How to increase timeout for a single test case in mocha

Question

I\'m submitting a network request in a test case, but this sometimes takes longer than 2 seconds (the default timeout).

How do I increase the timeout for a single te

Answer 1

(since I ran into this today)

Be careful when using ES2015 fat arrow syntax:

This will fail :

it('accesses the network', done => {

  this.timeout(500); // will not work

  // *this* binding refers to parent function scope in fat arrow functions!
  // i.e. the *this* object of the describe function

  done();
});

EDIT: Why it fails:

As @atoth mentions in the comments, fat arrow functions do not have their own this binding. Therefore, it's not possible for the it function to bind to this of the callback and provide a timeout function.

Bottom line: Don't use arrow functions for functions that need an increased timeout.