angular · crisbeto · Aug 24, 2026 · Aug 24, 2026
diff --git a/src/aria/combobox/combobox.zone.spec.ts b/src/aria/combobox/combobox.zone.spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import {Component, computed, signal, provideZoneChangeDetection} from '@angular/core';
-import {ComponentFixture, TestBed, fakeAsync, tick} from '@angular/core/testing';
+import {ComponentFixture, TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {By} from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import {Combobox} from './combobox';
 import {ComboboxPopup} from './combobox-popup';
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ describe('Combobox Zone.js integration', () => {
     return options.find(option => option.textContent?.trim() === text) || null;
   }
 
-  it('should relay ArrowDown to the listbox and update active descendant', fakeAsync(() => {
+  it('should relay ArrowDown to the listbox and update active descendant', async () => {
     // Open the popup (sets active descendant to Alabama via default state)
     keydown('ArrowDown');
-    tick();
     fixture.detectChanges();
+    await fixture.whenStable();
 
     // Check if expanded is true
     expect(inputElement.getAttribute('aria-expanded')).toBe('true');
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ describe('Combobox Zone.js integration', () => {
 
     // Press ArrowDown again to move to Alaska
     keydown('ArrowDown');
-    tick();
     fixture.detectChanges();
+    await fixture.whenStable();
 
     const alaska = getOption('Alaska')!;
     expect(inputElement.getAttribute('aria-activedescendant')).toBe(alaska.id);
-  }));
+  });
 });
 
 @Component({

diff --git a/src/cdk/bidi/directionality.spec.ts b/src/cdk/bidi/directionality.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {waitForAsync, fakeAsync, TestBed, flush} from '@angular/core/testing';
+import {waitForAsync, TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {Component, ViewChild, signal, inject, ChangeDetectionStrategy} from '@angular/core';
 import {By} from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import {BidiModule, Directionality, Dir, Direction, DIR_DOCUMENT} from './index';
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ describe('Directionality', () => {
       expect(injectedDirectionality.value).toBe('rtl');
     });
 
-    it('should emit a change event when the value changes', fakeAsync(() => {
+    it('should emit a change event when the value changes', () => {
       const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ElementWithDir);
       const injectedDirectionality = fixture.debugElement.query(
         By.directive(InjectsDirectionality),
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ describe('Directionality', () => {
       expect(direction).toBe('ltr');
       expect(injectedDirectionality.value).toBe('ltr');
       expect(fixture.componentInstance.changeCount).toBe(1);
-    }));
+    });
 
-    it('should complete the change stream on destroy', fakeAsync(() => {
+    it('should complete the change stream on destroy', () => {
       const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ElementWithDir);
       const dir = fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(InjectsDirectionality))!.componentInstance
         .dir;
@@ -114,8 +114,7 @@ describe('Directionality', () => {
       fixture.destroy();
       expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalled();
       subscription.unsubscribe();
-      flush();
-    }));
+    });
 
     it('should default to ltr if an invalid value is passed in', () => {
       const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ElementWithDir);

diff --git a/src/cdk/coercion/private/observable.spec.ts b/src/cdk/coercion/private/observable.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import {Observable, ReplaySubject} from 'rxjs';
 import {coerceObservable} from './observable';
-import {fakeAsync} from '@angular/core/testing';
 
 describe('coerceObservable', () => {
   it('should return the Observable, if an Observable is passed in', () => {
@@ -13,12 +12,12 @@ describe('coerceObservable', () => {
     expect(coerceObservable(observable)).toBe(observable);
   });
 
-  it('should wrap non-Observables in Observables', fakeAsync(() => {
+  it('should wrap non-Observables in Observables', () => {
     const observable = coerceObservable(3);
     let emittedValue = 0;
     observable.subscribe(value => {
       emittedValue = value;
     });
     expect(emittedValue).toBe(3);
-  }));
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/cdk/listbox/listbox.spec.ts b/src/cdk/listbox/listbox.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {A, B, DOWN_ARROW, END, HOME, LEFT_ARROW, RIGHT_ARROW, SPACE, UP_ARROW} from '../keycodes';
 import {Component, Type, signal, ChangeDetectionStrategy} from '@angular/core';
-import {TestBed, fakeAsync, tick} from '@angular/core/testing';
+import {TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {FormControl, ReactiveFormsModule} from '@angular/forms';
 import {By} from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import {dispatchFakeEvent, dispatchKeyboardEvent, dispatchMouseEvent} from '../testing/private';
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ function setupComponent<T, O = string>(component: Type<T>) {
   };
 }
 
+function wait(milliseconds: number): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, milliseconds));
+}
+
 describe('CdkOption and CdkListbox', () => {
   describe('id', () => {
     it('should generate unique ids', () => {
@@ -449,20 +453,18 @@ describe('CdkOption and CdkListbox', () => {
       expect(fixture.componentInstance.changedOption).toBe(null);
     });
 
