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Isolating Tests

Explore how to isolate tests in Jest to create reliable and independent testing environments. Understand the risks of shared state between tests and learn strategies like resetting mocks and setup/teardown hooks to keep tests consistent and accurate.

The meaning of test isolation

When we talk about test isolation, we are referring to the practice of creating boundaries between tests and test suites. We are isolating our tests and test suites from each other. Tests that are properly isolated from one another know nothing about the other's arguments, expectations, values, or mocks. Any changes to one ...