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Mark a test as a "todo" with the Bun test runner

To remind yourself to write a test later, use the test.todo function. An implementation isn't required.

test.ts

import { test, expect } from "bun:test";

// write this later
test.todo("unimplemented feature");

The bun test output reports the number of todo tests.

terminal

$ bun test
bun test v1.3.14 (9c68abdb)

test.test.ts:
✓ add [0.03ms]
✓ multiply [0.02ms]
✎ unimplemented feature

 2 pass
 1 todo
 0 fail
 2 expect() calls
Ran 3 tests across 1 file. [74.00ms]

You can provide a test implementation.

import { test, expect } from "bun:test";

test.todo("unimplemented feature", () => {
  expect(Bun.isAwesome()).toBe(true);
});

Bun doesn't run the implementation unless you pass the --todo flag. With --todo, the test runs and is expected to fail. If a todo test passes, bun test returns a non-zero exit code.

terminal

$ bun test --todo
bun test v1.3.14 (9c68abdb)

my.test.ts:
✗ unimplemented feature
  ^ this test is marked as todo but passes. Remove `.todo` if tested behavior now works

 0 pass
 1 fail
 1 expect() calls
$ echo $?
1 # this is the exit code of the previous command

Mark a test as a "todo" with the Bun test runner

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