thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers

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Simple one-liner tests for common Rails functionality

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Dominant language: Ruby
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Aug 10, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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validate_uniqueness_of :field, conditions: -> { ... } support Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1715 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 15, 2026
Normalize-Matcher option to assert normalization callable is defined for "normalize with:" Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1704 · Opened May 8, 2026
define_enum_for with attribute Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1662 · Opened Feb 5, 2025
Different prefixes are not detected by `with_prefix` Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1659 · 5 comments · Opened Jan 17, 2025
should `validate_uniqueness_of` is expecting an invalid record with a different scoped value, which would be valid Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1656 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 20, 2024
Matcher validate_comparison_of is not working with ActiveRecord objects Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1655 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 19, 2024
"Class" loaded more than once? Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1639 · 4 comments · Opened Jul 2, 2024
counter_cache validation fails with Rails 7.2.beta Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1638 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 21, 2024
Should implicit default values have valid expectations? Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1608 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 26, 2024
Minitest: is there a recommended way to use `shoulda-matchers` without using `shoulda-context` ? Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1571 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 22, 2023
Shoulda Matchers ActiveRecord Validate Uniqueness Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1564 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 17, 2023
Order of multiple `conditions` qualifier in `have_many` - v5.3.0 Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1561 · 4 comments · Opened Jun 1, 2023
Can't be used without Rails and with ActiveModel but not ActiveRecord? Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1553 · 1 comment · 4 reactions · Opened Apr 16, 2023
Problem when running the tests Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1538 · 7 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Feb 15, 2023
validate_uniqueness_of in polymorphic scope with AASM gem in Ruby 3.0+ fails Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1516 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 24, 2022
Spelling error in documantion of validate_absence_of_matcher Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1497 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 31, 2022
Indifference to I18n `errors.format` translation Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1492 · 1 reaction · Opened May 10, 2022
Confusion about error message when using 'validate_numericality_of' Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1490 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 21, 2022
`route` throws TypeError instead of Minitest::Assertion Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1489 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 16, 2022
Inflected table name wrong for very long model names Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1480 · Opened Jan 19, 2022
HABTM with composite keys Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1446 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 21, 2021
validate_uniqueness_of does not account for reliance on other records in other validations Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1435 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 31, 2021
Update CI to work with setup-ruby Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1404 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 25, 2021
Wrong touches Class for STI test Open

🤔 Issue: Need to Investigate

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

thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1388 · 3 comments · Opened Dec 24, 2020
`with_arguments` adds non-documented arguments to delegate method call Open

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1382 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 26, 2020
JoinTableMatcher doesn't find join tables with schema Open

🤔 Issue: Need to Investigate

thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1337 · 7 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 27, 2020
should_not validate_presence_of can give a false positive Open

🕷 Issue: Bug

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

thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1302 · 1 comment · Opened May 15, 2020
with_message + strict + against doesn't seem to work Open

🕷 Issue: Bug

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1279 · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 21, 2020
shoulda-matcher could not found test class name when work with rails 6 minitest Open

🤔 Issue: Need to Investigate 🤖 Shoulda

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

thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1247 · 13 comments · Opened Oct 16, 2019
validates_inclusion_of with_message does not respect interpolated value in the message Open

🕷 Issue: Bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 62/100

thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1233 · 1 comment · 10 reactions · Opened Jul 16, 2019
Testing permit does not work in Rails 6 Open

🤔 Issue: Need to Investigate

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1217 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 9, 2019
"should have_and_belong_to_many" produces incorrect joined table name when overriding ActiveRecord::Base#table_name_prefix Open

🕷 Issue: Bug

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

thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1210 · Opened May 23, 2019
Enum string with_values broken Open

UX

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1208 · 2 comments · Opened May 21, 2019
NoMethodError: undefined method `response_code' for nil:NilClass Open

🤔 Issue: Need to Investigate 🤖 Shoulda

thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#1113 · 9 comments · 5 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 25, 2018
validate_uniqueness_of and foreign key problem Open

🕷 Issue: Bug 🙏 Issue: PR Welcome

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#682 · 23 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 10, 2015
delegate_method doesn't allow me to test #to another class Open

🕷 Issue: Bug 🙏 Issue: PR Welcome

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thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers#586 · 9 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 15, 2014

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