cache

Type: boolean
Default: true
CLI: --cache, --no-cache

Store the results of test runs on the file system. Vitest uses them to run failed and longer test files first and to select tests with --last-failed.

For every test file, Vitest stores whether the file failed, which tests failed, how long it ran and when it ran last. A run that did not execute the whole file (for example, a run filtered with --testNamePattern or cancelled by bail) can mark the file as failed, but it cannot mark it as passed.

You can delete the cache by running vitest --clearCache.

The cache directory is controlled by the Vite's cacheDir option:

import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config'

export default defineConfig({
  cacheDir: 'custom-folder/.vitest'
})

You can limit the directory only for Vitest by using process.env.VITEST:

import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config'

export default defineConfig({
  cacheDir: process.env.VITEST ? 'custom-folder/.vitest' : undefined
})

WARNING

The deprecated cache.dir option has no effect anymore. Use cacheDir to change the cache directory.

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