From 1209ed209db6c652c1c52b6fa0b3f64f14f6503b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AS <ASiuta_ext@mapal-os.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 10:54:57 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 01/17] feat: add artifaction options to plugin-eslint

---
 packages/models/src/index.ts                  |  1 +
 packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/config.ts      |  2 +
 .../src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts         | 26 +++++++++
 .../plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.ts    | 13 ++++-
 .../plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts     | 57 ++++++++++++++++---
 5 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/models/src/index.ts b/packages/models/src/index.ts
index 91c22fb10..eac353271 100644
--- a/packages/models/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/models/src/index.ts
@@ -138,3 +138,4 @@ export {
   artifactGenerationCommandSchema,
   pluginArtifactOptionsSchema,
 } from './lib/configuration.js';
+export type { PluginArtifactOptions } from './lib/configuration.js';
diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/config.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/config.ts
index 4a3133d2c..2d4006205 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/config.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { z } from 'zod';
+import { pluginArtifactOptionsSchema } from '@code-pushup/models';
 import { toArray } from '@code-pushup/utils';
 
 const patternsSchema = z.union([z.string(), z.array(z.string()).min(1)], {
@@ -64,5 +65,6 @@ export type CustomGroup = z.infer<typeof customGroupSchema>;
 
 export const eslintPluginOptionsSchema = z.object({
   groups: z.array(customGroupSchema).optional(),
+  artifacts: pluginArtifactOptionsSchema.optional(),
 });
 export type ESLintPluginOptions = z.infer<typeof eslintPluginOptionsSchema>;
diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts
index 245611811..4a466d7fc 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts
@@ -160,4 +160,30 @@ describe('eslintPlugin', () => {
       eslintPlugin({ eslintrc: '.eslintrc.yml', patterns: '**/*.js' }),
     ).rejects.toThrow(/Failed to load url .*\.eslintrc.yml/);
   });
+
+  it('should initialize with artifact options', async () => {
+    cwdSpy.mockReturnValue(path.join(fixturesDir, 'todos-app'));
+    const plugin = await eslintPlugin(
+      {
+        eslintrc: 'eslint.config.js',
+        patterns: ['src/**/*.js'],
+      },
+      {
+        artifacts: {
+          artifactsPaths: './artifacts/eslint-output.json',
+          generateArtifactsCommand: 'echo "Generating artifacts"',
+        },
+      },
+    );
+
+    expect(typeof plugin.runner).toBe('object');
+    const runnerConfig = plugin.runner as {
+      command: string;
+      args?: string[];
+      outputFile: string;
+    };
+    expect(runnerConfig.command).toBe('node');
+    expect(runnerConfig.args).toContain('echo "Generating artifacts"');
+    expect(runnerConfig.outputFile).toBe('./artifacts/eslint-output.json');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.ts
index 285a39e50..7f4513557 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.ts
@@ -41,12 +41,14 @@ export async function eslintPlugin(
     schemaType: 'ESLint plugin config',
   });
 
-  const customGroups = options
+  const parsedOptions = options
     ? parseSchema(eslintPluginOptionsSchema, options, {
         schemaType: 'ESLint plugin options',
-      }).groups
+      })
     : undefined;
 
+  const customGroups = parsedOptions?.groups;
+
   const { audits, groups } = await listAuditsAndGroups(targets, customGroups);
 
   const runnerScriptPath = path.join(
@@ -71,6 +73,11 @@ export async function eslintPlugin(
     audits,
     groups,
 
-    runner: await createRunnerConfig(runnerScriptPath, audits, targets),
+    runner: await createRunnerConfig(
+      runnerScriptPath,
+      audits,
+      targets,
+      parsedOptions?.artifacts,
+    ),
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts
index 7e5e8ee9d..ebe0f1a6f 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 import type {
   Audit,
   AuditOutput,
+  PluginArtifactOptions,
   RunnerConfig,
   RunnerFilesPaths,
 } from '@code-pushup/models';
+import { pluginArtifactOptionsSchema } from '@code-pushup/models';
 import {
   asyncSequential,
   createRunnerFiles,
@@ -51,23 +53,60 @@ export async function createRunnerConfig(
   scriptPath: string,
   audits: Audit[],
   targets: ESLintTarget[],
+  artifactOptions?: PluginArtifactOptions,
 ): Promise<RunnerConfig> {
+  const parsedOptions = artifactOptions
+    ? pluginArtifactOptionsSchema.parse(artifactOptions)
+    : undefined;
+
   const config: ESLintPluginRunnerConfig = {
     targets,
-    slugs: audits.map(audit => audit.slug),
+    slugs: audits.map(a => a.slug),
   };
-  const { runnerConfigPath, runnerOutputPath } = await createRunnerFiles(
-    'eslint',
-    JSON.stringify(config),
-  );
+
+  const { runnerConfigPath, runnerOutputPath } = parsedOptions
+    ? await createCustomRunnerPaths(parsedOptions, config)
+    : await createRunnerFiles('eslint', JSON.stringify(config));
+
+  const args = [
+    filePathToCliArg(scriptPath),
+    ...objectToCliArgs({ runnerConfigPath, runnerOutputPath }),
+    ...resolveCommandArgs(parsedOptions?.generateArtifactsCommand),
+  ];
 
