IntelliJ Idea + cucumber run configuration: how to exclude @tags

Question

Good news everyone.

I don't know how to exclude several tags within my run configuration for Cucumber project.

For instance, i have three tests.

@debug
Scenario outline: foo 1
When step
Then step

@obsolete
Scenario outline: foo 2
When step
Then step

@stable
Scenario outline: foo 3
When step
Then step

I put ~@debug,~@obsolete to the textbox called «Tags Filter» of the «Run configuration» dialog window.

But there's something wrong because when I start my tests — foo 1, foo 2 and foo 3 are starting anyways.

Cooperate

Answer 1

I don't know about IntelliJ, but on a terminal you would run:

cucumber --tags ~@debug --tags ~@obsolete

Mazzola

Well, that's known practice. But you can't pass --parameters in config dialog of IntelliJ Idea, only tag names. Tank you for your interest :) – Cooperate

Answer 2

I have found the answer to this question within a comment to another stackoverflow question: https://stackoverflow.com/a/23743258.

Basically to add several tags to IntelliJ you need to add -Dcucumber.options="--tags ~@debug --tags ~@obsolete" to the VM options in the default cucumber settings.

Truax

Answer 3

For IntelliJ: Add below to the VM options by editing configuration

-Dcucumber.options="--tags @debug"

Emileemilee

Unfortunately, it didn't work with IDEA for with complex tag like "not @ignore". The idea just ignored it. – Jochbed

Answer 4

Specyfing --tags <your_tag_name> as Program arguments in the Cucumber run cofiguration resolved the issue in my case.

Anthracosis

That is exact answer to IDEA usage. I have indicated --tags "not @ignore" as "Program arguments" and it run. Thank you. – Jochbed

Answer 5

Hence @CucumberOptions is obsolete with JUnit5 you have to use

@ExcludeTags({ "debug", "obsolete" })

instead.

Couscous

Answer 6

Add tags in cucumber options

@CucumberOptions(plugin = {"pretty"}, tags = {"@Runme"}, features = "src/test/resources/urpath", glue = "your.path")

Typhoid