Rails: How to stub the env in Rails 7+
Rails 7.1
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a new method Rails.env.local?. If you want to stub the Rails env correctly, use ActiveSupport::EnvironmentInquirer like this:
# check if the value of stubbed_env is valid
allow(Rails).to receive(:env).and_return(ActiveSupport::EnvironmentInquirer.new(stubbed_env.to_s))
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