Cannot assign configuration entry 'tags' with value '"~@ignored"' of type java.lang.String to property of type java.util.List -> [Help 1]

Question

I have a Automation test scripts which are running fine Jenkins Master but on slaves it is giving below error:

11:47:50 [ERROR] Failed to execute goal com.github.temyers:cucumber-jvm-parallel-plugin:4.2.0:generateRunners (generateRunners) on project riverbed-automation-tests: Unable to parse configuration of mojo com.github.temyers:cucumber-jvm-parallel-plugin:4.2.0:generateRunners for parameter tags: Cannot assign configuration entry 'tags' with value '"~@ignored"' of type java.lang.String to property of type java.util.List -> [Help 1]
11:47:50 org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal com.github.temyers:cucumber-jvm-parallel-plugin:4.2.0:generateRunners (generateRunners) on project riverbed-automation-tests: Unable to parse configuration of mojo com.github.temyers:cucumber-jvm-parallel-plugin:4.2.0:generateRunners for parameter tags: Cannot assign configuration entry 'tags' with value '"~@ignored"' of type java.lang.String to property of type java.util.List
11:47:50    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:221)
11:47:50    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)
11:47:50    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)
11:47:50    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:84)
11:47:50    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:59)
11:47:50    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.singleThreadedBuild(LifecycleStarter.java:183)
11:47:50    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:161)
11:47:50    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:320)
11:47:50    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:156)
11:47:50    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:537)
11:47:50    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:196)
11:47:50    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:141)
11:47:50    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
11:47:50    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
11:47:50    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
11:47:50    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
11:47:50    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:290)
11:47:50    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:230)
11:47:50    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:414)
11:47:50    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:357)

this Cucumber java junit project with Serenity . Only difference between master and slave is that Xvfb (headless browser) is working on Master but not on Slave, but since it looks a Maven or Cucumber error I doubt Xvfb has anything to with it.

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Check https://github.com/temyers/cucumber-jvm-parallel-plugin There is stated:

As of cucumber-jvm:4.0.0 parallel execution is supported natively by cucumber. As such, upgrading to Cucumber 4.0.0 is recommended and this plugin is no longer maintained.

So consider leave cucumber-jvm-parallel-plugin

It looks like you have in your pom.xml something like

<tags>"~@ignore"</tags>

try to change it to

    <tags>
      <tag>~@ignore</tag>
    </tags>

BTW proper new style is now not @ignore check https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber/tree/master/tag-expressions#migrating-from-old-style-tags

Answer 2

The problem is maven version

Following format for list/set is support in maven 3.3.9 and onward versions but in lower versions it not supported.

<tags>val1,val2,val3...</tags>

But in maven version less than 3.3.9 , above is not supported

To fix make it backward compatible

<tags>
    <tag>val1</tag>
    <tag>val2</tag>
    .....
</tags>

PS: for more details check this link