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TypeError: Cannot set property id of #<Test> which has only a getter

See original GitHub issue

What are you trying to achieve?

After initializing a CodeceptJS project, when trying to run the tests, I have an exception (see below)

What do you get instead?

TypeError: Cannot set property id of #<Test> which has only a getter
    at {root}/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/mochaFactory.js:53:46
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at Suite.eachTest ({root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/suite.js:438:14)
    at {root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/suite.js:440:11
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at Suite.eachTest ({root}/node_modules/mocha/lib/suite.js:439:15)
    at Mocha.mocha.loadFiles ({root}/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/mochaFactory.js:53:21)
    at CodeceptjsFactory.reloadSuites ({root}/node_modules/@codeceptjs/ui/lib/model/codeceptjs-factory.js:141:11)
    at Object.reloadSuites ({root}/node_modules/@codeceptjs/ui/lib/model/scenario-repository.js:217:30)
    at module.exports ({root}/node_modules/@codeceptjs/ui/lib/api/list-scenarios.js:9:22)

Details

CodeceptJS version: 3.0.0
NodeJS Version: 14.3.0
Operating System: OSX 10.15.5
Configuration file:

const { setHeadlessWhen } = require('@codeceptjs/configure');

// turn on headless mode when running with HEADLESS=true environment variable
// export HEADLESS=true && npx codeceptjs run
setHeadlessWhen(process.env.HEADLESS);

exports.config = {
  tests: './tests/*_test.js',
  output: './output',
  helpers: {
    Puppeteer: {
      url: 'http://localhost',
      show: true,
      windowSize: '1200x900'
    }
  },
  include: {
    I: './steps_file.js'
  },
  bootstrap: null,
  mocha: {},
  name: 'hello-codecept',
  plugins: {
    pauseOnFail: {},
    retryFailedStep: {
      enabled: true
    },
    tryTo: {
      enabled: true
    },
    screenshotOnFail: {
      enabled: true
    }
  }
}