[Bug]: Jest 30 seems to be 1.5x slower than v29
Author: bacarybrunoCreated Jul 2, 2025Updated Sep 9, 2026
LabelsNeeds TriageBug Report
Version
30.0.3
Steps to reproduce
- Clone the facebook/react repo
- Run
yarn install - Run the tests with
yarn test - Bump jest to v30.0.3
- Run the tests again
Expected behavior
According to the blogpost https://jestjs.io/blog/2025/06/04/jest-30, "Jest 30 is noticeably faster" than the previous versions.
Actual behavior
I attempted an upgrade on two private repositories and noticed that on both of them, jest 30 was slower.
Jest 29: Time: 57.615 s
Jest 30: Time: 90.925 s
Additional context
Environment
System:
OS: macOS 15.5
CPU: (12) arm64 Apple M4 Pro
Binaries:
Node: 20.19.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.0/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.22 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.0/bin/yarn
npm: 10.8.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v20.19.0/bin/npm
npmPackages:
jest: ^30.0.3 => 30.0.3Source: jestjs/jest