BW03: setup_suite is visible to test file ‘<path>’, but was not executed. It belongs into ‘setup_suite.bash’ to be picked up automatically.

In contrast to the other setup functions, setup_suite must not be defined in *.bats files but in setup_suite.bash. When a file is executed and sees setup_suite defined but not run before the tests, this warning will be printed.

How to fix BW03

The fix depends on your actual intention. There are basically two cases:

1. You want a setup before all tests and accidentally put setup_suite into a test file instead of setup_suite.bash. Simply move setup_suite (and teardown_suite!) into setup_suite.bash.

2. You did not mean to run a setup before any test but need to defined a function named setup_suite in your test file. In this case, you can silence this warning by assigning BATS_SETUP_SUITE_COMPLETED=’suppress BW03’.