   return {
     command: 'node',
-    args: [
-      filePathToCliArg(scriptPath),
-      ...objectToCliArgs({ runnerConfigPath, runnerOutputPath }),
-    ],
+    args,
     configFile: runnerConfigPath,
     outputFile: runnerOutputPath,
   };
 }
+
+async function createCustomRunnerPaths(
+  options: PluginArtifactOptions,
+  config: ESLintPluginRunnerConfig,
+): Promise<RunnerFilesPaths> {
+  const artifactPaths = Array.isArray(options.artifactsPaths)
+    ? options.artifactsPaths
+    : [options.artifactsPaths];
+
+  const runnerOutputPath = artifactPaths[0] ?? '';
+  const runnerConfigPath = path.join(
+    path.dirname(runnerOutputPath),
+    'plugin-config.json',
+  );
+
+  await ensureDirectoryExists(path.dirname(runnerConfigPath));
+  await writeFile(runnerConfigPath, JSON.stringify(config));
+
+  return { runnerConfigPath, runnerOutputPath };
+}
+
+function resolveCommandArgs(
+  command?: string | { command: string; args?: string[] },
+): string[] {
+  if (!command) return [];
+  return typeof command === 'string'
+    ? [command]
+    : [command.command, ...(command.args ?? [])];
+}

From 687badaf1e123f4f07f52581f8b3e36855d0cc14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hladky <michael.hladky@push-based.io>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 18:42:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 02/17] feat(plugin-eslint): use artifacts options

---
 .../src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts         |  12 +-
 .../plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.ts    |  23 +---
 .../plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts     | 106 +++++++-----------
 .../src/lib/runner/index.unit.test.ts         |  32 +++++-
 4 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 99 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts
index 2be608294..3e6fbcbbb 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ describe('eslintPlugin', () => {
     await expect(
       // @ts-expect-error simulating invalid non-TS config
       eslintPlugin({ eslintrc: '.eslintrc.json' }),
-    ).rejects.toThrow('Invalid input');
+    ).rejects.toThrow('Failed parsing ESLint plugin config');
   });
 
   it("should throw if eslintrc file doesn't exist", async () => {
@@ -176,14 +176,6 @@ describe('eslintPlugin', () => {
       },
     );
 
-    expect(typeof plugin.runner).toBe('object');
-    const runnerConfig = plugin.runner as {
-      command: string;
-      args?: string[];
-      outputFile: string;
-    };
-    expect(runnerConfig.command).toBe('node');
-    expect(runnerConfig.args).toContain('echo "Generating artifacts"');
-    expect(runnerConfig.outputFile).toBe('./artifacts/eslint-output.json');
+    expect(typeof plugin.runner).toBe('function');
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.ts
index 19001c75b..49f6ea228 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
-import path from 'node:path';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import type { PluginConfig } from '@code-pushup/models';
 import { parseSchema } from '@code-pushup/utils';
 import {
@@ -11,7 +9,7 @@ import {
 } from './config.js';
 import { ESLINT_PLUGIN_SLUG } from './constants.js';
 import { listAuditsAndGroups } from './meta/index.js';
-import { createRunnerConfig } from './runner/index.js';
+import { createRunnerFunction } from './runner/index.js';
 
 /**
  * Instantiates Code PushUp ESLint plugin for use in core config.
@@ -42,22 +40,14 @@ export async function eslintPlugin(
     schemaType: 'ESLint plugin config',
   });
 
-  const parsedOptions = options
+  const { groups: customGroups, artifacts } = options
     ? parseSchema(eslintPluginOptionsSchema, options, {
         schemaType: 'ESLint plugin options',
       })
-    : undefined;
-
-  const customGroups = parsedOptions?.groups;
+    : {};
 
   const { audits, groups } = await listAuditsAndGroups(targets, customGroups);
 
-  const runnerScriptPath = path.join(
-    fileURLToPath(path.dirname(import.meta.url)),
-    '..',
-    'bin.js',
-  );
-
   const packageJson = createRequire(import.meta.url)(
     '../../package.json',
   ) as typeof import('../../package.json');
@@ -74,11 +64,10 @@ export async function eslintPlugin(
     audits,
     groups,
 
-    runner: await createRunnerConfig(
-      runnerScriptPath,
+    runner: await createRunnerFunction({
       audits,
       targets,
-      parsedOptions?.artifacts,
-    ),
+      ...(artifacts ? { artifacts } : {}),
+    }),
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts
index 6fa36ab2f..8daa7b0bd 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ import type {
   Audit,
   AuditOutput,
   AuditOutputs,
+  PersistConfig,
   PluginArtifactOptions,
   RunnerConfig,
   RunnerFilesPaths,
+  RunnerFunction,
 } from '@code-pushup/models';
-import { pluginArtifactOptionsSchema } from '@code-pushup/models';
 import {
   asyncSequential,
   createRunnerFiles,
@@ -55,91 +56,62 @@ export async function createRunnerConfig(
   scriptPath: string,
   audits: Audit[],
   targets: ESLintTarget[],
-  artifactOptions?: PluginArtifactOptions,
 ): Promise<RunnerConfig> {
-  const parsedOptions = artifactOptions
-    ? pluginArtifactOptionsSchema.parse(artifactOptions)
-    : undefined;
-
   const config: ESLintPluginRunnerConfig = {
     targets,
-    slugs: audits.map(a => a.slug),
+    slugs: audits.map(audit => audit.slug),
   };
-
-  const { runnerConfigPath, runnerOutputPath } = parsedOptions
-    ? await createCustomRunnerPaths(parsedOptions, config)
-    : await createRunnerFiles('eslint', JSON.stringify(config));
-
-  const args = [
-    filePathToCliArg(scriptPath),
-    ...objectToCliArgs({ runnerConfigPath, runnerOutputPath }),
-    ...resolveCommandArgs(parsedOptions?.generateArtifactsCommand),
-  ];
+  const { runnerConfigPath, runnerOutputPath } = await createRunnerFiles(
+    'eslint',
+    JSON.stringify(config),
+  );
 
   return {
     command: 'node',
-    args,
+    args: [
+      filePathToCliArg(scriptPath),
+      ...objectToCliArgs({ runnerConfigPath, runnerOutputPath }),
+    ],
     configFile: runnerConfigPath,
     outputFile: runnerOutputPath,
   };
 }
 
