diff --git a/.rubocop_rspec_base.yml b/.rubocop_rspec_base.yml
index af024e8c53..4af70a17fc 100644
--- a/.rubocop_rspec_base.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_rspec_base.yml
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@ LineLength:
 MethodLength:
   Max: 15
 
-# Who cares what we call the argument for binary operator methods?
-BinaryOperatorParameterName:
-  Enabled: false
-
 PercentLiteralDelimiters:
   PreferredDelimiters:
     '%':  ()      # double-quoted string
@@ -115,195 +111,16 @@ StringLiterals:
 Style/SpecialGlobalVars:
   Enabled: false
 
-Style/TrailingCommaInLiteral:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/TrailingCommaInArguments:
-  Enabled: false
-
 TrivialAccessors:
   AllowDSLWriters: true
   AllowPredicates: true
   ExactNameMatch: true
 
-Style/ParallelAssignment:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Layout/EmptyLineBetweenDefs:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Layout/FirstParameterIndentation:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Naming/ConstantName:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/ClassCheck:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/ConditionalAssignment:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/EmptyMethod:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/FormatStringToken:
-  Enabled: false
-
 Style/GuardClause:
   Enabled: false
 
-Style/IdenticalConditionalBranches:
-  Enabled: false
-
 Style/IfUnlessModifier:
   Enabled: false
 
-Style/IfUnlessModifierOfIfUnless:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/MethodMissing:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/MixinUsage:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/MultipleComparison:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/MutableConstant:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/NestedModifier:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/NestedParenthesizedCalls:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/NumericPredicate:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/RedundantParentheses:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/StringLiteralsInInterpolation:
-  Enabled: false
-
 Style/SymbolArray:
   Enabled: false
-
-Style/SymbolProc:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/YodaCondition:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/ZeroLengthPredicate:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Layout/ClosingParenthesisIndentation:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Layout/ExtraSpacing:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Layout/MultilineMethodCallBraceLayout:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Layout/MultilineMethodCallIndentation:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Layout/MultilineOperationIndentation:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Layout/SpaceAroundBlockParameters:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Layout/SpaceAroundOperators:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Layout/SpaceBeforeComma:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/BlockDelimiters:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/EmptyCaseCondition:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/MultilineIfModifier:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/RescueStandardError:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/StderrPuts:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/TernaryParentheses:
-  Enabled: false
-
-# This could likely be enabled, but it had a false positive on rspec-mocks
-# (suggested change was not behaviour preserving) so I don't trust it.
-Performance/HashEachMethods:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Naming/HeredocDelimiterNaming:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Layout/EmptyLineAfterMagicComment:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Layout/IndentArray:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Layout/IndentAssignment:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Layout/IndentHeredoc:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Layout/SpaceInsidePercentLiteralDelimiters:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/EmptyElse:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/IfInsideElse:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/RedundantReturn:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/StructInheritance:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Naming/VariableNumber:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Layout/SpaceInsideStringInterpolation:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/DateTime:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/ParenthesesAroundCondition:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Layout/EmptyLinesAroundBlockBody:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Lint/ImplicitStringConcatenation:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Lint/NestedMethodDefinition:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/RegexpLiteral:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Style/TrailingUnderscoreVariable:
-  Enabled: false
-
-Layout/EmptyLinesAroundAccessModifier:
-  Enabled: false
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a1cc8fe9ce..40b827eea8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -38,57 +38,61 @@ dist: trusty
 matrix:
   include:
     # Rails dev / 6 builds >= 2.4.4
-    - rvm: 2.6.3
+    - rvm: 2.6.6
       env: RAILS_VERSION=master
-    - rvm: 2.5.3
+    - rvm: 2.5.8
       env: RAILS_VERSION=master
-    - rvm: 2.4.4
+    - rvm: 2.4.10
       env: RAILS_VERSION=master
 
     # Rails 5.2 builds >= 2.2.2
-    - rvm: 2.6.3
+    - rvm: 2.6.6
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 5.2.0'
-    - rvm: 2.5.3
+    - rvm: 2.5.8
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 5.2.0'
-    - rvm: 2.4.4
+    - rvm: 2.4.10
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 5.2.0'
-    - rvm: 2.3.7
+    - rvm: 2.3.8
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 5.2.0'
     - rvm: 2.2.10
-      env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 5.2.0'
+      # An incompatibility with Ruby 2.2 in Rails 5.2.4.0 (still not fixed 5.2.4.3)
+      # prevents from testing against this combination. This bug is not in 5-2-stable:
+      #   lib/action_dispatch/request/session.rb:96: syntax error, unexpected '.'
+      #             id&.public_id
+      env: RAILS_VERSION='5-2-stable'
 
