# Tests in new project won't execute. Advice on debugging further

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/tests-in-new-project-wont-execute-advice-on-debugging-further/90039>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [December 29, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/tests-in-new-project-wont-execute-advice-on-debugging-further/90039 "2025-12-29T17:05:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jacob\_Dunphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/rubyonrails/user_avatar/discuss.rubyonrails.org/jacob_dunphy/32/13898_2.png) [@Jacob\_Dunphy](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Jacob_Dunphy)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/tests-in-new-project-wont-execute-advice-on-debugging-further/90039/1 "2025-12-29T17:05:36Z")

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Hi, I just started a new project for the first time in a _very_ long time. I set up some basic models and controllers, and started working on model logic. Upon writing tests, I couldn’t actually get them to execute. Example test:

```ruby
require "test_helper"

class UserTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
  test "the truth" do
    assert true
  end

  test "lies" do 
    assert false
  end
end

```

```ruby
shakyjelly@jacobs-air sparklefications % bin/rails -v                           
Rails 8.1.1
shakyjelly@jacobs-air sparklefications % bin/rails test test/models/user_test.rb
Run options: --seed 21712

# Running:

Finished in 0.000189s, 0.0000 runs/s, 0.0000 assertions/s.

0 runs, 0 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors, 0 skips
shakyjelly@jacobs-air sparklefications %                    

```

Running with verbose doesn’t change anything. Any leads as to why my tests are being silently ignored?

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**Author:** ![lcreid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/rubyonrails/user_avatar/discuss.rubyonrails.org/lcreid/32/10856_2.png) [@lcreid](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/lcreid)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/tests-in-new-project-wont-execute-advice-on-debugging-further/90039/2 "2025-12-31T05:01:45Z")

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Maybe you’re running into this: [tests not being picked up on a brand new plugin · Issue #56406 · rails/rails · GitHub](https://github.com/rails/rails/issues/56406#issuecomment-3686824808)?

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**Author:** ![Jacob\_Dunphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/rubyonrails/user_avatar/discuss.rubyonrails.org/jacob_dunphy/32/13898_2.png) [@Jacob\_Dunphy](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Jacob_Dunphy)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/tests-in-new-project-wont-execute-advice-on-debugging-further/90039/3 "2025-12-31T17:09:53Z")

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Thank you! Moving back down to 5.something of minitest did the trick.