DetoxRuntimeError: Detox worker instance has not been installed in this context (DetoxPrimaryContext).

[devartwa]

What happened?

When I run "yarn jest" I got this error. That's weird because when I run "detox test" works like a charm.

Error:

When I run the detox test

What was the expected behaviour?

Run all the tests without errors.

Was it tested on latest Detox?

• [X] I have tested this issue on the latest Detox release and it still reproduces.

Help us reproduce this issue!

As I said, I just run the tests and it happens.

In what environment did this happen?

Detox version: ^20.17.1 React Native version: 0.67.5 Has Fabric (React Native's new rendering system) enabled: not sure. Node version: 16.14.0 Test-runner (select one): jest / other

Detox logs

No response

Device logs

No response

More data, please!

No response

[noomorph]

Logs?

[noomorph]

What's in your e2e/jest.config.js?

[devartwa]

What's in your e2e/jest.config.js?

/** @type {import('@jest/types').Config.InitialOptions} */
module.exports = {
  preset: 'ts-jest',
  rootDir: '..',
  testMatch: ['<rootDir>/e2e/**/*.test.ts'],
  testTimeout: 120000,
  maxWorkers: 1,
  globalSetup: 'detox/runners/jest/globalSetup',
  globalTeardown: 'detox/runners/jest/globalTeardown',
  reporters: ['detox/runners/jest/reporter'],
  testEnvironment: 'detox/runners/jest/testEnvironment',
  verbose: true,
}

[noomorph]

And if you append --showConfig to your detox test ... command, what do you see? No need to add "--record-logs all" this time

[devartwa]

