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 |
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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: 16 July 2021