WrongScopeError: `name` when `use_active_record = false`

[matiasgarcia]

I have the following spec:

require 'rails_helper'

describe Command do
  it 'foo' do
    Command.new
  end
end

Using RSpec 3.9.1 + Rails 6.1 I get:

RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::WrongScopeError: `name` is not available from within an example (e.g. an `it` block) or from constructs that run in the scope of an example (e.g. `before`, `let`, etc). It is only available on an example group (e.g. a `describe` or `context` block).

  0) Command foo
     Failure/Error:
       raise WrongScopeError,
             "`#{name}` is not available from within an example (e.g. an " \
             "`it` block) or from constructs that run in the scope of an " \
             "example (e.g. `before`, `let`, etc). It is only available " \
             "on an example group (e.g. a `describe` or `context` block)."

       `name` is not available from within an example (e.g. an `it` block) or from constructs that run in the scope of an example (e.g. `before`, `let`, etc). It is only available on an example group (e.g. a `describe` or `context` block).
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:746:in `method_missing'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/activerecord-6.1.0/lib/active_record/test_fixtures.rb:102:in `run_in_transaction?'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/activerecord-6.1.0/lib/active_record/test_fixtures.rb:116:in `setup_fixtures'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/activerecord-6.1.0/lib/active_record/test_fixtures.rb:10:in `before_setup'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-rails-3.9.0/lib/rspec/rails/adapters.rb:126:in `block (2 levels) in <module:MinitestLifecycleAdapter>'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:450:in `instance_exec'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:450:in `instance_exec'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/hooks.rb:381:in `execute_with'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/hooks.rb:614:in `block (2 levels) in run_around_example_hooks_for'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:345:in `call'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/hooks.rb:615:in `run_around_example_hooks_for'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/hooks.rb:472:in `run'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:460:in `with_around_example_hooks'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:503:in `with_around_and_singleton_context_hooks'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:254:in `run'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:633:in `block in run_examples'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:629:in `map'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:629:in `run_examples'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:595:in `run'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:121:in `block (3 levels) in run_specs'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:121:in `map'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:121:in `block (2 levels) in run_specs'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:2031:in `with_suite_hooks'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:116:in `block in run_specs'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/reporter.rb:74:in `report'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:115:in `run_specs'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:89:in `run'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:71:in `run'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:45:in `invoke'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0/gems/rspec-core-3.9.1/exe/rspec:4:in `<top (required)>'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/bin/rspec:23:in `load'
     # /home/mgarcia/.rbenv/versions/2.5.7/bin/rspec:23:in `<main>'
     # 
     #   Showing full backtrace because every line was filtered out.
     #   See docs for RSpec::Configuration#backtrace_exclusion_patterns and
     #   RSpec::Configuration#backtrace_inclusion_patterns for more information.

[pirj]

Did it work on prior versions of Rails, or is it a new project?

I see a couple weird things here.

 0) Command foo

was it really 0?

Kindly appreciate if you could test your setup against rspec-rails 4.0.1 and also branch rails-6-1-dev (see PR https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/pull/2398) by setting the following in your Gemfile:

gem 'rspec-rails`, github: 'rspec/rspec-rails', branch: 'rails-6-1-dev'

Yet another approach would be to quote Command:

RSpec.describe 'Command' do

I'd love to see Command's source to make an informed judgement.

[amilligan]

I can verify this is definitely a problem with Rails 6.1 compatibility. We make heavy use of the latest released rspec-rails (4.0.1) with the previous version of Rails (6.0.3.4) with no problem. Upgrading to Rails 6.1 causes the above error over and over.

