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title: fileParallelism | Config
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# fileParallelism

- **Type:** `boolean`
- **Default:** `true`
- **CLI:** `--no-file-parallelism`, `--fileParallelism=false`

Should all test files run in parallel. Setting this to `false` will override `maxWorkers` option to `1`.

::: tip
This option doesn't affect tests running in the same file. If you want to run those in parallel, use `concurrent` option on [describe](/api/describe#describe-concurrent) or via [a config](/config/sequence#sequence-concurrent).
:::
