I recently enjoyed debugging a Cucumber step that tried to be retryable using a
patiently
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block:
Then /^"([^"]*)" should( not)? be selected for "([^"]*)"$/ do |value, negate, field|
patiently do
field = find(:label, text: field)['for'].delete_suffix('-ts-control')
...
end
end
Unfortunately this block is not retryable:
- The first attempt changes the value of
field. - All subsequent attempts will using the changed value of
field, instead of the original step arguments.
All variables declared within a patiently block must be scoped to that block. The example above needs to be changed to something like this:
Then /^"([^"]*)" should( not)? be selected for "([^"]*)"$/ do |value, negate, label|
patiently do
# Note that the "field" value is now local and not shared between patiently retries
field = find(:label, text: label)['for'].delete_suffix('-ts-control')
...
end
end
Posted by Henning Koch to makandra dev (2023-01-23 21:19)