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Returning a Promise from "describe" is not supported. Tests must be defined synchronously


Particular test passed but I am getting this.

    console.log node_modules/jest-jasmine2/build/jasmine/Env.js:502
          ● 

Test suite failed to run

            Returning a Promise from "describe" is not supported. Tests must be defined synchronously.
            Returning a value from "describe" will fail the test in a future version of Jest.

        > 4 | describe('handlers.getSemesters', async () => {

Here is complete test code

describe('handlers.getSemesters', async () => {
      it('should return an array of Semesters', async () => {
        academicCalendarRequest.request = jest.fn();
        academicCalendarRequest.request.mockReturnValue([
          {
            description: 'Semester1',
          }
        ]);
        const expected = [      
          {
            description: 'Semester1',
          },
        ];

        const handlers = new Handlers();
        const actual = await handlers.getSemesters();
        expect(actual).toEqual(expected);
      });
    });

How can I fix it?


Solution

  • Change

    describe('handlers.getSemesters', async () => {
    

    To

    describe('handlers.getSemesters', () => {
    

    And then put asynchronous code inside of it block

    it('should return an array of Semesters', async () => {
      // ...
    })