Option "testPathPattern" was replaced by "--testPathPatterns" (Jest 30 renamed the CLI flag)
Option "testPathPattern" was replaced by "--testPathPatterns". "--testPathPatterns" is only available as a command-line option.
# before (Jest 29)
jest --testPathPattern="unit/.*"
# after (Jest 30)
jest --testPathPatterns "unit/.*" "integration/.*"
If the same command must run on both Jest 29 and 30, pass the path as a positional argument instead: jest src/app/__tests__/lib/cn.
Tools that pass the old flag (older @nx/jest, older vscode-jest extension) must be updated. Programmatic watch callers must pass new TestPathPatterns(patterns) imported from @jest/pattern.
Symptom
After upgrading to Jest 30, a script or tool (npm script, Nx, vscode-jest, CI command) that filters tests by path exits with code 1:
Option "testPathPattern" was replaced by "--testPathPatterns". "--testPathPatterns" is only available as a command-line option.
Wrong assumption: jest --testPathPattern=foo (singular) still works.
Cause
Jest 30.0.0 (blog post 2025-06-04) renamed --testPathPattern to --testPathPatterns (plural). It now takes a list of patterns rather than one regex. The setting is CLI-only: putting testPathPatterns in jest.config.* is not supported. Use testMatch / testRegex / testPathIgnorePatterns in config instead.
Verify
npx jest --testPathPatterns=<pattern> runs only the matching files and exits 0. npx jest --version reports 30.x.
Sources
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