Feature: Showing differences to expected output Cucumber will helpfully show you the expectation error that your testing library gives you, in the context of the failing scenario. When using RSpec, for example, this will show the difference between the expected and the actual output. Scenario: Run single failing scenario with default diff enabled Given a file named "features/failing_expectation.feature" with: """ Feature: Failing expectation Scenario: Failing expectation Given failing expectation """ And a file named "features/step_definitions/steps.rb" with: """ Given /^failing expectation$/ do x=1 expect('this').to eq 'that' end """ When I run `cucumber -q features/failing_expectation.feature` Then it should fail with: """ Feature: Failing expectation Scenario: Failing expectation Given failing expectation expected: "that" got: "this" (compared using ==) (RSpec::Expectations::ExpectationNotMetError) ./features/step_definitions/steps.rb:2:in `/^failing expectation$/' features/failing_expectation.feature:4:in `failing expectation' Failing Scenarios: cucumber features/failing_expectation.feature:3 1 scenario (1 failed) 1 step (1 failed) """