Given javascript (Some JavaScript with problems): var y = 3+3; var y = 3 Before: let g:ale_buffer_loclist_map = {} let g:expected_data = {bufnr('%'): [{'lnum': 1, 'bufnr': bufnr('%'), 'vcol': 0, 'linter_name': 'eslint', 'nr': -1, 'type': 'W', 'col': 10, 'text': 'Infix operators must be spaced. [Warning/space-infix-ops]'}, {'lnum': 2, 'bufnr': bufnr('%'), 'vcol': 0, 'linter_name': 'eslint', 'nr': -1, 'type': 'E', 'col': 10, 'text': 'Missing semicolon. [Error/semi]'}]} After: let g:ale_buffer_loclist_map = {} unlet g:expected_data Execute(The loclist should be updated after linting is done): call ale#Lint() call ale#engine#WaitForJobs(2000) AssertEqual g:expected_data, g:ale_buffer_loclist_map