ava

v6.4.1

Fixes

• Test worker now stays alive until explicitly freed, preventing premature termination

What's Changed

• AVA is now tested with Node.js 24 (but no longer v23) https://github.com/avajs/ava/pull/3379
• We're now publishing to npm with provenance attestations https://github.com/avajs/ava/pull/3385

Interactive watch mode filters

@mmulet did fantastic work to spearhead interactive watch mode filters. You can now filter test...

What's Changed

• Update dependencies, addressing npm audit warnings by @novemberborn in https://github.com/avajs/ava/pull/3377
• Do not count writes to stdout/stderr as non-idling activity for timeouts by @mdouglass in https://github.com/avajs/ava/pull/3374

New Contributors

• @mdouglass made their first contribution in https://github.com/avajs/ava/pull/3374

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What's Changed

• Add filterNodeArgumentsForWorkerThreads option in https://github.com/avajs/ava/pull/3336
• Add Node.js 23 to supported engines (and test matrix) in https://github.com/avajs/ava/pull/3346

New Contributors

• @thoughtsunificator made their first contribution in https://github.com/avajs/ava/pull/3345

Full Changelog: https://github.com/avajs/ava/compare/v6.1.3....

What's Changed

• Include Node.js 22 in supported engines and test matrix by @lenovouser in https://github.com/avajs/ava/pull/3328
• Add VS Code debugging instructions for Yarn PnP projects by @bitjson in https://github.com/avajs/ava/pull/3317
• Document serial configuration option by @turadg in https://github.com/avajs/ava/pull/3321

New Contributors

• @bitjson made their first con...

What's Changed

• Fix throws assertions rejecting falsy values when any: true by @gibson042 in https://github.com/avajs/ava/pull/3313

Full Changelog: https://github.com/avajs/ava/compare/v6.1.1...v6.1.2

What's Changed

• Fix 'previous failures' in watch mode always incrementing by @novemberborn in https://github.com/avajs/ava/pull/3297

Full Changelog: https://github.com/avajs/ava/compare/v6.1.0...v6.1.1

What's Changed

• Implement registerCompletionHandler() by @novemberborn in https://github.com/avajs/ava/pull/3283

  AVA 6 expects test code to clean up gracefully when the tests are complete, allowing the test environment (worker thread or child process) to exit. If this does not happen, AVA will report a timeout. You can use registerCompletionHandler() to perform any other clean up (...

What's Changed

• Ensure watch mode works outside of its integration tests by @novemberborn in https://github.com/avajs/ava/pull/3273

Full Changelog: https://github.com/avajs/ava/compare/v6.0.0...v6.0.1

Breaking Changes

• AVA now requires Node.js versions 18.18, 20.8 or 21. Versions 14 and 16 are no longer supported. #3251 #3216
• When tests finish, worker threads or child processes are no longer exited through proces.exit(). If your test file does not exit on its own, the test run will time out. #3260
• Changes to watch mode #3218:
  • Watch mode can no longer be started via the `ava....