We haven't been able to try the rails-6-1-dev branch, because of dependency hell. Bundler gives us a whole bunch of this:

Bundler could not find compatible versions for gem "rspec-support":
  In snapshot (Gemfile.lock):
    rspec-support (= 3.10.0)

  In Gemfile:
    rspec-collection_matchers x86_64-darwin-19 was resolved to 1.2.0, which depends on
      rspec-expectations (>= 2.99.0.beta1) x86_64-darwin-19 was resolved to 3.10.0, which depends on
        rspec-support (~> 3.10.0) x86_64-darwin-19

    rspec-rails x86_64-darwin-19 was resolved to 4.1.0.pre, which depends on
      rspec-support (= 3.11.0.pre)

Running `bundle update` will rebuild your snapshot from scratch, using only
the gems in your Gemfile, which may resolve the conflict.

I actually came across the pull request you referenced above (https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/pull/2398) before this issue. It looks like that will solve this; it would be great to get a pre-release gem out.

[pirj]

You'll have to point to unreleased branches of other repos (core, support, expectations, mocks) as well:

gem 'rspec-support`, github: 'rspec/rspec-support', branch: 'main'

There's a lot of development going on ATM, no promises on pre-release versions, sorry. Stay tuned for 4.1.

[pirj]

Really appreciate if you could check if you are still experiencing this problem against 4.1.0.pre and 3.11.0.pre. Please feel free to reopen the ticket in this case.

[JonRowe]

Reopened because I want to investigate, I haven't seen anything like this so far.

[JonRowe]

I'm going to investigate over the weekend and look to releasing a new version with 6.1 support, but can someone provide me with a spec example for this? The one above would be fine if the source for Command is provided.

[bmulholland]

@JonRowe A blank class will do:

require 'rails_helper'

class Command; end

RSpec.describe Command do
  it 'foo' do
    Command.new
  end
end

[matiasgarcia]

The solution for this was upgrading to rspec-rails 4.0.1. According to the changelog on 4.x.x was introduced the compatibility with Rails 6.x.

I was confused because as a dev I would expect this version to not be downloadable for Rails 6.1.

[matiasgarcia]

@pirj It might be zero because the spec doesn't even run, it's a bug. Command is an AR model.

class Command < ApplicationRecord
end

[pirj]

There's no good way to prevent us from future breakages due to incompatibilities introduced by Rails. E.g. you can use rspec-rails 2.99 with Rails 6.1, but it doesn't mean you should, since most probably it won't work.

[bmulholland]

Upgrading to rspec-rails 4.0.1 does not resolve this issue for me.

If there's a tight connection with rails, perhaps there should be a corresponding restriction on what versions of Rails this gem can be installed with?

[pirj]

There is this https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/blob/main/features/README.md#rails

rspec-rails 4 supports Rails 5.x and 6.x. For earlier versions of Rails, you need rspec-rails 3

We could set a hard constraint on Rails version, e.g. to ~> 6.0.0 for rspec-rails 4.0.x, but that would: 1) force to update to newer rspec-rails along with Rails update 2) prevent users from updating Rails early and submit issues and patches, leaving all the burden on maintainers

[bmulholland]

@pirj Are there special instructions for installing the preview versions? I'm getting Could not find gem 'rspec-rails (= 4.1.0.pre)' in any of the gem sources listed in your Gemfile.

[pirj]

@bmulholland You typically use github source in your Gemfile and point to a branch:

gem 'rspec-rails', github: 'rspec/rspec-rails', branch: 'rails-6-1-dev'

[bmulholland]

@pirj Thanks! Your message above sounded like you'd published a package.

I can't install that branch:

Bundler could not find compatible versions for gem "rspec-core":
  In Gemfile:
    guard-rspec was resolved to 4.7.3, which depends on
      rspec (>= 2.99.0, < 4.0) was resolved to 3.10.0, which depends on
        rspec-core (~> 3.10.0)

    rspec-rails was resolved to 4.1.0.pre, which depends on
      rspec-core (= 3.11.0.pre)

    rspec_junit_formatter was resolved to 0.4.1, which depends on
      rspec-core (>= 2, < 4, != 2.12.0)

Could not find gem 'rspec-core (= 3.11.0.pre)', which is required by gem 'rspec-rails', in any of the sources.

