Not generating JSON reports after each run

[jaxfellow]

I've been using the cypress-cucumber-preprocessor v4.3.1 and my implementation was in cypress/plugin/index.ts file like:

const cucumber = require('cypress-cucumber-preprocessor').default

module.exports = (on, config) => {
  on('file:preprocessor', cucumber())
}

and my package.json file was like

"cypress-cucumber-preprocessor": {
    "nonGlobalStepDefinitions": true,
    "cucumberJson": {
      "generate": true,
      "outputFolder": "cypress/cucumber-json",
      "filePrefix": "",
      "fileSuffix": ".cucumber"
    }
  }

which was generating json files that I'm using later in multiple-cucumber-html-reporter to generate a nice report.

After migrating to Cypress 10 and using @badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor v13.0.2 I have no json file generated anymore! I've followed the examples here

It is mentioned in the example:

  // This is required for the preprocessor to be able to generate JSON reports after each run, and more,
  await addCucumberPreprocessorPlugin(on, config);

but I'm not getting any, am I missing anything?

Checklist

• I've read the FAQ.
• I've read Instructions for logging issues.
• I'm not using cypress-cucumber-preprocessor@4.3.1 (package name has changed and it is no longer the most recent version, see #689).

[badeball]

Have you enabled it, as per docs? https://github.com/badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor/blob/master/docs/json-report.md

[jaxfellow]

well, my package.json was:

"cypress-cucumber-preprocessor": {
    "nonGlobalStepDefinitions": true,
    "cucumberJson": {
      "generate": true,
      "outputFolder": "cypress/cucumber-json",
      "filePrefix": "",
      "fileSuffix": ".cucumber"
    }
  }

and I tried to change

"cucumberJson": {
      "generate": true,

to this but it didn't work

  "json": {
    "enabled": true
  }

[badeball]

Run with DEBUG=cypress:electron,cypress-configuration,cypress-cucumber-preprocessor, as explained in the above-mentioned link and paste the output.

[jaxfellow]

it created cucumber-messages.ndjson file with encoded content.

[sszemer]

Run with DEBUG=cypress:electron,cypress-configuration,cypress-cucumber-preprocessor, as explained in the above-mentioned link and paste the output.

i have a simillar issue, but i get no results from this command.
packages.json

{
  "devDependencies": {
    "@bahmutov/cypress-esbuild-preprocessor": "^2.1.5",
    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.39.0",
    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.39.0",
    "cypress": "^10.10.0",
    "esbuild": "^0.15.9",
    "eslint": "^8.24.0",
    "typescript": "^4.8.4"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor": "^13.0.2",
    "cypress-xpath": "^2.0.1",
    "prettier": "^2.7.1",
    "cypress-cucumber-preprocessor": {
      "json": {
        "enabled": true
      }
    }
  },

cypress.config.ts

import { defineConfig } from 'cypress';
const createBundler = require('@bahmutov/cypress-esbuild-preprocessor');
const addCucumberPreprocessorPlugin =
	require('@badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor').addCucumberPreprocessorPlugin;
const createEsbuildPlugin =
	require('@badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor/esbuild').createEsbuildPlugin;

export default defineConfig({
	retries: {
		runMode: 1,
		openMode: 0,
	},
	video: false,
	videoCompression: 33,
	defaultCommandTimeout: 5000,
	chromeWebSecurity: false,
	watchForFileChanges: false,
	viewportWidth: 1280,
	viewportHeight: 720,
	execTimeout: 60000,
	pageLoadTimeout: 60000,
	requestTimeout: 15000,
	responseTimeout: 15000,
	e2e: {
		async setupNodeEvents(on, config){
			await addCucumberPreprocessorPlugin(on, config);
			on('file:preprocessor', createBundler({
				plugins: [createEsbuildPlugin(config)],
			}));
			return config;
		},
		specPattern: 'cypress/e2e/features/*.feature',
	},
});

[badeball]

The above-mentioned variable makes Cypress output more to stdout, It's this output I'm looking for.

[clupascu-sudo]

@badeball I think we need a different solution to the cucumber-json-formatter that is required. This is because this library should be platform independent - for example, I'm on a mac but I also need this json report to publish as part of an azure pipeline build.

Could you possibly move away from this cucumber-json-formatter to something else? This is currently stopping my team from upgrading to cypress 10.

[badeball]

for example, I'm on a mac but I also need this json report to publish as part of an azure pipeline build.

You're not making any sense to me here. How is this not possible?

[clupascu-sudo]

I don't want platform-specific installation guides depending on where I'm coding from.
this is not platform independent. I want to be able to do:

• npm install
• cypress run
• and for it to work without any other steps. As with cypress versions < 10

[badeball]

I understand that that's a preference, but not how it's stopping you.

[clupascu-sudo]

Well, it's stopping us because I don't want any additional steps in my sldc.
We have devs on windows, macs, pipelines that just run cypress, and pipelines that run cypress inside a docker container. (never mind the fact that I can't seem to find a docker image of this formatter - which also would need to be platform specific I assume)
Now if I can't:

• run the same dockerfile locally as in my azure pipeline
• run the same npm commands locally as in my azure pipeline
  then I won't upgrade my cypress version, it's ruining the development experience by creating additional steps.

[badeball]

I'm only reading laziness and entitlement here, because all of the above appears trivial. You're already running platform-dependent software, such as node. I'll have you know despite this, that I am considering alternatives, but not because of anything you describe.

[clupascu-sudo]

haha ok, well I hope you change it - not sure how I could make more sense but oh well. Sure, node/nvm is platform dependent, but not anything else.

Anyway, thanks and Happy Friday!

[clupascu-sudo]

Folks, for those of you having an issue due to the cucumber-json-formatter - I managed to use this cucumber preprocessor instead. This doesn't have any pre-requirements (setup is also more similar to what we had with cypress versions < 10 - not necessarily a good thing)

[jaxfellow]

thanks @clupascu-sudo, did it generate json file for you? cause it didn't work for me either.

[clupascu-sudo]

The other plugin did, yep! @jaxfellow

[mysticdevx]

Hey, was having the same issue with cypress-cucumber-preprocessor, while the allure-reports plugin here was active, but then this issue resolved my problem and now all is ok.

[MassimoLobrutto]

https://socket.dev/npm/package/@deepakvishwakarma/cucumber-json-formatter this library automatically checks the platform and uses the relevant cucumber-json-formatter. No messing around with exes. Download the library, configure in package.json and away you go

[badeball]

Closing due to lack of a reproducible example.