-export async function generateAuditOutputs(options: {
+export function createRunnerFunction(options: {
   audits: Audit[];
   targets: ESLintTarget[];
   artifacts?: PluginArtifactOptions;
-}): Promise<AuditOutputs> {
+}): RunnerFunction {
   const { audits, targets, artifacts } = options;
   const config: ESLintPluginRunnerConfig = {
     targets,
     slugs: audits.map(audit => audit.slug),
   };
 
-  ui().logger.log(`ESLint plugin executing ${targets.length} lint targets`);
-
-  const linterOutputs = artifacts
-    ? await loadArtifacts(artifacts)
-    : await asyncSequential(targets, lint);
-  const lintResults = mergeLinterOutputs(linterOutputs);
-  const failedAudits = lintResultsToAudits(lintResults);
-
-  return config.slugs.map(
-    (slug): AuditOutput =>
-      failedAudits.find(audit => audit.slug === slug) ?? {
-        slug,
-        score: 1,
-        value: 0,
-        displayValue: 'passed',
-        details: { issues: [] },
-      },
-  );
-}
-
-async function createCustomRunnerPaths(
-  options: PluginArtifactOptions,
-  config: ESLintPluginRunnerConfig,
-): Promise<RunnerFilesPaths> {
-  const artifactPaths = Array.isArray(options.artifactsPaths)
-    ? options.artifactsPaths
-    : [options.artifactsPaths];
-
-  const runnerOutputPath = artifactPaths[0] ?? '';
-  const runnerConfigPath = path.join(
-    path.dirname(runnerOutputPath),
-    'plugin-config.json',
-  );
-
-  await ensureDirectoryExists(path.dirname(runnerConfigPath));
-  await writeFile(runnerConfigPath, JSON.stringify(config));
-
-  return { runnerConfigPath, runnerOutputPath };
-}
-
-function resolveCommandArgs(
-  command?: string | { command: string; args?: string[] },
-): string[] {
-  if (!command) return [];
-  return typeof command === 'string'
-    ? [command]
-    : [command.command, ...(command.args ?? [])];
+  return async ({ outputDir }: PersistConfig): Promise<AuditOutputs> => {
+    ui().logger.log(`ESLint plugin executing ${targets.length} lint targets`);
+
+    const linterOutputs = artifacts
+      ? await loadArtifacts(artifacts)
+      : await asyncSequential(
+          targets.map(target => ({
+            ...target,
+            outputDir,
+          })),
+          lint,
+        );
+    const lintResults = mergeLinterOutputs(linterOutputs);
+    const failedAudits = lintResultsToAudits(lintResults);
+
+    return config.slugs.map(
+      (slug): AuditOutput =>
+        failedAudits.find(audit => audit.slug === slug) ?? {
+          slug,
+          score: 1,
+          value: 0,
+          displayValue: 'passed',
+          details: { issues: [] },
+        },
+    );
+  };
 }
diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.unit.test.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.unit.test.ts
index 07e12f5c1..76275ffe2 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.unit.test.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,33 @@ import type {
 } from '@code-pushup/models';
 import { ui } from '@code-pushup/utils';
 import type { ESLintTarget } from '../config.js';
-import { generateAuditOutputs } from './index.js';
+import { createRunnerFunction } from './index.js';
 import * as lintModule from './lint.js';
 import type { LinterOutput } from './types.js';
 import * as utilsFileModule from './utils.js';
 
-describe('generateAuditOutputs', () => {
+describe('call createRunnerFunction', () => {
+  it('should create runnerFunction correctly', () => {
+    expect(
+      createRunnerFunction({
+        audits: [
+          { slug: 'max-lines', title: 'Max lines', description: 'Test' },
+          {
+            slug: 'no-unused-vars',
+            title: 'No unused vars',
+            description: 'Test',
+          },
+        ],
+        targets: [{ patterns: ['src/**/*.ts'] }],
+        artifacts: {
+          artifactsPaths: ['path/to/artifacts.json'],
+        },
+      }),
+    ).toStrictEqual(expect.any(Function));
+  });
+});
+
+describe('execute created runnerFunction', () => {
   const loadArtifactsSpy = vi.spyOn(utilsFileModule, 'loadArtifacts');
   const lintSpy = vi.spyOn(lintModule, 'lint');
 
@@ -120,11 +141,11 @@ describe('generateAuditOutputs', () => {
     loadArtifactsSpy.mockResolvedValue(mockLinterOutputs);
 
     await expect(
-      generateAuditOutputs({
+      createRunnerFunction({
         audits: mockAudits,
         targets: mockTargets,
         artifacts,
-      }),
+      })({}),
     ).resolves.toStrictEqual(mockedAuditOutputs);
 
     expect(loadArtifactsSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(artifacts);
@@ -137,9 +158,10 @@ describe('generateAuditOutputs', () => {
     lintSpy.mockResolvedValueOnce(mockLinterOutputs.at(0)!);
 
     await expect(
-      generateAuditOutputs({
+      createRunnerFunction({
         audits: mockAudits,
         targets: mockTargets,
+      })({
         outputDir: 'custom-output',
       }),
     ).resolves.toStrictEqual(mockedAuditOutputs);

