rspec order post

_posts/2023-10-19-record-rspec-tests-in-order.markdown

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+layout: default
+title: Record Rspec tests in order
+---
+Recently I had a flakey test that only failed when certains where run. So wanted to record which tests run in which order.
+Fist I tried just adding to `spec_helper.rb`
+
+```
+  config.example_status_persistence_file_path = "tmp/last_run_examples.txt"
+```
+
+this was easy but did not record the order inwhich the specs ran, so I ended up doing this
+
+```
+$files_executed = []
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+  ...
+  config.before(:each) do |example|
+    $files_executed.add(example.location)
+  end
+  config.after(:suite) do
+    File.write("./tmp/last_specs_run.txt", $files_executed.join(' '))
+  end
+end
+```