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Carried over from #36221. Co-Authored-By: Gert Hengeveld <gert@chromatic.com>
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WalkthroughThe Vitest addon FAQ now explains root configuration inheritance, ChangesVitest configuration guidance
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- Around line 285-295: Update the documentation statement about `extends:
false`: clarify that root `globalSetup` still runs once per test run, but root
Vite plugins are not inherited by the Storybook project, so required plugins
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| The generated Storybook test project uses `extends: true` to share your root Vite configuration, including framework plugins and aliases. It also inherits root-level test settings, so unit-only setup files at the root can interfere with your stories. | ||
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| To isolate your Storybook tests from other tests, you need to move the `test` property from your Vite configuration to the Vitest configuration. The Vitest config used by the plugin can then safely extend your Vite config without merging the `test` property. | ||
| Move unit-only settings, such as `setupFiles` and `environment`, into the unit-test project inside `test.projects`. Keep shared Vite plugins and aliases at the root. When the addon converts a single test configuration into projects, it moves project-specific test settings into the unit project automatically. | ||
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| Additionally, we recommend using a [test project](#example-configuration-files) if you're using Vitest ≥ 4.0, or a workspace for previous versions to define separate configurations for your Storybook tests and other tests. This ensures each can be run either in isolation or together, depending on your needs. | ||
| If you need to isolate inherited project configuration, set `extends: false` on the Storybook project and explicitly configure its required framework plugins and aliases, either on that project or through Storybook's [`viteFinal`](../../../api/main-config/main-config-vite-final.mdx). | ||
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| Root `globalSetup` and root plugin hooks such as `config` still run even with `extends: false`. Move unit-only global setup into the unit-test project, and keep root plugin hooks safe for all projects. | ||
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| Coverage is a [global Vitest option](https://vitest.dev/guide/projects), so `extends: false` does not isolate it. When you run `vitest --project=storybook --coverage`, Vitest still uses the root `test.coverage` configuration. | ||
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| Use a [test project](#example-configuration-files) if you're using Vitest ≥ 4.0, or a workspace for previous versions, to define separate configurations for Storybook tests and other tests. This allows each suite to run independently or together. |
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**Official Vitest source:** [Advanced API → Project Configuration Resolution](https://vitest.dev/guide/advanced/#project-configuration-resolution) documents this behavior for the current docs, which include Vitest 5:
- Inline projects inherit the root config by default.
- `extends: false` means the inline project resolves **only its own options**.
- `extends: './path'` uses the referenced config instead of the root config.
- The docs separately clarify that plugins supplied via `viteOverrides` are never inherited because they belong to the root Vite server and can’t be shared with project servers. ([vitest.dev](https://vitest.dev/guide/advanced/?utm_source=openai))
So, **inference:** if the root config registers a Vite plugin, an inline project with `extends: false` should not rely on inheriting that plugin; configure the plugin in the project’s own options or use a referenced config. A Vite plugin’s `config` hook is part of that plugin instance’s lifecycle, so whether the hook runs depends on whether that instance is included in the project’s Vite config.
The official resolution guide is not a version-pinned source link. It establishes current documented behavior, but does not by itself verify implementation details for every Vitest 4/5 patch release. For the general Vite plugin-hook behavior, see [Vite’s official Plugin API](https://vite.dev/guide/api-plugin.html). ([vite.dev](https://vite.dev/guide/api-plugin.html?utm_source=openai))
Citations:
- 1: https://vitest.dev/guide/advanced/?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://vite.dev/guide/api-plugin.html?utm_source=openai
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site:github.com/vitest-dev/vitest v5 extends false project config Vite plugins config hook
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In **Vitest 5**, `extends: false` means an inline project **doesn’t inherit the root Vite/Vitest config**. So it won’t get root plugins automatically; put the plugins in that project’s own `plugins` array. Vitest 5 changed inline projects to extend the root config **by default**, so use `extends: false` to opt out. ([github.com](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/releases?ref=console.dev&utm_source=openai))
A project’s Vite plugins can use Vite’s `config` hook to modify that project’s Vite config. That hook is for project-level Vite options; it isn’t a way to change root Vitest settings. (GitHub discussion 7104 in vitest-dev/vitest (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference))
The sources found establish the v5 default and Vite hook behavior, but don’t show the exact v5 implementation path for how `extends: false` affects plugin inheritance.
Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/releases?ref=console.dev&utm_source=openai
- 2: GitHub discussion 7104 in vitest-dev/vitest (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
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site:github.com/vitest-dev/vitest v4 extends false project config Vite plugins config hook
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In **Vitest 4**, `extends: false` on an inline project means it **does not inherit the root config**—including Vite options such as `plugins` and `resolve.alias`. So plugins configured only at the root won’t be inherited by that project. ([main.vitest.dev](https://main.vitest.dev/guide/migration/?utm_source=openai))
If you need a root Vite plugin’s `config` hook to affect the project, keep inheritance enabled (the v4 default), or configure the plugin on the project itself. This follows from the documented inheritance behavior; the source doesn’t specifically detail `config`-hook execution for `extends: false`. ([main.vitest.dev](https://main.vitest.dev/guide/migration/?utm_source=openai))
**Version note:** the current migration guide describes v4; the repository release/commit results also mention v5, so verify against your exact installed version if you’re on v5. ([github.com](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/releases?utm_source=openai))
Citations:
- 1: https://main.vitest.dev/guide/migration/?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://main.vitest.dev/guide/migration/?utm_source=openai
- 3: https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/releases?utm_source=openai
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Correct the root plugin-hook statement.
