Test timeout doesn't work with BDD scenarios

[nlespiaucq]

What are you trying to achieve?

I would like to define a test timeout in order to prevent being stuck during the execution - native applications & websites can be down / blocked during the execution and I want to skip a test when it reaches a limit.

So I tried (without success) to use the 2 following features available in codeceptjs:

1. Timeout setting in the configuration file: https://codecept.io/configuration/#configuration

exports.config = {
...
  timeout: 10000,
...
}

2. Dynamic timeout override by using advanced options: https://codecept.io/advanced/#test-options

Before((test) => {
  test.timeout(10000);
});

What do you get instead?

• Approach 1 - Timeout setting: has no effect at all
• Approach 2 - Dynamic timeout override: test execution continues until the end and fails with timeout message if execution exceeds the threshold (see screenshot)

Example: timeout set to 10s, execution ran in 36s before displaying the error message

Details

• CodeceptJS version: 3.1.2
• NodeJS Version: 16.4.2
• Operating System: Mac OS
• Configuration file:

exports.config = {
  output: './output',
  timeout: 10000,
  helpers: {
    Playwright: {
      url: 'http://localhost',
      show: true,
      browser: 'chromium',
      waitForNavigation: 'domcontentloaded'
    },
    ChaiWrapper: {
      require: "codeceptjs-chai"
    }
  },
  include: {},
  mocha: {},
  bootstrap: null,
  teardown: null,
  hooks: [],
  gherkin: {
    features: './features/*.feature',
    steps: './step_definitions/*.js'
  },
  plugins: {
    screenshotOnFail: {
      enabled: true
    },
    pauseOnFail: {},
    retryFailedStep: {
      enabled: true
    },
    tryTo: {
      enabled: true
    }
  },
  tests: './*_test.js',
  name: 'cjs-training'
}