Rails 5 controller test changes - `Devise::TestHelpers` is deprecated and will be removed from Devise.'

Question

I'm working on my first app since I installed Rails 5. When I ran my specs for controller actions, I got the warning message below even though all my tests were passing.

[Devise] including `Devise::TestHelpers` is deprecated and will be removed from Devise.    
For controller tests, please include `Devise::Test::ControllerHelpers` instead.

So in spec/rails_helper.rb I change this line:

config.include Devise::TestHelpers, type: :controller

to

config.include Devise::Test::ControllerHelpers

This change made the warning go away, but now the specs for models are failing. (They were passing before the change.) How should I fix this? Thanks!

Answer 1

You should change your spec/rails_helper.rb file to the following:

config.include Devise::Test::ControllerHelpers, type: :controller

This will ensure that the Devise::Test::ControllerHelpers module is only be included in your controller tests. The reason your model tests are failing is because that module is specific to controller tests.