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diff --git a/doc/development/testing_guide/best_practices.md b/doc/development/testing_guide/best_practices.md index 52e89a10556..6a739d9e1a5 100644 --- a/doc/development/testing_guide/best_practices.md +++ b/doc/development/testing_guide/best_practices.md @@ -50,6 +50,23 @@ bundle exec guard When using spring and guard together, use `SPRING=1 bundle exec guard` instead to make use of spring. +### Eager loading the application code + +By default, the application code: + +- Isn't eagerly loaded in the `test` environment. +- Is eagerly loaded in CI/CD (when `ENV['CI'].present?`) to surface any potential loading issues. + +If you need to enable eager loading when executing tests, +use the `GITLAB_TEST_EAGER_LOAD` environment variable: + +```shell +GITLAB_TEST_EAGER_LOAD=1 bin/rspec spec/models/project_spec.rb +``` + +If your test depends on all the application code that is being loaded, add the `:eager_load` tag. +This ensures that the application code is eagerly loaded before the test execution. + ### Ruby warnings > [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/47767) in GitLab 13.7. |