     # Rails 5.1 Builds >= 2.2.2
-    - rvm: 2.6.3
+    - rvm: 2.6.6
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 5.1.0'
-    - rvm: 2.5.3
+    - rvm: 2.5.8
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 5.1.0'
-    - rvm: 2.4.4
+    - rvm: 2.4.10
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 5.1.0'
-    - rvm: 2.3.7
+    - rvm: 2.3.8
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 5.1.0'
     - rvm: 2.2.10
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 5.1.0'
 
     # Rails 5.0 Builds >= 2.2.2
-    - rvm: 2.6.3
+    - rvm: 2.6.6
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 5.0.0'
-    - rvm: 2.5.3
+    - rvm: 2.5.8
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 5.0.0'
-    - rvm: 2.4.4
+    - rvm: 2.4.10
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 5.0.0'
-    - rvm: 2.3.7
+    - rvm: 2.3.8
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 5.0.0'
     - rvm: 2.2.10
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 5.0.0'
 
     # Rails 4.2 Builds >= 1.9.3
-    - rvm: 2.4.4
+    - rvm: 2.4.10
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 4.2.0'
-    - rvm: 2.4.4
+    - rvm: 2.4.10
       env: RAILS_VERSION=4-2-stable
-    - rvm: 2.3.7
+    - rvm: 2.3.8
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 4.2.0'
-    - rvm: 2.3.7
+    - rvm: 2.3.8
       env: RAILS_VERSION=4-2-stable
     - rvm: 2.2.10
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 4.2.0'
@@ -108,9 +112,9 @@ matrix:
       env: RAILS_VERSION=4-2-stable
 
     # Rails 4.1 Builds >= 1.9.3, < 2.4
-    - rvm: 2.3.7
+    - rvm: 2.3.8
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 4.1.0'
-    - rvm: 2.3.7
+    - rvm: 2.3.8
       env: RAILS_VERSION=4-1-stable
     - rvm: 2.2.10
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 4.1.0'
@@ -130,9 +134,9 @@ matrix:
       env: RAILS_VERSION=4-1-stable
 
     # Rails 4.0 Builds >= 1.8.11, < 2.4
-    - rvm: 2.3.7
+    - rvm: 2.3.8
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 4.0.4'
-    - rvm: 2.3.7
+    - rvm: 2.3.8
       env: RAILS_VERSION=4-0-stable
     - rvm: 2.2.10
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 4.0.4'
@@ -152,9 +156,9 @@ matrix:
       env: RAILS_VERSION=4-0-stable
 
     # Rails 3.2 Builds < 2.4
-    - rvm: 2.3.7
+    - rvm: 2.3.8
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 3.2.17'
-    - rvm: 2.3.7
+    - rvm: 2.3.8
       env: RAILS_VERSION=3-2-stable
     - rvm: 2.2.10
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 3.2.17'
@@ -202,12 +206,17 @@ matrix:
       env: RAILS_VERSION='~> 3.0.20'
 
   allow_failures:
-    - rvm: 2.6.3
+    - rvm: 2.6.6
       env: RAILS_VERSION=master
-    - rvm: 2.5.3
+    - rvm: 2.5.8
       env: RAILS_VERSION=master
-    - rvm: 2.4.4
+    - rvm: 2.4.10
       env: RAILS_VERSION=master
+    - rvm: 2.2.10
+      # An actual incompatibility of 5.2.4.0-5.2.4.3 forces to use `5-2-stable`,
+      # but there's a minor difference in the generated tests that results in a
+      # minor failure.
+      env: RAILS_VERSION='5-2-stable'
   fast_finish: true
 
 branches:
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 89036e90a9..98cf5e9dfc 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ gem 'yard', '~> 0.9.24', :require => false
 
 ### deps for rdoc.info
 group :documentation do
-  gem 'redcarpet'
-  gem 'github-markup'
   if RUBY_VERSION > '2.0.0'
+    gem 'redcarpet'
+    gem 'github-markup'
     gem 'relish'
   end
 end
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ end
 
 if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'
   gem 'ffi', '< 1.9.19' # ffi dropped Ruby 1.8 support in 1.9.19
-else
-  gem 'ffi', '~> 1.9.25'
+elsif RUBY_VERSION < '2.0'
+  gem 'ffi', '< 1.11.0' # ffi dropped Ruby 2.0 support in 1.11.0
+elsif RUBY_VERSION < '2.3'
+  gem 'ffi', '< 1.13.0'
 end
 