-    it('should not handle type ahead on a disabled listbox', async (...args: unknown[]) => {
+    it('should not handle type ahead on a disabled listbox', async () => {
       const {fixture, testComponent, listboxEl, options} = setupComponent(ListboxWithOptions);
-      await fakeAsync(() => {
-        testComponent.isListboxDisabled.set(true);
-        fixture.detectChanges();
+      testComponent.isListboxDisabled.set(true);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
 
-        dispatchKeyboardEvent(listboxEl, 'keydown', B);
-        fixture.detectChanges();
-        tick(200);
+      dispatchKeyboardEvent(listboxEl, 'keydown', B);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      await wait(200);
 
-        for (let option of options) {
-          expect(option.isActive()).toBeFalse();
-        }
-      })(args);
+      for (let option of options) {
+        expect(option.isActive()).toBeFalse();
+      }
     });
 
     it('should skip disabled options when navigating with arrow keys', () => {
@@ -561,32 +563,28 @@ describe('CdkOption and CdkListbox', () => {
       expect(optionEls[0].classList).toContain('cdk-option-active');
     });
 
-    it('should change active item using type ahead', async (...args: unknown[]) => {
+    it('should change active item using type ahead', async () => {
       const {fixture, listbox, listboxEl, options} = setupComponent(ListboxWithOptions);
-      await fakeAsync(() => {
-        listbox.focus();
-        fixture.detectChanges();
+      listbox.focus();
+      fixture.detectChanges();
 
-        dispatchKeyboardEvent(listboxEl, 'keydown', B);
-        fixture.detectChanges();
-        tick(200);
+      dispatchKeyboardEvent(listboxEl, 'keydown', B);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      await wait(200);
 
-        expect(options[2].isActive()).toBeTrue();
-      })(args);
+      expect(options[2].isActive()).toBeTrue();
     });
 
-    it('should allow custom type ahead label', async (...args: unknown[]) => {
+    it('should allow custom type ahead label', async () => {
       const {fixture, listbox, listboxEl, options} = setupComponent(ListboxWithCustomTypeahead);
-      await fakeAsync(() => {
-        listbox.focus();
-        fixture.detectChanges();
+      listbox.focus();
+      fixture.detectChanges();
 
-        dispatchKeyboardEvent(listboxEl, 'keydown', B);
-        fixture.detectChanges();
-        tick(200);
+      dispatchKeyboardEvent(listboxEl, 'keydown', B);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      await wait(200);
 
-        expect(options[2].isActive()).toBeTrue();
-      })(args);
+      expect(options[2].isActive()).toBeTrue();
     });
 
     it('should focus and toggle the next item when pressing SHIFT + DOWN_ARROW', () => {

diff --git a/src/cdk/text-field/autosize.spec.ts b/src/cdk/text-field/autosize.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {Component, ViewChild, ChangeDetectionStrategy} from '@angular/core';
-import {ComponentFixture, TestBed, fakeAsync, flush, tick} from '@angular/core/testing';
+import {ComponentFixture, TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {FormsModule} from '@angular/forms';
 import {By} from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import {dispatchFakeEvent} from '../testing/private';
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ describe('CdkTextareaAutosize', () => {
       .toBe(textarea.scrollHeight);
   });
 
-  it('should resize when an associated form control value changes', fakeAsync(() => {
+  it('should resize when an associated form control value changes', async () => {
     const fixtureWithForms = TestBed.createComponent(AutosizeTextareaWithNgModel);
     textarea = fixtureWithForms.nativeElement.querySelector('textarea');
     fixtureWithForms.detectChanges();
@@ -280,15 +280,15 @@ describe('CdkTextareaAutosize', () => {
                 This it is and nothing more.” `;
     fixtureWithForms.changeDetectorRef.markForCheck();
     fixtureWithForms.detectChanges();
-    flush();
+    await wait(50);
     fixtureWithForms.detectChanges();
 
     expect(textarea.clientHeight)
       .withContext('Expected increased height when ngModel is updated.')
       .toBeGreaterThan(previousHeight);
-  }));
+  });
 
-  it('should resize when the textarea value is changed programmatically', fakeAsync(() => {
+  it('should resize when the textarea value is changed programmatically', () => {
     const previousHeight = textarea.clientHeight;
 
     textarea.value = `
@@ -298,24 +298,22 @@ describe('CdkTextareaAutosize', () => {
 
     fixture.changeDetectorRef.markForCheck();
     fixture.detectChanges();
-    flush();
-    fixture.detectChanges();
 
     expect(textarea.clientHeight)
       .withContext('Expected the textarea height to have increased.')
       .toBeGreaterThan(previousHeight);
-  }));
+  });
 
