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url: /docs/guide/usage/linter/rules/jest/no-confusing-set-timeout.md
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### What it does

Disallow confusing usages of `jest.setTimeout`.

### Why is this bad?

* being called anywhere other than in global scope
* being called multiple times
* being called after other Jest functions like hooks, `describe`, `test`, or `it`

### Examples

All of these are invalid case:

```javascript
escribe("test foo", () => {
  jest.setTimeout(1000);
  it("test-description", () => {
    // test logic;
  });
});

describe("test bar", () => {
  it("test-description", () => {
    jest.setTimeout(1000);
    // test logic;
  });
});

test("foo-bar", () => {
  jest.setTimeout(1000);
});

describe("unit test", () => {
  beforeEach(() => {
    jest.setTimeout(1000);
  });
});
```

## How to use

## Version

This rule was added in v0.0.14.

## References