I am getting below issue, while running cucumber tests. Can anybody help me?

[roop152]

I am using java 8
cucumber-java 4.3.2
cucumber-core 1.2.5
cucumber html -0.2.7
Maven dependencies

Getting below issue. While running cucumber feature files using run configuration.

cucumber.runtime.CucumberException: No backends were found. Please make sure you have a backend module on your CLASSPATH.
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:81)
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:70)
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:66)
at Lib.Controller.Driver.run(Driver.java:305)
at Lib.Controller.Driver.main(Driver.java:213)
at Lib.Controller.ThreadRunner$1.run(ThreadRunner.java:339)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
cucumber.runtime.CucumberException: No backends were found. Please make sure you have a backend module on your CLASSPATH.
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:81)
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:70)
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:66)
at Lib.Controller.Driver.run(Driver.java:305)
at Lib.Controller.Driver.main(Driver.java:213)
at Lib.Controller.ThreadRunner$1.run(ThreadRunner.java:339)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
cucumber.runtime.CucumberException: No backends were found. Please make sure you have a backend module on your CLASSPATH.
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:81)
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:70)
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:66)
at Lib.Controller.Driver.run(Driver.java:305)
No backends were found. Please make sure you have a backend module on your CLASSPATH.
null
No backends were found. Please make sure you have a backend module on your CLASSPATH.
null
No backends were found. Please make sure you have a backend module on your CLASSPATH.
No backends were found. Please make sure you have a backend module on your CLASSPATH.
No backends were found. Please make sure you have a backend module on your CLASSPATH.
at Lib.Controller.Driver.main(Driver.java:213)
at Lib.Controller.ThreadRunner$1.run(ThreadRunner.java:339)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
cucumber.runtime.CucumberException: No backends were found. Please make sure you have a backend module on your CLASSPATH.
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:81)
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:70)
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:66)
at Lib.Controller.Driver.run(Driver.java:305)
at Lib.Controller.Driver.main(Driver.java:213)
at Lib.Controller.ThreadRunner$1.run(ThreadRunner.java:339)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
cucumber.runtime.CucumberException: No backends were found. Please make sure you have a backend module on your CLASSPATH.
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:81)
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:70)
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:66)
at Lib.Controller.Driver.run(Driver.java:305)
at Lib.Controller.Driver.main(Driver.java:213)
at Lib.Controller.ThreadRunner$1.run(ThreadRunner.java:339)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
cucumber.runtime.CucumberException: No backends were found. Please make sure you have a backend module on your CLASSPATH.
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:81)
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:70)
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:66)
at Lib.Controller.Driver.run(Driver.java:305)
at Lib.Controller.Driver.main(Driver.java:213)
at Lib.Controller.ThreadRunner$1.run(ThreadRunner.java:339)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
cucumber.runtime.CucumberException: No backends were found. Please make sure you have a backend module on your CLASSPATH.
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:81)
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:70)
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:66)
at Lib.Controller.Driver.run(Driver.java:305)
at Lib.Controller.Driver.main(Driver.java:213)
at Lib.Controller.ThreadRunner$1.run(ThreadRunner.java:339)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
cucumber.runtime.CucumberException: No backends were found. Please make sure you have a backend module on your CLASSPATH.
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:81)
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:70)
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:66)
at Lib.Controller.Driver.run(Driver.java:305)
at Lib.Controller.Driver.main(Driver.java:213)
at Lib.Controller.ThreadRunner$1.run(ThreadRunner.java:339)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
cucumber.runtime.CucumberException: No backends were found. Please make sure you have a backend module on your CLASSPATH.
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:81)
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:70)
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:66)
at Lib.Controller.Driver.run(Driver.java:305)
at Lib.Controller.Driver.main(Driver.java:213)
at Lib.Controller.ThreadRunner$1.run(ThreadRunner.java:339)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
cucumber.runtime.CucumberException: No backends were found. Please make sure you have a backend module on your CLASSPATH.
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:81)
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:70)

[luke-hill]

Could you follow the issue template, specifically the part about providing an MVCE (Ideally in the form of a github repo), then a Java maintainer could triage your issue.