It seems like there's a magic incantation to install these preview builds. Sounds like that's all obvious to you, but I don't have the same context :). I'm trying to help out with your request, above, to try out the preview build - can you make that easy for me? Thanks!

[pirj]

I couldn't reproduce the issue with this snippet (spin-off of this snippet recommended to submit Rails bug reports):

require "bundler/inline"

gemfile(true) do
  source "https://rubygems.org"

  git_source(:github) { |repo| "https://github.com/#{repo}.git" }

  gem "rails", "~> 6.1.0"
  gem "rspec-rails", "4.0.1"
  gem "sqlite3"
end

require "active_record"
require "logger"

require 'rspec/autorun'

# This connection will do for database-independent bug reports.
ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(adapter: "sqlite3", database: ":memory:")
ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT)

ActiveRecord::Schema.define do
  create_table :commands, force: true do |t|
  end
end

class Command < ActiveRecord::Base
end

RSpec.describe Command do
  it 'foo' do
    Command.new
  end
end

$ ruby rr.rb
Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/.............
Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/.
Resolving dependencies...
Using rake 13.0.3
Using concurrent-ruby 1.1.7
Using i18n 1.8.5
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Using activesupport 6.1.0
Using builder 3.2.4
Using erubi 1.10.0
Using mini_portile2 2.4.0
Using nokogiri 1.10.10
Using rails-dom-testing 2.0.3
Using crass 1.0.6
Using loofah 2.8.0
Using rails-html-sanitizer 1.3.0
Using actionview 6.1.0
Using rack 2.2.3
Using rack-test 1.1.0
Using actionpack 6.1.0
Fetching nio4r 2.5.4
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Using rspec-rails 4.0.1
Using sqlite3 1.4.2
-- create_table(:commands, {:force=>true})
D, [2020-12-21T19:52:41.961032 #87338] DEBUG -- :    (4.4ms)  SELECT sqlite_version(*)
D, [2020-12-21T19:52:41.962427 #87338] DEBUG -- :    (0.2ms)  DROP TABLE IF EXISTS "commands"
D, [2020-12-21T19:52:41.969918 #87338] DEBUG -- :    (7.1ms)  CREATE TABLE "commands" ("id" integer PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT NOT NULL)
   -> 0.0553s
D, [2020-12-21T19:52:42.092779 #87338] DEBUG -- :    (0.2ms)  CREATE TABLE "ar_internal_metadata" ("key" varchar NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, "value" varchar, "created_at" datetime(6) NOT NULL, "updated_at" datetime(6) NOT NULL)
D, [2020-12-21T19:52:42.140222 #87338] DEBUG -- :   ActiveRecord::InternalMetadata Load (0.3ms)  SELECT "ar_internal_metadata".* FROM "ar_internal_metadata" WHERE "ar_internal_metadata"."key" = ? LIMIT ?  [["key", "environment"], ["LIMIT", 1]]
D, [2020-12-21T19:52:42.150361 #87338] DEBUG -- :   TRANSACTION (0.1ms)  begin transaction
D, [2020-12-21T19:52:42.151183 #87338] DEBUG -- :   ActiveRecord::InternalMetadata Create (0.3ms)  INSERT INTO "ar_internal_metadata" ("key", "value", "created_at", "updated_at") VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)  [["key", "environment"], ["value", "development"], ["created_at", "2020-12-21 16:52:42.149787"], ["updated_at", "2020-12-21 16:52:42.149787"]]
D, [2020-12-21T19:52:42.152184 #87338] DEBUG -- :   TRANSACTION (0.2ms)  commit transaction
.

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1 example, 0 failures

I'm going to investigate this further, it seems that there might be a problem with shadowing name here.

[pirj]

@bmulholland This should fix the dependencies:

  gem 'rspec-rails', github: 'rspec/rspec-rails', branch: 'rails-6-1-dev'
  %w[rspec-core rspec-mocks rspec-support rspec-expectations].each do |name|
    gem name, github: "rspec/#{name}", branch: 'main'
  end

[rhymes]

@bmulholland the issue there is the other gems: guard-rspec does not support rspec-core ~> 4, which is understandable because the gem hasn't seen a new release since 2016: https://rubygems.org/gems/guard-rspec

Same goes for rspec_junit_formatter which seems to be stuck in 2018.

