require 'timeout' shared_examples 'malicious regexp' do let(:malicious_text) { 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!' } let(:malicious_regexp_re2) { '(?i)^(([a-z])+.)+[A-Z]([a-z])+$' } let(:malicious_regexp_ruby) { '/^(([a-z])+.)+[A-Z]([a-z])+$/i' } it 'takes under a second' do expect { Timeout.timeout(1) { subject } }.not_to raise_error end end