no-vitest-bail-and-retry-conflict

Disallow conflicting test.bail + test.retry combinations in the same Vitest test scope.

Rule catalog ID: R040

Targeted pattern scope

• vitest.config.*
• vitest.workspace.*
• vite.config.* when Vitest options are configured
• same test object containing enabled bail and enabled retry

What this rule reports

This rule reports when both are enabled in the same scope:

• test.bail (true or > 0)
• test.retry (> 0)

Why this rule exists

Bail and retry represent opposing failure strategies. Combining both often creates noisy, hard-to-interpret failure behavior.

❌ Incorrect

import { defineConfig } from "vitest/config";

export default defineConfig({
    test: {
        bail: 1,
        retry: 2,
    },
});

✅ Correct

import { defineConfig } from "vitest/config";

export default defineConfig({
    test: {
        bail: 0,
        retry: 2,
    },
});

Behavior and migration notes

• this rule checks static values only
• it reports once per conflicting test scope

ESLint flat config example

import vite from "@typpi/eslint-plugin-vite";

export default [vite.configs.strict, vite.configs.vitest];

When not to use it

Disable this rule only if your project intentionally combines bail and retry semantics and the behavior is explicitly documented.

Package documentation

• Vitest config reference

Further reading

• require-vitest-sequence-seed-when-shuffle