Running specs with multiCapabilities, with cucumber tags.

[chuan-qin]

Hi,

Say I have a features folder, which has 10 feature files. feature_01.feature.... feature_10.feature.
And each feature has 3 scenarios, each has a (cucumber)tag. @feature_01_tag1, @feature_01_tag2, @feature_01_tag3, etc...

I was running protractor with cucumber, using protractor-cucumber-framework.

Situation 1:
1, using "suites" in protractor.conf.js
2, using "multiCapabilities" (1 chrome instance only)
3, using “cucumberOpts” with --tags @feature_03_tag3
Results:
The process will ONLY pick @feature_03_tag3, and run through all its steps.

1 browser opened, 1 browser closed.

Situation 2:
1, using "specs": "features/**/*.feature" in protractor.conf.js
2, using "multiCapabilities" (1 chrome instance only)
3, using “cucumberOpts” with --tags @feature_03_tag3
Results:
The process will process ALL feature files, it pops up 1 browser for each feature file, and then immediately close the browser for feature file which doesn't have the tag @feature_03_tag3.

10 browser opened, 9 of them closed immediately, 1 of them process the steps in @feature_03_tag3.

Question:

Is there a difference when processing suites, and specs in the protractor.conf.js file? Does it mean protractor somehow "filter" the files before passing to cucumber?

Bug report

• Node Version: 7.10
• Protractor Version: 5.1.2
• Angular Version: NA
• Browser(s): Chrome
• Operating System and Version Ubuntu 1704
• Your protractor configuration file
  multiCapabilities: [
  {
  browserName: "chrome",
  shardTestFiles: true,
  maxInstances: 1
  }
  ],
  allScriptsTimeout: 11000,
  getPageTimeout: 10000,
  specs: [ process.env.WAF_SPEC_PATH ],
  seleniumAddress: "http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub",
  framework: "custom",
  frameworkPath: require.resolve("protractor-cucumber-framework"),
  cucumberOpts: {
  require: "features"
  }
• A relevant example test
• Output from running the test

[09:04:18] I/testLogger - [chrome #1-0] PID: 20190
[chrome #1-0] Specs: /WORKSPACE/dixons/vagrant-waf/waf/example/features/example.feature
[chrome #1-0]
[chrome #1-0] (node:20190) DeprecationWarning: os.tmpDir() is deprecated. Use os.tmpdir() instead.
[chrome #1-0] [09:04:17] I/hosted - Using the selenium server at http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub
[chrome #1-0] [09:04:18] W/runner - Ignoring unknown extra flags: cucumberOpts. This will be an error in future versions, please use --disableChecks flag to disable the Protractor CLI flag checks.
[chrome #1-0] 0 scenarios
[chrome #1-0] 0 steps
[chrome #1-0] 0m00.000s
[chrome #1-0] [WAF_DEBUG] [Handlers] AfterFeatures

[09:04:18] I/testLogger -

[09:04:18] I/launcher - 1 instance(s) of WebDriver still running

[09:04:21] I/testLogger -

[09:04:21] I/testLogger - [chrome #1-1] PID: 20354
[chrome #1-1] Specs: /WORKSPACE/dixons/vagrant-waf/waf/example/features/features_action/01_navigation.feature
[chrome #1-1]
[chrome #1-1] (node:20354) DeprecationWarning: os.tmpDir() is deprecated. Use os.tmpdir() instead.
[chrome #1-1] [09:04:19] I/hosted - Using the selenium server at http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub
[chrome #1-1] [09:04:20] W/runner - Ignoring unknown extra flags: cucumberOpts. This will be an error in future versions, please use --disableChecks flag to disable the Protractor CLI flag checks.
[chrome #1-1] 0 scenarios
[chrome #1-1] 0 steps
[chrome #1-1] 0m00.000s
[chrome #1-1] [WAF_DEBUG] [Handlers] AfterFeatures

[09:04:21] I/testLogger -

[09:04:21] I/launcher - 1 instance(s) of WebDriver still running

[09:04:23] I/testLogger -

[09:04:23] I/testLogger - [chrome #1-2] PID: 20512
[chrome #1-2] Specs: /WORKSPACE/dixons/vagrant-waf/waf/example/features/features_action/02_enter_value.feature
[chrome #1-2]
[chrome #1-2] (node:20512) DeprecationWarning: os.tmpDir() is deprecated. Use os.tmpdir() instead.
[chrome #1-2] [09:04:21] I/hosted - Using the selenium server at http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub
[chrome #1-2] [09:04:22] W/runner - Ignoring unknown extra flags: cucumberOpts. This will be an error in future versions, please use --disableChecks flag to disable the Protractor CLI flag checks.
[chrome #1-2] 0 scenarios
[chrome #1-2] 0 steps
[chrome #1-2] 0m00.000s
[chrome #1-2] [WAF_DEBUG] [Handlers] AfterFeatures

[09:04:23] I/testLogger -

• Steps to reproduce the bug
• The URL you are running your tests against (if relevant)

Thank you

[wswebcreation]

Hi there!

Your question is about a third party module that is not part of the core of Protractor. It is better suited for StackOverflow or Gitter. Please ask a question there with the 'protractor' tag or post in the Gitter Channel to get help.

From the the getting help section of the README:

Please ask usage and debugging questions on StackOverflow (use the "protractor" tag) or in the Angular discussion group. (Please do not ask support questions here on Github.)

If you are going to place it on SO please also provide the versions of cucumber and protractor-cucumber-framework in your question, maybe refer to that question in this issue and please close the issue here. I try to help you on SO.

Thanks!

[chuan-qin]

Moved to StackOverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44516806/protractorcucumberprotractor-cucumber-framework-using-specs-and-multicapabi