# Add a Regression Test for a Next.js Bug Fix with Atlas in 2026 > Atlas helps Next.js developers lock in bug fixes by writing regression tests with Vitest that fail before the fix and pass after. To lock in a bug fix in your Next.js project with a regression test, Atlas guides you through a red-first, green-second workflow using your existing toolchain, including `Vitest with React Testing Library` for testing and `pnpm` for package management. Atlas helps you write a test that fails before the fix and passes after, ensuring the bug never resurfaces in your 2026 codebase. ## Key takeaways - Atlas uses `Vitest with React Testing Library` for Next.js regression tests. - The `pnpm` package manager is central to running tests and managing dependencies in Next.js. - Atlas ensures safety with permission-gated tools and unified diffs for Next.js changes. - Deep code indexing via tree-sitter provides precise context for Next.js `app` directory structures. - The red-first, green-second workflow guarantees bug reproduction and fix verification in Next.js. ## How Atlas Adds a Regression Test for a Next.js Bug Atlas streamlines adding a regression test for a Next.js bug by following a 5-step red-first, green-second discipline. This ensures the test accurately reproduces the issue using `Vitest with React Testing Library` before any code changes are applied, providing a clear baseline for verification in 2026. Atlas orchestrates the process of adding a regression test for a Next.js bug by first reproducing the bug with the `bash` tool, capturing the exact failing command and output. Next, it uses the `write` tool to draft the regression test, asserting on the observed wrong behavior within a `Vitest with React Testing Library` test file. After confirming the test fails as expected by re-running it with `bash`, Atlas applies the necessary fix using the `edit` tool. The `edit` tool's replacer cascade requires an exact-enough `oldString` to prevent ambiguous multi-match replacements, ensuring precise changes to your Next.js codebase. Finally, Atlas re-runs the same `bash` command to confirm the test now passes, effectively locking in the fix and preventing future regressions. ## Concrete Next.js Commands and Files for Testing When adding a regression test in a Next.js project, Atlas interacts directly with your `pnpm` package manager and `Vitest with React Testing Library` setup. For instance, Atlas might use `pnpm test src/app/my-component/__tests__/bug.test.tsx` to execute your test suite, ensuring the bug is reproducible in your 2026 environment. Atlas leverages your familiar Next.js toolchain to perform testing and code modifications. To reproduce a bug or run a newly written test, Atlas executes `bash` commands such as `pnpm test` or `pnpm test src/app/my-component/__tests__/bug.test.tsx`. These commands target specific test files, often located within `__tests__` directories alongside your Next.js components, for example, `src/app/my-component/__tests__/bug-fix.test.tsx`. When writing or editing code, Atlas understands common Next.js file paths like `src/app/my-component/page.tsx` for components or `src/app/api/my-route/route.ts` for API routes. The presence of a `next.config` file helps Atlas confirm it is operating within a Next.js project context, allowing it to apply framework-specific idioms and best practices. ## Ensuring Safety and Review with Atlas in Next.js Atlas prioritizes safety and transparency when modifying your Next.js codebase, offering multiple layers of review before any changes are committed. Every Atlas tool call, from `write` to `edit`, is permission-gated, and all file edits are presented as a unified diff for your approval, preventing unintended alterations in 2026. Maintaining the integrity of your Next.js application is paramount, and Atlas is built with robust safety features. Before any modifications are made, Atlas drafts a plan in a read-only plan agent, which you must approve before it switches to a build agent. Every Atlas tool call, whether it's `bash` for running tests, `write` for creating new test files, or `edit` for applying fixes, is permission-gated against allow, ask, and deny rules. This ensures you have explicit control over what Atlas can execute. Furthermore, for every file edit, Atlas computes a unified diff and surfaces it for your approval, allowing you to review the exact changes before they are written to disk. Atlas also snapshots file changes as git patches, providing a clear audit trail and the ability to easily roll back edits if necessary. ## Leveraging Atlas's Code Index for Next.js Context Atlas builds a comprehensive code index for your Next.js project using AST declarations via tree-sitter, not just blind line windows. This deep understanding of your `app` directory, routes, and server/client boundaries allows Atlas to precisely locate and modify relevant code for a bug fix, even in a complex 2026 