got Stuck In Testing

[HUMAYOU-ALI-SARAL]

const {expect,assert}=require("chai")
const { describe, beforeEach, it } = require("node:test")
describe("SimpleStorage",function(){
  let contractFactory,simpleStorage
  beforeEach(async()=>{
    contractFactory=await ethers.getContractFactory("SimpleStorage")
    simpleStorage=await contractFactory.deploy()
  })
  it("it should start with the favourite number of 0",async function(){
    const currentValue=await simpleStorage.retrieve()
    const expectedValue="1" 
    assert.equal(currentValue.toString(),expectedValue)
  })
})

Error:

  0 passing (1ms)

# Subtest: SimpleStorage
    # Subtest: it should start with the favourite number of 0
    not ok 1 - it should start with the favourite number of 0
      ---
      duration_ms: 2362.802989
      failureType: 'hookFailed'
      error: 'failed running beforeEach hook'
      code: 'ERR_TEST_FAILURE'
      stack: |-
        Artifacts._handleWrongArtifactForContractName (/media/humayou/272F73E63EAB4DD6/hardHat/SimpleStorage/node_modules/hardhat/src/internal/artifacts.ts:700:11)
        Artifacts._getArtifactPathFromFiles (/media/humayou/272F73E63EAB4DD6/hardHat/SimpleStorage/node_modules/hardhat/src/internal/artifacts.ts:825:19)
        Artifacts._getArtifactPath (/media/humayou/272F73E63EAB4DD6/hardHat/SimpleStorage/node_modules/hardhat/src/internal/artifacts.ts:505:21)
        Artifacts.readArtifact (/media/humayou/272F73E63EAB4DD6/hardHat/SimpleStorage/node_modules/hardhat/src/internal/artifacts.ts:71:26)
        getContractFactory (/media/humayou/272F73E63EAB4DD6/hardHat/SimpleStorage/node_modules/@nomicfoundation/hardhat-ethers/src/internal/helpers.ts:107:22)
        Object.<anonymous> (/media/humayou/272F73E63EAB4DD6/hardHat/SimpleStorage/test/Lock.js:7:21)
        TestHook.run (node:internal/test_runner/test:544:9)
        node:internal/test_runner/test:487:9
        Suite.runHook (node:internal/test_runner/test:485:7)
        ItTest.run (node:internal/test_runner/test:519:9)
      ...
    1..1
not ok 1 - SimpleStorage
  ---
  duration_ms: 2366.639547
  failureType: 'subtestsFailed'
  error: '1 subtest failed'
  code: 'ERR_TEST_FAILURE'
  ...

[alfaqi]

Hi @HUMAYOU-ALI-SARAL,
Try to clean cache files and artifices by
npx hardhat clean or yarn hardhat clean