RuboCop RSpec v3.6.0 (RubyKaigi 2025 Edition🍊)

• Fix false positive in RSpec/Pending, where it would mark the default block it as an offense. (@bquorning)
• Fix issue when Style/ContextWording is configured with a Prefix being interpreted as a boolean, like on. (@sakuro)
• Add new RSpec/IncludeExamples cop to enforce using it_behaves_like over include_examples. (@dvandersluis)
• Change RSpec/ScatteredSetup to allow around hooks to be scattered. (@ydah)
• Fix an error RSpec/ChangeByZero cop when without expect block. (@lee266)
• Fix a false positive for RSpec/DescribedClass when SkipBlocks is true and numblocks are used. (@earlopain)

RuboCop RSpec v3.5.0

• Don't let RSpec/PredicateMatcher replace respond_to? with two arguments with the RSpec respond_to matcher. (@bquorning)
• Fix RSpec/PredicateMatcher support for eql and equal matchers. (@bquorning)
• Pluginfy RuboCop RSpec. (@koic)

RuboCop RSpec v3.4.0

• Fix RSpec/SortMetadata cop to limit sorting to trailing metadata arguments. (@cbliard)
• Replace RSpec/StringAsInstanceDoubleConstant with RSpec/VerifiedDoubleReference configured to only support constant class references. (@corsonknowles)
• Fix RSpec/EmptyExampleGroup cop false positive when a simple conditional is used inside an iterator. (@lovro-bikic)

RuboCop RSpec v3.3.0

• Deprecate top_level_group? method from TopLevelGroup mixin as all of its callers were intentionally removed from Rubocop/RSpec. (@corsonknowles)
• Fix false positive for RSpec/EmptyMetadata for splat kwargs. (@pirj)

RuboCop RSpec v3.2.0

• Fix RSpec/VoidExpect to only operate inside an example block. (@corsonknowles)
• Change RSpec/ContextWording cop to always report an offense when both Prefixes and AllowedPatterns are empty. (@ydah)
• Add support for and and or compound matchers to RSpec/ChangeByZero cop. (@ydah)

RuboCop RSpec v3.1.0

• Add RSpec/StringAsInstanceDoubleConstant to check for and correct strings used as instance_doubles. (@corsonknowles)
• Fix false-positive for RSpec/UnspecifiedException when a method is literally named raise_exception. (@aarestad)
• Fix false-positive for RSpec/UnspecifiedException when not_to raise_error is used within a block. (@aarestad, @G-Rath)

RuboCop RSpec v3.0.5

• Fix false-negative and error for RSpec/MetadataStyle when non-literal args are used in metadata in EnforceStyle: hash. (@cbliard)
• Improve offense message for RSpec/IndexedLet. (@earlopain)

RuboCop RSpec v3.0.4

• Fix false-negative for UnspecifiedException when matcher is chained. (@r7kamura)

RuboCop RSpec v3.0.3

• Add support for Unicode RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK in RSpec/ExampleWording. (@jdufresne)
• Suppress deprecation warning for RSpec/MultipleExpectations, RSpec/MultipleMemoizedHelpers, and RSpec/NestedGroups cops. (@koic)

RuboCop RSpec v3.0.2

• Fix wrong autocorrect for RSpec/ScatteredSetup when hook contains heredoc. (@earlopain)
• Fix false negative for RSpec/PredicateMatcher when expectation contains custom failure message. (@earlopain)
• Facilitate the 3.0 upgrade flow with proper extracted cop messages. (@jeppester)