RSpec.configure do |config| expect_list = [] config.before(:suite) do DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:truncation, except: expect_list) end config.before(:each) do DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction end config.before(:each, js: true) do DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation, { except: expect_list } end config.before(:each) do DatabaseCleaner.start end config.after(:each) do DatabaseCleaner.clean end end