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	Reports a table if there is at least one row with the number of cells different from the number of cells in the table header.	Error
Misplaced background section	Reports `Background` sections that are located incorrectly. The `Background` section must be located before the `Scenario` section.	Error
Missing ':' after examples keyword	Reports `Examples` sections in Cucumber .feature files if they do not have ':' after the `Examples` keyword.	Error
Missing examples section	Reports scenario outlines in Cucumber .feature files that do not have the `Examples` section. Use the quick-fix to automatically create the `Examples` section with a pre-filled table header.	Error
Scenario with Examples section	Reports Gherkin scenarios that contain an `Examples` section. Use the quick-fix to convert `Scenario` to `Scenario Outline`.	Error
Undefined step	Reports steps in Cucumber (or some other Gherkin) .feature files that do not have matching step definitions. Use the quick-fix to automatically create a new step definition.	Warning
Unused or missing columns in Cucumber tables	Reports tables in `Examples` sections in Cucumber .feature files with unused or missing columns.	Warning

Last modified: 11 February 2024