Is there a way to render text just for context in the feature file?

[patrickmead]

There are times when we want to provide context that isn't actionable but it should be visible to all. Consequently, given statements, background descriptions, and comments aren't the appropriate mechanisms for communicating this type of information.

This information typically would be stored in a Word/Google document, Confluence, etc. I would like to include it in the feature file to keep the context close to the specifications. Obviously we don't want the feature files to be unreadable so we might provide summaries and links if there is a large amount of content.

I was pretty familiar with tools like JBehave and Serenity years ago; I thought that Serenity had this capability. I haven't used them in years so I might not be remembering the feature sets correctly. I've since switched to python development thus my interest in behave.

Thank you.

[jenisys]

I am still not quite sure what you are looking for.
But I assume you are looking for descriptions:

• A description is basically text between a feature/rule/scenario title and its body.
• A description can be 0 .. N lines of text (meaning: a description is optional)
• A description cannot start with a keyword in a description line.

EXAMPLE:

• features/tags.active_tags.feature (note: In this example, a dot is used as feature.description line prefix)

SEE ALSO:

• cucumber: Gherkin reference
• Gherkin: AST diagram

[patrickmead]

Thank you so much for the quick reply. description is exactly what I needed.

I missed it originally but I certainly see description in the documentation now.