Unfortunately if you still want to use those two packages you'll have to fork them and update them or else

[bmulholland]

@rhymes Oh good point. Okay, I'll have to look into that before I can try out the sample branch, so it will have to wait. Thanks all.

[pirj]

@rhymes Thanks for sharing!

Not sure what breaks those two exactly, since the major version of rspec-core version remained the same, 3.x.

guard-rspec was mostly unnecessary anyway, since the same can be achieved with guard-shell with a small script to run rspec when spec/ files change.

rspec_junit_formatter wasn't released in a while, but the repository receives periodic updates. Any luck using it from its master branch, @bmulholland, @matiasgarcia ?

gem 'rspec_junit_formatter`, github: 'sj26/rspec_junit_formatter', branch: 'master'

[bmulholland]

I'm just about to head out for the day, so I tried dropping the dependencies on rspec_junit_formatter and guard-rspec, and replace gem "rspec-rails" with:

  # Try early version of rspec that supports rails 6.1
  gem "rspec-rails", github: "rspec/rspec-rails", branch: "rails-6-1-dev"
  %w(rspec-core rspec-mocks rspec-support rspec-expectations).each do |name|
    gem name, github: "rspec/#{name}", branch: "main"
  end

Then upgraded to Rails 6.1 and re-ran rspec. rails-rspec commit is 4e88eb32b47984b6318f67f85a2f7122cf0e6591

Unfortunately, I'm still getting the same error raise WrongScopeError etc

It's possible I'm missing some of the rails 6.1 upgrade instructions, though I'd expect that to at least show a more helpful error.

[pirj]

@Edouard-chin, can you please take a look? Seems related to https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/pull/2215 and https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/37770

[pirj]

@bmulholland Any update? Can you reproduce on a fresh Rails app?

[bmulholland]

@pirj It did not happen on a fresh Rails app so I spent some time tracking it down. To reproduce this error, set config.use_active_record = false in spec/rails_helper.rb. If you want a full-blown repro: https://github.com/bmulholland/rspec-rails-6-1 - just clone, bundle install, and run rspec.

Annoyingly, I am actually using AR in my project, although I wasn't when I first started the app. So what would be perhaps a workaround for others (enable AR support) is actually the full fix for me :)

[pirj]

Thanks a lot, @bmulholland! That explains the error 👍 Glad it helped. Let me quickly see if it can be fixed to avoid future confusion.

[pirj]

@matiasgarcia @amilligan Do you happen to have use_active_record set to false in RSpec config?

[JonRowe]

Thanks for the reproduction, I can reproduce this in a new app using plain gems and the config option. I would guess it's a problem with the fixture module being included when its not supported either because our config/detection has supressed an include, or rails has included something we don't expect.

[samstickland]

I'm also having different, but likely related issues, with Rails 6.1 and RSpec. I am running rails-6-1-dev with all the various support gems on main.

I get this error when trying to make an instance_double of a decorator. This code works fine on Rails 6.0

  29) AssignmentMailer.remaining_notification for supplier
      Failure/Error:
        decorate: instance_double(
          Assignments::Model::AssignmentDecorator,
          assigned_personnel_names: %w[Bob Dave],
          remaining_master_rates: '7 days',
          remaining_percentage: '10%',
          display_name_for_supplier: 'xxxx',
          display_name_for_client: 'yyyy'
        )

      NoMethodError:
        undefined method `constant_mutator_for' for #<RSpec::Mocks::RootSpace:0x00007f93009b9a48>

[pirj]

@samstickland , do you mind sharing the full backtrace, the failing example and decorator's code? It seems to be a different issue, appreciate if you post this as a new ticket.