From a1732d4f00c64edd185386d08631cda49c615d5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hladky <michael.hladky@push-based.io>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 18:59:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 03/17] refactor(plugin-eslint): fix int tests

---
 .../eslint-plugin.int.test.ts.snap            | 11 +-------
 .../src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts         | 26 ++-----------------
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/__snapshots__/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts.snap b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/__snapshots__/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts.snap
index 388229cba..957e81e7b 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/__snapshots__/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/__snapshots__/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts.snap
@@ -346,16 +346,7 @@ exports[`eslintPlugin > should initialize ESLint plugin for React application 1`
   ],
   "icon": "eslint",
   "packageName": "@code-pushup/eslint-plugin",
-  "runner": {
-    "args": [
-      ""<dirname>/bin.js"",
-      "--runnerConfigPath="node_modules/.code-pushup/eslint/<timestamp>/plugin-config.json"",
-      "--runnerOutputPath="node_modules/.code-pushup/eslint/<timestamp>/runner-output.json"",
-    ],
-    "command": "node",
-    "configFile": "node_modules/.code-pushup/eslint/<timestamp>/plugin-config.json",
-    "outputFile": "node_modules/.code-pushup/eslint/<timestamp>/runner-output.json",
-  },
+  "runner": [Function],
   "slug": "eslint",
   "title": "ESLint",
   "version": Any<String>,
diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts
index 3e6fbcbbb..2fce6fa8f 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 import process from 'node:process';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import type { MockInstance } from 'vitest';
-import type { Audit, PluginConfig, RunnerConfig } from '@code-pushup/models';
-import { toUnixPath } from '@code-pushup/utils';
+import type { Audit } from '@code-pushup/models';
 import { eslintPlugin } from './eslint-plugin.js';
 
 describe('eslintPlugin', () => {
@@ -15,27 +14,6 @@ describe('eslintPlugin', () => {
   let cwdSpy: MockInstance<[], string>;
   let platformSpy: MockInstance<[], NodeJS.Platform>;
 
-  const replaceAbsolutePath = (plugin: PluginConfig): PluginConfig => ({
-    ...plugin,
-    runner: {
-      ...(plugin.runner as RunnerConfig),
-      args: (plugin.runner as RunnerConfig).args?.map(arg =>
-        toUnixPath(arg.replace(path.dirname(thisDir), '<dirname>')).replace(
-          /\/eslint\/\d+\//,
-          '/eslint/<timestamp>/',
-        ),
-      ),
-      ...((plugin.runner as RunnerConfig).configFile && {
-        configFile: toUnixPath(
-          (plugin.runner as RunnerConfig).configFile!,
-        ).replace(/\/eslint\/\d+\//, '/eslint/<timestamp>/'),
-      }),
-      outputFile: toUnixPath(
-        (plugin.runner as RunnerConfig).outputFile,
-      ).replace(/\/eslint\/\d+\//, '/eslint/<timestamp>/'),
-    },
-  });
-
   beforeAll(() => {
     cwdSpy = vi.spyOn(process, 'cwd');
     // Linux produces extra quotation marks for globs
@@ -55,7 +33,7 @@ describe('eslintPlugin', () => {
       patterns: ['src/**/*.js', 'src/**/*.jsx'],
     });
 
-    expect(replaceAbsolutePath(plugin)).toMatchSnapshot({
+    expect(plugin).toMatchSnapshot({
       version: expect.any(String),
     });
   });

From 5d24b82740239899061ee5ee9b74533f6bee762e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hladky <michael.hladky@push-based.io>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:42:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 04/17] refactor: remove unused code

---
 packages/plugin-eslint/src/bin.ts             |  7 --
 .../plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts     | 67 +------------------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 73 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 packages/plugin-eslint/src/bin.ts

diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/bin.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/bin.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index fc625dd73..000000000
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/bin.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import process from 'node:process';
-import { Parser } from 'yargs/helpers';
-import { executeRunner } from './lib/runner/index.js';
-
-const { runnerConfigPath, runnerOutputPath } = Parser(process.argv);
-
-await executeRunner({ runnerConfigPath, runnerOutputPath });
diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts
index 8daa7b0bd..a633c932c 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts
@@ -1,82 +1,17 @@
-import { writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
-import path from 'node:path';
 import type {
   Audit,
   AuditOutput,
   AuditOutputs,
   PersistConfig,
   PluginArtifactOptions,
-  RunnerConfig,
-  RunnerFilesPaths,
   RunnerFunction,
 } from '@code-pushup/models';
-import {
-  asyncSequential,
-  createRunnerFiles,
-  ensureDirectoryExists,
-  filePathToCliArg,
-  objectToCliArgs,
-  readJsonFile,
-  ui,
-} from '@code-pushup/utils';
+import { asyncSequential, ui } from '@code-pushup/utils';
 import type { ESLintPluginRunnerConfig, ESLintTarget } from '../config.js';
 import { lint } from './lint.js';
 import { lintResultsToAudits, mergeLinterOutputs } from './transform.js';
 import { loadArtifacts } from './utils.js';
 
