How to Retry a complete Failed Scenario in CodeceptJS with Playwright and BDD (Gherkin)?

[Nikitha22735]

I'm using CodeceptJS with the Playwright helper and BDD-style Gherkin syntax for writing tests. I want to retry an entire scenario if it fails, rather than retrying individual steps.

For example, if a scenario fails due to a temporary glitch (e.g., network issue or slow response), I want the whole scenario to automatically re-run a specified number of times before being marked as failed.

I've found options like retryFailedStep in CodeceptJS config, but that seems to apply only to individual steps.

Is there a built-in way or a recommended approach to retry failed scenarios in CodeceptJS when using Gherkin?

I'd appreciate any examples or configuration snippets if available.

[apatelia]

Did you try Scenario().retry() ?

https://codecept.io/basics/#retry-scenario

[Ntripur]

However, since I'm using BDD-style tests with Gherkin syntax, I can't use Scenario().retry() directly — it's only available in code-based scenarios, not in .feature files. I have hundreds of Gherkin scenarios, so manually converting them to programmatic definitions just to add retries isn't practical.

Is there a way to apply retries globally or configure retries for Gherkin scenarios, possibly through hooks or the configuration file?

[myrepojuly]

Hi @Nikitha22735 @Ntripur

Just use this

Before((test)=>{
       // you can use test.tags to filter the feature/scenarios

test.retries(1)
})

like wise at the suite level as well.

Additionally, to set re-tries in the config, refer retry

[Ntripur]

thanks for the reply @myrepojuly I think the code below doesn't work in BDD/Gherkin-style tests: Before((test)=>{ // you can use test.tags to filter the feature/scenarios

test.retries(1) })

[myrepojuly]

@Ntripur I am using BDD/Gherkin and it works with both the above methods.

Not sure how you are using the hooks and the configs…

[myrepojuly]

Kindly share a reproducible code to review.

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