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Using cucumber, scripts exception ends in a passing test

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, node.js, typescript
Domain
testing

Research direction

Reproduce the failure using the reported CodeceptJS 3.0.4 configuration, focusing on the gherkin features and steps configured under the gherkin section, in both UI and headless modes. Trace how a JavaScript exception from a Cucumber step is reported; done means the scenario fails and the exception is logged in both execution modes.

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Description

What are you trying to achieve?

I am using cucumber to write the tests.

A step for some reasons throws a javascript exception.

What do you get instead?

The scenario execution stops without any log, and test is considered as "passing".

This happens whenever I use the UI executor or the headless mode.

Details
  • CodeceptJS version: 3.0.4
  • NodeJS Version: 14.15.4
  • Operating System:
  • puppeteer
  • Configuration file:
require('ts-node/register');
const { setHeadlessWhen, setSharedCookies } = require('@codeceptjs/configure');

// turn on headless mode when running with HEADLESS=true environment variable
// export HEADLESS=true && npx codeceptjs run
setHeadlessWhen(process.env.HEADLESS);
setSharedCookies();

process.env.TEST_URL = process.env.TEST_URL || 'http://localhost:3000';

// eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
exports.config = {
  tests: './test/**/*.test.ts',
  output: './output',
  helpers: {
    Puppeteer: {
      url: process.env.TEST_URL,
      show: true,
      browser: 'chromium',
      chrome: {
        args: ['--no-sandbox'],
      },
    },
    REST: {
      endpoint: `${process.env.TEST_URL}/api`,
    },
  },
  include: {
    I: './steps_file.ts',
  },
  bootstrap: null,
  mocha: {
    reporterOptions: {
      mochaFile: 'reports/e2e/community-management-web.xml',
    },
  },
  name: 'xxx-e2e',
  plugins: {
    pauseOnFail: {},
    retryFailedStep: {
      enabled: true,
    },
    tryTo: {
      enabled: true,
    },
    screenshotOnFail: {
      enabled: true,
    },
    allure: {
      enabled: false,
    },
  },
  gherkin: {
    features: './test/features/*.feature',
    steps: [
      './test/step-definitions/base.steps.ts',
      './test/step-definitions/xxx.steps.ts',
      './test/step-definitions/auth.steps.ts'
    ],
  },
};
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