 if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.0.0'
@@ -80,8 +82,8 @@ if RUBY_VERSION <= '1.8.7'
   # cucumber and gherkin require rubyzip as a runtime dependency on 1.8.7
   # Only < 1.0 supports 1.8.7
   gem 'rubyzip', '< 1.0'
-else
-  gem "rubyzip", '>= 1.2.2'
+elsif RUBY_VERSION < '2.4'
+  gem 'rubyzip', '>= 1.2.2', '< 2.0.0'
 end
 
 if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.0.0' && RUBY_VERSION < '2.2.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile-rails-dependencies b/Gemfile-rails-dependencies
index 9d9bd20849..a952cda6d0 100644
--- a/Gemfile-rails-dependencies
+++ b/Gemfile-rails-dependencies
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 version_file = File.expand_path("../.rails-version", __FILE__)
 
-# FIXME: rack 2.1.0 introduces a deprecation warning that rails is triggering,
-# but in later versions this warning will be removed. Get rid of this hack once
-# rack 2.1.0+ is out.
-gem 'rack', '!= 2.1.0'
-
 case version = ENV['RAILS_VERSION'] || (File.exist?(version_file) && File.read(version_file).chomp) || ''
 when /master/
   gem "rails", :git => "https://github.com/rails/rails.git"
@@ -26,13 +21,14 @@ when /stable$/
   gem_list = %w[rails railties actionmailer actionpack activerecord activesupport]
   gem_list << 'activejob'  if version > '4-1-stable'
   gem_list << 'actionview' if version > '4-0-stable'
-  if RUBY_VERSION  >= "2.2"
-    gem_list << 'puma' if version > '5-0-stable'
-  end
 
   gem_list.each do |rails_gem|
     gem rails_gem, :git => "https://github.com/rails/rails.git", :branch => version
   end
+
+  gem 'puma' if RUBY_VERSION  >= '2.2' && version > '5-0-stable'
+
+  gem "sprockets", '~> 3.0' if RUBY_VERSION < '2.5' && version >= '4-0-stable'
 when nil, false, ""
   if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9.3'
     # Rails 4+ requires 1.9.3+, so on earlier versions default to the last 3.x release.
@@ -46,20 +42,49 @@ when nil, false, ""
 else
   gem "rails", version
 
-  if version >= '5-1-stable' && RUBY_VERSION  >= "2.2"
+  major_minor_version = version.gsub(/[^\d\.]/,'').to_f
+
+  if major_minor_version >= 5.1 && RUBY_VERSION  >= "2.2"
     gem "puma"
   end
 
-  if RUBY_VERSION < "2.5"
-    gem "sprockets", "~> 3.0"
-  end
+  gem "sprockets", '~> 3.0' if RUBY_VERSION < '2.5' && major_minor_version >= 4.0
 
-  if version.gsub(/[^\d\.]/,'').to_f >= 6.0
+  if major_minor_version >= 6.0
     gem "activerecord-jdbcsqlite3-adapter", "~> 60.0.rc1", :platforms => [:jruby]
   else
     gem 'activerecord-jdbcsqlite3-adapter', :platforms => [:jruby]
   end
 end
 
-gem "i18n", '< 0.7.0' if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9.3'
+gem "childprocess", '< 2.0.0' if RUBY_VERSION < '2.3'
+
+if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9.3'
+  gem "i18n", '< 0.7.0'
+elsif RUBY_VERSION < '2.3.0'
+  gem "i18n", '< 1.5.2'
+end
+
+gem "nio4r", '< 2.4.0' if RUBY_VERSION < '2.3'
+
+if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9.3'
+  gem "public_suffix", '< 1.4.0'
+elsif RUBY_VERSION < '2.0'
+  gem "public_suffix", '< 2.0.0'
+elsif RUBY_VERSION < '2.1'
+  gem "public_suffix", '< 3.0.0'
+elsif RUBY_VERSION < '2.3'
+  gem "public_suffix", '< 4.0.0'
+end
+
+# rack 2.1.0 introduces a deprecation warning that rails is triggering,
+# but in later versions this warning is removed.
+if RUBY_VERSION < '2.2'
+  gem "rack", '< 2.0.0', '!= 2.1.0'
+elsif RUBY_VERSION < '2.3'
+  gem "rack", '< 2.2.0', '!= 2.1.0'
+end
+
 gem "test-unit" if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.2.0' && version =~ /3[.-]2[.-]/
+
+gem "xpath", '< 3.2.0' if RUBY_VERSION < '2.3'
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index de4c5b3492..bd15a19681 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace :generate do
 
