Given Step definition can be re-used as a Then

[abiencourt]

It came to my attention that I am able to use a Given step definition as a Then in my feature file (see example below with "I navigate to"). This run successfully and does not print any warning or being flagged anywhere during the test run.

Is this expected behavior? I was not expecting a Then step capable of using a Given step definition. Could you please shed some light on this?

Thanks!

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Versions:
@badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor: 16.0.3
@bahmutov/cypress-esbuild-preprocessor: 2.1.0
cypress: 12.17.4

    Scenario: Remove hotel from Competitive Set
        Given I can see "Competitive List"
        When I "uncheck" the 'Show' checkbox for hotel "hotel1"
        And I click on "Save Changes"
        Then I navigate to "1021/yield-sheet"
        And I see "hotel1"

    Scenario: Verify navigation from clicking on the logo
        Given I navigate to "/test"
        When I click on image ID "navbar-logo"
        Then I am redirected to "/"
        And I see "Hotel1"

import { Given } from "@badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor";

Given("I navigate to {string}", (path: string) => {
  cy.visit(path, { timeout: 10000 });
});

[badeball]

Is this expected behavior?

Yes, this is expected behavior and how cucumber-js behaves.

[abiencourt]

Thanks for confirming. I kept digging after posting this question and found these references:

• Cucumber-js unable to handle Given and When steps with same step text
• Keywords : Strict keyword enforcement

[badeball]

Yup, this is a proposed change. It looks like it has made its way into the Go implementation, while some progress has been made on the JS implementation.