Bump requirements / minimum version

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: Release
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - uses: cucumber/[email protected]
         with:
           rubygems_api_key: ${{ secrets.RUBYGEMS_API_KEY }}
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - uses: cucumber/[email protected]
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -23,27 +23,24 @@ jobs:
         # - rails versions if their patch release is within 6 months of the Ruby EOL date
         # - No version of the current rails major
         #
-        # 3.1 -> EOL Mar '25 -> Only test Rails versions initially released before Sep '25
         # 3.2 -> EOL Mar '26 -> Only test Rails versions initially released before Sep '26
         include:
           - { ruby: '3.4', gemfile: 'rails_7_2' }
           - { ruby: '3.4', gemfile: 'rails_8_0' }
         # Supported rubies will test all permissible supported rails versions
-        ruby: ['3.1', '3.2', '3.3']
+        ruby: ['3.2', '3.3']
         gemfile: ['rails_6_1', 'rails_7_0', 'rails_7_1', 'rails_7_2', 'rails_8_0']
         exclude:
             # Ruby 3.1+ has issues with Rails 6.1 https://github.com/rails/rails/issues/46883#issuecomment-1371325906
             # It (Rails 6.1.x), has been marked as a won't fix and as such it's likely this will need to just be excluded until out of support window
             # Ruby 3.1+ has a conflicting Psych version with Rails 6.x: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71191685/visit-psych-nodes-alias-unknown-alias-default-psychbadalias
             # Rails 8.x has a minimum ruby of 3.2
-          - { ruby: '3.1', gemfile: 'rails_6_1' }
-          - { ruby: '3.1', gemfile: 'rails_8_0' }
           - { ruby: '3.2', gemfile: 'rails_6_1' }
           - { ruby: '3.3', gemfile: 'rails_6_1' }
     env:
       BUNDLE_GEMFILE: gemfiles/${{ matrix.gemfile }}.gemfile
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
         with:
           ruby-version: ${{ matrix.ruby }}

.rubocop.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require:
   - rubocop-rspec
 
 AllCops:
-  TargetRubyVersion: 3.1
+  TargetRubyVersion: 3.2
   NewCops: enable
   Exclude:
     # These are auto-generated from a load of features that use aruba
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ AllCops:
     - 'gemfiles/*.gemfile'
     - 'vendor/**/*'
 
+# Stylistic preference to keep dev dependencies in gemspec
+Gemspec/DevelopmentDependencies:
+  Enabled: false
+
 # Disabled on our repo's to enable polyglot-release
 Gemspec/RequireMFA:
   Enabled: false

Appraisals

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ appraise 'rails_6_1' do
   gem 'activerecord'
   gem 'capybara', '< 3.38'
   gem 'concurrent-ruby', '< 1.3.5'
+  gem 'cucumber', '< 11'
   gem 'factory_bot', '< 6.4'
   gem 'psych', '< 4'
   gem 'railties', '~> 6.1.7'
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ end
 
 appraise 'rails_7_0' do
   gem 'activerecord'
+  gem 'capybara', '< 3.41'
   gem 'concurrent-ruby', '< 1.3.5'
   gem 'cucumber', '< 10'
   gem 'factory_bot', '< 6.6'
@@ -21,6 +23,8 @@ end
 
 appraise 'rails_7_1' do
   gem 'activerecord'
+  gem 'capybara', '< 3.41'
+  gem 'cucumber', '< 10'
   gem 'railties', '~> 7.1.5'
   gem 'sqlite3', '~> 2.0'
 end

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 This file is intended to be modified using the [`changelog`](https://github.com/cucumber/changelog) command-line tool.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Removed
+- Removed support for Ruby 2.6 - 3.1 (Ruby 3.2 is now the lowest version)
+- Removed support for Rails 5.2 and 6.0 (6.1 is still supported and 7.0+ is preferred)
+
+### Changed
+- In-line with minimum ruby / rails, a lot of internal non-breaking refactors have been done to remove legacy code
 
