tags: --tags option not properly picking up tests (all scenarios skipped) when using logical "or"

[glenn-barker]

I have the following (very) simple feature file:

Feature: FizzBuzz
  As a tester
  I want to be able to run both "Fizz" or "Buzz" scenario by specifying their appropriate tags
  So that I can confirm granular control over scenario execution


@fizz
Scenario: Fizz scenario
  When this scenario is executed
  Then "fizz" should be printed to the console


@buzz
Scenario: Buzz scenario
  When this scenario is executed
  Then "buzz" should be printed to the console

I'm able to run the scenarios on an individual basis by running:
$ behave --tags="fizz"
$ behave --tags="buzz"
Both of these produce the expected output: 1 scenario executed, 1 skipped.

However, consider the following:
$ behave --tags="fizz or buzz"

Expected behavior: 2 scenarios executed, 0 skipped.
Actual behavior: 0 scenarios executed, 2 skipped.

Basically, trying to use "or" to select multiple tags to execute on just results in every scenario being skipped.

REFERENCE: https://behave.readthedocs.io/en/latest/behave.html#tag-expression

[jenisys]

Which version of behave are you using ?
Any version below 1.2.7 does not support the new tag-expression v2 (as described in the docs).

SEE ALSO:

• https://behave.readthedocs.io/en/latest/new_and_noteworthy_v1.2.7.html

[glenn-barker]

I see, I'm on 1.2.6 so that explains it. That seems to be the latest stable version that you get when you install via pip install behave, so is 1.2.7 still considered a bleeding-edge / unstable version?

I guess I was just looking at the wrong docs, so I'm closing this.

[vishrantgupta]

@jenisys it's been a long time since a stable version of behave has been released, any plans of releasing the stable version of behave which can support https://behave.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tag_expressions.html#tag-matching-with-tag-expressions?

[vishrantgupta]

Also, how can I install behave 1.2.7 any PyPi indexUrl?

[bittner]

@jenisys it's been a long time since a stable version of behave has been released, any plans of releasing the stable version of behave which can support https://behave.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tag_expressions.html#tag-matching-with-tag-expressions?

You may take a look at the discussion in #855 and #1059. How to install any code point from Git using pip is also mentioned in the latter (and in the docs).

[jenisys]

https://behave.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html#using-the-github-repository