application. Unlike tools that rely on simple keyword searches or line-based windows, Atlas indexes your Next.js codebase by AST (Abstract Syntax Tree) declarations using tree-sitter. This advanced indexing provides a semantic understanding of your code, recognizing specific Next.js constructs like the App Router, server components, and API routes. This deep context enables Atlas to accurately identify the precise locations for writing new `Vitest with React Testing Library` tests or applying targeted fixes with `edit`. For instance, Atlas can differentiate between server and client components, ensuring that any generated code or modifications are appropriate for the specific boundary. Additionally, Atlas can build its code index with local Ollama embeddings, keeping your sensitive Next.js code off third-party servers and enhancing privacy. ## Steps 1. Reproduce the Next.js bug once using `atlas bash "pnpm test src/app/my-component/__tests__/failing.test.tsx"` and capture the exact failing output. 2. Instruct Atlas to write the regression test with `atlas write`, asserting on the observed wrong behavior within a `Vitest with React Testing Library` test file, for example, `src/app/my-component/__tests__/bug-fix.test.tsx`. 3. Run the newly written Next.js test with `atlas bash "pnpm test src/app/my-component/__tests__/bug-fix.test.tsx"` and confirm it fails, verifying the tool records the process exit code. 4. Apply the fix to your Next.js code using `atlas edit`, ensuring the replacer cascade has an exact-enough `oldString` to prevent ambiguous multi-match replacements in files like `src/app/my-component/page.tsx`. 5. Re-run the same Next.js test command with `atlas bash "pnpm test src/app/my-component/__tests__/bug-fix.test.tsx"` and confirm the test now passes, then run the wider suite with `atlas bash "pnpm test"` to check for collateral damage. ## FAQ ### How does Atlas ensure the regression test is specific to Next.js components? Atlas leverages its AST-based indexing, built with tree-sitter, to understand the structure of your Next.js `app` directory, server components, and client boundaries. When writing a test with `atlas write`, it generates `Vitest with React Testing Library` code that correctly interacts with your Next.js components, ensuring the test is idiomatic and effective for your specific framework context. ### What commands does Atlas use to run tests in a Next.js project? Atlas uses the `bash` tool to execute your project's configured test runner. For a Next.js project, this typically means running `pnpm test` or a more specific command like `pnpm test src/app/my-component/__tests__/bug.test.tsx` if you are using `Vitest with React Testing Library`. Atlas captures the exact exit code to unambiguously determine pass or fail states. ### How does Atlas prevent accidental changes to my Next.js codebase? Atlas employs several safety mechanisms. It drafts a plan in a read-only agent first. Every tool call, including `write` and `edit`, is permission-gated. Before any file is written, Atlas computes a unified diff for every proposed edit and surfaces it for your explicit approval, allowing you to review and roll back changes using git patches if needed. ### Can Atlas handle Next.js App Router and server components when fixing bugs? Yes, Atlas is designed to pair with Next.js across the App Router, server components, and API routes. Its tree-sitter based indexing provides a deep understanding of these Next.js-specific constructs, allowing Atlas to accurately read, write, and edit code within these contexts, ensuring fixes and tests are applied correctly. ### What is the "red-first, green-second" discipline Atlas follows for Next.js bug fixes? This discipline means Atlas first helps you write a regression test that *fails* when the bug is present ("red" state). After confirming the failure with `atlas bash`, Atlas then applies the fix using `atlas edit`. Finally, it re-runs the *same* test to confirm it now *passes* ("green" state), thereby locking in the fix and proving its effectiveness. ### How does Atlas integrate with `prettier` for Next.js code formatting? While the primary workflow for regression testing focuses on `Vitest with React Testing Library` and `pnpm`, Atlas is aware of common Next.js toolchain elements like `prettier`. Although not explicitly used in the core "add regression test" workflow, Atlas's ability to read and understand your project context means it respects your formatting setup, ensuring any code it writes or edits adheres to your `prettier` configuration. --- Canonical HTML: https://runatlas.sh/resources/stacks/add-a-regression-test-for-a-bug-fix-in-nextjs Source of truth: aeo_pages row `/resources/stacks/add-a-regression-test-for-a-bug-fix-in-nextjs` (segment: Stacks) (this file is generated from it, never hand-edited). Licence: Atlas is proprietary with a free core. 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