 ## [3.1.1] - 2025-01-30
 ### Changed

Rakefile

@@ -18,15 +18,25 @@ namespace :test do
     Rake::Task['appraisal'].invoke('test')
   end
 
-  desc 'Run tests against specified gemfile, e.g. rake test:gemfile[rails_6_0]'
-  task :gemfile, :name do |_task, args|
+  desc 'Run tests against specified gemfile, e.g. rake test:gemfile[rails_8_0]'
+  task :full, :name do |_task, args|
     unless args.name && File.exist?("gemfiles/#{args.name}.gemfile")
       raise ArgumentError, "You must provide the name of an existing Appraisal gemfile,
-        e.g. 'rake test:gemfile[rails_6_0]'"
+        e.g. 'rake test:full[rails_8_0]'"
     end
 
     Rake::Task["appraisal:#{args.name}"].invoke('test')
   end
+
+  desc 'Run unit tests only against specified gemfile, e.g. rake test:gemfile[rails_8_0]'
+  task :spec, :name do |_task, args|
+    unless args.name && File.exist?("gemfiles/#{args.name}.gemfile")
+      raise ArgumentError, "You must provide the name of an existing Appraisal gemfile,
+        e.g. 'rake test:spec[rails_8_0]'"
+    end
+
+    system "BUNDLE_GEMFILE=/home/luke/Code/cucumber-rails/gemfiles/#{args.name}.gemfile bundle exec rspec"
+  end
 end
 
 namespace :gemfiles do

cucumber-rails.gemspec

@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path('lib', __dir__)
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name        = 'cucumber-rails'
   s.version     = File.read("#{__dir__}/VERSION")
-  s.authors     = ['Aslak Hellesøy', 'Dennis Blöte', 'Rob Holland']
+  s.authors     = ['Aslak Hellesøy', 'Dennis Blöte', 'Rob Holland', 'Luke Hill']
   s.description = 'Cucumber Generator and Runtime for Rails'
   s.summary     = "#{s.name}-#{s.version}"
   s.email       = '[email protected]'
   s.homepage    = 'https://cucumber.io'
 
   s.license = 'MIT'
 
-  s.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.1.0'
+  s.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.2.0'
   s.required_rubygems_version = '>= 3.2.8'
 
   s.metadata = {
@@ -24,24 +24,24 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     'source_code_uri' => "https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-rails/tree/v#{s.version}"
   }
 
-  s.add_runtime_dependency('capybara', '>= 3.11', '< 4')
-  s.add_runtime_dependency('cucumber', '>= 5', '< 10')
-  s.add_runtime_dependency('railties', '>= 5.2', '< 9')
+  s.add_runtime_dependency('capybara', '>= 3.25', '< 4')
+  s.add_runtime_dependency('cucumber', '>= 7', '< 11')
+  s.add_runtime_dependency('railties', '>= 6.1', '< 9')
 
   # Main development dependencies
   s.add_development_dependency('ammeter', '>= 1.1.5')
   s.add_development_dependency('appraisal', '>= 2.4.1', '< 3')
-  s.add_development_dependency('aruba', '>= 1.1.2', '< 3')
+  s.add_development_dependency('aruba', '~> 2.0')
   s.add_development_dependency('database_cleaner', '~> 2.0')
-  s.add_development_dependency('rails', '>= 5.2', '< 9')
-  s.add_development_dependency('rake', '~> 13.2')
+  s.add_development_dependency('rails', '>= 6.1', '< 9')
+  s.add_development_dependency('rake', '~> 13.3')
   s.add_development_dependency('rspec', '~> 3.13')
-  s.add_development_dependency('rubocop', '~> 1.45.0')
+  s.add_development_dependency('rubocop', '~> 1.62.0')
   s.add_development_dependency('rubocop-packaging', '~> 0.5.2')
-  s.add_development_dependency('rubocop-performance', '~> 1.17.1')
-  s.add_development_dependency('rubocop-rails', '~> 2.18.0')
+  s.add_development_dependency('rubocop-performance', '~> 1.22.0')
+  s.add_development_dependency('rubocop-rails', '~> 2.29.0')
   s.add_development_dependency('rubocop-rake', '~> 0.6.0')
-  s.add_development_dependency('rubocop-rspec', '~> 2.17.0')
+  s.add_development_dependency('rubocop-rspec', '~> 3.1.0')
 
