Finder logic needs to be tested against two records minimum

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Last Updated: 2024-10-12

I modified the findByUuid scope (something that generates SQL) on a website to do eager loading (load associated records to avoid N+1 issues).

When I tested it against my (single) seed record, the correct $advisor showed up in the browser, the one matching the UUID in my URL:

serp/5d13819b-ae70-4254-9baf-9a1ac66fa8da?

However, later a colleague played with the code and noticed that no matter what UUID he gave it, the same $advisor page showed.

Behind the scenes, it turned out that I had misunderstood the eager-loading API and was always returning the first entity in the database

Lessons

You don't get much info testing finder logic against a single record. For that you need to test against two different ones and ensure both display correctly.