-export async function executeRunner({
-  runnerConfigPath,
-  runnerOutputPath,
-}: RunnerFilesPaths): Promise<void> {
-  const { slugs, targets } =
-    await readJsonFile<ESLintPluginRunnerConfig>(runnerConfigPath);
-
-  ui().logger.log(`ESLint plugin executing ${targets.length} lint targets`);
-
-  const linterOutputs = await asyncSequential(targets, lint);
-  const lintResults = mergeLinterOutputs(linterOutputs);
-  const failedAudits = lintResultsToAudits(lintResults);
-
-  const audits = slugs.map(
-    (slug): AuditOutput =>
-      failedAudits.find(audit => audit.slug === slug) ?? {
-        slug,
-        score: 1,
-        value: 0,
-        displayValue: 'passed',
-        details: { issues: [] },
-      },
-  );
-
-  await ensureDirectoryExists(path.dirname(runnerOutputPath));
-  await writeFile(runnerOutputPath, JSON.stringify(audits));
-}
-
-export async function createRunnerConfig(
-  scriptPath: string,
-  audits: Audit[],
-  targets: ESLintTarget[],
-): Promise<RunnerConfig> {
-  const config: ESLintPluginRunnerConfig = {
-    targets,
-    slugs: audits.map(audit => audit.slug),
-  };
-  const { runnerConfigPath, runnerOutputPath } = await createRunnerFiles(
-    'eslint',
-    JSON.stringify(config),
-  );
-
-  return {
-    command: 'node',
-    args: [
-      filePathToCliArg(scriptPath),
-      ...objectToCliArgs({ runnerConfigPath, runnerOutputPath }),
-    ],
-    configFile: runnerConfigPath,
-    outputFile: runnerOutputPath,
-  };
-}
-
 export function createRunnerFunction(options: {
   audits: Audit[];
   targets: ESLintTarget[];

From 5454e032e63ee8e39eba75df9c827fabae45f9e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hladky <michael.hladky@push-based.io>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:35:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 05/17] refactor: fix int tests 1

---
 packages/plugin-eslint/package.json           |  6 +-
 .../plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts  | 59 +++++++++----------
 packages/plugin-js-packages/package.json      |  6 +-
 packages/plugin-jsdocs/package.json           |  6 +-
 packages/plugin-lighthouse/package.json       |  6 +-
 packages/plugin-typescript/package.json       |  6 +-
 packages/utils/package.json                   |  4 +-
 7 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/package.json b/packages/plugin-eslint/package.json
index 3992516e2..03288291d 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@code-pushup/eslint-plugin",
-  "version": "0.76.0",
+  "version": "0.77.0",
   "license": "MIT",
   "description": "Code PushUp plugin for detecting problems in source code using ESLint.📋",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/code-pushup/cli/tree/main/packages/plugin-eslint#readme",
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
   "type": "module",
   "dependencies": {
     "glob": "^11.0.0",
-    "@code-pushup/utils": "0.76.0",
-    "@code-pushup/models": "0.76.0",
+    "@code-pushup/utils": "0.77.0",
+    "@code-pushup/models": "0.77.0",
     "yargs": "^17.7.2",
     "zod": "^4.0.5"
   },
diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
index cd97a78bd..32dc84890 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
@@ -3,37 +3,23 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 import process from 'node:process';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { type MockInstance, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import type {
-  AuditOutput,
-  AuditOutputs,
-  Issue,
-  RunnerFilesPaths,
-} from '@code-pushup/models';
+import type { Audit, AuditOutput, Issue } from '@code-pushup/models';
 import { osAgnosticAuditOutputs } from '@code-pushup/test-utils';
-import { readJsonFile } from '@code-pushup/utils';
 import type { ESLintTarget } from './config.js';
 import { listAuditsAndGroups } from './meta/index.js';
-import { createRunnerConfig, executeRunner } from './runner/index.js';
+import { createRunnerFunction } from './runner/index.js';
 
 describe('executeRunner', () => {
   let cwdSpy: MockInstance<[], string>;
   let platformSpy: MockInstance<[], NodeJS.Platform>;
 
-  const createPluginConfig = async (
+  const createAudits = async (
     eslintrc: ESLintTarget['eslintrc'],
-  ): Promise<RunnerFilesPaths> => {
+  ): Promise<Audit[]> => {
     const patterns = ['src/**/*.js', 'src/**/*.jsx'];
     const targets: ESLintTarget[] = [{ eslintrc, patterns }];
     const { audits } = await listAuditsAndGroups(targets);
-    const { outputFile, configFile } = await createRunnerConfig(
-      'bin.js',
-      audits,
-      targets,
-    );
-    return {
-      runnerOutputPath: outputFile,
-      runnerConfigPath: configFile!,
-    };
+    return audits;
   };
 
   const appDir = path.join(
@@ -57,24 +43,35 @@ describe('executeRunner', () => {
   });
 
   it('should execute ESLint and create audit results for React application', async () => {
-    const runnerPaths = await createPluginConfig('eslint.config.js');
-    await executeRunner(runnerPaths);
-
-    const json = await readJsonFile<AuditOutputs>(runnerPaths.runnerOutputPath);
-    expect(osAgnosticAuditOutputs(json)).toMatchSnapshot();
+    const eslintTarget = 'eslint.config.js';
+    const runnerFn = await createRunnerFunction({
+      audits: await createAudits(eslintTarget),
+      targets: [
+        {
+          eslintrc: eslintTarget,
+          patterns: '.',
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+    const res = await runnerFn({ outputDir: '' });
+    await expect(osAgnosticAuditOutputs(res)).resolves.toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 
   it.skipIf(process.platform === 'win32')(
     'should execute runner with custom config using @code-pushup/eslint-config',
     async () => {
-      const runnerPaths = await createPluginConfig(
-        'code-pushup.eslint.config.mjs',
-      );
-      await executeRunner(runnerPaths);
+      const eslintTarget = 'eslint.config.js';
+      const runnerFn = await createRunnerFunction({
+        audits: await createAudits(eslintTarget),
+        targets: [
+          {
+            eslintrc: 'code-pushup.eslint.config.mjs',
+            patterns: '.',
+          },
+        ],
+      });
 
