Migrating Cypress test from old version to latest version throws error Expected to find a global registry

Current behavior

I am trying to migrate my existing Cypress BDD tests from 8.7.0 version to latest version 10.10.0. I have installed the required libraries and amended the settings. I was having an old node version 12 + version, now updated to node v18.4.0 and tried again. Couldn’t find any pointers to resolve similar issue, so any advise would be really helpful.

Following is my automation folder structure:

• ** feature file location**

tests/cypress/e2e/ login/login.feature

• ** Step definition location** Imported in the step definition file import { Given, When, Then, Before, After} from "@badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor";

tests/cypress/stepDefinitions/login.cy.js

Added e2e.js file under tests/cypress/support folder:

// Import commands.js using ES2015 syntax:
import './commands'
Cypress.on('uncaught:exception', (err, runnable) => {
    // returning false here prevents Cypress from
    // failing the test
    return false
})

Added .cypress-cucumber-preprocessorrc.jsonfile in to the test root folder

{
  "stepDefinitions": [
    "[filepath].{js,ts}",
    "tests/cypress/stepDefinitions/**/*.{js,ts}",
    "tests/cypress/e2e/[filepath]/**/*.{js,ts}",
    "tests/cypress/e2e/[filepath].{js,ts}",
    "tests/cypress/support/step_definitions/**/*.{js,ts}"
  ]
}

Below is my cypress.config.js file:

const { defineConfig } = require("cypress");
const webpackPreprocessor = require('@cypress/webpack-preprocessor');
const addCucumberPreprocessorPlugin = require("@badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor");
const dotenvPlugin = require("cypress-dotenv");

async function setupNodeEvents(on, config) {
    await addCucumberPreprocessorPlugin.addCucumberPreprocessorPlugin(on, config);

    const options = {
        webpackOptions: {
            module: {
                rules: [
                    {
                        test: /\.feature$/,
                        use: [
                            {
                                loader: '@badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor/webpack',
                                options: config,
                            },
                        ],
                    },
                ],
            },
        },

    };

    on('file:preprocessor', webpackPreprocessor(options));

    return config;
}

module.exports = {
    default: defineConfig({
        e2e: {
            baseUrl: "https://book.test.co",
            specPattern: "tests/cypress/e2e/**/*.feature",
            supportFile: false,
            setupNodeEvents,
        },
    }),
    setupNodeEvents,
};

Error Details

Desired behavior

Hope to run the BDD feature file without errors

Test code to reproduce

Removed following items from the automation framework

• **plugin/index.js ** file
• **cypress.json ** file uninstalled old cypress-cucumber-preprocessor from the project

Versions

• Cypress version: Cypress 10.10.0
• Preprocessor version: @badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor 11.4.0
• Node version: v18.4.0
• cypress/webpack-preprocessor: 5.14.0
• OS: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS

Checklist

• I’ve read the FAQ.
• I’ve read Instructions for logging issues.
• I’m not using cypress-cucumber-preprocessor@4.3.1 (package name has changed and it is no longer the most recent version, see #689).

[DenFin]

I’m having the same issue with the ‘Expected to find a global registry’ error. I created a minimal setup with cypress and cucumber. Maybe this might help: https://github.com/DenFin/minimal-cypress-cucumber-setup

[DenFin]

@scrumvisualize actually removing js from the specPattern solved the problem for me