Nightwatch: Skiptags not registering, fails tests automatically

[Genjidegaulle]

Hey there,

I'm trying to run some nightwatch tests, skipping those with the tag "chrome".
Here's an example of a test:

My nightwatch command is the following:

However, no tests run. The output is the following:

The path is correct: test_nightwatch/tests/winter_2017/ligand-bird/general-ligand_depot_page.js, but Nightwatch can't find the test and therefore fails to run at all.

Edit: this is for [email protected]

Attached is my nightwatch.json file:

{
  "src_folders" : ["./test_nightwatch/tests/"],
  "output_folder" : false,
  "custom_commands_path" : ["./test_nightwatch/commands"],
  "custom_assertions_path" : ["./test_nightwatch/assertions"],
  "page_objects_path" : "",
  "globals_path" : "./test_nightwatch/globals.js",
  "selenium" : {
    "start_process" : true,
    "server_path" : "./test_nightwatch/selenium-server-standalone-3.13.0.jar",
    "log_path" : false,
    "host": "127.0.0.1",
    "port" : 4444,
    "cli_args" : {
      "webdriver.chrome.driver" : "./node_modules/chromedriver/lib/chromedriver/chromedriver",
      "webdriver.gecko.driver" : "./node_modules/geckodriver/geckodriver",
      "webdriver.edge.driver" : ""
    }
  },

  "test_settings" : {
    "default" : {
      "launch_url" : "http://localhost:8080",
      "selenium_port"  : 4444,
      "selenium_host"  : "localhost",
      "silent": true,
      "screenshots" : {
        "enabled" : false,
        "on_failure" : true,
        "on_error" : true,
        "path" : "./test_nightwatch/failures"
      },
      "desiredCapabilities": {
        "browserName": "firefox",
        "acceptSslCerts": true,
        "javascriptEnabled": true,
        "marionette": true,
        "moz:firefoxOptions": {
            "args": []
        }
      },
      "request_timeout_options": {
        "timeout": 300000,
        "retry_attempts": 5
      },
      "globals": {
      },
      "suiteRetries": "1"
    },

    "development" : {
      "launch_url" : "https://beta.rcsb.org",
      "desiredCapabilities": {
        "browserName": "chrome",
        "acceptSslCerts": true,
        "cssSelectorsEnabled": true,
        "javascriptEnabled": true,
        "chromeOptions": {
            "args": ["start-maximized", "headless", "no-sandbox"]
        }
      }
    },

    "chrome" : {
      "desiredCapabilities": {
        "browserName": "chrome",
        "acceptSslCerts": true,
        "cssSelectorsEnabled": true,
        "acceptInsecureCerts": true,
        "javascriptEnabled": true,
        "chromeOptions": {
            "args": ["start-maximized", "headless"]
        }
      }
    },

    "firefox" : {
      "desiredCapabilities": {
        "browserName": "firefox",
        "acceptSslCerts": true,
        "acceptInsecureCerts": true,
        "javascriptEnabled": true,
        "marionette": true,
        "moz:firefoxOptions": {
            "args": ["-headless", "--window-size=1600,1200"]
        }
      }
    }
 }
}

[beatfactor]

Seems like a problem with your config. If you're convinced the problems lies with nightwatch, please reopen and post the content of the test that should be found. Also please avoid posting images and use inline text.

[didaquis]

Hi. Same situation for me after update Nightwatch from 0.9.21 to 1.0.18.

On 0.9.21 this work fine nightwatch --config ./e2e/nightwatch.conf.js --test --skiptags require-hardware.
On 1.0.18 is not working!

This is my nightwatch configuration file:

'use strict';

/**
 * @fileOverview
 * End to End tests configuration and runner
 */

// https://github.com/dwyl/learn-nightwatch

module.exports = {
    src_folders: [
        './e2e/tests' // Where you are storing your Nightwatch e2e/UAT tests
    ],
    custom_commands_path: './e2e/customCommands',
    output_folder: './e2e/reports', // reports (test outcome) output by nightwatch
    selenium: { // downloaded by selenium-download module (see readme)
        start_process: true, // tells nightwatch to start/stop the selenium process
        server_path: './e2e/bin/selenium.jar',
        host: '127.0.0.1',
        port: 4444, // standard selenium port
        log_path: './e2e/logs',
        cli_args: { // chromedriver is downloaded by selenium-download (see readme)
            'webdriver.chrome.driver' : './e2e/bin/chromedriver',
            'phantomjs.cli.args': '--web-security=false --ignore-ssl-errors=true --load-images=true --local-to-remote-url-access=true --debug=true'
        }
    },
    test_settings: {
        default: {
            screenshots: {
                enabled: false, // if you want to keep screenshots of errors
                path: '' // save screenshots here
            },
            globals: {
                waitForConditionTimeout: 5000 // sometimes internet is slow so wait.
            },
            desiredCapabilities: { // use Chrome as the default browser for tests
                browserName: 'chrome'
            }
        },
        chrome: {
            desiredCapabilities: {
                browserName: 'chrome',
                javascriptEnabled: true // set to false to test progressive enhancement
            }
        }
    }
};

//Selenium download
require('selenium-download').ensure('./e2e/bin', function(error) {
    if (error) {
        return console.log(error); // eslint-disable-line no-console
    } else {
        console.log('✔ Selenium & Chromedriver downloaded to:', './e2e/bin'); // eslint-disable-line no-console
    }
});

[didaquis]

Hi @Genjidegaulle!
Did you find any solution?

[Genjidegaulle]

Hi @didaquis,

I wasn't able to find a solution, so I just removed the tests that were unnecessary. Over the next few weeks I'll go back and try to figure it out.

Sorry I can't help!

[didaquis]

Any update about this?

@beatfactor Could you consider opening this issue again? Maybe I'm not configuring well my code or maybe is a real issue of Nightwatch. In my opinion, will be awesome if another developer with more experience in this library reviews it.

[beatfactor]

A fix was merged into master https://github.com/nightwatchjs/nightwatch/pull/1998

[didaquis]

Thank you!