test: ban wall-clock readings in tests#22562
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- oxlint-plugin-t3code/rules/no-wall-clock-in-tests.ts:31 ยท ๐ข **Low** `rules/no-wall-clock-in-tests.ts:31` `Date[now]("2026-01-01")` is reported as a wall-clo
- apps/web/src/components/onboarding/WelcomeWizard.import.browser.test.tsx:234 ยท <!-- coderabbit-ai-generated:v1 --> **๐ฏ Functional Correctness** | **๐ก Minor** | **โก Quick win**
- apps/mobile/src/features/home/useThreadListActions.test.ts:394โ395 ยท <!-- coderabbit-ai-generated:v1 --> **๐ฏ Functional Correctness** | **๐ก Minor** | **โก Quick win**
oxlint-plugin-t3code/rules/no-wall-clock-in-tests.ts ยท Earlier revision 2c7b7039 ยท right 31
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@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import { defineRule, type ESTree } from "@oxlint/plugins";
+import * as Option from "effect/Option";
+
+import { getPropertyName, isIdentifier, unwrapExpression } from "../utils.ts";
+
+const TEST_FILE_PATTERN = /\.(?:test|spec)\.[cm]?[jt]sx?$/u;
+const WALL_CLOCK_CALLS = new Set([
+ "Date.now",
+ "performance.now",
+ "process.hrtime",
+ "process.hrtime.bigint",
+]);
+const VI_MOCKING_FUNCTIONS = new Set(["fn", "mock", "setSystemTime", "spyOn"]);
+const MOCK_METHODS = new Set([
+ "mockImplementation",
+ "mockImplementationOnce",
+ "mockResolvedValue",
+ "mockResolvedValueOnce",
+ "mockReturnValue",
+ "mockReturnValueOnce",
+]);
+
+const MESSAGE =
+ "Wall-clock reading in a test; elapsed-time assertions pass or fail with runner load. Use TestClock/`Clock` under `it.effect`, `vi.setSystemTime`, or a fixed epoch. Benchmarks live behind an env gate.";
+
+const memberPath = (node: unknown): Option.Option<ReadonlyArray<string>> => {
+ const expression = unwrapExpression(node);
+ if (Option.isNone(expression)) return Option.none();
+ if (expression.value.type === "Identifier") return Option.some([expression.value.name]);
+ if (expression.value.type !== "MemberExpression") return Option.none();
+ const property = getPropertyName(expression.value.property);๐ข Low rules/no-wall-clock-in-tests.ts:31
Date[now]("2026-01-01") is reported as a wall-clock read even when now is `
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| 1 | In file @oxlint-plugin-t3code/rules/no-wall-clock-in-tests.ts around line 31: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | `Date[now]("2026-01-01")` is reported as a wall-clock read even when `now` is ` |
Fixed: a computed member with a non-literal key (Date[now]) is no longer treated as a wall-clock read; Date["now"] still is. Covered by a rule test.
apps/web/src/components/onboarding/WelcomeWizard.import.browser.test.tsx ยท Earlier revision 895ffdbc ยท right 234
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@@ -228,6 +231,7 @@ async function mountImport(remote = false) {
// The mocked modules read `state`, so every test starts by replacing all of it.
function setup() {
+ vi.spyOn(Date, "now").mockReturnValue(NOW);๐ฏ Functional Correctness | ๐ก Minor | โก Quick win
Restore the Date.now spy after each test.
setup() installs a fixed Date.now() result, and both tests call setup(). No local cleanup or applicable Vitest configuration restores the spy. A later same-worker test can therefore receive the fixed NOW value instead of the real clock.
Suggested fix
| 1 | -import { expect, it, vi } from "vite-plus/test"; |
| 2 | +import { afterEach, expect, it, vi } from "vite-plus/test"; |
| 3 | |
| 4 | +afterEach(() => { |
| 5 | + vi.restoreAllMocks(); |
| 6 | +}); |
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| 6 | Review comment at |
| 7 | @apps/web/src/components/onboarding/WelcomeWizard.import.browser.test.tsx at |
| 8 | line 234: |
| 9 | Add an afterEach hook in the test module to call vi.restoreAllMocks() after |
| 10 | every test, ensuring the Date.now spy installed by setup() is removed and later |
| 11 | tests observe the real clock. |
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โ Confirmed as addressed by @juliusmarminge
Fixed: setup() returns the spy and both tests hold it with using, so it is restored when each test ends.
@juliusmarminge Thanks for the fix. Both tests now use using to restore the Date.now spy when each test exits, including on failure. No afterEach hook is needed.
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apps/mobile/src/features/home/useThreadListActions.test.ts ยท Earlier revision 895ffdbc ยท right 394โ395
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@@ -391,7 +391,8 @@ describe("thread action undo", () => {
await useThreadListActions().unpinThread(thread);
expect(readThreadUndoNotice()?.action).toBe("Unpinned");
await readThreadUndoNotice()!.undo();
- const restoresSnooze = snoozedUntil != null && Date.parse(snoozedUntil) > Date.now();
+ // 2099 is the unexpired case; 2000 has long passed.
+ const restoresSnooze = snoozedUntil === "2099-01-01T09:00:00.000Z";apps/mobile/src/features/home/useThreadListActions.test.ts ยท right 394โ395
๐ฏ Functional Correctness | ๐ก Minor | โก Quick win
Use a clock-relative expectation for the snooze fixture.
The test now treats 2099-01-01T09:00:00.000Z as active for every system date. The production executor instead skips the snooze when Date.parse(step.snoozedUntil) <= Date.now(). When the test runs with the clock at or after 2099, correct production behavior will omit the snooze, but this assertion will still expect it.
Set a fixed system clock for the test or derive the fixture and expectation relative to the mocked clock.
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| 5 | |
| 6 | Review comment at @apps/mobile/src/features/home/useThreadListActions.test.ts |
| 7 | around lines 394 - 395: |
| 8 | Update the snooze test around restoresSnooze to use a deterministic mocked |
| 9 | system clock, or derive the fixture and expectation from that clock, so the 2099 |
| 10 | timestamp is evaluated consistently with the production Date.now() expiry check. |
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Leaving as is. The table's fixture dates are 2000 and 2099; the test runs correctly for the next 73 years, and pinning the system clock here would add a second time source to a test whose point is that it no longer reads one.
@juliusmarminge Thanks for the guidance. The 2000 and 2099 fixtures cover the intended cases without a mocked clock. My concern about the 2099 boundary is not actionable here, so I withdraw the finding.
โ๏ธ Learnings added
| 1 | Learnt from: juliusmarminge |
| 2 | Repo: pingdotgg/t3code PR: 22562 |
| 3 | File: apps/mobile/src/features/home/useThreadListActions.test.ts:394-395 |
| 4 | Timestamp: 2026-10-21T00:59:30.003Z |
| 5 | Learning: In apps/mobile/src/features/home/useThreadListActions.test.ts, the unpin undo test intentionally uses fixed 2000 and 2099 snooze fixtures for expired and unexpired cases. Do not request a mocked system clock solely to address the eventual 2099 boundary; the maintainer accepts that horizon and prefers avoiding additional clock setup. |
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