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RSpec for Rails 7+

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Dominant language: Ruby
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 3, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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44 open issues indexed

rspec-rails `code_statistics` initializer walks the whole spec tree on every boot Open

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rspec/rspec-rails#2912 · Opened Aug 21, 2026
`render_views: false` no longer nullifies templates on Rails main – `ResolverDecorator#nullify_templates` only handles `Enumerable` Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 76/100

rspec/rspec-rails#2905 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 10, 2026
Add Turbo/Hotwire testing support with matchers for turbo streams and frames Open

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rspec/rspec-rails#2887 · Opened Feb 25, 2026
Add option to rspec:install generator to configure for Selenium in Docker Open

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rspec/rspec-rails#2878 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 5, 2026
Add support for Rails 8.1 Structured Event Reporter Open

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rspec/rspec-rails#2876 · 2 reactions · Opened Dec 20, 2025
Support for Rails 7.1 error reporter Open

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rspec/rspec-rails#2827 · 5 reactions · Opened Jan 7, 2025
SQL queries matcher support Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

rspec/rspec-rails#2817 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 30, 2024
Request specs fail after upgrading to Rack 3 Open

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rspec/rspec-rails#2814 · 7 comments · Opened Nov 23, 2024
Resetting `ActiveSupport::CurrentAttributes` can be inconsistent due to hook ordering Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rspec/rspec-rails#2773 · 14 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Jul 2, 2024
Wrap examples with Rails executor Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rspec/rspec-rails#2713 · 2 comments · 6 reactions · Opened Nov 16, 2023
Rails 7.1 hangs in github actions when use_transactional_fixtures = true Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

rspec/rspec-rails#2697 · 7 comments · 6 reactions · Opened Oct 13, 2023
default file_fixture_path is relative but is absolute in rails itself Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

rspec/rspec-rails#2682 · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 8, 2023
view spec: controller.extra_params cannot be used to set extra params for URL generation Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

rspec/rspec-rails#2677 · 2 comments · Opened May 10, 2023
Auto-compile assets when running with `rspec` Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rspec/rspec-rails#2675 · 9 comments · 2 reactions · Opened May 6, 2023
Define an empty `test:prepare` task Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

rspec/rspec-rails#2610 · 9 comments · Opened Jun 21, 2022
Skipping controller test in a config-based before hook corrupts view paths Open

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rspec/rspec-rails#2602 · 2 comments · Opened May 25, 2022
Calling original failed when stubbing logger for ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

rspec/rspec-rails#2594 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 17, 2022
be_successful on a request spec hangs Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

rspec/rspec-rails#2592 · 7 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Apr 12, 2022
`after` hook for system tests has no access to the page Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

rspec/rspec-rails#2526 · 6 comments · Opened Oct 13, 2021
UrlGenerationError when testing mocked controllers that use `url_for` just to add params Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

rspec/rspec-rails#2506 · 16 comments · Opened Jun 8, 2021
stop_stream_from causes undefined method 'pubsub' Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

rspec/rspec-rails#2493 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 12, 2021
`expect { ... }.to change { model.association }.to ...` fails when there was a change Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

rspec/rspec-rails#2416 · Opened Dec 13, 2020
Undefined method error in `restore_original_visibility` Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rspec/rspec-rails#2394 · 11 comments · Opened Oct 5, 2020
Where to test non-client-facing behaviors from controller actions? Open

documentation

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

rspec/rspec-rails#2373 · 16 comments · Opened Aug 20, 2020
Add frozen_string_literal pragma to generated files Open

triage

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

rspec/rspec-rails#2235 · 14 comments · Opened Dec 17, 2019
How to test ActionText components? Open

Feature request

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

rspec/rspec-rails#2154 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 6, 2019
Add support for Rails built-in Parallel Testing Open

Feature request

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rspec/rspec-rails#2104 · 82 comments · 289 reactions · Opened Apr 1, 2019
Anonymous controller breaks ActionController::UrlGenerator on delete route Open

triage

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rspec/rspec-rails#2045 · 6 comments · Opened Dec 3, 2018
Add better documentation for system tests Open

Ready to go

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rspec/rspec-rails#1902 · 10 comments · Opened Nov 2, 2017
Invoking `with_routing` does not work with the `get :index` style of invoking controller actions in controller specs Open

Hacktoberfest Has reproduction case

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

rspec/rspec-rails#1652 · 8 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 4, 2016
Allow for customizing Rake tasks. Open

Hacktoberfest

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rspec/rspec-rails#1428 · 6 comments · Opened Jul 29, 2015
rspec DSL is globally exposed in development environment Open

Hacktoberfest triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rspec/rspec-rails#1420 · 15 comments · Opened Jul 22, 2015
include() doesn't work with ActiveModel::Errors Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rspec/rspec-rails#1367 · 14 comments · Opened May 15, 2015
Existing mailer previews are no longer available after updating to rspec-rails 3.2.1 Open

Regression

rspec/rspec-rails#1333 · 5 comments · 12 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 5, 2015
Anonymous controller can't access application routes Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

rspec/rspec-rails#1321 · 7 comments · Opened Feb 22, 2015
calling .to_json on double.as_null_object causes stack level too deep in rails 4.1+ Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

rspec/rspec-rails#1309 · 19 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 13, 2015
Routing error in the mountable rails plugin application. Open

Engine

rspec/rspec-rails#1304 · 18 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 9, 2015
Remove dependency on `ActiveSupport::Concern` Open

Ready to go

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rspec/rspec-rails#1284 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 17, 2015
Support loading parts of rspec-rails in isolation Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

rspec/rspec-rails#1282 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 17, 2015
Helper specs should work with engine routes. Open

Engine

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

rspec/rspec-rails#1250 · 10 comments · Opened Dec 16, 2014
Improve support for engines Open

Engine

rspec/rspec-rails#1227 · 4 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 19, 2014
`change` doesn't handle ActiveRecord objects that well Open

Hacktoberfest triage

rspec/rspec-rails#1173 · 22 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 15, 2014
Add support for finding load time warnings Open

Ready to go

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

rspec/rspec-rails#1148 · Opened Aug 20, 2014
route_to Fails with Composing Matchers Open

Has reproduction case reporter-submitted-pr

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

rspec/rspec-rails#1108 · 11 comments · Opened Jun 25, 2014

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