shared_examples 'malicious regexp' do let(:malicious_text) { 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!' } let(:malicious_regexp) { '(?i)^(([a-z])+.)+[A-Z]([a-z])+$' } it 'takes under a second' do expect { Timeout.timeout(1) { subject } }.not_to raise_error end end