Fix randomly failing PDF cucumber tests
Sometimes PDF cucumber tests fail at the first test run and succeed at the second run. You can fix this with this step:
When PDF generation is ready
And I follow "Save as PDF"
# Checks for PDF contents go here
Here is the step definition:
When /^PDF generation is ready$/ do
Then 'I should see ""'
end
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