#valid-title

#Configuration

import { defineConfig, jestPlugin } from '@rslint/core';

export default defineConfig([
  jestPlugin.configs.recommended,
  {
    rules: {
      'jest/valid-title': 'error',
    },
  },
]);

#Rule Details

Enforce valid titles on Jest describe, test, and it blocks. Titles should be informative strings, follow project conventions you configure, and use only allowed printf-style placeholders in array-based .each titles (see Node util.format).

This rule checks that titles are:

• not empty (including empty template literals where applicable),
• string literals (unless relaxed via options),
• not accidentally prefixed with the block keyword (for example test('test foo')),
• free of leading or trailing whitespace (unless ignoreSpaces is enabled),
• using only valid printf specifiers for .each table names,
• not matching disallowedWords (whole-word, case-insensitive) when that option is set,
• satisfying mustMatch / mustNotMatch patterns when configured (per describe / test / it or a single global pattern).

Auto-fix is available for some violations (for example accidental surrounding spaces and duplicate keyword prefixes), where the implementation can rewrite the title safely.

emptyTitle

Examples of incorrect code:

describe('', () => {});
it('', () => {});
test('', () => {});

Examples of correct code:

describe('suite', () => {});
it('does something', () => {});
test('works', () => {});

titleMustBeString

Use string literals for titles unless ignoreTypeOfDescribeName or ignoreTypeOfTestName is true.

Examples of incorrect code:

it(123, () => {});
describe(myFunction, () => {});

Examples of correct code:

it('is a string', () => {});
describe('suite', () => {});

invalidEachSpecifier

Array-based .each titles may use printf-style segments. After a single %, only p, s, d, i, f, j, o, #, and $ are accepted, and %% denotes a literal percent (aligned with eslint-plugin-jest; see the Jest and Node documentation linked above).

Examples of incorrect code:

test.each([[1, 2]])('.add(%I, %I)', (a, b) => {
  expect(a + b).toBe(3);
});

Examples of correct code:

test.each([[1, 2]])('.add(%i, %i)', (a, b) => {
  expect(a + b).toBe(3);
});

duplicatePrefix

Examples of incorrect code:

test('test foo', () => {});
it('it foo', () => {});
describe('describe foo', () => {
  it('bar', () => {});
});

Examples of correct code:

test('foo', () => {});
it('foo', () => {});
describe('foo', () => {
  it('bar', () => {});
});

accidentalSpace

Examples of incorrect code:

test(' foo', () => {});
it('foo ', () => {});

Examples of correct code:

test('foo', () => {});
it('foo', () => {});

#Options

interface Options {
  ignoreSpaces?: boolean;
  ignoreTypeOfDescribeName?: boolean;
  ignoreTypeOfTestName?: boolean;
  disallowedWords?: string[];
  mustNotMatch?: Partial<Record<'describe' | 'test' | 'it', string>> | string;
  mustMatch?: Partial<Record<'describe' | 'test' | 'it', string>> | string;
}

• ignoreSpaces (default false): skip leading/trailing space checks.
• ignoreTypeOfDescribeName / ignoreTypeOfTestName (default false): allow non-string first arguments for describe or test/it respectively.
• disallowedWords: list of words that must not appear as whole words in titles (case-insensitive).
• mustMatch / mustNotMatch: ECMAScript regular expressions as strings, either one pattern for all block kinds or an object keyed by describe, test, and it. You can pass a two-element array [pattern, customMessage] to surface *Custom message variants.

For full option examples and edge cases, see the upstream rule documentation below.

#Original Documentation

• eslint-plugin-jest: valid-title
• Source code