Devise & RSpec - the user is signed in only in the first test

Question

I'm writing a spec for a RESTFul controller I have using RSpec and I need to log in the user via Devise.

The following code results in the user being signed in properly in the first it statement, but not the second.

If I change before and after from :all to :each, both statements fail as if the user is not logged in.

RSpec.describe SomeController, type: :controller do
  describe '#index' do
    before :all do
      @account = create(:account)
      @user = @account.users.first
      sign_in(@user)
    end

    after :all do
      sign_out(@user)
    end

    it 'should load all objects of a @user' do
      get :index

      body = JSON.parse(response.body)
      expect(body['data'].length).to eq(4)
      expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
    end

    it 'should load all objects of a @user' do
      get :index

      body = JSON.parse(response.body)
      expect(body['data'].length).to eq(4)
      expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
    end
  end
end

I found few answers to this issue, one being using Cookie Store in tests ENV (which didn't fix it) and also this one RSpec with devise - only the first test is logged in which also didn't help me with the issue.

RSpec 3.7 Rails 5.2 Devise 4.4

Help will be highly appreciated! thanks

do you use databasecleaner? if so evertything is wiped out after each test — apneadiving
Shouldn't you use before(:each) in this case? Otherwise Database cleaner will clear the login. — bo-oz
@bo-oz before :each doesn't work as well. I've disabled DB Cleaner and still - same results. — Udi

wcpaez wcpaez · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-11T16:00:06

If you are using ActAsTenant, do not forget to put ActAsTenant.current_tenant = nil, at the beginning of the before(:each). That caused to me the same problem that you are discribing

Devise & RSpec - the user is signed in only in the first test

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