RuboCop RSpec v3.8.0

• Add new cop RSpec/LeakyLocalVariable. (@lovro-bikic)
• Bump RuboCop requirement to +1.81. (@ydah)
• Fix a false positive for RSpec/LetSetup when let! used in outer scope. (@ydah)
• Fix a false positive for RSpec/ReceiveNever cop when allow(...).to receive(...).never. (@ydah)
• Fix detection of nameless doubles with methods in RSpec/VerifiedDoubles. (@ushi-as)
• Improve an offense message for RSpec/RepeatedExample cop. (@ydah)
• Let RSpec/SpecFilePathFormat leverage ActiveSupport inflections when configured. (@corsonknowles, @bquorning)

RuboCop RSpec v3.7.0

• Mark RSpec/IncludeExamples as SafeAutoCorrect: false. (@yujideveloper)
• Fix a false positive for RSpec/LeakyConstantDeclaration when defining constants in explicit namespaces. (@naveg)
• Add support for error matchers (raise_exception and raise_error) to RSpec/Dialect. (@lovro-bikic)
• Don't register offenses for RSpec/DescribedClass within Data.define blocks. (@lovro-bikic)
• Add autocorrection support for RSpec/IteratedExpectation for single expectations. (@lovro-bikic)
• Exclude all cops from inspecting factorybot files, except if explicitly included. (@Mth0158)
• Fix a false positive for RSpec/ExcessiveDocstringSpacing when receivers are not RSpec methods. (@ydah)

RuboCop RSpec v3.6.0 (RubyKaigi 2025 Edition🍊)

• Fix false positive in RSpec/Pending, where it would mark the default block it as an offense. (@bquorning)
• Fix issue when Style/ContextWording is configured with a Prefix being interpreted as a boolean, like on. (@sakuro)
• Add new RSpec/IncludeExamples cop to enforce using it_behaves_like over include_examples. (@dvandersluis)
• Change RSpec/ScatteredSetup to allow around hooks to be scattered. (@ydah)
• Fix an error RSpec/ChangeByZero cop when without expect block. (@lee266)
• Fix a false positive for RSpec/DescribedClass when SkipBlocks is true and numblocks are used. (@earlopain)

RuboCop RSpec v3.5.0

• Don't let RSpec/PredicateMatcher replace respond_to? with two arguments with the RSpec respond_to matcher. (@bquorning)
• Fix RSpec/PredicateMatcher support for eql and equal matchers. (@bquorning)
• Pluginfy RuboCop RSpec. (@koic)

RuboCop RSpec v3.4.0

• Fix RSpec/SortMetadata cop to limit sorting to trailing metadata arguments. (@cbliard)
• Replace RSpec/StringAsInstanceDoubleConstant with RSpec/VerifiedDoubleReference configured to only support constant class references. (@corsonknowles)
• Fix RSpec/EmptyExampleGroup cop false positive when a simple conditional is used inside an iterator. (@lovro-bikic)

RuboCop RSpec v3.3.0

• Deprecate top_level_group? method from TopLevelGroup mixin as all of its callers were intentionally removed from Rubocop/RSpec. (@corsonknowles)
• Fix false positive for RSpec/EmptyMetadata for splat kwargs. (@pirj)

RuboCop RSpec v3.2.0

• Fix RSpec/VoidExpect to only operate inside an example block. (@corsonknowles)
• Change RSpec/ContextWording cop to always report an offense when both Prefixes and AllowedPatterns are empty. (@ydah)
• Add support for and and or compound matchers to RSpec/ChangeByZero cop. (@ydah)

RuboCop RSpec v3.1.0

• Add RSpec/StringAsInstanceDoubleConstant to check for and correct strings used as instance_doubles. (@corsonknowles)
• Fix false-positive for RSpec/UnspecifiedException when a method is literally named raise_exception. (@aarestad)
• Fix false-positive for RSpec/UnspecifiedException when not_to raise_error is used within a block. (@aarestad, @G-Rath)

RuboCop RSpec v3.0.5

• Fix false-negative and error for RSpec/MetadataStyle when non-literal args are used in metadata in EnforceStyle: hash. (@cbliard)
• Improve offense message for RSpec/IndexedLet. (@earlopain)

RuboCop RSpec v3.0.4

• Fix false-negative for UnspecifiedException when matcher is chained. (@r7kamura)