want to commit skipped tests to your repo, turn this rule off.
• If you use another library which exposes a similar API to mocha (e.g. describe.skip or xdescribe), you should turn this rule off, because it would raise warnings.

Further Reading

• Exclusive Tests