Fix a false positive for RSpec/ScatteredSetup when the hook is defined inside a class method

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Master (Unreleased)
 
 - Fix a false positive for `RSpec/LeakyLocalVariable` when variables are used only in example metadata (e.g., skip messages). ([@ydah])
+- Fix a false positive for `RSpec/ScatteredSetup` when the hook is defined inside a class method. ([@d4rky-pl])
 
 ## 3.8.0 (2025-11-12)
 
@@ -984,6 +985,7 @@ Compatibility release so users can upgrade RuboCop to 0.51.0. No new features.
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docs/modules/ROOT/pages/cops_rspec.adoc

@@ -5747,6 +5747,7 @@ Checks for setup scattered across multiple hooks in an example group.
 Unify `before` and `after` hooks when possible.
 However, `around` hooks are allowed to be defined multiple times,
 as unifying them would typically make the code harder to read.
+Hooks defined in class methods are also ignored.
 
 [#examples-rspecscatteredsetup]
 === Examples
@@ -5772,6 +5773,14 @@ describe Foo do
   around { |example| before1; example.call; after1 }
   around { |example| before2; example.call; after2 }
 end
+
+# good
+describe Foo do
+  before { setup1 }
+  def self.setup
+    before { setup2 }
+  end
+end
 ----
 
 [#references-rspecscatteredsetup]

lib/rubocop/cop/rspec/scattered_setup.rb

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ module RSpec
       # Unify `before` and `after` hooks when possible.
       # However, `around` hooks are allowed to be defined multiple times,
       # as unifying them would typically make the code harder to read.
+      # Hooks defined in class methods are also ignored.
       #
       # @example
       #   # bad
@@ -30,6 +31,14 @@ module RSpec
       #     around { |example| before2; example.call; after2 }
       #   end
       #
+      #   # good
+      #   describe Foo do
+      #     before { setup1 }
+      #     def self.setup
+      #       before { setup2 }
+      #     end
+      #   end
+      #
       class ScatteredSetup < Base
         include FinalEndLocation
         include RangeHelp
@@ -53,9 +62,10 @@ def on_block(node) # rubocop:disable InternalAffairs/NumblockHandler
 
         private
 
-        def repeated_hooks(node)
+        def repeated_hooks(node) # rubocop:disable Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity
           hooks = RuboCop::RSpec::ExampleGroup.new(node)
             .hooks
+            .reject(&:inside_class_method?)
             .select { |hook| hook.knowable_scope? && hook.name != :around }
             .group_by { |hook| [hook.name, hook.scope, hook.metadata] }
             .values

lib/rubocop/rspec/hook.rb

@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ def example?
         scope.equal?(:each)
       end
 
+      def inside_class_method? # rubocop:disable Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity
+        parent = node.parent
+        return false unless parent
+
+        parent.defs_type? || (parent.def_type? && inside_class_self?(parent))
+      end
+
       def scope
         return :each if scope_argument&.hash_type?
 
@@ -76,6 +83,12 @@ def scope_name
       def scope_argument
         node.send_node.first_argument
       end
+
+      def inside_class_self?(node)
+        node.parent&.sclass_type? ||
+          (node.parent&.begin_type? && node.parent.parent&.sclass_type?) ||
+          false
+      end
     end
   end
 end

spec/rubocop/cop/rspec/scattered_setup_spec.rb

@@ -202,4 +202,29 @@
       end
     RUBY
   end
+
+  it 'ignores blocks defined inside class methods' do
+    expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+      describe Foo do
+        before { bar }
+        def self.setup
+          before { baz }
+        end
+        setup
+      end
+    RUBY
+  end
+
+  it 'ignores blocks defined in class << self' do
+    expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+      describe Foo do
+        before { bar }
+        class << self
+          def setup
+            before { baz }
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    RUBY
+  end
 end

spec/rubocop/rspec/hook_spec.rb

@@ -137,4 +137,100 @@ def metadata(source)
       ).to eq("{#{expected_symbol}, #{expected_special}, #{expected_focus}}")
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#inside_class_method?' do
+    def example_group_hook(source)
+      RuboCop::RSpec::ExampleGroup.new(parse_source(source).ast).hooks.first
+    end
+
+    it 'returns true if the hook is in class method' do
+      expect(
+        example_group_hook(
+          'describe Foo { def self.setup; before { do_something }; end }'
+        ).inside_class_method?
+      ).to be(true)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns true if the hook is in class << self method' do
+      source = <<~RUBY
+        describe Foo do
+          class << self
+            def setup
+              before { do_something }
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      RUBY
+      expect(example_group_hook(source).inside_class_method?).to be(true)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns true if the hook is in method in multiline class << self' do
+      source = <<~RUBY
+        describe Foo do
+          class << self
+            other_code
+
+            def setup
+              before { do_something }
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      RUBY
+      expect(example_group_hook(source).inside_class_method?).to be(true)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns false if the hook is in instance method' do
+      expect(
+        example_group_hook(
+          'describe Foo { def setup; before { do_something }; end }'
+        ).inside_class_method?
+      ).to be(false)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns false if the hook is in instance method of multiline class' do
+      source = <<~RUBY
+        describe Foo do
+          other_code
+
+          def setup
+            before { do_something }
+          end
+        end
+      RUBY
+      expect(example_group_hook(source).inside_class_method?).to be(false)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns false if the hook is in in method in global scope' do
+      expect(
+        example_group_hook(
+          'def setup; before { do_something }; end'
+        ).inside_class_method?
+      ).to be(false)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns false if the hook is in multiline global scope' do
+      source = <<~RUBY
+        other_code
+
+        def setup
+          before { do_something }
+        end
+      RUBY
+      expect(example_group_hook(source).inside_class_method?).to be(false)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns false if the hook is in example group body' do
+      expect(
+        example_group_hook(
+          'describe Foo { before { do_something } }'
+        ).inside_class_method?
+      ).to be(false)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns false if the hook is in global scope' do
+      expect(
+        hook('before { do_something }').inside_class_method?
+      ).to be(false)
+    end
+  end
 end