Test cases start executing before the completion of hooks calls [before, beforeEach]

[vinayak-kaladhar]

Scenario:
I have a file named hooks.js with before/beforeAll() used to setup pre-requisite.

Contents of hooks.js :

exports.mochaHooks = {
     before() {
        request.setBaseUrl(baseURL);
        request.setDefaultTimeout = 20000
        //utility.deleteExistingShifts("shifts","");
        // utility.insertSurgeryFacilityMongoDB("facilityprofiles","");
         utility.insertFacilityShiftsMongoDB("shifts","");
        // utility.insertFacilityUsersMongoDB("users","");
    }
 }

I have my test-scripts files also.

I trigger tests as mocha --require test/hooks.js test/{test_file.js}

But before the completion of methods in hooks.js under before annotation, test scripts start executing, resulting failure.

[tejeswarpatro18]

@vinayak-kaladhar I think this issue is more into synchronous and asynchronous function, where pactum has no part to play.
You can try making before function as async /await or else return some value from before function, So that the execution will not rush over the scripts before the hook file gets executed