test: expand linting rules around assert w literal messages

addaleax · aduh95 · commit 7e0a0fccc1e8 · 2025-07-26T01:32:04.000+02:00
Expands the existing restrictions around not using literal messages to the `not` variants of `strictEqual` and `deepStrictEqual`, and forbids `assert()` where the second argument is a non-string literal, which almost always is a mis-typed `assert.strictEquals()`. PR-URL: #59147 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Chemi Atlow <chemi@atlow.co.il>
diff --git a/test/addons/report-fatalerror/test.js b/test/addons/report-fatalerror/test.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const ARGS = [
   tmpdir.refresh();
   const args = ['--report-on-fatalerror', ...ARGS];
   const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, args, { cwd: tmpdir.path });
-  assert.notStrictEqual(child.status, 0, 'Process exited unexpectedly');
+  assert.notStrictEqual(child.status, 0);
 
   const reports = helper.findReports(child.pid, tmpdir.path);
   assert.strictEqual(reports.length, 1);
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const ARGS = [
   // Verify that --report-on-fatalerror is respected when not set.
   const args = ARGS;
   const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, args, { cwd: tmpdir.path });
-  assert.notStrictEqual(child.status, 0, 'Process exited unexpectedly');
+  assert.notStrictEqual(child.status, 0);
   const reports = helper.findReports(child.pid, tmpdir.path);
   assert.strictEqual(reports.length, 0);
 }
diff --git a/test/eslint.config_partial.mjs b/test/eslint.config_partial.mjs
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ export default [
           selector: "CallExpression:matches([callee.name='deepStrictEqual'], [callee.property.name='deepStrictEqual'])[arguments.2.type='Literal']",
           message: 'Do not use a literal for the third argument of assert.deepStrictEqual()',
         },
+        {
+          selector: "CallExpression:matches([callee.name='notDeepStrictEqual'], [callee.property.name='deepStrictEqual'])[arguments.2.type='Literal']",
+          message: 'Do not use a literal for the third argument of assert.notDeepStrictEqual()',
+        },
         {
           selector: "CallExpression:matches([callee.name='doesNotThrow'], [callee.property.name='doesNotThrow'])",
           message: 'Do not use `assert.doesNotThrow()`. Write the code without the wrapper and add a comment instead.',
@@ -48,10 +52,18 @@ export default [
           selector: "CallExpression:matches([callee.name='rejects'], [callee.property.name='rejects'])[arguments.length<2]",
           message: '`assert.rejects()` must be invoked with at least two arguments.',
         },
+        {
+          selector: "CallExpression[callee.property.name='notStrictEqual'][arguments.2.type='Literal']",
+          message: 'Do not use a literal for the third argument of assert.notStrictEqual()',
+        },
         {
           selector: "CallExpression[callee.property.name='strictEqual'][arguments.2.type='Literal']",
           message: 'Do not use a literal for the third argument of assert.strictEqual()',
         },
+        {
+          selector: "CallExpression[callee.name='assert'][arguments.1.type='Literal']:not([arguments.1.raw=/['\"`].*/])",
+          message: 'Do not use a non-string literal for the second argument of assert()',
+        },
         {
           selector: "CallExpression:matches([callee.name='throws'], [callee.property.name='throws'])[arguments.1.type='Literal']:not([arguments.1.regex])",
           message: 'Use an object as second argument of `assert.throws()`.',
diff --git a/test/js-native-api/test_object/test.js b/test/js-native-api/test_object/test.js
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ assert.strictEqual(newObject.test_string, 'test string');
   test_object.Wrap(wrapper);
 
   assert(test_object.Unwrap(wrapper));
-  assert(wrapper.protoA);
+  assert.strictEqual(wrapper.protoA, true);
 }
 
 {
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ assert.strictEqual(newObject.test_string, 'test string');
   Object.setPrototypeOf(wrapper, protoB);
 
   assert(test_object.Unwrap(wrapper));
-  assert(wrapper.protoA, true);
-  assert(wrapper.protoB, true);
+  assert.strictEqual(wrapper.protoA, true);
+  assert.strictEqual(wrapper.protoB, true);
 }
 