Also could you check whether you have a backend module on your classpath, as the error indicates

[roop152]

I am using below code to run the cucumber tests

in args passing like this
String[] argv:-
[--glue, defFiles, -f, json:target/82720191627PDT1566893187389/cucumber-report1.json, C:\New Selenium\Salesforce_QA_Automation\ADT_Resources\SalesForce\FeatureFiles\CROSS_OVER_DATE\Amend_Dec_License_NonInventory_TopProducerCRM_DL.feature]
ClassLoader :- Passing current thread in the method.

getting issue in runtime class in the below method
runtime = new Runtime(resourceLoader, classFinder, classLoader, runtimeOptions);

public static byte run(String[] argv, ClassLoader classLoader) throws IOException {
    try{
	RuntimeOptions runtimeOptions = null;
	Runtime runtime = null;
	//	        runtimeOptions = new RuntimeOptions(System.getProperties(), argv);
	//	        runtime = new Runtime(new MultiLoader(classLoader), classLoader, runtimeOptions);
	runtimeOptions = new RuntimeOptions(new ArrayList<String>(asList(argv)));
	ResourceLoader resourceLoader = new MultiLoader(classLoader);
	ClassFinder classFinder = new ResourceLoaderClassFinder(resourceLoader, classLoader);
	runtime = new Runtime(resourceLoader, classFinder, classLoader, runtimeOptions);
	List<String> featureFiles = runtimeOptions.getFeaturePaths();
	List<Object> Filters = runtimeOptions.getFilters();
	List<String> CukeGlues = runtimeOptions.getGlue();
	Driver.Gprops.SetCukeFilters(Thread.currentThread().getName(),Filters);
	Driver.Gprops.SetCukeGlues(Thread.currentThread().getName(),CukeGlues);
	Driver.Gprops.SetFeatureFiles(Thread.currentThread().getName(),featureFiles);
	CheckFeatureFiles(featureFiles,Filters);
	//WriteToConfigFile(ProcessFeaturandFilters(featureFiles,Filters));
	//	        runtime.writeStepdefsJson();
	System.out.println();
	if(ExecuteCucke){
		runtime.run();
		T = runtime.getErrors();
		List<String> MissingSnippets = runtime.getSnippets();
		if(MissingSnippets.size() > 0){
			Driver.CUtil.WriteResults("Printing the missing Step defenition/s", "run", "");
			for(int x=0; x<MissingSnippets.size(); x++){
				Driver.CUtil.WriteResults(MissingSnippets.get(x), "run", "");
			}
		}
		if(T.size() > 0){
			Driver.CUtil.WriteResults("Printing Cucumber RunTime Error/s", "run", "");
			for(int y=0;y<T.size(); y++){
				StackTraceElement[] st = T.get(y).getStackTrace();
				String stString = "";
				for(int z=0; z< st.length; z++){
					stString += " File Name: " +  st[z].getFileName() + " Method name: " + st[z].getMethodName() + "(" + st[z].getLineNumber() + ")<br>";
				}
				stString += "<br>Complete Error Message: " + T.get(y).getMessage() + "<br>";
				Driver.CUtil.WriteResults(stString, "run", "fail");
			}
		}
		//	        	Driver.CUtil.ComposeProcessedLog();
		// following code added by KK to insert the values to cukeresults table - 05/12/2013
		//	            String plHtml = "http://QAZ02HTP900:8080/Result/"+Driver.Gprops.GetRunID()+"/ProcessedLog.html";
		//        		String foHtml = "http://QAZ02HTP900:8080/Result/"+Driver.Gprops.GetRunID()+"/feature-overview.html";
		//        		String lgHtml = "http://QAZ02HTP900:8080/Result/"+Driver.Gprops.GetRunID()+"/Log.html";
		//        		Driver.DBCon.InsertCuckResult(Driver.Gprops.GetRunID(), System.getProperty("ProjectName"), System.getProperty("EnvFileName"), plHtml, foHtml, lgHtml, String.valueOf(Driver.Gprops.GetPassCounter()), String.valueOf(Driver.Gprops.GetFailCounter()));
		//        		Driver.CUtil.CreateIndexFile();

	}
	//        System.exit(runtime.exitStatus());

  }
  catch(Exception ex){
       System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
	ex.printStackTrace();
  }
  return runtime.exitStatus();
}

[roop152]

Above mentioned code, For Ant it is working fine. But, I have converted ant to maven project. After that it is not working and getting above mentioned issue.

[luke-hill]

As mentioned we need an MVCE, I / other maintainers won't try to cobble together code from copying and pasting.

https://stackoverflow.com/help/minimal-reproducible-example
http://sscce.org/
http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Few links to give you some pointers.

[mpkorstanje]

Maven dependencies:

• cucumber-java 4.3.2
• cucumber-core 1.2.5
• cucumber html -0.2.7

These versions will not work together. You should use the same version of all cucumber-* dependencies and you should not include transitive dependencies in your dependency section.

