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How to Retry a complete Failed Scenario in CodeceptJS with Playwright and BDD (Gherkin)?

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, playwright
Domain
testing

Research direction

Begin with CodeceptJS configuration for retryFailedStep and the Playwright helper's BDD/Gherkin execution path. Check whether scenario-level retry is documented or supported; done means an evidence-backed configuration or a clearly scoped implementation path for rerunning whole scenarios.

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I'm using CodeceptJS with the Playwright helper and BDD-style Gherkin syntax for writing tests. I want to retry an entire scenario if it fails, rather than retrying individual steps.

For example, if a scenario fails due to a temporary glitch (e.g., network issue or slow response), I want the whole scenario to automatically re-run a specified number of times before being marked as failed.

I've found options like retryFailedStep in CodeceptJS config, but that seems to apply only to individual steps.

Is there a built-in way or a recommended approach to retry failed scenarios in CodeceptJS when using Gherkin?

I'd appreciate any examples or configuration snippets if available.

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