We should only override console methods before each test

[NikhilVerma]

This fixes the issue where this utility will swallow any console error methods logged outside the test environments. e.g. errors logged BEFORE setup/teardown of Jest tests.

I am also using the more native jest.spyOn to spy on the tests.

[ValentinH]

Could you please explain a bit more about "swallow any console error methods logged outside the test environments" please? Do you have an example of such an issue?

[NikhilVerma]

@ValentinH absolutely! here is a rough example

// Any errors thrown here will never be shown to the user
throwConsoleError();

describe("my-test", () => {
    it("fails on console", () => {
        expect.assertions(1);
        // This will work fine
        throwConsoleError();
        expect(1).toStrictEqual(1);
    });
});

function throwConsoleError() {
    console.error("I am a console error");
}

[ValentinH]

I just tested it and it works great! Thanks for the fix 🙏

[ValentinH]

Published as 2.0.5 🚀