Share State Between Cucumber Steps Without Static Fields
Use Cucumber JVM dependency injection to share objects across step definitions within a scenario while keeping scenarios isolated.
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Cucumber Expression matching ambiguity with overlapping step definitions
In Cucumber 7.x and later, the transition from Regular Expressions to Cucumber Expressions has standardized how step parameters are parsed. While types like { int} and { string} improve readability, a specific behavioral challenge arises when multiple step definitions match the same Gherkin line. When a Gherkin step satisfies the criteria for two or more Cuc
Cucumber 7.x: Determining Step Matching Priority Between Cucumber Expressions and Regular Expressions
Goal We want to know how Cucumber 7.x resolves step definitions when a Gherkin line can be matched by both a Cucumber Expression and a Regular Expression. Context In a mixed‑annotation project, a step may be annotated with both @Given("I have a {int}") and @Given("^I have a (\\d+)$") and can trigger an AmbiguousStepDefinitionException. The current documentat
Cucumber JVM 7.x step definition visibility: restricting public steps to their own module
In multi-module JVM projects using Cucumber JVM 7.x, step definition methods must be public for the glue backend to discover them, whether they use Cucumber Expressions or regular expressions. Package-private or private step methods are ignored during discovery, and the affected steps surface as undefined at runtime rather than as compile-time errors. The de
AmbiguousStepDefinitionsException and Regex Overlap Limits
Cucumber-JVM maps Gherkin steps to Java methods using Cucumber Expressions or regular expressions. When a single step matches multiple definitions, the framework triggers an AmbiguousStepDefinitionsException to prevent non-deterministic execution. Currently, the framework lacks a native priority or weighting mechanism to designate a primary match when overla
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