Rails - Oct 2010 - Lacking some enlightenment on why rspec says I have a 200 response when I do not

I am writing a few low level tests for my controllers to verify security.
New to rspec and am seeing some unexpected activity:

If I run this spec:

  describe "GET index" do
    it "does not load for guest role" do
      get :new
      flash[:notice].should match RESTRICTED_PAGE_NOTICE
      response.should redirect_to(login_path)
    end

Which hits

class PracticesController < ApplicationController

  def index
    @practices = Practice.all

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html # index.html.erb
    end
  end

end

But the controller also inherits from the application controller which:

class ApplicationController
       ...
        when ''practices''
          flash[:notice] = RESTRICTED_PAGE_NOTICE
          redirect_to login_path if action_name != ''new''
&& action_name !''create''
end

I have verified the redirect and message in a browser, so this code is
executing as expected in ''reality''.


Then why do I get this error:

  1) PracticesController GET index does not load for guest role
     Failure/Error: response.should redirect_to(login_path)
     *Expected response to be a <:redirect>, but was <200>.*
     Expected block to return true value.


It is true, if the controller is isolated and not inheriting from the app
controller, it would be a 200. But with the app controller it should
redirect before it ever hits the method.

The line in the app controller "flash[:notice] =
RESTRICTED_PAGE_NOTICE"
clearly gets evaluated as the line in the spec "flash[:notice].should match
RESTRICTED_PAGE_NOTICE" passes, *BUT* this line in the app controller
"redirect_to login_path if action_name != ''new''
&& action_name != ''create''"
does not get evaluated as rspec says I have a 200 response? I am really
confused and don''t like what feels to be a weird paradox....

Can anyone enlighten me?

Thanks,

David

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