fix(jest-config): fix preset path resolution on Windows by umeshmore45 · Pull Request #15961 · jestjs/jest

umeshmore45 · 2026-02-18T10:20:43Z

On Windows, path.join('ts-jest', 'jest-preset') produces ts-jest\jest-preset (backslash), which breaks Node module resolution. Module specifiers must always use forward slashes.

Also handle the case where <rootDir> in preset config gets resolved to an absolute path — previously these were incorrectly passed through path.join instead of being used as-is.

Fixes #15960

Summary

After upgrading to Jest 30, users on Windows started seeing this error even though the exact same config worked fine on macOS and Linux:

The root cause is in setupPreset() inside packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts.

The code was using path.join() to construct the module specifier for npm package presets:

// Old code
path.join(presetPath, PRESET_NAME)
// on macOS → "ts-jest/jest-preset"
// on Windows → "ts-jest\jest-preset"

On Windows, `path.join('ts-jest', 'jest-preset')` produces `ts-jest\jest-preset` (backslash), which breaks Node module resolution. Module specifiers must always use forward slashes. Also handle the case where `<rootDir>` in preset config gets resolved to an absolute path — previously these were incorrectly passed through `path.join` instead of being used as-is. Fixes jestjs#15960 Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

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SimenB · 2026-05-01T16:44:53Z

This is great, thanks! Mind adding a test as well?

This reverts commit de245f0.

This reverts commit 68914bf.

SimenB · 2026-05-05T14:12:25Z

New test fails on Windows, confirming the bug 👍

I'll re-apply the fix and then land when CI (presumably 😀) passes

SimenB

thanks!

SimenB · 2026-05-07T19:16:15Z

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the project-level value overrides the global value for that project's tests ([#16133](jestjs/jest#16133)) - `[@jest/fake-timers]` Accept `Temporal.Duration` in `jest.advanceTimersByTime()` and `jest.advanceTimersByTimeAsync()` ([#16128](jestjs/jest#16128)) - `[@jest/fake-timers]` Accept `Temporal.Instant` and `Temporal.ZonedDateTime` in `jest.setSystemTime()` and `useFakeTimers({now})` ([#16128](jestjs/jest#16128)) - `[@jest/fake-timers]` Support faking `Temporal.Now.*` ([#16131](jestjs/jest#16131)) - `[jest-mock]` Add `clearMocksOnScope(scope)` on `ModuleMocker` for clearing every mock function exposed on a scope object ([#16088](jestjs/jest#16088)) - `[jest-resolve]` Add `canResolveSync()` on `Resolver` so callers can detect when a user-configured resolver only exports an `async` hook ([#16064](jestjs/jest#16064)) - `[jest-runtime]` Use synchronous `evaluate()` for ES modules without top-level `await` on Node versions that support it (v24.9+), and prefer the synchronous transform path when a sync transformer is configured ([#16062](jestjs/jest#16062)) - `[jest-runtime]` Support `require()` of ES modules on Node v24.9+ ([#16074](jestjs/jest#16074)) - `[jest-runtime]` Validate TC39 import attributes (`with { type: 'json' }`) on ESM imports ([#16127](jestjs/jest#16127)) - `[@jest/transform]` Add `canTransformSync(filename)` on `ScriptTransformer` so callers can pick the sync vs async transform path ([#16062](jestjs/jest#16062)) - `[jest-util]` Add `isError` helper ([#16076](jestjs/jest#16076)) - `[pretty-format]` Support React 19 ([#16123](jestjs/jest#16123)) ##### Fixes - `[expect-utils]` Fix `toStrictEqual` failing on `structuredClone` results due to cross-realm constructor mismatch ([#15959](jestjs/jest#15959)) - `[@jest/expect-utils]` Prevent `toMatchObject`/subset matching from throwing when encountering exotic iterables ([#15952](jestjs/jest#15952)) - `[fake-timers]` Convert `Date` to milliseconds before passing to `@sinonjs/fake-timers` ([#16029](jestjs/jest#16029)) - `[jest]` Export `GlobalConfig` and `ProjectConfig` TypeScript types ([#16132](jestjs/jest#16132)) - `[jest-circus]` Prevent crash when `asyncError` is undefined for non-Error throws ([#16003](jestjs/jest#16003)) - `[jest-circus, jest-jasmine2]` Include `Error.cause` in JSON `failureMessages` output ([#15967](jestjs/jest#15967)) - `[jest-config]` Fix preset path resolution on Windows when the preset uses subpath `exports` ([#15961](jestjs/jest#15961)) - `[jest-config]` Allow `collectCoverage` and `coverageProvider` in project config without a validation warning ([#16132](jestjs/jest#16132)) - `[jest-config]` Project config validator now emits "is not supported in an individual project configuration" instead of "probably a typing mistake" for known global-only options ([#16132](jestjs/jest#16132)) - `[jest-environment-node]` Fix `--localstorage-file` warning on Node 25+ ([#16086](jestjs/jest#16086)) - `[jest-reporters]` Apply global coverage threshold to unmatched pattern files in addition to glob/path thresholds ([#16137](jestjs/jest#16137)) - `[jest-reporters, jest-runner, jest-runtime, jest-transform]` Fix coverage report not showing correct code coverage when using `projects` config option ([#16140](jestjs/jest#16140)) - `[jest-runtime]` Resolve `expect` and `@jest/expect` from the internal module registry so test-file imports share the same `JestAssertionError` as the global `expect` ([#16130](jestjs/jest#16130)) - `[jest-runtime]` Improve CJS-from-ESM interop: `__esModule`/Babel default unwrap, broader named-export coverage, and shared CJS singleton across importers ([#16050](jestjs/jest#16050)) - `[jest-runtime]` Load `.js` files with ESM syntax but no `"type":"module"` marker as native ESM ([#16050](jestjs/jest#16050)) - `[jest-runtime]` Extend the `.js`-with-ESM-syntax fallback to `require()` on Node v24.9+ - falls back to `require(esm)` when the CJS parser rejects ESM syntax ([#16078](jestjs/jest#16078)) - `[jest-runtime]` Fix deadlocks and double-evaluation in concurrent ESM and wasm imports ([#16050](jestjs/jest#16050)) - `[jest-runtime]` Fix error when `require()` is called after the Jest environment has been torn down ([#15951](jestjs/jest#15951)) - `[jest-runtime]` Fix missing error when `import()` is called after the Jest environment has been torn down ([#16080](jestjs/jest#16080)) - `[jest-runtime]` Fix virtual `unstable_mockModule` registrations not respected in ESM ([#16081](jestjs/jest#16081)) - `[jest-runtime]` Apply `moduleNameMapper` when resolving modules with `require.resolve()` and the `paths` option ([#16135](jestjs/jest#16135)) ##### Chore & Maintenance - `[@jest/fake-timers]` Upgrade `@sinonjs/fake-timers` ([#16139](jestjs/jest#16139)) - `[jest-runtime]` Use synchronous `linkRequests` / `instantiate` for ESM linking on Node v24.9+ ([#16063](jestjs/jest#16063))

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[Bug]: Preset modules path not working on Windows in version ^30.2.0 #15960

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