Ruby Example

After do |s|
  # Tell Cucumber to quit after this scenario is done - if it failed.
  Cucumber.wants_to_quit = true if s.failed?
end

Java Example

@After
public void after(Scenario s) throws Exception {
  // Tell Cucumber to quit after this scenario is done - if it failed.
  CucumberHooks.wantsToQuit = true == s.isFailed();
}

Example 1: Wants ot Quit

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Example 2: Quit After Tagged Scenario fails

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Source

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Example 1: Wants ot Quit

CucumberHooks .java

package com.damienfremont.blog.example1;
 
import cucumber.api.Scenario;
import cucumber.api.java.Before;
 
public final class CucumberHooks {
 
  public static boolean wantsToQuit = false;
 
  @Before
  public void quitIfRequested(Scenario scenario) {
    if (wantsToQuit)
      throw new RuntimeException("Cucumber wants to quit.");
  }
}

example1.feature

Feature: Example Quit
 
  Scenario: success
    Given something
    When something
    Then something
 
  Scenario: failure...
    Given something
    When something
    Then something bad
 
  Scenario: error, because wants to quit
    Given something
    When something
    Then something

StepDefinitions.java

package com.damienfremont.blog.example1;
 
import cucumber.api.Scenario;
import cucumber.api.java.After;
import cucumber.api.java.en.Then;
import cucumber.api.java.en.When;
 
public class StepDefinitions {
 
  @When("^something$")
  public void do_something() throws Throwable {
    // something
  }
 
  @Then("^something bad$")
  public void quit() throws Throwable {
    throw new RuntimeException("Fail!");
  }
   
  @After
  public void after(Scenario s) throws Exception {
    // Tell Cucumber to quit after this scenario is done - if it failed.
    CucumberHooks.wantsToQuit = true == s.isFailed();
  }
}

RunTest.java

package com.damienfremont.blog.example1;
 
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
import cucumber.api.CucumberOptions;
import cucumber.api.junit.Cucumber;
 
@RunWith(Cucumber.class)
@CucumberOptions(strict = true, features = "features/example1.feature")
public class RunTest {
 
}

Example 2: Quit After Tagged Scenario fails

CucumberHooks.java

package com.damienfremont.blog.example2;
 
import java.util.Collection;
 
import cucumber.api.Scenario;
import cucumber.api.java.After;
import cucumber.api.java.Before;
 
public final class CucumberHooks {
 
  private static final String TAG = "@important";
  private static boolean prevScenarioFailed = false;
 
  @After
  public void watch_this_tagged_scenario(Scenario scenario) throws Exception {
    if (isTagged(scenario)) {
      boolean isFailed = scenario.isFailed();
      if (isFailed)
        prevScenarioFailed = isFailed;
    }
  }
 
  @Before
  public void quit_if_tagged_scenario_failed(Scenario scenario) {
    if (!isTagged(scenario) && prevScenarioFailed)
      throw new IllegalStateException("An important scenario has failed! Cucumber wants to quit.");
  }
 
  private boolean isTagged(Scenario scenario) {
    Collection<String> tags = scenario.getSourceTagNames();
    return tags.contains(TAG);
  }
}

example2.feature

Feature: Example Quit after tag
 
  @important
  Scenario: important 1, and fails
    Given something
    When fail
    Then something
 
  @important
  Scenario: important 2, but run it anyway
    Given something
    When something
    Then something
 
  Scenario: optionnal, error because wants to quit
    Given something
    When something
    Then something

StepDefinitions.java

package com.damienfremont.blog.example2;
 
import cucumber.api.java.en.Then;
import cucumber.api.java.en.When;
 
public class StepDefinitions {
 
  @When("^something$")
  public void do_something() throws Throwable {
    // something
  }
 
  @Then("^fail$")
  public void fail() throws Throwable {
    throw new RuntimeException("Fail!");
  }
}

RunTest .java

package com.damienfremont.blog.example2;
 
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
import cucumber.api.CucumberOptions;
import cucumber.api.junit.Cucumber;
 
@RunWith(Cucumber.class)
@CucumberOptions(strict = true, features = "features/example2.feature")
public class RunTest {
 
}

Conclusion

Now, you have faster feedback:

small execution time when all your tests fail (good for Continuous Integration).
much readable results with multiple failures, instead of semi-skipped/failed state for each scenario (reporting)