From 95bc6f013912eadb76ef6b038c7cdf8c362ab524 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Jankowski <matt@jankowski.online>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 09:37:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Move simplecov `start` to config and require to `spec_helper`
 (#39236)

---
 .simplecov           | 2 +-
 spec/rails_helper.rb | 2 --
 spec/spec_helper.rb  | 5 +++++
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.simplecov b/.simplecov
index 79b376c9ae..1f84c71547 100644
--- a/.simplecov
+++ b/.simplecov
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-SimpleCov.start 'rails' do
+SimpleCov.configure do
   # During parallel runs, ensure unique names for post-run merge
   command_name "job-#{ENV['TEST_ENV_NUMBER']}" if ENV['TEST_ENV_NUMBER']
 
diff --git a/spec/rails_helper.rb b/spec/rails_helper.rb
index a3a0629a78..02bd2ef25e 100644
--- a/spec/rails_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_helper.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 ENV['RAILS_ENV'] ||= 'test'
 
-require 'simplecov' if ENV.fetch('COVERAGE', false)
-
 # This needs to be defined before Rails is initialized
 STREAMING_PORT = ENV.fetch('TEST_STREAMING_PORT', '4020')
 STREAMING_HOST = ENV.fetch('TEST_STREAMING_HOST', 'localhost')
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 90e7e40578..d6fcb8dcfb 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
+if ENV.fetch('COVERAGE', false)
+  require 'simplecov'
+  SimpleCov.start 'rails'
+end
+
 RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.example_status_persistence_file_path = 'tmp/rspec/examples.txt'
   config.expect_with :rspec do |expectations|