(no output) for $CIRCLE_TEST_REPORTS/cucumber/tests.cucumber JSON file

[MrMan]

Hello.

I am getting (no output) when I am trying to use test.cumber JSON file as instructed in https://circleci.com/docs/1.0/test-metadata/#cucumber

I have done the following:

• tests.cucumber JSON file created
• test.cucumber file placed $CIRCLE_TEST_REPORTS/cucumber/tests.cucumber
• $CIRCLE_ARTIFACTS confirms that the file is created and in the correct place

Of note I can successfully create a html-report and store it in $CIRCLE_ARTIFACTS using the tests.cucumber file via cucumber-html-reporter

I have tried multiple things with the dependencies:
Dependencies

"cucumber": "^2.3.1",
"nightwatch-cucumber": "^7.1.9",
"nightwatch": "^0.9.16",

Cucumber arguments

    '--require', 'test/acceptance/global.js',
    '--require', 'test/acceptance/features/step_definitions',
    '--format', 'pretty',
    '--format', 'json:reports/cucumber/tests.cucumber',
    'test/acceptance/features',

Second combination
Dependencies

"cucumber": "^3.0.1",
"nightwatch-cucumber": "^8.0.5",
"nightwatch": "^0.9.16",

note that v3.0.1 of cucumber.js has breaking changes with the pretty formatter

Cucumber arguments

    '--require', 'test/acceptance/global.js',
    '--require', 'test/acceptance/features/step_definitions',
    '--format', 'json:reports/cucumber/tests.cucumber',
    'test/acceptance/features',

However both combinations give me the (no output) readout when tests fail.

An example of the test_cucumber file can be found (with sensitive data replaced) here

So I am at a bit of a loss as to what to do next. Any advice on how to get a summary report for failing nightwatch/cucumber tests in CircleCi would be great.

The only other thing I can think of is to continue to setup up workflows and use circle 2.0 to see if anything changes there. But from a quick glance at the docs it is the same setup for cucumber and tests.cucumber

Please let me know if you need anymore information.

[MrMan]

Any news on this? We still have this issue. It can be seen here https://circleci.com/gh/uktrade/data-hub-frontend/8860#tests/containers/3

[bmulholland]

I’m also having this issue.