21:28:44.165 detox[76126] B jest --config e2e/jest.config.js --showConfig
{
  "configs": [
    {
      "automock": false,
      "cache": true,
      "cacheDirectory": "/private/var/folders/z3/rplvj9fj7llgzt9l8gv5sb1w0000gn/T/jest_dx",
      "clearMocks": false,
      "collectCoverageFrom": [],
      "coverageDirectory": "/Users/arthur/Dev/getahead-frontend/coverage",
      "coveragePathIgnorePatterns": [
        "/node_modules/"
      ],
      "cwd": "/Users/arthur/Dev/getahead-frontend",
      "detectLeaks": false,
      "detectOpenHandles": false,
      "errorOnDeprecated": false,
      "extensionsToTreatAsEsm": [],
      "fakeTimers": {
        "enableGlobally": false
      },
      "forceCoverageMatch": [],
      "globalSetup": "/Users/arthur/Dev/getahead-frontend/node_modules/detox/runners/jest/globalSetup.js",
      "globalTeardown": "/Users/arthur/Dev/getahead-frontend/node_modules/detox/runners/jest/globalTeardown.js",
      "globals": {},
      "haste": {
        "computeSha1": false,
        "enableSymlinks": false,
        "forceNodeFilesystemAPI": true,
        "throwOnModuleCollision": false
      },
      "id": "a4d5d7a4ddc72ddb54efa8271fd04b1f",
      "injectGlobals": true,
      "moduleDirectories": [
        "node_modules"
      ],
      "moduleFileExtensions": [
        "js",
        "mjs",
        "cjs",
        "jsx",
        "ts",
        "tsx",
        "json",
        "node"
      ],
      "moduleNameMapper": [],
      "modulePathIgnorePatterns": [],
      "openHandlesTimeout": 1000,
      "prettierPath": "prettier",
      "resetMocks": false,
      "resetModules": false,
      "restoreMocks": false,
      "rootDir": "/Users/arthur/Dev/getahead-frontend",
      "roots": [
        "/Users/arthur/Dev/getahead-frontend"
      ],
      "runner": "/Users/arthur/Dev/getahead-frontend/node_modules/jest-runner/build/index.js",
      "sandboxInjectedGlobals": [],
      "setupFiles": [],
      "setupFilesAfterEnv": [],
      "skipFilter": false,
      "slowTestThreshold": 5,
      "snapshotFormat": {
        "escapeString": false,
        "printBasicPrototype": false
      },
      "snapshotSerializers": [],
      "testEnvironment": "/Users/arthur/Dev/getahead-frontend/node_modules/detox/runners/jest/testEnvironment/index.js",
      "testEnvironmentOptions": {},
      "testLocationInResults": false,
      "testMatch": [
        "/Users/arthur/Dev/getahead-frontend/e2e/**/*.test.ts"
      ],
      "testPathIgnorePatterns": [
        "/node_modules/"
      ],
      "testRegex": [],
      "testRunner": "/Users/arthur/Dev/getahead-frontend/node_modules/jest-circus/runner.js",
      "transform": [
        [
          "^.+\\.tsx?$",
          "/Users/arthur/Dev/getahead-frontend/node_modules/ts-jest/dist/index.js",
          {}
        ]
      ],
      "transformIgnorePatterns": [
        "/node_modules/",
        "\\.pnp\\.[^\\/]+$"
      ],
      "watchPathIgnorePatterns": []
    }
  ],
  "globalConfig": {
    "bail": 0,
    "changedFilesWithAncestor": false,
    "ci": false,
    "collectCoverage": false,
    "collectCoverageFrom": [],
    "coverageDirectory": "/Users/arthur/Dev/getahead-frontend/coverage",
    "coverageProvider": "babel",
    "coverageReporters": [
      "json",
      "text",
      "lcov",
      "clover"
    ],
    "detectLeaks": false,
    "detectOpenHandles": false,
    "errorOnDeprecated": false,
    "expand": false,
    "findRelatedTests": false,
    "forceExit": false,
    "globalSetup": "/Users/arthur/Dev/getahead-frontend/node_modules/detox/runners/jest/globalSetup.js",
    "globalTeardown": "/Users/arthur/Dev/getahead-frontend/node_modules/detox/runners/jest/globalTeardown.js",
    "json": false,
    "lastCommit": false,
    "listTests": false,
    "logHeapUsage": false,
    "maxConcurrency": 5,
    "maxWorkers": 1,
    "noStackTrace": false,
    "nonFlagArgs": [],
    "notify": false,
    "notifyMode": "failure-change",
    "onlyChanged": false,
    "onlyFailures": false,
    "openHandlesTimeout": 1000,
    "passWithNoTests": false,
    "projects": [],
    "reporters": [
      [
        "/Users/arthur/Dev/getahead-frontend/node_modules/detox/runners/jest/reporter.js",
        {}
      ]
    ],
    "rootDir": "/Users/arthur/Dev/getahead-frontend",
    "runTestsByPath": false,
    "seed": -1047048502,
    "skipFilter": false,
    "snapshotFormat": {
      "escapeString": false,
      "printBasicPrototype": false
    },
    "testFailureExitCode": 1,
    "testPathPattern": "",
    "testSequencer": "/Users/arthur/Dev/getahead-frontend/node_modules/@jest/test-sequencer/build/index.js",
    "testTimeout": 120000,
    "updateSnapshot": "new",
    "useStderr": false,
    "verbose": true,
    "watch": false,
    "watchAll": false,
    "watchman": true,
    "workerThreads": false
  },
  "version": "29.7.0"
}

[noomorph]

Hm, could you explain why do you get different configs?

[noomorph]

This issue seems to have a dramatically wrong description. From your logs (which you have deleted), I can see that your app is busy and Detox can't wait long until it finishes its activities.

We write some basic information about it here: https://wix.github.io/Detox/docs/troubleshooting/synchronization

It can be due to Sentry/Firebase/whatever instrumenting and logging like here:

https://github.com/wix/Detox/issues/4242

It can be due to animation

https://github.com/wix/Detox/issues/4353

Try to analyze your app with Flipper, record CPU and React rendering activity, and maybe you'll find something.

I can't help further than that.

[devartwa]

@noomorph my workaround is to disable detox tests while running jest, and run after jest is completed. I'm using a lot of libraries, one of them is "blocking" the detox. I'll try to investigate, but thank you so much for your help.

[noomorph]

See Jest config.

https://jestjs.io/docs/configuration#testpathignorepatterns-arraystring

https://jestjs.io/docs/configuration#testmatch-arraystring

Thank you for telling why you need this. We will add that notice to the docs!

BOTTOM LINE: You don't need the workaround, you just need a proper config for your non-Detox tests.

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