-      const json = await readJsonFile<AuditOutput[]>(
-        runnerPaths.runnerOutputPath,
-      );
+      const json = await runnerFn({ outputDir: '' });
       // expect warnings from unicorn/filename-case rule from default config
       expect(json).toContainEqual(
         expect.objectContaining<Partial<AuditOutput>>({
diff --git a/packages/plugin-js-packages/package.json b/packages/plugin-js-packages/package.json
index 6f630d164..2c7e76077 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-js-packages/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-js-packages/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@code-pushup/js-packages-plugin",
-  "version": "0.76.0",
+  "version": "0.77.0",
   "description": "Code PushUp plugin for JavaScript packages 🛡️",
   "license": "MIT",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/code-pushup/cli/tree/main/packages/plugin-js-packages#readme",
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@code-pushup/models": "0.76.0",
-    "@code-pushup/utils": "0.76.0",
+    "@code-pushup/models": "0.77.0",
+    "@code-pushup/utils": "0.77.0",
     "build-md": "^0.4.1",
     "semver": "^7.6.0",
     "yargs": "^17.7.2",
diff --git a/packages/plugin-jsdocs/package.json b/packages/plugin-jsdocs/package.json
index 599c9501d..1c70679a7 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-jsdocs/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-jsdocs/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@code-pushup/jsdocs-plugin",
-  "version": "0.76.0",
+  "version": "0.77.0",
   "description": "Code PushUp plugin for tracking documentation coverage 📚",
   "license": "MIT",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/code-pushup/cli/tree/main/packages/plugin-jsdocs#readme",
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@code-pushup/models": "0.76.0",
-    "@code-pushup/utils": "0.76.0",
+    "@code-pushup/models": "0.77.0",
+    "@code-pushup/utils": "0.77.0",
     "zod": "^4.0.5",
     "ts-morph": "^24.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/plugin-lighthouse/package.json b/packages/plugin-lighthouse/package.json
index 58bfb1fab..07ecb9aca 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-lighthouse/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-lighthouse/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@code-pushup/lighthouse-plugin",
-  "version": "0.76.0",
+  "version": "0.77.0",
   "license": "MIT",
   "description": "Code PushUp plugin for measuring web performance and quality with Lighthouse 🔥",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/code-pushup/cli/tree/main/packages/plugin-lighthouse#readme",
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@code-pushup/models": "0.76.0",
-    "@code-pushup/utils": "0.76.0",
+    "@code-pushup/models": "0.77.0",
+    "@code-pushup/utils": "0.77.0",
     "ansis": "^3.3.0",
     "chrome-launcher": "^1.1.1",
     "lighthouse": "^12.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/plugin-typescript/package.json b/packages/plugin-typescript/package.json
index 276ec84ef..ad3c4c47a 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-typescript/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-typescript/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@code-pushup/typescript-plugin",
-  "version": "0.76.0",
+  "version": "0.77.0",
   "license": "MIT",
   "description": "Code PushUp plugin for incrementally adopting strict compilation flags in TypeScript projects",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/code-pushup/cli/tree/main/packages/plugin-typescript#readme",
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@code-pushup/models": "0.76.0",
-    "@code-pushup/utils": "0.76.0",
+    "@code-pushup/models": "0.77.0",
+    "@code-pushup/utils": "0.77.0",
     "zod": "^4.0.5"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/utils/package.json b/packages/utils/package.json
index 58267ae37..c0cdf448e 100644
--- a/packages/utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/utils/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@code-pushup/utils",
-  "version": "0.76.0",
+  "version": "0.77.0",
   "description": "Low-level utilities (helper functions, etc.) used by Code PushUp CLI",
   "license": "MIT",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/code-pushup/cli/tree/main/packages/utils#readme",
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "node": ">=17.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@code-pushup/models": "0.76.0",
+    "@code-pushup/models": "0.77.0",
     "@isaacs/cliui": "^8.0.2",
     "@poppinss/cliui": "^6.4.0",
     "ansis": "^3.3.0",

From b71d2115e0856dacfbc5c0e5db790cdd62e43e3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hladky <michael.hladky@push-based.io>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:52:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 06/17] refactor: fix int tests 2

---
 .../src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts         | 23 +++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts
index 2fce6fa8f..23987e263 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts
@@ -46,18 +46,17 @@ describe('eslintPlugin', () => {
     });
 
     // expect rule from extended base eslint.config.js
-    expect(plugin.audits).toContainEqual(
-      expect.objectContaining<Audit>({
-        slug: expect.stringMatching(/^nx-enforce-module-boundaries/),
-        title: expect.any(String),
-        description: expect.stringContaining('sourceTag'),
-      }),
-    );
-    // expect rule from nx-plugin project's eslint.config.js
-    expect(plugin.audits).toContainEqual(
-      expect.objectContaining<Partial<Audit>>({
-        slug: 'nx-nx-plugin-checks',
-      }),
+    expect(plugin.audits).toStrictEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining<Audit>({
+          slug: expect.stringMatching(/^nx-enforce-module-boundaries/),
+          title: expect.any(String),
+          description: expect.stringContaining('sourceTag'),
+        }),
+        expect.objectContaining<Partial<Audit>>({
+          slug: 'nx-nx-plugin-checks',
+        }),
+      ]),
     );
   });
 

