From 2beb6c8dc64aaa81c12347d28467ccd5b742bd93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MeaslyDay <72430306+MeaslyDay@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:20:13 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(tools): update error message for hints without tests
 (#64354)

Co-authored-by: Jessica Wilkins <67210629+jdwilkin4@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Huyen Nguyen <25715018+huyenltnguyen@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 tools/challenge-parser/parser/plugins/add-tests.js      | 4 +++-
 tools/challenge-parser/parser/plugins/add-tests.test.js | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/challenge-parser/parser/plugins/add-tests.js b/tools/challenge-parser/parser/plugins/add-tests.js
index 2776e2b0189..29604909c1f 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-parser/parser/plugins/add-tests.js
+++ b/tools/challenge-parser/parser/plugins/add-tests.js
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ function plugin() {
   function transformer(tree, file) {
     const hintNodes = getSection(tree, '--hints--');
     if (hintNodes.length % 2 !== 0)
-      throw Error('Tests must be in (text, ```testString```) order');
+      throw Error(
+        'Hints must be in pairs: each hint text followed by a test code block'
+      );
 
     const tests = chunk(hintNodes, 2).map(getTest);
     file.data.tests = tests;
diff --git a/tools/challenge-parser/parser/plugins/add-tests.test.js b/tools/challenge-parser/parser/plugins/add-tests.test.js
index 2f7c614e3b5..e893fcc7f87 100644
--- a/tools/challenge-parser/parser/plugins/add-tests.test.js
+++ b/tools/challenge-parser/parser/plugins/add-tests.test.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ describe('add-tests plugin', () => {
   it('should throw if a test pair is out of order', () => {
     // TODO: update the markdown so it makes this error
     expect(() => plugin(brokenHintsAST, file)).toThrow(
-      'Tests must be in (text, ```testString```) order'
+      'Hints must be in pairs: each hint text followed by a test code block'
     );
   });