[samstickland]

@pirj This is a simplified example, for the same error message (but for a different object):

This is the full stack trace:

  1) WorkHistoryCompanyOrator#name when the policy permits show?
     Failure/Error: let(:company) { instance_double(Company, name: FFaker::Company.name) }

     NoMethodError:
       undefined method `constant_mutator_for' for #<RSpec::Mocks::RootSpace:0x00007fe713125ac8>
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-mocks-4d55ed9afdeb/lib/rspec/mocks/mutate_const.rb:87:in `original'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-mocks-4d55ed9afdeb/lib/rspec/mocks/object_reference.rb:145:in `object'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-mocks-4d55ed9afdeb/lib/rspec/mocks/object_reference.rb:129:in `target'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-rails-4e88eb32b479/lib/rspec/rails/active_record.rb:12:in `block (2 levels) in initialize_activerecord_configuration'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-mocks-4d55ed9afdeb/lib/rspec/mocks/example_methods.rb:416:in `block in declare_verifying_double'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-mocks-4d55ed9afdeb/lib/rspec/mocks/example_methods.rb:415:in `each'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-mocks-4d55ed9afdeb/lib/rspec/mocks/example_methods.rb:415:in `declare_verifying_double'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-mocks-4d55ed9afdeb/lib/rspec/mocks/example_methods.rb:58:in `instance_double'
     # ./spec/orators/work_history_company_orator_spec.rb:9:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:317:in `block (2 levels) in let'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:157:in `block (3 levels) in fetch_or_store'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:157:in `fetch'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:157:in `block (2 levels) in fetch_or_store'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-support-854af33a0902/lib/rspec/support/reentrant_mutex.rb:23:in `synchronize'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:156:in `block in fetch_or_store'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:155:in `fetch'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:155:in `fetch_or_store'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:317:in `block in let'
     # ./spec/orators/work_history_company_orator_spec.rb:8:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:317:in `block (2 levels) in let'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:157:in `block (3 levels) in fetch_or_store'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:157:in `fetch'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:157:in `block (2 levels) in fetch_or_store'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-support-854af33a0902/lib/rspec/support/reentrant_mutex.rb:23:in `synchronize'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:156:in `block in fetch_or_store'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:155:in `fetch'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:155:in `fetch_or_store'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:317:in `block in let'
     # ./spec/orators/work_history_company_orator_spec.rb:13:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:317:in `block (2 levels) in let'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:157:in `block (3 levels) in fetch_or_store'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:157:in `fetch'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:157:in `block (2 levels) in fetch_or_store'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-support-854af33a0902/lib/rspec/support/reentrant_mutex.rb:23:in `synchronize'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:156:in `block in fetch_or_store'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:155:in `fetch'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:155:in `fetch_or_store'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:317:in `block in let'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/gems/activerecord-6.1.0/lib/active_record/test_fixtures.rb:102:in `run_in_transaction?'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/gems/activerecord-6.1.0/lib/active_record/test_fixtures.rb:116:in `setup_fixtures'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/gems/activerecord-6.1.0/lib/active_record/test_fixtures.rb:10:in `before_setup'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/gems/activejob-6.1.0/lib/active_job/test_helper.rb:45:in `before_setup'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-rails-4e88eb32b479/lib/rspec/rails/adapters.rb:74:in `block (2 levels) in <module:MinitestLifecycleAdapter>'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:455:in `instance_exec'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:455:in `instance_exec'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/hooks.rb:390:in `execute_with'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/hooks.rb:628:in `block (2 levels) in run_around_example_hooks_for'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:350:in `call'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/hooks.rb:629:in `run_around_example_hooks_for'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/hooks.rb:486:in `run'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:465:in `with_around_example_hooks'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:508:in `with_around_and_singleton_context_hooks'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:259:in `run'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:644:in `block in run_examples'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:640:in `map'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:640:in `run_examples'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:606:in `run'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:607:in `block in run'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:607:in `map'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:607:in `run'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:607:in `block in run'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:607:in `map'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:607:in `run'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:121:in `block (3 levels) in run_specs'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:121:in `map'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:121:in `block (2 levels) in run_specs'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:2067:in `with_suite_hooks'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:116:in `block in run_specs'
     # /Users/samuelstickland/.gem/ruby/2.7.2/bundler/gems/rspec-core-addcfb47cb05/lib/rspec/core/reporter.rb:74:in `report'
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Failed examples:

rspec ./spec/orators/work_history_company_orator_spec.rb:20 # WorkHistoryCompanyOrator#name when the policy permits show?

