`rerender` does not reset state about react-testing-library HOT 6 CLOSED

rerender is intended to persist state just like calling root.render() in React would persist state.

You want to call render from React Testing Library again to discard the previous Redux state.

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Adding to what @eps1lon wrote, regarding what you wrote here:

Our understanding of rerender is that it should work similar to a browser refresh.

That's not a good mental model. rerender is in fact a component re-render, it's not equal to an unmount + mount again which is what a full page refresh causes.

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CC:@MatanBobi

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@MatanBobi thank you for clarifying.

@eps1lon Thank you for the response as well. Regarding our use case:

describeFeature(feature, (f) => {
  let viRender = renderWithProviders(<InventoryTab />, {
        preloadedState,
      })

  f.AfterEachScenario(() => {
    viRender.rerender();
  })
  f.Scenario(...);

Are you implying that we should call a new render within each Scenario? I was hoping to avoid repetitive calls but this seems like the only approach hat makes sense.

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@eps1lon @MatanBobi we are still having an issue with state idempotency. We found a nearly identical issue that has not been resolved on Stack Overflow.

We could open a new issue, but all of the details are here so hoping to continue on this thread.

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