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ava (source) ^4.0.0 → ^8.0.0 age confidence

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avajs/ava (ava)

v8.1.1

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This is a patch release to fix some npm metadata. I've included a wider dependency update, but there's no changed functionality.

What's Changed

Full Changelog: avajs/ava@v8.1.0...v8.1.1

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Code block formatting for string snapshots

This release adds an overload for t.snapshot():

t.snapshot(expected, {formatAsCodeBlock}, message?)

The overload is only accepted when expected is a string. The string is stored verbatim and rendered as a fenced code block in the resulting .snap.md file. Set formatAsCodeBlock to true for a generic code block, or a non-empty language identifier string for syntax highlighting:

test('generates code', t => {
	const code = generate();
	t.snapshot(code, {formatAsCodeBlock: 'js'});
});

The resulting snapshots can only be read with AVA 8.1 or newer, but snapshots that do not contain code blocks are backwards compatible. And existing snapshots can still be read, of course.

Performance improvements

  • ~40% faster for many small test files (startup-bound)
  • ~30% faster for a single file with thousands of tests
  • ~50% faster for many files run concurrently

What's Changed

Full Changelog: avajs/ava@v8.0.2...v8.1.0

v8.0.2

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This is a patch release to get CI green again. More goodies are coming.

What's Changed

Full Changelog: avajs/ava@v8.0.1...v8.0.2

v8.0.1

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What's Changed

This release officially adds Node.js 26 support, with thanks to @​novemberborn in #​3450.

Per our policy, support for Node.js 25 has been removed.

Full Changelog: avajs/ava@v8.0.0...v8.0.1

v8.0.0

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Breaking Changes

AVA now expects Node.js 22.20, 24.12 or newer.

Internally AVA is now fully ESM. This is possible now that Node.js supports loading ES modules using require() calls and simplifies AVA's types and internals.

If you use AVA from a CommonJS project you'll have to update your imports:

-const test = require('ava');
+const {default: test} = require('ava');

We expect an increasing number of projects to be ESM only. As per the above, CommonJS is still supported, but we don't expect cjs extensions to be used. The default file extensions are now js and mjs. Specify extensions: ['cjs', 'js', 'mjs'] for AVA to run test files with the cjs extension.

All test files (and those loaded through AVA's require config) are now loaded via import(). Use customization hooks for transpilation. The object form of the extensions configuration is no longer supported.

If you use AVA with @​ava/typescript you must upgrade that package to v7.

New Features

There's two new test modifiers courtesy of @​sindresorhus: test.skipIf() to skip a test based on a runtime condition. test.runIf() is the inverse: the test only runs when the condition is true.

test.skipIf(process.platform === 'win32')('not on Windows', t => {
	t.pass();
});

test.runIf(process.platform === 'linux')('Linux only', t => {
	t.pass();
});

These work with other modifiers like .serial and .failing:

test.serial.skipIf(process.platform === 'win32')('serial, not on Windows', t => {
	t.pass();
});

test.failing.skipIf(process.platform === 'win32')('expected failure, not on Windows', t => {
	t.fail();
});
Other Changes
  • Watch mode now ignores changes to *.tsbuildinfo files
  • TAP reporter is more defensive when restoring the original error name, thanks to @​ninper00 in #​3415
  • Reported errors when throwsAsync/notThrowsAsync are not awaited have been improved by @​sindresorhus in #​3436
New Contributors

Full Changelog: avajs/ava@v7.0.0...v8.0.0

v7.0.0

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What's Changed

  • Replace strip-ansi with node:util.stripVTControlCharacters by @​fisker in #​3403
  • Remove support for Node.js 18 and 23; require 20.19 or newer, 22.20 or newer or 24,12 or newer; update dependencies including transitive glob by @​novemberborn in #​3416

Full Changelog: avajs/ava@v6.4.1...v7.0.0

v6.4.1

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What's Changed

New Contributors

Full Changelog: avajs/ava@v6.4.0...v6.4.1

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What's Changed

Interactive watch mode filters

@​mmulet did fantastic work to spearhead interactive watch mode filters. You can now filter test files by glob patterns, and tests by matching their titles. It's just like you already could from the CLI itself, but now without exiting AVA 🚀 #​3372

As part of this work we've removed the "sticky" .only() behavior #​3381

Examples

We've been remiss in merging #​3335 which updates the examples to use AVA 6. It's done now, examples are up to date and it's all due to @​tommy-mitchell 👏

New Contributors

Full Changelog: avajs/ava@v6.3.0...v6.4.0

v6.3.0

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What's Changed

New Contributors

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v6.2.0

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What's Changed

  • Add filterNodeArgumentsForWorkerThreads option in #​3336
  • Add Node.js 23 to supported engines (and test matrix) in #​3346

New Contributors

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v6.1.3

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What's Changed

New Contributors

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v6.1.2

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Full Changelog: avajs/ava@v6.1.1...v6.1.2

v6.1.1

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What's Changed

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v6.1.0

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What's Changed

  • Implement registerCompletionHandler() by @​novemberborn in #​3283

    AVA 6 expects test code to clean up gracefully when the tests are complete, allowing the test environment (worker thread or child process) to exit. If this does not happen, AVA will report a timeout. You can use registerCompletionHandler() to perform any other clean up (or indeed exit the process) after AVA has completed the test execution. See the description here.

