Jest 30: toBeCalled / toBeCalledWith / toReturn / toThrowError aliases removed — use toHaveBeenCalled, toThrow
Search and replace:
| removed | use |
|---|---|
toBeCalled() |
toHaveBeenCalled() |
toBeCalledTimes(n) |
toHaveBeenCalledTimes(n) |
toBeCalledWith(a) |
toHaveBeenCalledWith(a) |
lastCalledWith(a) |
toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(a) |
nthCalledWith(n, a) |
toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(n, a) |
toReturn() |
toHaveReturned() |
toReturnTimes(n) |
toHaveReturnedTimes(n) |
toReturnWith(v) |
toHaveReturnedWith(v) |
lastReturnedWith(v) |
toHaveLastReturnedWith(v) |
nthReturnedWith(n, v) |
toHaveNthReturnedWith(n, v) |
toThrowError(msg) |
toThrow(msg) |
// before
expect(() => parse('x')).toThrowError('bad input');
expect(spy).toBeCalledWith(1);
// after
expect(() => parse('x')).toThrow('bad input');
expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1);
The eslint-plugin-jest rule jest/no-alias-methods can autofix these names.
In Jest 30 the types for toHaveBeenCalledWith also infer the mocked function's parameter types, so arguments with the wrong type can now cause TypeScript errors.
Symptom
After upgrading to Jest 30, tests that use expect(fn).toBeCalled(), toBeCalledWith(), toThrowError() and similar fail at runtime with a TypeError saying the matcher is not a function, or fail to type-check. Models trained on older code still generate these names.
Cause
Jest 30.0.0 (2025-06-04) removed all matcher aliases (PR #14632). They had been deprecated since Jest 26. The behaviour of the canonical matchers is unchanged; only the names differ.
Verify
grep -rnE '\.(toBeCalled|toBeCalledTimes|toBeCalledWith|lastCalledWith|nthCalledWith|toReturn|toReturnTimes|toReturnWith|lastReturnedWith|nthReturnedWith|toThrowError)\(' src returns nothing, and the suite passes.
Sources
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