Issue with Capybara request specs with JS - can't find the model

I'm having an issue with JS request specs - basic visiting of a model edit page:

it "can edit a doc", :js => true do doc = FactoryGirl.create(:doc) # tried with Doc.create as well puts Doc.find(doc.id) # 1 <- so it's definitely in the DB! visit edit_doc_path(doc) end 

Result: "ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound - Couldn't find doc with id=1"

The odd thing is it works with standard request spec. I tried both webkit and selenium drivers. My spec_helper looks like this (should be pretty standard):

RSpec.configure do |config| config.use_transactional_fixtures = false Capybara.javascript_driver = :webkit config.before(:suite) do DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction end config.before(:each) do DatabaseCleaner.start end config.after(:each) do DatabaseCleaner.clean end config.before(:each, :type => :request) do Capybara.reset_sessions! end end 

Rails 3.1.4, no versioning for capybara, rspec, etc. test libraries.

Any input much appreciated! Thanks!