Randomized with seed 3920

This is the full spec:

require 'rails_helper'

describe WorkHistoryCompanyOrator do
  include Support::Policy

  i18n_key 'work_history_company_orator'

  let(:work_history) { instance_double(WorkHistory, company: company) }
  let(:company) { instance_double(Company, name: FFaker::Company.name) }

  describe '#name' do
    let(:policy) { instance_double(ExpertProfilePolicy) }
    subject(:name) { WorkHistoryCompanyOrator.new(work_history, policy: policy).name }

    before { allow(policy).to receive(:show_work_history?).with(work_history).and_return(show) }

    context 'when the policy permits show?' do
      let(:show) { true }

      it { is_expected.to eq company.name }
    end

    context 'when the policy forbid show?' do
      let(:show) { false }

      it { is_expected.to eq t('.hidden_company') }
    end
  end
end

And the model we are trying to create an instance double for is simply:

class Company < ApplicationRecord
end

[vineethkv96]

Upgrade to rspec-rails 4.0.1 works for me. Thanks

[silviorelli]

Hi all, I got the same problems after updating a project from Rails 6.0 to Rails 6.1 and I can confirm that commenting out config.use_active_record = false solves them.

I also tried using the development version of the gems directly from Github as suggested (rspec-rails on rails-6-1-dev branch and rspec-core/mocks/expectations/support on main) but those are still affected by the issue.

[samstickland]

FWIW, I don't have config.use_active_record = false anywhere in my RSpec configuration.

[pirj]

@samstickland Your issue seems to be a completely different one, I've opened https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/issues/2426 for you.

[matiasgarcia]

@matiasgarcia @amilligan Do you happen to have use_active_record set to false in RSpec config?

No, this was a fresh app.

[matiasgarcia]

Just to give more context.

Click for code files, hidden by @JonRowe for brevity in thread.

