Code Inspections in Cucumber

This topic lists all PhpStorm code inspections available in Cucumber.

You can toggle specific inspections or change their severity level on the Editor | Inspections page of the IDE settings Ctrl+Alt+S.

Inspection	Description	Default Severity
Gherkin table is broken	Highlights tables if it contains at least one row with amount of cell different from amount of cell of table's header.	Error
Misplaced background section	Background section must be before any Scenario	Error
Missing ':' after examples keyword	Highlights examples sections in Cucumber .feature files which do not have ':' after the `Examples` keyword.	Error
Missing examples section	Highlights scenario outlines in Cucumber .feature files which do not have 'Examples' section. Use a quick-fix to automatically create the Examples section with a pre-filled table header.	Error
Scenario with Examples section	Highlights Gherkin Scenarios having Examples section Use a quick-fix to automatically convert Scenario to Scenario Outline.	Error
Undefined step	Highlights steps in Cucumber (or some other Gherkin) .feature files which do not have a matching step definitions. Use a quick-fix to automatically create a new step definition.	Warning
Unused or missing columns in Cucumber tables	Highlights tables in Examples sections of Cucumber .feature files with unused or missing columns.	Warning

Last modified: 16 July 2021