“Could not find a valid mapping for #” only on second and successive tests

Question

I\'m trying to write a request test that asserts that the proper links appear on the application layout depending in whether a user is logged in or out. FWIW, I\'m using Dev

Answer 1

Halfnelson's solution worked for me too, but since I'm using the Fabrication gem instead of FactoryGirl, I needed to make some adjustments. Here's the code I droped into a initializer:

if Rails.env.development? || Rails.env.test?
  ActionDispatch::Callbacks.after do
    Fabrication.clear_definitions
    Rails.logger.debug 'Reloading fabricators'
  end
end