@backstage/cli/config/jestCachingModuleLoader.js

CLI for developing Backstage plugins and apps

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const { default: JestRuntime } = require('jest-runtime');

const scriptTransformCache = new Map();

module.exports = class CachingJestRuntime extends JestRuntime {
  // This may or may not be a good idea. Theoretically I don't know why this would impact
  // test correctness and flakiness, but it seems like it may introduce flakiness and strange failures.
  // It does seem to speed up test execution by a fair amount though.
  createScriptFromCode(scriptSource, filename) {
    let script = scriptTransformCache.get(scriptSource);
    if (!script) {
      script = super.createScriptFromCode(scriptSource, filename);
      // Tried to store the script object in a WeakRef here. It starts out at
      // about 90% hit rate, but eventually drops all the way to 20%, and overall
      // it seemed to increase memory usage by 20% or so.
      scriptTransformCache.set(scriptSource, script);
    }
    return script;
  }
};