Rails 2.2.2, Shoulda 2.9.1, Factory Girl 1.2.0 The default test: context 'PUT to update for existing survey' do setup do @survey = Factory(:survey) put :update, :id => @survey.to_param, :survey => Factory.attributes_for(:survey) end should_set_the_flash_to /updated/i should_redirect_to 'surveys_path' end Fails with: 3) Failure: test: PUT to update for existing survey should redirect to surveys_path. (SurveysControllerTest) [/Library/WebServer/Documents/radmatch/vendor/plugins/shoulda/lib/shoulda/action_controller/macros.rb:239:in `__bind_1236625179_419089' /Library/WebServer/Documents/radmatch/vendor/plugins/shoulda/lib/shoulda/context.rb:253:in `call' /Library/WebServer/Documents/radmatch/vendor/plugins/shoulda/lib/shoulda/context.rb:253:in `test: PUT to update for existing survey should redirect to surveys_path. ' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active_support/testing/setup_and_teardown.rb:60:in `__send__' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active_support/testing/setup_and_teardown.rb:60:in `run']: Expected response to be a redirect to but was a redirect to . It seems like the expected redirection url doesn't have the ID in it, where the returned URL does. But i may be missing something obvious! An older version of Coulda generated this test for my staff controller a few days ago: context 'PUT to update' do setup do @staff = Factory(:staff) put :update, :id => @staff.staff_id, :staff => Factory.attributes_for(:staff) end should_redirect_to 'staff_path(@staff)' end This test runs fine (passes) in my environment. And there the (@staff) is included leading me to believe it would also be needed in the tests of my survey controller.