Why is my rake task running twice in my test?

Question

I have a rake task test that I setup following the only examples I could find online.

It looks like this:

require \'test_helper\'
require \'minitest/         


        

Answer 1

Updated answer for rails 5.1 (using minitest):

I found I needed the following to load tasks once and only once:

MyAppName::Application.load_tasks if Rake::Task.tasks.empty?

Alternatively add MyAppName::Application.load_tasks to your test_helper, if you don't mind tasks being loaded even when running individual tests that don't need them.

(Replace MyAppName with your application name)