Step Definitions Not Found Unless Feature File Name Matches Step File – @badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor v22.0.1

[gsemenduyev]

Hi everyone,

I'm working on a Cypress automation project using @badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor v22.0.1 and Cypress v14.4.1.

I’ve run into an issue where my tests only work if the .feature file name exactly matches the name of the step definition .js file. If the names differ, I get the following error:

Step implementation missing for "I do the test".

We tried searching for files containing step definitions using the following search pattern templates:

- cypress\e2e\features/[filepath]/**/*.{js,mjs,ts,tsx}
- cypress\e2e\features/[filepath].{js,mjs,ts,tsx}
- cypress/support/step_definitions/**/*.{js,mjs,ts,tsx}

These templates resolved to the following search patterns:

- cypress\e2e\features/example/**/*.{js,mjs,ts,tsx}
- cypress\e2e\features/example.{js,mjs,ts,tsx}
- cypress/support/step_definitions/**/*.{js,mjs,ts,tsx}

These patterns matched no files containing step definitions. This almost certainly means that you have misconfigured stepDefinitions.

I’ve tried placing my step definitions in cypress/support/step_definitions/, but unless the file name matches the .feature file, the steps aren’t recognized.

Has anyone else encountered this? Is there a way to configure the preprocessor to decouple the file name dependency?

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

[badeball]

Has anyone else encountered this? Is there a way to configure the preprocessor to decouple the file name dependency?

There is a way, you can configure stepDefinitions like cypress/support/step_definitions/**/*.*, assuming my knowledge of glob patterns is correct.

[badeball]

https://github.com/badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor/blob/master/docs/configuration.md

[gsemenduyev]

Your guidance helped me successfully update my automation project to use @badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor v22.0.1 and Cypress v14.4.1. Everything is working smoothly now. Really appreciate the support!