 {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-buffer-write-fast.js b/test/parallel/test-buffer-write-fast.js
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@ testFastUtf8Write();
 
 if (common.isDebug) {
   const { getV8FastApiCallCount } = internalBinding('debug');
-  assert(getV8FastApiCallCount('buffer.writeString'), 4);
+  assert.strictEqual(getV8FastApiCallCount('buffer.writeString'), 4);
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-net-listen-exclusive-random-ports.js b/test/parallel/test-net-listen-exclusive-random-ports.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if (cluster.isPrimary) {
     worker2.on('message', function(port2) {
       assert.strictEqual(port2, port2 | 0,
                          `second worker could not listen on port ${port2}`);
-      assert.notStrictEqual(port1, port2, 'ports should not be equal');
+      assert.notStrictEqual(port1, port2);
       worker1.kill();
       worker2.kill();
     });
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-toArray.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-toArray.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const assert = require('assert');
   const ac = new AbortController();
   let stream;
   assert.rejects(async () => {
-    stream = Readable.from([1, 2, 3]).map(async (x) => {
+    stream = Readable.from([1, 2, 3, 4]).map(async (x) => {
       if (x === 3) {
         await new Promise(() => {}); // Explicitly do not pass signal here
       }
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ const assert = require('assert');
   }, {
     name: 'AbortError',
   }).then(common.mustCall(() => {
-    // Only stops toArray, does not destroy the stream
-    assert(stream.destroyed, false);
+    // Stops toArray *and* destroys the stream
+    assert.strictEqual(stream.destroyed, true);
   }));
   ac.abort();
 }
diff --git a/test/report/test-report-fatalerror-oomerror-compact.js b/test/report/test-report-fatalerror-oomerror-compact.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const REPORT_FIELDS = [
   tmpdir.refresh();
   const args = ['--report-on-fatalerror', '--report-compact', ...ARGS];
   const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, args, { cwd: tmpdir.path });
-  assert.notStrictEqual(child.status, 0, 'Process exited unexpectedly');
+  assert.notStrictEqual(child.status, 0);
 
   const reports = helper.findReports(child.pid, tmpdir.path);
   assert.strictEqual(reports.length, 1);
diff --git a/test/report/test-report-fatalerror-oomerror-directory.js b/test/report/test-report-fatalerror-oomerror-directory.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const REPORT_FIELDS = [
   const dir = '--report-directory=' + tmpdir.path;
   const args = ['--report-on-fatalerror', dir, ...ARGS];
   const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, args, { });
-  assert.notStrictEqual(child.status, 0, 'Process exited unexpectedly');
+  assert.notStrictEqual(child.status, 0);
 
   const reports = helper.findReports(child.pid, tmpdir.path);
   assert.strictEqual(reports.length, 1);
diff --git a/test/report/test-report-fatalerror-oomerror-filename.js b/test/report/test-report-fatalerror-oomerror-filename.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const REPORT_FIELDS = [
     ...ARGS,
   ];
   const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, args, { encoding: 'utf8' });
-  assert.notStrictEqual(child.status, 0, 'Process exited unexpectedly');
+  assert.notStrictEqual(child.status, 0);
 
   const reports = helper.findReports(child.pid, tmpdir.path);
   assert.strictEqual(reports.length, 0);
diff --git a/test/report/test-report-fatalerror-oomerror-not-set.js b/test/report/test-report-fatalerror-oomerror-not-set.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const ARGS = [
   // Verify that --report-on-fatalerror is respected when not set.
   const args = ARGS;
   const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, args, { cwd: tmpdir.path });
-  assert.notStrictEqual(child.status, 0, 'Process exited unexpectedly');
+  assert.notStrictEqual(child.status, 0);
   const reports = helper.findReports(child.pid, tmpdir.path);
   assert.strictEqual(reports.length, 0);
 }
diff --git a/test/report/test-report-fatalerror-oomerror-set.js b/test/report/test-report-fatalerror-oomerror-set.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const REPORT_FIELDS = [
   tmpdir.refresh();
   const args = ['--report-on-fatalerror', ...ARGS];
   const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, args, { cwd: tmpdir.path });
-  assert.notStrictEqual(child.status, 0, 'Process exited unexpectedly');
+  assert.notStrictEqual(child.status, 0);
 
   const reports = helper.findReports(child.pid, tmpdir.path);
   assert.strictEqual(reports.length, 1);
