How to Ignore Scenarios in Cucumber

Date: 2025-04-18

This article explains how to ignore Cucumber scenarios in Java using various methods. It covers using JUnit's @Ignore (or JUnit 5's @Disabled) annotation to skip entire test classes or methods, commenting out scenarios in the feature file (discouraged for large projects), and the recommended approach: tagging scenarios with @Ignore and filtering them in the @CucumberOptions annotation. The article also discusses conditional step execution within step definitions, offering flexibility but with limitations in reporting. Using tags provides the cleanest, most maintainable solution for ignoring scenarios.

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