From cb1dbbc5f483173379498386f8b69d1b834ae601 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hladky <michael.hladky@push-based.io>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:53:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 07/17] refactor: fix lint 1

---
 packages/plugin-eslint/package.json | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/package.json b/packages/plugin-eslint/package.json
index 03288291d..506b21136 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
     "glob": "^11.0.0",
     "@code-pushup/utils": "0.77.0",
     "@code-pushup/models": "0.77.0",
-    "yargs": "^17.7.2",
     "zod": "^4.0.5"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {

From 1757b7d95666efdf2d15c23fc29ab58bfa6718b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hladky <michael.hladky@push-based.io>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:57:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 08/17] refactor: fix int test 4

---
 packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
index 32dc84890..693e980dd 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ describe('executeRunner', () => {
       ],
     });
     const res = await runnerFn({ outputDir: '' });
-    await expect(osAgnosticAuditOutputs(res)).resolves.toMatchSnapshot();
+    expect(osAgnosticAuditOutputs(res)).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 
   it.skipIf(process.platform === 'win32')(

From f00a6d77b3957da6a7092fb01c2a3ad0016d2cd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hladky <michael.hladky@push-based.io>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 19:03:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 09/17] refactor: fix int test 6

---
 packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
index 693e980dd..95ebaef28 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 import process from 'node:process';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { type MockInstance, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import type { Audit, AuditOutput, Issue } from '@code-pushup/models';
+import type {
+  Audit,
+  AuditOutput,
+  AuditOutputs,
+  Issue,
+} from '@code-pushup/models';
 import { osAgnosticAuditOutputs } from '@code-pushup/test-utils';
 import type { ESLintTarget } from './config.js';
 import { listAuditsAndGroups } from './meta/index.js';
@@ -53,19 +58,19 @@ describe('executeRunner', () => {
         },
       ],
     });
-    const res = await runnerFn({ outputDir: '' });
+    const res: AuditOutputs = await runnerFn({ outputDir: '' });
     expect(osAgnosticAuditOutputs(res)).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 
   it.skipIf(process.platform === 'win32')(
     'should execute runner with custom config using @code-pushup/eslint-config',
     async () => {
-      const eslintTarget = 'eslint.config.js';
+      const eslintTarget = 'code-pushup.eslint.config.mjs';
       const runnerFn = await createRunnerFunction({
         audits: await createAudits(eslintTarget),
         targets: [
           {
-            eslintrc: 'code-pushup.eslint.config.mjs',
+            eslintrc: eslintTarget,
             patterns: '.',
           },
         ],

From 11ca96e130466202ea52c0831a92137e74c09ead Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hladky <10064416+BioPhoton@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:59:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 10/17] Update
 packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Co-authored-by: Matěj Chalk <34691111+matejchalk@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
index 95ebaef28..a55727b2f 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ describe('executeRunner', () => {
         ],
       });
 
-      const json = await runnerFn({ outputDir: '' });
+      const json = await runnerFn({});
       // expect warnings from unicorn/filename-case rule from default config
       expect(json).toContainEqual(
         expect.objectContaining<Partial<AuditOutput>>({

From 33af94d53c6a7b4a78099f0918c69294c4817566 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hladky <10064416+BioPhoton@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:00:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 11/17] Update
 packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Co-authored-by: Matěj Chalk <34691111+matejchalk@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
index a55727b2f..2217c1f8e 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe('executeRunner', () => {
         },
       ],
     });
-    const res: AuditOutputs = await runnerFn({ outputDir: '' });
+    const res = (await runnerFn({})) as AuditOutputs;
     expect(osAgnosticAuditOutputs(res)).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 

From c1951f18f52d981741c81a7dff0b745d863ccba3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hladky <10064416+BioPhoton@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:01:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 12/17] Update packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Co-authored-by: Matěj Chalk <34691111+matejchalk@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts
index a633c932c..37e9931f1 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@ export function createRunnerFunction(options: {
     const linterOutputs = artifacts
       ? await loadArtifacts(artifacts)
       : await asyncSequential(
-          targets.map(target => ({
-            ...target,
-            outputDir,
-          })),
+           targets.map(target => ({ ...target, outputDir })),
           lint,
         );
     const lintResults = mergeLinterOutputs(linterOutputs);

From b55b1ca49101bb5d7d4360b5dfcbca28e1bb82dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hladky <10064416+BioPhoton@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:01:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 13/17] Update
 packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.unit.test.ts
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Co-authored-by: Matěj Chalk <34691111+matejchalk@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.unit.test.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.unit.test.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.unit.test.ts
index 76275ffe2..cfc59bbfe 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.unit.test.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe('call createRunnerFunction', () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe('execute created runnerFunction', () => {
+describe('createRunnerFunction', () => {
   const loadArtifactsSpy = vi.spyOn(utilsFileModule, 'loadArtifacts');
   const lintSpy = vi.spyOn(lintModule, 'lint');
 

From cd996fd0d2e61459927145a8ca10d7bd34da581b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hladky <10064416+BioPhoton@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:01:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 14/17] Update
 packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.unit.test.ts
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Co-authored-by: Matěj Chalk <34691111+matejchalk@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../src/lib/runner/index.unit.test.ts         | 21 -------------------
 1 file changed, 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.unit.test.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.unit.test.ts
index cfc59bbfe..bc9413d56 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.unit.test.ts
@@ -12,27 +12,6 @@ import * as lintModule from './lint.js';
 import type { LinterOutput } from './types.js';
 import * as utilsFileModule from './utils.js';
 