I also suspect that due to your custom runner you will have to use 1.2.5.

Given the amount of customization you have done there is nothing we can do without an MCVE. Please feel free to reopen this issue when you can provide one.

[roop152]

I have resolved this issue by moving all the code in to maven project structure.

[ManjuManju25]

i am getting this error , please give me the solution

2024-03-12 17:09:29 INFO Log4j:45 -
Inside TestNG > @BeforeSuite
17:09:29.212 [main] INFO org.testng.internal.Utils - [Utils] DynamicGraphHelper.createDynamicGraph() took 3 ms.
2024-03-12 17:09:29 INFO Log4j:64 -
Inside TestNG > @dataProvider
17:09:29.224 [main] ERROR org.testng.internal.Utils - [Error] java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "cucumber.api.testng.TestNGCucumberRunner.provideFeatures()" because "this.testNGCucumberRunner" is null
at CDMNext.runner.TestRunner.features(TestRunner.java:65)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(MethodInvocationHelper.java:139)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(MethodInvocationHelper.java:84)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethodNoCheckedException(MethodInvocationHelper.java:53)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeDataProvider(MethodInvocationHelper.java:157)
at org.testng.internal.Parameters.handleParameters(Parameters.java:803)
at org.testng.internal.Parameters.handleParameters(Parameters.java:728)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.ParameterHandler.handleParameters(ParameterHandler.java:72)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.ParameterHandler.createParameters(ParameterHandler.java:51)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestInvoker$MethodInvocationAgent.invoke(TestInvoker.java:911)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestInvoker.invokeTestMethods(TestInvoker.java:200)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:148)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:128)
at java.base/java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1596)
at org.testng.TestRunner.privateRun(TestRunner.java:848)
at org.testng.TestRunner.run(TestRunner.java:621)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runTest(SuiteRunner.java:443)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runSequentially(SuiteRunner.java:437)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.privateRun(SuiteRunner.java:397)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.run(SuiteRunner.java:336)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.runSuite(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:52)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.run(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:95)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesSequentially(TestNG.java:1280)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesLocally(TestNG.java:1200)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuites(TestNG.java:1114)
at org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:1082)
at org.testng.remote.AbstractRemoteTestNG.run(AbstractRemoteTestNG.java:115)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.initAndRun(RemoteTestNG.java:251)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.main(RemoteTestNG.java:77)

FAILED CONFIGURATION: @BeforeSuite CDMNext.runner.TestRunner.setUpClass
cucumber.runtime.CucumberException: No backends were found. Please make sure you have a backend module on your CLASSPATH.
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:81)
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:70)
at cucumber.runtime.Runtime.(Runtime.java:66)
at cucumber.api.testng.TestNGCucumberRunner.(TestNGCucumberRunner.java:42)
at CDMNext.runner.TestRunner.setUpClass(TestRunner.java:46)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(MethodInvocationHelper.java:139)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethodConsideringTimeout(MethodInvocationHelper.java:69)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.ConfigInvoker.invokeConfigurationMethod(ConfigInvoker.java:390)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.ConfigInvoker.invokeConfigurations(ConfigInvoker.java:325)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.privateRun(SuiteRunner.java:382)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.run(SuiteRunner.java:336)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.runSuite(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:52)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.run(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:95)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesSequentially(TestNG.java:1280)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesLocally(TestNG.java:1200)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuites(TestNG.java:1114)
at org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:1082)
at org.testng.remote.AbstractRemoteTestNG.run(AbstractRemoteTestNG.java:115)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.initAndRun(RemoteTestNG.java:251)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.main(RemoteTestNG.java:77)

FAILED: CDMNext.runner.TestRunner.feature
Runs Cucumber Feature
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "cucumber.api.testng.TestNGCucumberRunner.provideFeatures()" because "this.testNGCucumberRunner" is null
at org.testng.internal.invokers.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethodNoCheckedException(MethodInvocationHelper.java:57)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeDataProvider(MethodInvocationHelper.java:157)
at org.testng.internal.Parameters.handleParameters(Parameters.java:803)
at org.testng.internal.Parameters.handleParameters(Parameters.java:728)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.ParameterHandler.handleParameters(ParameterHandler.java:72)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.ParameterHandler.createParameters(ParameterHandler.java:51)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestInvoker$MethodInvocationAgent.invoke(TestInvoker.java:911)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestInvoker.invokeTestMethods(TestInvoker.java:200)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:148)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:128)
at java.base/java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1596)
at org.testng.TestRunner.privateRun(TestRunner.java:848)
at org.testng.TestRunner.run(TestRunner.java:621)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runTest(SuiteRunner.java:443)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runSequentially(SuiteRunner.java:437)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.privateRun(SuiteRunner.java:397)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.run(SuiteRunner.java:336)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.runSuite(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:52)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.run(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:95)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesSequentially(TestNG.java:1280)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesLocally(TestNG.java:1200)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuites(TestNG.java:1114)
at org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:1082)
at org.testng.remote.AbstractRemoteTestNG.run(AbstractRemoteTestNG.java:115)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.initAndRun(RemoteTestNG.java:251)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.main(RemoteTestNG.java:77)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "cucumber.api.testng.TestNGCucumberRunner.provideFeatures()" because "this.testNGCucumberRunner" is null
at CDMNext.runner.TestRunner.features(TestRunner.java:65)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(MethodInvocationHelper.java:139)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(MethodInvocationHelper.java:84)
at org.testng.internal.invokers.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethodNoCheckedException(MethodInvocationHelper.java:53)
... 25 more

