From 0685b6f027576589464fc6109ddc071ef0079f16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vladimir <sleuths.slews0s@icloud.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:10:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] test: don't generate `results.json` file in inlined tests
 (#9714)

---
 test/cli/test/reporters/import-durations.test.ts | 5 +++--
 test/cli/test/watch/file-watching.test.ts        | 9 ++++++++-
 test/config/test/cache.test.ts                   | 6 ++++++
 test/test-utils/index.ts                         | 1 +
 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/cli/test/reporters/import-durations.test.ts b/test/cli/test/reporters/import-durations.test.ts
index 5cce634d2..19aea1f7c 100644
--- a/test/cli/test/reporters/import-durations.test.ts
+++ b/test/cli/test/reporters/import-durations.test.ts
@@ -30,13 +30,14 @@ describe('import durations', () => {
   const root = resolve(import.meta.dirname, '..', '..', 'fixtures', 'reporters')
 
   it('should populate importDurations on File with import durations during execution', async () => {
-    const { exitCode, ctx, stderr } = await runVitest({
+    const { ctx, stderr } = await runVitest({
       root,
       include: ['**/import-durations.test.ts'],
       experimental: { importDurations: { limit: 10 } },
     })
 
-    expect(exitCode, `Expected exit code 0 but got ${exitCode}. stderr: ${stderr}`).toBe(0)
+    expect(stderr).toBe('')
+    expect(ctx?.state.errorsSet).toHaveLength(0)
 
     const capturedFiles = ctx!.state.getFiles()
 
diff --git a/test/cli/test/watch/file-watching.test.ts b/test/cli/test/watch/file-watching.test.ts
index 88f1defaa..294af56e0 100644
--- a/test/cli/test/watch/file-watching.test.ts
+++ b/test/cli/test/watch/file-watching.test.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ test("dynamic test case", () => {
 })
 
 test('renaming an existing test file', { retry: 3 }, async () => {
-  const { vitest, fs } = await testUtils.runInlineTests({
+  const { vitest, ctx, fs } = await testUtils.runInlineTests({
     'before.test.js': /* js */`
       import { expect, test } from "vitest";
 
@@ -132,10 +132,17 @@ test('renaming an existing test file', { retry: 3 }, async () => {
   await vitest.waitForStdout('Running existing test')
   await vitest.waitForStdout('press h to show help')
 
+  const fileAdded = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    ctx!.vite.watcher.on('add', () => {
+      resolve()
+    })
+  })
+
   fs.renameFile('before.test.js', 'after.test.js')
 
   await vitest.waitForStdout('Test removed')
   await vitest.waitForStdout('Waiting for file changes...')
+  await fileAdded
 
   vitest.write('p')
   await vitest.waitForStdout('Input filename pattern')
diff --git a/test/config/test/cache.test.ts b/test/config/test/cache.test.ts
index c6c3d0202..61e9ac60d 100644
--- a/test/config/test/cache.test.ts
+++ b/test/config/test/cache.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ test('default', async () => {
   const { ctx, stdout, stderr } = await runVitest({
     root,
     include: ['*.test.ts'],
+    cache: undefined,
   })
 
   expect(stdout).toContain('✓ basic.test.ts >')
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ test('use cacheDir', async () => {
     {
       root,
       include: ['*.test.ts'],
+      cache: undefined,
       $viteConfig: {
         cacheDir: 'node_modules/.vite-custom',
       },
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ test('preserves previous test results', async () => {
   const firstRun = await runVitest({
     root,
     include: ['basic.test.ts'],
+    cache: undefined,
   })
 
   expect(firstRun.stdout).toContain('✓ basic.test.ts >')
@@ -73,6 +76,7 @@ test('preserves previous test results', async () => {
   const secondRun = await runVitest({
     root,
     include: ['second.test.ts'],
+    cache: undefined,
   })
   expect(secondRun.stdout).toContain('✓ second.test.ts >')
   expect(secondRun.stderr).toBe('')
@@ -96,6 +100,7 @@ describe('with optimizer enabled', () => {
       root,
       include: ['*.test.ts'],
       deps,
+      cache: undefined,
     })
 
     expect(stdout).toContain('✓ basic.test.ts >')
@@ -132,6 +137,7 @@ describe('with optimizer enabled', () => {
         root,
         include: ['*.test.ts'],
         deps,
+        cache: undefined,
         $viteConfig: {
           cacheDir: 'node_modules/.vite-custom',
         },
diff --git a/test/test-utils/index.ts b/test/test-utils/index.ts
index 3997b7577..967c7bafc 100644
--- a/test/test-utils/index.ts
+++ b/test/test-utils/index.ts
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ export async function runVitest(
       outputJson,
       mergeReports,
       clearCache,
+      cache: 'cache' in config ? config.cache : false,
 
       // Test cases are already run with multiple forks/threads
       maxWorkers: maxWorkers ?? 1,
-- 
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