       # Rails 4 cannot use a `rails` binstub generated by Bundler
       sh "rm -f #{bindir}/rails"
-      sh "bundle exec rails new ./tmp/example_app --no-rc --skip-javascript --skip-sprockets --skip-git --skip-test-unit --skip-listen --skip-bundle --template=example_app_generator/generate_app.rb"
+      sh "bundle exec rails new ./tmp/example_app --no-rc --skip-javascript --skip-bootsnap --skip-sprockets --skip-spring --skip-git --skip-test-unit --skip-listen --skip-bundle --template=example_app_generator/generate_app.rb"
 
       in_example_app do
         sh "./travis_retry_bundle_install.sh 2>&1"
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ namespace :no_active_record do
 
         # Rails 4 cannot use a `rails` binstub generated by Bundler
         sh "rm -f #{bindir}/rails"
-        sh "bundle exec rails new #{example_app_dir} --no-rc --skip-active-record --skip-javascript --skip-bootsnap --skip-sprockets --skip-git --skip-test-unit --skip-listen --skip-bundle --template=example_app_generator/generate_app.rb"
+        sh "bundle exec rails new #{example_app_dir} --no-rc --skip-active-record --skip-javascript --skip-bootsnap --skip-sprockets --skip-spring --skip-git --skip-test-unit --skip-listen --skip-bundle --template=example_app_generator/generate_app.rb"
 
         in_example_app(:app_dir => example_app_dir) do
           sh "./travis_retry_bundle_install.sh 2>&1"
diff --git a/features/support/env.rb b/features/support/env.rb
index d4d96ebb81..ba56a9a4eb 100644
--- a/features/support/env.rb
+++ b/features/support/env.rb
@@ -2,19 +2,33 @@
 require 'fileutils'
 
 module ArubaExt
-  def run_command(cmd, timeout = nil)
-    exec_cmd = cmd =~ /^rspec/ ? "bin/#{cmd}" : cmd
-    unset_bundler_env_vars
-    # Ensure the correct Gemfile and binstubs are found
-    in_current_directory do
-      with_unbundled_env do
-        super(exec_cmd, timeout)
+  if defined?(Aruba::VERSION) && Aruba::VERSION >= '0.14.12'
+    def run_command(cmd, timeout = nil)
+      exec_cmd = cmd =~ /^rspec/ ? "bin/#{cmd}" : cmd
+      unset_bundler_env_vars
+      # Ensure the correct Gemfile and binstubs are found
+      in_current_directory do
+        with_unbundled_env do
+          super(exec_cmd, timeout)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  else
+    def run(cmd, timeout = nil)
+      exec_cmd = cmd =~ /^rspec/ ? "bin/#{cmd}" : cmd
+      super(exec_cmd, timeout)
+    end
+    # This method overrides Aruba 0.5.4 implementation so that we can reset Bundler to use the sample app Gemfile
+    def in_current_dir(&block)
+      Bundler.with_clean_env do
+        _mkdir(current_dir)
+        Dir.chdir(current_dir, &block)
       end
     end
   end
 
   def unset_bundler_env_vars
-    empty_env = with_environment { with_unbundled_env { ENV.to_h } }
+    empty_env = with_environment { with_unbundled_env { env_to_h } }
     aruba_env = aruba.environment.to_h
     (aruba_env.keys - empty_env.keys).each do |key|
       delete_environment_variable key
@@ -31,14 +45,28 @@ def with_unbundled_env
       Bundler.with_clean_env { yield }
     end
   end
-end
 
-World(ArubaExt)
+  def env_to_h
+    if RUBY_VERSION > '2.0'
+      ENV.to_h
+    else
+      ENV.inject({}) { |h, (k, v)| h[k] = v; h }
+    end
+  end
+end
 
-Aruba.configure do |config|
-  config.exit_timeout = 30
+if defined?(Aruba::VERSION) && Aruba::VERSION >= '0.14.12'
+  Aruba.configure do |config|
+    config.exit_timeout = 30
+  end
+else
+  Before do
+    @aruba_timeout_seconds = 30
+  end
 end
 
+World(ArubaExt)
+
 unless File.directory?('./tmp/example_app')
   system "rake generate:app generate:stuff"
 end
diff --git a/lib/rspec/rails/configuration.rb b/lib/rspec/rails/configuration.rb
index 10b8e90159..b61dfbcaf1 100644
--- a/lib/rspec/rails/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/rspec/rails/configuration.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ def self.add_test_type_configurations(config)
     end
 
