Does Jest swallow console.log statements? Is there a way to change this?

Question

Does Jest swallow console.log output?

// __tests__/log.test.js

it(\'logs\', () => {
  console.log(\'hey\') // expect to see \"hey\" printed in t         


        

Answer 1

Update: this issue should be fixed as of Jest 24.

Another partial solution to the current bug affecting tests in --watch mode is to pass TERM=dumb as an environment variable.

TERM=dumb jest --watch

This has a small price in that it no longer clears the console before each test run so you have to scroll to see the results.