  • Fix potential bug with watch mode when no failed test files are written by @​novemberborn in #​3287

  • Fix ava/internal ESM type module by @​codetheweb in #​3292

Full Changelog: avajs/ava@v6.0.1...v6.1.0

v6.0.1

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What's Changed

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v6.0.0

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Breaking Changes

  • AVA now requires Node.js versions 18.18, 20.8 or 21. Versions 14 and 16 are no longer supported. #​3251 #​3216

  • When tests finish, worker threads or child processes are no longer exited through proces.exit(). If your test file does not exit on its own, the test run will time out. #​3260

  • Changes to watch mode #​3218:

    • Watch mode can no longer be started via the ava.config.* or package.json configuration.
    • The ignoredByWatcher configuration has moved to the watchMode object, under the ignoreChanges key.
    • Watch mode now uses the built-in fs.watch() in recursive mode. This is supported on Linux in Node.js 20 or newer, and MacOS and Windows in Node.js 18 as well. There are caveats to keep in mind.

  • Failed assertions now throw, meaning that any subsequent code is not executed. This also impacts the type definitions. #​3246

  • Only native errors are now considered errors by the t.throws() and t.throwsAsync() assertions. Object.create(Error.prototype) is not a native error. #​3229

  • Changes to modules loaded through the require configuration #​3184:

    • If such modules export a default function, this function is now invoked.
    • Local files are loaded through @ava/typescript if necessary.

Improvements

Rewritten watcher

The watcher has been rewritten. It’s now built on fs.watch() in recursive mode.

@vercel/nft is used to perform static dependency analysis, supporting ESM and CJS imports for JavaScript & TypeScript source files. This is a huge improvement over the previous runtime tracking of CJS imports, which did not support ESM.

Integration with @ava/typescript has been improved. The watcher can now detect a change to a TypeScript source file, then wait for the corresponding build output to change before re-running tests.

The ignoredByWatcher configuration has moved to the watchMode object, under the ignoreChanges key.

See #​3218 and #​3257.

Failed assertions now throw

Assertions now throw a TestFailure error when they fail. This error is not exported or documented and should not be used or thrown manually. You cannot catch this error in order to recover from a failure, use t.try() instead.

All assertions except for t.throws() and t.throwsAsync() now return true when they pass. This is useful for some of the assertions in TypeScript where they can be used as a type guard.

Committing a failed t.try() result now also throws.

See #​3246.

t.throws() and t.throwsAsync() can now expect any error

By default, the thrown error (or rejection reason) must be a native error. You can change the assertion to expect any kind of error by setting any: true in the expectation object:

t.throws(() => { throw 'error' }, {any: true})

See #​3245 by @​adiSuper94.

The require configuration is now more powerful

It now loads ES modules.

Local files are loaded through @ava/typescript if necessary, so you can also write these in TypeScript.

If there is a default export function, it is invoked after loading. The function is awaited so it can do asynchronous setup before further modules are loaded. Arguments from the configuration can be passed to the function (as a [structured clone](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/structuredClone)).

See #​3184 by @​sculpt0r.

Other changes worth noting
  • Internal events can now be observed (experimentally). See #​3247 by @​codetheweb. It’s experimental and undocumented.
  • You can now use t.timeout.clear() to restore a previous t.timeout(). #​3221
  • Code coverage is flushed to disk at opportune moments. #​3220

New Contributors

Full Changelog: avajs/ava@v5.3.1...v6.0.0

v5.3.1

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What's Changed

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v5.3.0

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New Contributors

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v5.2.0

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v5.1.1

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v5.1.0

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What's Changed

  • Output logs for tests that remain pending when AVA exits by @​kevo1ution in #​3125
  • Check for --config file extensions after they fail to load, allowing custom loaders by @​panva in #​3135

New Contributors

Full Changelog: avajs/ava@v5.0.1...v5.1.0

v5.0.1

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Despite the major version bump this is a relatively minor release. Node.js 12 is no longer supported. The type definitions are now distributed to be compatible with TypeScript 4.7 or newer.

npm install --save-dev ava

Breaking Changes

  • AVA now requires Node.js 14.19, 16.15 or 18. #​3043
  • Type definition distribution assumes at least TypeScript 4.7. #​3041
  • We're now exporting types rather than interfaces. #​3096

Improvements

New Contributors

Full Changelog: avajs/ava@v4.3.3...v5.0.1

v5.0.0

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Despite the major version bump this is a relatively minor release. Node.js 12 is no longer supported. The type definitions are now distributed to be compatible with TypeScript 4.7 or newer.

It's available as a pre-release under the next tag for the next few weeks:

npm install --save-dev ava@next

Breaking Changes

  • AVA now requires Node.js 14.19, 16.15 or 18. #​3043
  • Type definition distribution is no longer compatible with TypeScript versions before 4.7. #​3041
  • We're now exporting types rather than interfaces. #​3096

Improvements

New Contributors

Full Changelog: avajs/ava@v4.3.3...v5.0.0

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