this are the pom.xml

4.0.0

<groupId>com.ceicdata</groupId>
<artifactId>CDMNext</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>

<name>MARKETSN</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
 
<properties>
	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 </properties>

 <build>
	 <pluginManagement>
		 <plugins>

			 <plugin>
				 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
				 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
				 <version>3.12.1</version>
				 <configuration>
					 <source>21</source>
					 <target>21</target>
					 <fork>true</fork>
					 <!--<executable>C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\bin\javac.exe</executable> -->
					 <executable>${env.JAVA_HOME}\bin\javac.exe</executable>
				 </configuration>
			 </plugin>
			 <plugin>	
				 
				 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
				 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
				 <version>3.2.5</version>
				 <configuration>
					 <!-- <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore> -->
					 <suiteXmlFiles>
						 <suiteXmlFile>testng.xml</suiteXmlFile>
					 </suiteXmlFiles>
				 </configuration>
			 </plugin>
			 <plugin>
				 <groupId>net.masterthought</groupId>
				 <artifactId>maven-cucumber-reporting</artifactId>
				 <version>5.7.8</version>
				 <executions>
					<execution>
						<id>execution</id>
						<phase>verify</phase>
						<goals>
							<goal>generate</goal>
						</goals>
						<configuration>
							<projectName>Cucumber-jvm-report</projectName>
							<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/target/cucumber-report-html</outputDirectory>
							<cucumberOutput>${project.build.directory}/target/cucumber-reports/CucumberTestReport.json</cucumberOutput>
							<skippedFails>true</skippedFails>
							<enableFlashCharts>true</enableFlashCharts>
							<buildNumber>4.0.0_rc.7</buildNumber>
						</configuration>
					</execution>
				</executions>
			</plugin>
		</plugins>
	</pluginManagement>
</build>

<reporting>
	<plugins>
		<plugin>
			<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
			<artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
			<version>3.2.5</version>
		</plugin>
	</plugins>

</reporting>

<dependencies>
	
	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
		<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
		<version>4.17.0</version>
	</dependency>

	<dependency>
		<groupId>io.github.bonigarcia</groupId>
		<artifactId>webdrivermanager</artifactId>
		<version>3.0.0</version>
	</dependency>
	
	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.testng/testng -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
        <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
        <version>7.8.0</version>

    </dependency>

		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/cucumber-java -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
        <version>7.11.0</version>
    </dependency>

	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/junit/junit -->
	<!-- <dependency> <groupId>junit</groupId> <artifactId>junit</artifactId> 
		<version>4.12</version> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> -->

	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/info.cukes/cucumber-junit -->
<!--	<dependency>
		<groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
		<artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
		<version>1.2.6</version>
		<scope>test</scope>
	</dependency>  -->
	
	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/cucumber-junit -->
    <dependency>
         <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
         <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
         <version>7.11.0</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    
       <dependency>
        <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-core</artifactId>
        <version>7.11.0</version>
     </dependency>

 <dependency>
        <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-picocontainer</artifactId>
        <version>7.11.0</version>
    </dependency>
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-testng</artifactId>
        <version>7.11.0</version>
   </dependency>


	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/info.cukes/cucumber-core -->

	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/cucumber-core -->
 
    
    <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/cucumber-core -->

	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/info.cukes/cucumber-html -->
<!--	<dependency>
		<groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
		<artifactId>cucumber-html</artifactId>
		<version>0.2.3</version>
	</dependency>  -->
	
	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/cucumber-html -->
   <dependency>
        <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-html</artifactId>
        <version>0.2.7</version>
   </dependency>