   # For Documentation:
   s.add_development_dependency('yard', '~> 0.9.10')

features/support/cucumber_rails_gem_helper.rb

@@ -34,23 +34,17 @@ def add_cucumber_rails(options)
   def add_sqlite3_gem
     if rails_equal_or_higher_than?('7.1')
       add_gem 'sqlite3', '~> 2.0'
-    elsif rails_equal_or_higher_than?('6.0')
-      add_gem 'sqlite3', '~> 1.4'
     else
-      add_gem 'sqlite3', '~> 1.3.13'
+      add_gem 'sqlite3', '~> 1.4'
     end
   end
 
   def add_selenium_webdriver_gem
     if rails_equal_or_higher_than?('7.0')
       add_gem 'selenium-webdriver', '~> 4.22', group: :test
-    elsif rails_equal_or_higher_than?('6.0')
+    else
       add_gem 'selenium-webdriver', '~> 4.0', group: :test
       add_gem 'webdrivers', '~> 5.0', group: :test
-    else
-      add_gem 'selenium-webdriver', '< 4', group: :test
-      add_gem 'webdrivers', '~> 4.0', group: :test
-      remove_gem 'chromedriver-helper'
     end
   end
 
@@ -59,11 +53,7 @@ def add_remaining_gems(options)
     add_gem 'capybara', Capybara::VERSION, group: :test
     add_gem 'database_cleaner', '>= 2.0.0', group: :test unless options.include?(:no_database_cleaner)
     add_gem 'database_cleaner-active_record', '>= 2.0.0', group: :test if options.include?(:database_cleaner_active_record)
-    if rails_equal_or_higher_than?('6.0')
-      add_gem 'factory_bot', '>= 6.4', group: :test unless options.include?(:no_factory_bot)
-    else
-      add_gem 'factory_bot', '< 6.4', group: :test unless options.include?(:no_factory_bot)
-    end
+    add_gem 'factory_bot', '>= 6.4', group: :test unless options.include?(:no_factory_bot)
     add_gem 'rspec-expectations', '~> 3.12', group: :test
   end
 
@@ -86,8 +76,8 @@ def remove_gem(name)
     overwrite_file('Gemfile', content)
   end
 
-  def add_gem(name, *args)
-    line = convert_gem_opts_to_string(name, *args)
+  def add_gem(name, *)
+    line = convert_gem_opts_to_string(name, *)
     gem_regexp = /gem ["']#{name}["'].*$/
     gemfile_content = File.read(expand_path('Gemfile'))
 

features/support/cucumber_rails_setup_helper.rb

@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ def rails_new(options = {})
 
   def run_rails_new_command(options)
     flags = %w[--skip-action-cable --skip-action-mailer --skip-active-job --skip-bootsnap --skip-bundle --skip-javascript
-               --skip-jbuilder --skip-listen --skip-spring --skip-sprockets --skip-test-unit --skip-turbolinks --skip-active-storage]
-    flags += %w[--skip-action-mailbox --skip-action-text] if rails_equal_or_higher_than?('6.0')
+               --skip-jbuilder --skip-listen --skip-spring --skip-sprockets --skip-test-unit --skip-turbolinks
+               --skip-active-storage --skip-action-mailbox --skip-action-text]
     run_command "bundle exec rails new test_app #{flags.join(' ')} #{options[:args]}"
   end
 
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ def clear_bundle_env_vars
     unset_bundler_env_vars
     delete_environment_variable 'BUNDLE_GEMFILE'
   end
-
-  def rails_equal_or_higher_than?(version)
-    Rails.gem_version >= Gem::Version.new(version)
-  end
 end
 
