Does ktor 2's `testApplication` work with kotest? I'm trying to use it but my tests are hanging.

# ktor

[Jonathan Lennox]

Does ktor 2's testApplication work with kotest? I'm trying to use it but my tests are hanging.

[simon.vergauwen]

It's working fine for me

[Jonathan Lennox]

Is there example code I can look at somewhere?

[simon.vergauwen]

https://github.com/nomisRev/ktor-arrow-example/blob/main/src/test/kotlin/io/github/nomisrev/ktor.kt

I'm calling this function from a FreeSpec here
https://github.com/nomisRev/ktor-arrow-example/blob/main/src/test/kotlin/io/github/nomisrev/service/UserServiceSpec.kt

[simon.vergauwen]

And here is the version file. https://github.com/nomisRev/ktor-arrow-example/blob/main/libs.versions.toml

[Jonathan Lennox]

Aha, you have to do that testApplication flavor your have in that file?

[Jonathan Lennox]

Or is that just an optimization as it says?

[Jonathan Lennox]

I never see the inside of my should blocks getting called

[simon.vergauwen]

That first file creates some syntactic sugar, so I don't have to repeat the testApplication setup everywhere

[simon.vergauwen]

So it's calling testApplication in every test

[Jonathan Lennox]

That makes sense. Yes, I needed your variant testApplication to remove the runBlocking for it to work with kotest.

[Jonathan Lennox]

Thank you!