Before: Save g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api function! CollectMessages(buffer) let l:messages = [] for l:diag in v:lua.vim.diagnostic.get(a:buffer) call add(l:messages, l:diag.message) endfor return l:messages endfunction After: unlet! b:other_bufnr delfunction CollectMessages Restore Execute(Should only set diagnostics belonging to the given buffer): if has('nvim-0.6') let b:other_bufnr = bufnr('/foo/bar/baz', 1) " Make sure we actually get another buffer number, or the test is invalid. AssertNotEqual -1, b:other_bufnr let g:ale_use_neovim_diagnostics_api = 1 call ale#engine#SetResults(bufnr('%'), [ \ { \ 'lnum': 1, \ 'col': 10, \ 'bufnr': bufnr('%'), \ 'vcol': 0, \ 'linter_name': 'bettercode', \ 'nr': -1, \ 'type': 'W', \ 'text': 'A', \ }, \ { \ 'lnum': 2, \ 'col': 10, \ 'bufnr': b:other_bufnr, \ 'vcol': 0, \ 'linter_name': 'bettercode', \ 'nr': -1, \ 'type': 'W', \ 'text': 'B', \ }, \ { \ 'lnum': 3, \ 'col': 1, \ 'bufnr': bufnr('%'), \ 'vcol': 0, \ 'linter_name': 'bettercode', \ 'nr': -1, \ 'type': 'E', \ 'text': 'C', \ }, \ { \ 'lnum': 4, \ 'col': 1, \ 'bufnr': b:other_bufnr, \ 'vcol': 0, \ 'linter_name': 'bettercode', \ 'nr': -1, \ 'type': 'E', \ 'text': 'D', \ }, \]) AssertEqual ["A", "C"], CollectMessages(bufnr('%')) endif