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Jest - how to expect for a thrown error on an async function, which gets caught

I try to do this:

it('should throw an error', async ()=> {
    expect.assertions(1);
    try {
        await processor({}, MODULE_CONFIG)
    }
    catch (e) {
        expect(e).toBe("[TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'match')]")
    }
});

but it gives me this error:

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I tried toMatch like in the docs, but it also give an error (one that seems even worse)

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I tried using rejects.tobe instead, but i get the same error:

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about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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