 World(CucumberRailsSetupHelper)

gemfiles/rails_6_1.gemfile

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 gem "activerecord"
 gem "capybara", "< 3.38"
 gem "concurrent-ruby", "< 1.3.5"
+gem "cucumber", "< 11"
 gem "factory_bot", "< 6.4"
 gem "psych", "< 4"
 gem "railties", "~> 6.1.7"

gemfiles/rails_7_0.gemfile

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 gem "activerecord"
+gem "capybara", "< 3.41"
 gem "concurrent-ruby", "< 1.3.5"
 gem "cucumber", "< 10"
 gem "factory_bot", "< 6.6"

gemfiles/rails_7_1.gemfile

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 gem "activerecord"
+gem "capybara", "< 3.41"
+gem "cucumber", "< 10"
 gem "railties", "~> 7.1.5"
 gem "sqlite3", "~> 2.0"
 

lib/cucumber/rails/action_dispatch.rb

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def call(env)
 
           show_exceptions = !env['action_dispatch.show_detailed_exceptions']
           if ::Rails.gem_version >= Gem::Version.new('7.1.0')
-            # Rails 7.1 deprecated `show_exceptions` boolean in in favor of symbols
+            # Rails 7.1 deprecated `show_exceptions` boolean in favour of symbols
             show_exceptions = show_exceptions ? :all : :none
           end
 

lib/cucumber/rails/database/deletion_strategy.rb

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Rails
     module Database
       class DeletionStrategy < Strategy
         def before_js
-          super :deletion
+          super(:deletion)
         end
       end
     end

lib/cucumber/rails/database/strategy.rb

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ def initialize(options = {})
         end
 
         def before_js(strategy)
-          @original_strategy = if defined?(DatabaseCleaner::VERSION) && Gem::Version.new(DatabaseCleaner::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.8.0.beta')
+          @original_strategy = if defined?(DatabaseCleaner) && Gem::Version.new(DatabaseCleaner::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.8.0')
                                  raise "No DatabaseCleaner strategies found. Make sure you have required one of DatabaseCleaner's adapters" if DatabaseCleaner.cleaners.empty?
 
                                  DatabaseCleaner.cleaners.values.first.strategy # that feels like a nasty hack

lib/cucumber/rails/database/truncation_strategy.rb

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Rails
     module Database
       class TruncationStrategy < Strategy
         def before_js
-          super :truncation
+          super(:truncation)
         end
       end
     end

lib/generators/cucumber/install_generator.rb

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def create_feature_support
     end
 
     def configure_environment
-      environment(<<~CONFIG, env: %w[development test]) if ::Rails::VERSION::MAJOR >= 6
+      environment(<<~CONFIG, env: %w[development test])
         # Configure 'rails notes' to inspect Cucumber files
         config.annotations.register_directories('features')
         config.annotations.register_extensions('feature') { |tag| /#\\s*(\#{tag}):?\\s*(.*)$/ }

spec/generators/cucumber/install_generator_spec.rb

@@ -65,14 +65,12 @@ def create_config_files_the_generator_is_expected_to_modify
       it { is_expected.to contain 'load Cucumber::BINARY' }
     end
 
-    if Rails::VERSION::MAJOR >= 6
-      %w[development test].each do |environment|
-        describe "config/environments/#{environment}.rb" do
-          subject { file("config/environments/#{environment}.rb") }
-
-          it { is_expected.to contain "config.annotations.register_extensions('feature') { |tag| /#\\s*(\#{tag}):?\\s*(.*)$/ }" }
-          it { is_expected.to contain "config.annotations.register_directories('features')" }
-        end
+    %w[development test].each do |environment|
+      describe "config/environments/#{environment}.rb" do
+        subject { file("config/environments/#{environment}.rb") }
+
+        it { is_expected.to contain "config.annotations.register_extensions('feature') { |tag| /#\\s*(\#{tag}):?\\s*(.*)$/ }" }
+        it { is_expected.to contain "config.annotations.register_directories('features')" }
       end
     end
   end