# Singular tests not connecting with config files.

**URL:** <https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/singular-tests-not-connecting-with-config-files/17093>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [November 23, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/singular-tests-not-connecting-with-config-files/17093 "2024-11-23T15:24:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![dvanbolt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dvanbolt](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/dvanbolt)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/singular-tests-not-connecting-with-config-files/17093/1 "2024-11-23T15:24:55Z")

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According to the docs: “To add a description to a singular test in your project, add a .yml file to your tests directory, for example, tests/schema.yml”

As far as I can tell, this doesn’t work. I have tried placing in both the tests and models directory as well as using both “tests” and the suggested “data\_tests” as the top level tag in the yml file as well as removing all profile file level test configuration. The only way I can affect any change on a singular test seems to be to add a model level config block to the SQL file. As this does not support the “description” attribute, there is no way to document singular tests. What am I doing wrong here. No errors, no “unused config” warnings, just seemingly zero affect from a yml file placed in the tests path.

Using 1.8.7.

What am I doing wrong? Any workarounds to populate the description node on the manifest for a singular test?

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**Author:** ![asakanak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@asakanak](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/asakanak)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/singular-tests-not-connecting-with-config-files/17093/2 "2024-11-29T12:37:18Z")

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I have the exact same issue on dbt 1.8.6. We have pre-commit hooks to ensure that we have tests documented, and I was getting frustrated as this simply doesn’t work.