Why after_commit not running even with use_transactional_fixtures = false

Question

Transactional fixtures in rspec prevent after_commit from being called, but even when I disable them with

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.use_transactional_         


        

Answer 1

This is similar to @jamesdevar's answer above, but I couldn't add a code block, so I have to make a separate entry.

You don't have the change the strategy for the whole spec suite. You can keep using :transaction globally then just use :deletion or :truncation (they both work) as needed. Just add a flag to the relevant spec.

config.use_transactional_fixtures = false

config.before(:suite) do
  # The :transaction strategy prevents :after_commit hooks from running
  DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
  DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:truncation)
end

config.before(:each, :with_after_commit => true) do
  DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
end

then, in your specs:

describe "some test requiring after_commit hooks", :with_after_commit => true do