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Jest SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'export'

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After upgrading from 15.1.1 to 16.0.1 I’m getting the following error in my react unit tests. Any help would be much appreciated.

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ozee31commented, May 3, 2022

Add transformIgnorePatterns not works for me

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benwiley4000commented, Apr 28, 2022

Our team is going to avoid upgrading until this issue is resolved. Seems very unusual to put raw ES exports in the main (non-ES) module.

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