Jasmine no specs found with more than 13 specs

Question

Jasmine is reporting a no specs found message after adding a 14th spec to it (doesn't matter if it is a copy of a working spec). If I use a self made reporter it shows that it went through all the specs no problem but that it reports a no specs found as end result.

added a console log to show what I mean

Started
[#quickSort]

Results               Top Level Tests
-------               ---------------
.Passed                should sort small array
.Passed                should hallo small array
.Passed                should sort array with identical values
.Passed                should do nothing with empty array
.Passed                shouldn't sort a string
.Passed                should do nothing with array with single field

Group "#quickSort" was finished


[#signature]

Results               Top Level Tests
-------               ---------------
[#signature Write signatureformat Remove]

Results               Top Level Tests
-------               ---------------
.Passed                Compact 1/2; Remove additional x/y members
.Passed                Compact 2/2; Also remove additional x/y members in sequential paths

Group "Write signatureformat Remove" was finished


[#signature Write signatureformat Reposition]

Results               Top Level Tests
-------               ---------------
.Passed                Reposition 1/2; Reposition top-left to 0,0 for more compact output
.Passed                Reposition 2/2; Reposition top-left to 0,0 for more compact output

Group "Write signatureformat Reposition" was finished


[#signature Write signatureformat Downscale]

Results               Top Level Tests
-------               ---------------
.Passed                Downscale 1/2; Downscale when needed with minimal resolution loss, so it will never get to large (-2000..2000)
.Passed                Downscale 2/2; Downscale when needed with minimal resolution loss, so it will never get to large (-2000..2000)

Group "Write signatureformat Downscale" was finished


.Passed                Write signatureformat - Complex export
.Passed                Write signatureformat - Rotate 180 degrees

Group "#signature" was finished


Started


No specs found
Finished in 0.002 seconds

Also here is the source of the spec_runner

//var exit = require('exit');
var Jasmine = require('jasmine'),
    reporters = require('jasmine-reporters');

var junitReporter = new reporters.NUnitXmlReporter({
  savePath: __dirname,
  consolidateAll: true
});

var myReporter = {

    jasmineStarted: function (suiteInfo) {
    },
    suiteStarted: function (result) {
        console.log('[' + result.fullName + ']');
        console.log('');
        console.log('Results               Top Level Tests');
        console.log('-------               ---------------');
    },
    specStarted: function (result) {
    },
    specDone: function (result) {
        var line = result.status.substr(0, 1).toUpperCase() + result.status.substr(1);
        if (line === "Failed") line = "+" + line;
        while (line.length < 22) line += " ";
        console.log(line + result.description);
    },
    suiteDone: function (result) {
        console.log('');
        console.log('Group "' + result.description + '" was ' + result.status);
        for (var i = 0; i < result.failedExpectations.length; i++) {
            console.log('AfterAll ' + result.failedExpectations[i].message);
            console.log(result.failedExpectations[i].stack);
        }
        console.log('');
        console.log('');

        // werkt gewoon niet???? [rv]
        //if (result.status !== "passed") exit(1)
    },
    jasmineDone: function () {
    }
};

var jasmine = new Jasmine();
jasmine.loadConfigFile("spec/support/jasmine.json");
jasmine.addReporter(myReporter);
jasmine.execute();

Answer 1

Fixed it. Problem was in package.json. I used "scripts":{"test": "jasmine spec/spec_runner.js"}

This caused jasmine to run 2 times. Fixed it by using

"scripts":{"test": "node spec/spec_runner.js"}

Answer 2

Make sure that your application compile successfully prior to try running tests.

Example

I had this error today, for me it was that I had a syntax-level error in my .ts files, so they couldn't really compile.

In above situation, I think, the tests should not start (and instead show compile error).

But for whatever reason, somehow the tests start, and Jasmine fails with "No specs found" log.