	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/info.cukes/cucumber-java -->
<!--	<dependency>
		<groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
		<artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
		<version>1.2.6</version>
	</dependency>   -->

	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/info.cukes/cucumber-jvm-deps -->

	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/cucumber-jvm-deps -->
     <dependency>
          <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
          <artifactId>cucumber-jvm-deps</artifactId>
          <version>1.0.6</version>
          <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>

	
	
     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/ru.yandex.qatools.ashot/ashot -->
     <dependency>
          <groupId>ru.yandex.qatools.ashot</groupId>
          <artifactId>ashot</artifactId>
          <version>1.5.4</version>
    </dependency>
    <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.code.gson/gson -->
    
    
     <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
           <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
           <version>2.10.1</version>
     </dependency>

     <dependency>
          <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
          <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
          <version>1.3</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>

	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/info.cukes/gherkin -->

	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/gherkin -->
    <dependency>
       <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
       <artifactId>gherkin</artifactId>
       <version>27.0.0</version>
     </dependency>


	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.hamcrest/hamcrest-all -->

	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/info.cukes/cucumber-picocontainer -->

	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/cucumber-picocontainer -->



	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/info.cukes/cucumber-testng -->

	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.cucumber/cucumber-testng -->

	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.freemarker/freemarker -->
	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.freemarker</groupId>
		<artifactId>freemarker</artifactId>
		<version>2.3.29</version>
	</dependency>

	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.masterthought/cucumber-reporting -->

	<dependency>
		<groupId>com.vimalselvam</groupId>
		<artifactId>cucumber-extentsreport</artifactId>
		<version>3.0.0</version>
	</dependency>

	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-core -->
	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
		<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
		<version>2.18.0</version>
	</dependency>

	
	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.mail/javax.mail-api -->
	<dependency>
		<groupId>com.sun.mail</groupId>
		<artifactId>javax.mail</artifactId>
		<version>1.6.1</version>
		<scope>test</scope>
	</dependency>
	
	<dependency>
		<groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
		<artifactId>javax.mail-api</artifactId>
		<version>1.5.5</version>
	</dependency>
	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.maven.scm/maven-scm-api -->
	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
		<artifactId>maven-scm-api</artifactId>
		<version>1.11.1</version>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
		<artifactId>poi</artifactId>
		<version>3.9</version>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
		<artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
		<version>3.9</version>
	</dependency>

	<dependency>
		<groupId>com.aventstack</groupId>
		<artifactId>extentreports</artifactId>
		<version>3.1.5</version>
	</dependency>

	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.github.mkolisnyk/cucumber-runner -->
	<dependency>
		<groupId>com.github.mkolisnyk</groupId>
		<artifactId>cucumber-runner</artifactId>
		<version>1.3.5</version>
	</dependency>
	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.seleniumhq.selenium/selenium-server -->
	<!-- <dependency> <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId> <artifactId>selenium-server</artifactId> 
		<version>2.53.1</version> </dependency> -->

	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.aventstack/extentreports -->
	<!-- <dependency> <groupId>com.aventstack</groupId> <artifactId>extentreports</artifactId> 
		<version>4.0.6</version> </dependency> -->

	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.sourceforge.tess4j/tess4j -->
	<dependency>
		<groupId>net.sourceforge.tess4j</groupId>
		<artifactId>tess4j</artifactId>
		<version>4.2.1</version>
	</dependency>
	<!-- <dependency> -->
	<!-- <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId> -->
	<!-- <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId> -->
	<!-- <version>1.7.7</version> -->
	<!-- </dependency> -->
	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
		<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
		<version>2.0.12</version>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
		<groupId>com.jcabi</groupId>
		<artifactId>jcabi-log</artifactId>
		<version>0.17.4</version>
	</dependency>	
	
	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-io/commons-io -->
	<dependency>
		<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
		<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
		<version>2.15.1</version>
	</dependency>
	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.thoughtworks.xstream/xstream -->
    <dependency>
         <groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
         <artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
         <version>1.4.20</version>
     </dependency>
     
   <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.sourceforge.htmlunit/htmlunit -->
    <dependency>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.htmlunit</groupId>
         <artifactId>htmlunit</artifactId>
         <version>2.70.0</version>
    </dependency>



 </dependencies>

i am using java 21 version

[mpkorstanje]

You're using info.cukes instead of io.cucumber. info.cukes is a very old version of Cucumber that doesn't work with Java 9+. For an example of an up to date project please see: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-java-skeleton/

For guides on upgrading see: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-jvm/tree/main/release-notes