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Unclear error logs

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#2,952 opened on Jul 1, 2026

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Description

Problem or Use Case

Error logs are no longer as accurate as in the previous release. Only the error and the feature's scenario name are displayed, with no reference to the feature line or the instruction that triggered the error. This information was present in previous versions. example: [ERROR] Tests run: 111, Failures: 0, Errors: 16, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 320.2 s <<< FAILURE! -- in it.$Test [ERROR] [src/test/java/.../test_accounts] Get Accounts bulk stress test.[1.6:37] Get Accounts bulk test - page 0 size 9999 -- Time elapsed: 0.006 s <<< ERROR! java.lang.RuntimeException: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out

Proposed Solution

in previous release the log was like

classpath:it/.../flow.feature:107 src/test/java/it/.../test.feature:385 at com.intuit.karate.junit5.FeatureNode.lambda$next$1(FeatureNode.java:86)

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Research direction
Investigate recent commits that changed the error log format; trace the code path from test execution to log output to find where the line reference is omitted.
Tech stack
java
Domain
testing
Issue type
Bug
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3
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1-3 hours
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Clear
Prerequisites
Java
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70