After hook is NOT working and browser does NOT close when more than 1 Feature sections exists in test file

Start with the tests matched by tests/*_tests.ts and the shown CodeceptJS configuration, focusing on the interaction between multiple Feature sections, restart: true, and the Puppeteer helper. Reproduce the issue with more than one Feature section and trace whether After and AfterSuite run. Done means hooks execute and browser pages close after each test without accumulating processes.

What are you trying to achieve?

When there are more than 1 Feature sections in the test file:

• the browser/page does NOT close after each test, so at the end I have many browsers opened, which slowing down my system.
• the After and AfterSuite hooks are NOT working at all (are NOT called).

Tests behave (passed/failed) normally and the next test is conducted on newly opened browser, but After and AfterSuite hooks are NOT even called after test(s). Additional hooks / teardown implemented in the codecept.conf do NOT help. Any suggestion?

What do you get instead?

Tests behave (passed/failed) normally and the next test is conducted on newly opened browser, but After and AfterSuite hooks are NOT even called after test(s). Additional hooks / teardown implemented in the codecept.conf do NOT help, so at the end I have many browsers/threads opened, which slowing down my system.

Details

• CodeceptJS version: 3.6.10
• NodeJS Version: 20.15.0
• Operating System: Win11 Pro
• puppeteer version: 23.11.1
• Configuration file:

/// <reference types='./steps' />
import { testConfig } from "./testConfig";

const fullScreen: string = "false";

export const config: CodeceptJS.MainConfig = {
  tests: "./tests/*_tests.ts",
  timeout: 60,
  output: "./output",

  helpers: {
    REST: {},
    Puppeteer: {
      url: testUrl,
      browser: "chrome",
      show: true,
      fullPageScreenshots: true,
      uniqueScreenshotNames: false,
      waitForNavigation: ["load", "domcontentloaded"] as any,
      pressKeyDelay: 7,
      waitForTimeout: 30000,
      restart: true,
      windowSize: screenResolution.join("x") as any,
      chrome: {
        args: ["--no-sandbox", `--lang=${lang}`, fullScreen === "true" ? "--start-fullscreen" : ""],
      },
    },
    CustomHelper: {
      require: "./helpers/customHelper.ts",
    },
    AssertWrapper: {
      require: "codeceptjs-assert",
    },
    ResembleHelper: {
      require: "codeceptjs-resemblehelper",
      screenshotFolder: "./output/",
      baseFolder: "./screenshots/base/",
      diffFolder: "./screenshots/diff/",
      prepareBaseImage: false,
      tolerance: 2,
      needsSameDimension: true,
    },
  },
};