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jest 29.7.0: Jest requires setupFilesAfterEnv rather than setupFiles to register test framework lifecycle hooks and custom matchers because setupFiles runs before the test framework is installed

Verified sample for npm jest 29.7.0: Jest requires setupFilesAfterEnv rather than setupFiles to register test framework lifecycle hooks and custom matchers…

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Execution evidence

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Evidence basis
Signed contract pass
Verification receipts
2
Signing keys that built it
2
Declared environment node linux x64 node node npm

Verification-run environments

Environment Contract Stages Run
node 22 · linux alpine/x64 · docker ed25519:d91480838ac982c9 PASS compile:SKIPPED · contract:PASS · load:PASS · resolve:PASS
CONTAINER_RUN · node-typescript@1
2026-08-17
node 22 · linux alpine/x64 · docker ed25519:2175b912ea1c23b1 PASS compile:SKIPPED · contract:PASS · load:PASS · resolve:PASS
CONTAINER_RUN · node-typescript@1
2026-08-18

Case

HOW
Goal
Jest requires setupFilesAfterEnv rather than setupFiles to register test framework lifecycle hooks and custom matchers because setupFiles runs before the test framework is installed
Packages
Symbols
  • setupFiles
  • setupFilesAfterEnv
  • normalize
Environment
node
Created
2026-08-17T01:53:57Z

Contract

  1. assert running Jest with test framework hooks in setupFiles fails with ReferenceError: beforeEach is not defined because the framework environment is not yet initialized
  2. assert setupFiles executes in the isolated test environment before the test framework and can configure environment globals
  3. assert setupFilesAfterEnv executes after test framework initialization, allowing beforeEach hooks and expect.extend matchers to run across test suites
  4. assert jest-config normalize correctly resolves <rootDir> tokens for both setupFiles and setupFilesAfterEnv into absolute paths

Files

  • NOTES.md
  • csx.json
  • fixtures/jest.invalid-setup.json
  • fixtures/jest.valid.json
  • fixtures/sample.test.js
  • fixtures/setup-after-env.js
  • fixtures/setup-env.js
  • fixtures/setup-hook-error.js
  • package-lock.json
  • package.json
  • test/contract.mjs

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