The addon supports Vitest 4.x and 5.x. In both versions, extends: false prevents the Storybook project from inheriting root Vite plugins. A root plugin’s config hook may run while Vitest loads the root configuration, but it does not run for the isolated Storybook project. Keep the globalSetup and coverage statements, and clarify this scope:
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-Root `globalSetup` and root plugin hooks such as `config` still run even with `extends: false`. Move unit-only global setup into the unit-test project, and keep root plugin hooks safe for all projects.
+Root `globalSetup` still runs once per test run, even with `extends: false`. Root Vite plugins are not inherited by that project, so configure any required plugin on the Storybook project. Move unit-only global setup into the unit-test project, and keep root plugin hooks safe for projects that inherit the root configuration.📝 Committable suggestion
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| The generated Storybook test project uses `extends: true` to share your root Vite configuration, including framework plugins and aliases. It also inherits root-level test settings, so unit-only setup files at the root can interfere with your stories. | |
| To isolate your Storybook tests from other tests, you need to move the `test` property from your Vite configuration to the Vitest configuration. The Vitest config used by the plugin can then safely extend your Vite config without merging the `test` property. | |
| Move unit-only settings, such as `setupFiles` and `environment`, into the unit-test project inside `test.projects`. Keep shared Vite plugins and aliases at the root. When the addon converts a single test configuration into projects, it moves project-specific test settings into the unit project automatically. | |
| Additionally, we recommend using a [test project](#example-configuration-files) if you're using Vitest ≥ 4.0, or a workspace for previous versions to define separate configurations for your Storybook tests and other tests. This ensures each can be run either in isolation or together, depending on your needs. | |
| If you need to isolate inherited project configuration, set `extends: false` on the Storybook project and explicitly configure its required framework plugins and aliases, either on that project or through Storybook's [`viteFinal`](../../../api/main-config/main-config-vite-final.mdx). | |
| Root `globalSetup` and root plugin hooks such as `config` still run even with `extends: false`. Move unit-only global setup into the unit-test project, and keep root plugin hooks safe for all projects. | |
| Coverage is a [global Vitest option](https://vitest.dev/guide/projects), so `extends: false` does not isolate it. When you run `vitest --project=storybook --coverage`, Vitest still uses the root `test.coverage` configuration. | |
| Use a [test project](#example-configuration-files) if you're using Vitest ≥ 4.0, or a workspace for previous versions, to define separate configurations for Storybook tests and other tests. This allows each suite to run independently or together. | |
| The generated Storybook test project uses `extends: true` to share your root Vite configuration, including framework plugins and aliases. It also inherits root-level test settings, so unit-only setup files at the root can interfere with your stories. | |
| Move unit-only settings, such as `setupFiles` and `environment`, into the unit-test project inside `test.projects`. Keep shared Vite plugins and aliases at the root. When the addon converts a single test configuration into projects, it moves project-specific test settings into the unit project automatically. | |
| If you need to isolate inherited project configuration, set `extends: false` on the Storybook project and explicitly configure its required framework plugins and aliases, either on that project or through Storybook's [`viteFinal`](../../../api/main-config/main-config-vite-final.mdx). | |
| Root `globalSetup` still runs once per test run, even with `extends: false`. Root Vite plugins are not inherited by that project, so configure any required plugin on the Storybook project. Move unit-only global setup into the unit-test project, and keep root plugin hooks safe for projects that inherit the root configuration. | |
| Coverage is a [global Vitest option](https://vitest.dev/guide/projects), so `extends: false` does not isolate it. When you run `vitest --project=storybook --coverage`, Vitest still uses the root `test.coverage` configuration. | |
| Use a [test project](#example-configuration-files) if you're using Vitest ≥ 4.0, or a workspace for previous versions, to define separate configurations for Storybook tests and other tests. This allows each suite to run independently or together. |
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Update the documentation statement about `extends: false`: clarify that root
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Follow-up to #36221. Carries over Paul's rewrite of the "How do I isolate Storybook tests from others?" FAQ, which was not part of the split PRs (#36671, #36672, #36673). The commit keeps @PaulMest as the author.
What I did
The FAQ now explains that the generated Storybook test project uses
extends: true, so it shares the root Vite plugins and aliases, but also inherits root-level test settings likesetupFiles. It tells users to move unit-only settings into the unit-test project, how to opt out withextends: false, and whatextends: falsedoes not isolate (rootglobalSetup, root plugin hooks, and coverage, which is a global Vitest option).This is a separate PR from the other leftovers so it can be cherry-picked to
main. The text is also valid for 10.x (it keeps the note about workspaces for Vitest before 4.0).Checklist for Contributors
Testing
The changes in this PR are covered in the following automated tests:
Manual testing
docs/writing-tests/integrations/vitest-addon/index.mdxand read the "How do I isolate Storybook tests from others?" section.viteFinallink resolves todocs/api/main-config/main-config-vite-final.mdx.code/addons/vitest/templates/vitest.config.4.template.ts, which setsextends: trueon the Storybook project.Documentation
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