Part of my Gemfile: ``` # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails' gem 'rails', '~> 6.1.0' # Use mysql as the database for Active Record gem 'mysql2', '~> 0.5' # Use Puma as the app server gem 'puma', '~> 5.0' # Use SCSS for stylesheets gem 'sass-rails', '>= 6' # Transpile app-like JavaScript. Read more: https://github.com/rails/webpacker gem 'webpacker', '~> 5.0' # Turbolinks makes navigating your web application faster. Read more: https://github.com/turbolinks/turbolinks gem 'turbolinks', '~> 5' # Build JSON APIs with ease. Read more: https://github.com/rails/jbuilder gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.7' group :development, :test do # Call 'byebug' anywhere in the code to stop execution and get a debugger console gem 'byebug', platforms: [:mri, :mingw, :x64_mingw] gem 'rspec-rails' end ``` gemlock ``` GEM remote: https://rubygems.org/ specs: actioncable (6.1.0) actionpack (= 6.1.0) activesupport (= 6.1.0) nio4r (~> 2.0) websocket-driver (>= 0.6.1) actionmailbox (6.1.0) actionpack (= 6.1.0) activejob (= 6.1.0) activerecord (= 6.1.0) activestorage (= 6.1.0) activesupport (= 6.1.0) mail (>= 2.7.1) actionmailer (6.1.0) actionpack (= 6.1.0) actionview (= 6.1.0) activejob (= 6.1.0) activesupport (= 6.1.0) mail (~> 2.5, >= 2.5.4) rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0) actionpack (6.1.0) actionview (= 6.1.0) activesupport (= 6.1.0) rack (~> 2.0, >= 2.0.9) rack-test (>= 0.6.3) rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0) rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.0, >= 1.2.0) actiontext (6.1.0) actionpack (= 6.1.0) activerecord (= 6.1.0) activestorage (= 6.1.0) activesupport (= 6.1.0) nokogiri (>= 1.8.5) actionview (6.1.0) activesupport (= 6.1.0) builder (~> 3.1) erubi (~> 1.4) rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0) rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.1, >= 1.2.0) activejob (6.1.0) activesupport (= 6.1.0) globalid (>= 0.3.6) activemodel (6.1.0) activesupport (= 6.1.0) activerecord (6.1.0) activemodel (= 6.1.0) activesupport (= 6.1.0) activestorage (6.1.0) actionpack (= 6.1.0) activejob (= 6.1.0) activerecord (= 6.1.0) activesupport (= 6.1.0) marcel (~> 0.3.1) mimemagic (~> 0.3.2) activesupport (6.1.0) concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2) i18n (>= 1.6, < 2) minitest (>= 5.1) tzinfo (~> 2.0) zeitwerk (~> 2.3) bindex (0.8.1) bootsnap (1.5.1) msgpack (~> 1.0) builder (3.2.4) byebug (11.1.3) concurrent-ruby (1.1.7) crass (1.0.6) diff-lcs (1.4.4) erubi (1.10.0) ffi (1.13.1) globalid (0.4.2) activesupport (>= 4.2.0) i18n (1.8.5) concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0) jbuilder (2.10.1) activesupport (>= 5.0.0) listen (3.3.3) rb-fsevent (~> 0.10, >= 0.10.3) rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.10) loofah (2.8.0) crass (~> 1.0.2) nokogiri (>= 1.5.9) mail (2.7.1) mini_mime (>= 0.1.1) marcel (0.3.3) mimemagic (~> 0.3.2) method_source (1.0.0) mimemagic (0.3.5) mini_mime (1.0.2) mini_portile2 (2.4.0) minitest (5.14.2) msgpack (1.3.3) mysql2 (0.5.3) nio4r (2.5.4) nokogiri (1.10.10) mini_portile2 (~> 2.4.0) puma (5.1.1) nio4r (~> 2.0) rack (2.2.3) rack-mini-profiler (2.2.0) rack (>= 1.2.0) rack-proxy (0.6.5) rack rack-test (1.1.0) rack (>= 1.0, < 3) rails (6.1.0) actioncable (= 6.1.0) actionmailbox (= 6.1.0) actionmailer (= 6.1.0) actionpack (= 6.1.0) actiontext (= 6.1.0) actionview (= 6.1.0) activejob (= 6.1.0) activemodel (= 6.1.0) activerecord (= 6.1.0) activestorage (= 6.1.0) activesupport (= 6.1.0) bundler (>= 1.15.0) railties (= 6.1.0) sprockets-rails (>= 2.0.0) rails-dom-testing (2.0.3) activesupport (>= 4.2.0) nokogiri (>= 1.6) rails-html-sanitizer (1.3.0) loofah (~> 2.3) railties (6.1.0) actionpack (= 6.1.0) activesupport (= 6.1.0) method_source rake (>= 0.8.7) thor (~> 1.0) rake (13.0.1) rb-fsevent (0.10.4) rb-inotify (0.10.1) ffi (~> 1.0) rspec-core (3.9.1) rspec-support (~> 3.9.1) rspec-expectations (3.9.0) diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0) rspec-support (~> 3.9.0) rspec-mocks (3.9.1) diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0) rspec-support (~> 3.9.0) rspec-rails (3.9.0) actionpack (>= 3.0) activesupport (>= 3.0) railties (>= 3.0) rspec-core (~> 3.9.0) rspec-expectations (~> 3.9.0) rspec-mocks (~> 3.9.0) rspec-support (~> 3.9.0) rspec-support (3.9.2) sass-rails (6.0.0) sassc-rails (~> 2.1, >= 2.1.1) sassc (2.4.0) ffi (~> 1.9) sassc-rails (2.1.2) railties (>= 4.0.0) sassc (>= 2.0) sprockets (> 3.0) sprockets-rails tilt semantic_range (2.3.1) spring (2.1.1) sprockets (4.0.2) concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0) rack (> 1, < 3) sprockets-rails (3.2.2) actionpack (>= 4.0) activesupport (>= 4.0) sprockets (>= 3.0.0) thor (1.0.1) tilt (2.0.10) turbolinks (5.2.1) turbolinks-source (~> 5.2) turbolinks-source (5.2.0) tzinfo (2.0.3) concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0) web-console (4.1.0) actionview (>= 6.0.0) activemodel (>= 6.0.0) bindex (>= 0.4.0) railties (>= 6.0.0) webpacker (5.2.1) activesupport (>= 5.2) rack-proxy (>= 0.6.1) railties (>= 5.2) semantic_range (>= 2.3.0) websocket-driver (0.7.3) websocket-extensions (>= 0.1.0) websocket-extensions (0.1.5) zeitwerk (2.4.2) PLATFORMS ruby DEPENDENCIES bootsnap (>= 1.4.4) byebug jbuilder (~> 2.7) listen (~> 3.3) mysql2 (~> 0.5) puma (~> 5.0) rack-mini-profiler (~> 2.0) rails (~> 6.1.0) rspec-rails sass-rails (>= 6) spring turbolinks (~> 5) tzinfo-data web-console (>= 4.1.0) webpacker (~> 5.0) RUBY VERSION ruby 2.5.7p206 BUNDLED WITH 1.17.3 ``` rails_helper ``` # This file is copied to spec/ when you run 'rails generate rspec:install' require 'spec_helper' ENV['RAILS_ENV'] ||= 'test' require File.expand_path('../config/environment', __dir__) # Prevent database truncation if the environment is production abort("The Rails environment is running in production mode!") if Rails.env.production? require 'rspec/rails' # Add additional requires below this line. 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The fix for this was to just install 4.0.1 instead of 3.9.1

gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 4.0.1'

But as I said, I was using a fresh Rails application generated by doing rails new...

[pirj]

The fix for this was to just install 4.0.1

@matiasgarcia Thanks for confirming!

[amilligan]

@matiasgarcia @amilligan Do you happen to have use_active_record set to false in RSpec config?

@pirj We do not. We don't set use_active_record anywhere in our code, and we definitely use ActiveRecord in our specs.

[amilligan]

@pirj Should it matter, version 4.0.2 resolved this issue in our applications that do use ActiveRecord. We have projects that do set use_active_record to false, and in those the error persists.

[pirj]

Fixed in https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/pull/2423 Hold on tight for 4.1, should be released really soon.

[bcgraham]

I'm getting what I think is a related issue - wondering if this should fix it. I don't have a reproduction on hand; if I need one, I will see what I can do.

I have a spec with the following let definition:

let(:name) { double(foo: "bar") }

I'm getting an error from test_fixtures.rb:

    def run_in_transaction?
      use_transactional_tests &&
        !self.class.uses_transaction?(name) # <<-- "name" method name
    end

It's ultimately called from adapters.rb:

        group.around do |example|
          before_setup # <<-- called from here
          example.run
          after_teardown
        end

This throws a RSpec::Mocks::OutsideOfExampleError exception.

This could be a misconfiguration on our end; this is in an branch where we're upgrading Rails and ruby, so these are the kinds of kinks we're trying to work through. When I moved the def name block, similar to the change from #2423 (here, it didn't help.

Wondering if this is still a bug, if it should get fixed with 4.1, or if it's likely a misconfiguration on our end.

[JonRowe]

Are you using the branch where this was fixed? Or a release, as this has not been released yet.

[bcgraham]

No, I’m not using this branch. I moved the name definition outside the included block, similar to the PR that fixed this issue, in my local file, but that’s hardly definitive. I’ll try again using the merged branch.