-describe('call createRunnerFunction', () => {
-  it('should create runnerFunction correctly', () => {
-    expect(
-      createRunnerFunction({
-        audits: [
-          { slug: 'max-lines', title: 'Max lines', description: 'Test' },
-          {
-            slug: 'no-unused-vars',
-            title: 'No unused vars',
-            description: 'Test',
-          },
-        ],
-        targets: [{ patterns: ['src/**/*.ts'] }],
-        artifacts: {
-          artifactsPaths: ['path/to/artifacts.json'],
-        },
-      }),
-    ).toStrictEqual(expect.any(Function));
-  });
-});
-
 describe('createRunnerFunction', () => {
   const loadArtifactsSpy = vi.spyOn(utilsFileModule, 'loadArtifacts');
   const lintSpy = vi.spyOn(lintModule, 'lint');

From f838cfbd700ff82497fa1cd584192cd6fc7abbe9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hladky <10064416+BioPhoton@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:02:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 15/17] Update
 packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Co-authored-by: Matěj Chalk <34691111+matejchalk@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts
index 23987e263..eef2cf872 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.int.test.ts
@@ -153,6 +153,6 @@ describe('eslintPlugin', () => {
       },
     );
 
-    expect(typeof plugin.runner).toBe('function');
+    expect(plugin.runner).toBeTypeOf('function');
   });
 });

From 67c27941374f6323fd61665b6fb84ebea9381997 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hladky <10064416+BioPhoton@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:04:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 16/17] Update
 packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Co-authored-by: Matěj Chalk <34691111+matejchalk@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts | 12 ++----------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
index 2217c1f8e..c69efdc09 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
@@ -48,16 +48,8 @@ describe('executeRunner', () => {
   });
 
   it('should execute ESLint and create audit results for React application', async () => {
-    const eslintTarget = 'eslint.config.js';
-    const runnerFn = await createRunnerFunction({
-      audits: await createAudits(eslintTarget),
-      targets: [
-        {
-          eslintrc: eslintTarget,
-          patterns: '.',
-        },
-      ],
-    });
+    const args = await prepareRunnerArgs('eslint.config.js');
+    const runnerFn = await createRunnerFunction(args);
     const res = (await runnerFn({})) as AuditOutputs;
     expect(osAgnosticAuditOutputs(res)).toMatchSnapshot();
   });

From 51a431e2472e6c9086affa8c0bb1a904e916ddb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hladky <michael.hladky@push-based.io>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:14:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 17/17] refactor: improve tests

---
 .../plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts  | 31 +++++++++----------
 .../plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts     |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
index c69efdc09..05f8bb004 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.int.test.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 import process from 'node:process';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { type MockInstance, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import type {
-  Audit,
-  AuditOutput,
-  AuditOutputs,
-  Issue,
+import {
+  type Audit,
+  type AuditOutput,
+  type AuditOutputs,
+  DEFAULT_PERSIST_OUTPUT_DIR,
+  type Issue,
 } from '@code-pushup/models';
 import { osAgnosticAuditOutputs } from '@code-pushup/test-utils';
 import type { ESLintTarget } from './config.js';
@@ -18,13 +19,13 @@ describe('executeRunner', () => {
   let cwdSpy: MockInstance<[], string>;
   let platformSpy: MockInstance<[], NodeJS.Platform>;
 
-  const createAudits = async (
+  const prepareRunnerArgs = async (
     eslintrc: ESLintTarget['eslintrc'],
-  ): Promise<Audit[]> => {
+  ): Promise<{ audits: Audit[]; targets: ESLintTarget[] }> => {
     const patterns = ['src/**/*.js', 'src/**/*.jsx'];
     const targets: ESLintTarget[] = [{ eslintrc, patterns }];
     const { audits } = await listAuditsAndGroups(targets);
-    return audits;
+    return { audits, targets };
   };
 
   const appDir = path.join(
@@ -50,7 +51,9 @@ describe('executeRunner', () => {
   it('should execute ESLint and create audit results for React application', async () => {
     const args = await prepareRunnerArgs('eslint.config.js');
     const runnerFn = await createRunnerFunction(args);
-    const res = (await runnerFn({})) as AuditOutputs;
+    const res = (await runnerFn({
+      outputDir: DEFAULT_PERSIST_OUTPUT_DIR,
+    })) as AuditOutputs;
     expect(osAgnosticAuditOutputs(res)).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 
@@ -59,16 +62,10 @@ describe('executeRunner', () => {
     async () => {
       const eslintTarget = 'code-pushup.eslint.config.mjs';
       const runnerFn = await createRunnerFunction({
-        audits: await createAudits(eslintTarget),
-        targets: [
-          {
-            eslintrc: eslintTarget,
-            patterns: '.',
-          },
-        ],
+        ...(await prepareRunnerArgs(eslintTarget)),
       });
 
-      const json = await runnerFn({});
+      const json = await runnerFn({ outputDir: DEFAULT_PERSIST_OUTPUT_DIR });
       // expect warnings from unicorn/filename-case rule from default config
       expect(json).toContainEqual(
         expect.objectContaining<Partial<AuditOutput>>({
diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts
index 37e9931f1..79a4abdfc 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export function createRunnerFunction(options: {
     const linterOutputs = artifacts
       ? await loadArtifacts(artifacts)
       : await asyncSequential(
-           targets.map(target => ({ ...target, outputDir })),
+          targets.map(target => ({ ...target, outputDir })),
           lint,
         );
     const lintResults = mergeLinterOutputs(linterOutputs);