-  it('should trigger a resize when the window is resized', fakeAsync(() => {
+  it('should trigger a resize when the window is resized', async () => {
     spyOn(autosize, 'resizeToFitContent');
 
     dispatchFakeEvent(window, 'resize');
-    tick(16);
+    await wait(100);
 
     expect(autosize.resizeToFitContent).toHaveBeenCalled();
-  }));
+  });
 
-  it('should not trigger a resize when it is disabled', fakeAsync(() => {
+  it('should not trigger a resize when it is disabled', () => {
     const fixtureWithoutAutosize = TestBed.createComponent(AutosizeTextareaWithoutAutosize);
     textarea = fixtureWithoutAutosize.nativeElement.querySelector('textarea');
     autosize = fixtureWithoutAutosize.debugElement
@@ -363,7 +361,7 @@ describe('CdkTextareaAutosize', () => {
     expect(textarea.clientHeight)
       .withContext('Expected textarea to have a scrollbar.')
       .toBeLessThan(textarea.scrollHeight);
-  }));
+  });
 
   it('should handle an undefined placeholder', () => {
     fixture.componentInstance.placeholder = undefined!;
@@ -374,6 +372,10 @@ describe('CdkTextareaAutosize', () => {
   });
 });
 
+function wait(milliseconds: number) {
+  return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, milliseconds));
+}
+
 // Styles to reset padding and border to make measurement comparisons easier.
 const textareaStyleReset = `
     textarea {

diff --git a/src/cdk/tree/tree.spec.ts b/src/cdk/tree/tree.spec.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   signal,
   ChangeDetectionStrategy,
 } from '@angular/core';
-import {ComponentFixture, TestBed, fakeAsync, tick} from '@angular/core/testing';
+import {ComponentFixture, TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {AsyncPipe} from '@angular/common';
 
 import {BehaviorSubject, Observable, combineLatest, of} from 'rxjs';
@@ -1407,13 +1407,13 @@ describe('CdkTree', () => {
         component = fixture.componentInstance;
       });
       describe(`when pressing 'b' with default configuration`, () => {
-        beforeEach(fakeAsync(() => {
+        beforeEach(async () => {
           component.tree.nativeElement.dispatchEvent(
             createKeyboardEvent('keydown', undefined, 'b'),
           );
           fixture.detectChanges();
-          tick(1000);
-        }));
+          await wait(1000);
+        });
 
         it('focuses banana', () => {
           expect(document.activeElement)
@@ -1435,35 +1435,35 @@ describe('CdkTree', () => {
       });
 
       describe(`when pressing 'b' with typeahead label binding`, () => {
-        beforeEach(fakeAsync(() => {
+        beforeEach(async () => {
           component.tree.nativeElement.dispatchEvent(
             createKeyboardEvent('keydown', undefined, 'b'),
           );
           fixture.detectChanges();
-          tick(1000);
-        }));
+          await wait(1000);
+        });
 
-        it('focuses banana', fakeAsync(() => {
+        it('focuses banana', async () => {
           component.tree.nativeElement.dispatchEvent(
             createKeyboardEvent('keydown', undefined, 'b'),
           );
           fixture.detectChanges();
-          tick(1000);
+          await wait(1000);
 
           expect(document.activeElement)
             .withContext('expecting banana to be focused')
             .toBe(component.treeNodes.get(1)?.nativeElement!);
-        }));
+        });
       });
 
       describe(`when pressing 'c'`, () => {
-        beforeEach(fakeAsync(() => {
+        beforeEach(async () => {
           component.tree.nativeElement.dispatchEvent(
             createKeyboardEvent('keydown', undefined, 'c'),
           );
           fixture.detectChanges();
-          tick(1000);
-        }));
+          await wait(1000);
+        });
         it('does not move focus', () => {
           expect(document.activeElement)
             .withContext('expecting document body to be focused')
@@ -1472,13 +1472,13 @@ describe('CdkTree', () => {
       });
 
       describe(`when pressing 't'`, () => {
-        beforeEach(fakeAsync(() => {
+        beforeEach(async () => {
           component.tree.nativeElement.dispatchEvent(
             createKeyboardEvent('keydown', undefined, 't'),
           );
           fixture.detectChanges();
-          tick(1000);
-        }));
+          await wait(1000);
+        });
         it('focuses focuses cherry', () => {
           expect(document.activeElement)
             .withContext('expecting cherry to be focused')
@@ -1632,6 +1632,10 @@ function getExpandedNodes<T>(nodes: T[] | undefined, tree: CdkTree<T>): T[] {
   return nodes?.filter(node => tree.isExpanded(node)) ?? [];
 }
 
+function wait(milliseconds: number) {
+  return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, milliseconds));
+}
+
 function expectFlatTreeToMatch(
   treeElement: Element,
   expectedPaddingIndent = 28,