     # @private
-    def self.initialize_configuration(config) # rubocop:disable Metrics/MethodLength,Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity
+    # rubocop:disable Style/MethodLength
+    # rubocop:disable Style/CyclomaticComplexity
+    def self.initialize_configuration(config)
       config.backtrace_exclusion_patterns << /vendor\//
       config.backtrace_exclusion_patterns << %r{lib/rspec/rails}
 
@@ -176,6 +178,7 @@ def filter_rails_from_backtrace!
       end
     end
     # rubocop:enable Style/MethodLength
+    # rubocop:enable Style/CyclomaticComplexity
 
     initialize_configuration RSpec.configuration
   end
diff --git a/rspec-rails.gemspec b/rspec-rails.gemspec
index d9ef49b90a..e57043bdbc 100644
--- a/rspec-rails.gemspec
+++ b/rspec-rails.gemspec
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   end
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'cucumber', '~> 1.3.5'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'aruba',    '~> 0.14.12'
+  if ENV['RAILS_VERSION'].gsub(/[^\d\.-]/, '').tr('-', '.') < '4.0'
+    # We use aruba `~> 0.5.4` as the last known working version and later versions (> 0.9) depend on thor ~> 0.19, which is incompatible with railties < 4.0.
+    s.add_development_dependency 'aruba', '~> 0.5.4'
+  else
+    s.add_development_dependency 'aruba', '~> 0.14.12'
+  end
   s.add_development_dependency 'ammeter',  '~> 1.1.2'
 end
diff --git a/script/downgrade_bundler_on_old_rails b/script/downgrade_bundler_on_old_rails
index ae59f78626..98a9585d0d 100755
--- a/script/downgrade_bundler_on_old_rails
+++ b/script/downgrade_bundler_on_old_rails
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if ruby -e "exit(ENV['RAILS_VERSION'].scan(/\d+\.\d+.\d+/)[0].to_f < 5)"; then
 
   # this only works on Ruby 2.3 which is luckily the version we need to fix
   if ruby -e "exit(RUBY_VERSION.to_f == 2.3)"; then
-    rvm @global do gem uninstall -aIx bundler
+    rvm @global do gem uninstall -aIx bundler || echo "Warning: error occured removing bundler from the global RVM gemset"
   fi
 
   gem install bundler -v '1.17.3'
diff --git a/script/update_rubygems_and_install_bundler b/script/update_rubygems_and_install_bundler
index a6b4a95925..d673293da6 100755
--- a/script/update_rubygems_and_install_bundler
+++ b/script/update_rubygems_and_install_bundler
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ if is_ruby_23_plus; then
     yes | gem install bundler
   else
     echo "Warning installing older versions of Rubygems / Bundler"
-    gem update --system '2.7.8'
+    gem update --system '2.7.10'
     gem install bundler -v '1.17.3'
   fi
 else
   echo "Warning installing older versions of Rubygems / Bundler"
-  gem update --system '2.7.8'
+  gem update --system '2.7.10'
   gem install bundler -v '1.17.3'
 fi
diff --git a/spec/rspec/rails/example/view_example_group_spec.rb b/spec/rspec/rails/example/view_example_group_spec.rb
index 567a56dd83..b2d1a820d5 100644
--- a/spec/rspec/rails/example/view_example_group_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rspec/rails/example/view_example_group_spec.rb
@@ -218,17 +218,31 @@ def controller
         expect(view_spec.view).to eq(view)
       end
 
-      it 'is accessible to hooks' do
+      if RUBY_VERSION <= "2.3.0" && ENV["RAILS_VERSION"] !~ /stable/ && ::Rails.version.to_f == 5.2
+        pending_only_on_ruby_22_rails_52 = """
+          Rails 5.2.4.2 has a syntax error in ActionDispatch::Request::Session.
+          (A &. usage which does not work in 2.2.10)
+          It has been fixed but not released, this spec will not pass until that
+          has been released.
+        """
+      else
+        pending_only_on_ruby_22_rails_52 = false
+      end
+
+      # Regression test from rspec/rspec-rails#833
+      it 'is accessible to configuration-level hooks', :pending => pending_only_on_ruby_22_rails_52 do
         with_isolated_config do
           run_count = 0
           RSpec.configuration.before(:each, :type => :view) do
-            allow(view).to receive(:a_stubbed_helper) { :value }
+            # `view` is provided from the view example type, and serves to
+            # demonstrate this hook is run in the correct context.
+            allow(view).to receive(:render) { :value }
             run_count += 1
           end
           group = RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup.describe 'a view', :type => :view do
-            specify { true }
+            specify { expect(view.render).to eq(:value) }
           end
-          group.run NullObject.new
+          group.run
           expect(run_count).to eq 1
         end
       end