Config object data unavailable within features called from karate-config.js

[kirksl]

This issue started occurring after Karate 1.0.1

myproject.zip

1. Download attached project
2. Run /src/test/java/com/repro/tests/test.feature@test=test1
3. Open build/karate.log
4. Search for "someConfigVar" which was set on the config object in karate-config.js
5. Witness that it exists (example karate.log output below)
6. Update build.gradle to a build greater than 1.0.1
7. Rerun steps 1-4
8. Witness now that "someConfigVar" no longer exists

What we are expecting (eg "testData", "someConfigVar", "someConfigVal")

14:12:51.221 [Test worker] INFO  com.intuit.karate - [print] {
  "testData": {
    "someConfigVar": "someConfigVal"
  },
  "create_account": true,
  "params": [
    {
      "param1": "abc",
      "param2": "def",
      "param3": "ghi"
    }
  ],
  "param3": "ghi",
  "responseStatus": 200,
  "param1": "abc",
  "param2": "def",
  "password": "Customertesting123!",
  "responseHeaders": {
    "Date": [
      "Mon, 15 Nov 2021 22:12:51 GMT"
    ],
    "Content-Type": [
      "application/json"
    ],
    "Content-Length": [
      "299"
    ],
    "Connection": [
      "keep-alive"
    ],
    "Server": [
      "gunicorn/19.9.0"
    ],
    "Access-Control-Allow-Origin": [
      "*"
    ],
    "Access-Control-Allow-Credentials": [
      "true"
    ]
  },
  "somevar": "someval",
  "response": {
    "args": {
    },
    "headers": {
      "User-Agent": "Apache-HttpClient/4.5.13 (Java/11.0.8)",
      "Host": "httpbin.org",
      "Accept-Encoding": "gzip,deflate",
      "X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-6192db63-1cd8aa8e45e9f7f85f8bf4a0"
    },
    "origin": "136.27.62.13",
    "url": "https://httpbin.org/get"
  },
  "name": "Customer Testing1",
  "entity": [
    {
      "name": "Customer Testing1",
      "email": "customertesting+1@gmail.com",
      "password": "Customertesting123!",
      "create_account": true
    }
  ],
  "email": "customertesting+1@gmail.com"
}
 
14:12:51.224 [Test worker] INFO  com.intuit.karate - [print] {
  "someConfigVar": "someConfigVal"
}

[ptrthomas]

@kirksl I haven't looked at this - but the "config" variables are injected only when the karate-config.js exits. which is why any call you do has to manually collect / pass arguments taken out of the code, for e.g. see #1837

[kirksl]

@ptrthomas I should clarify. I meant passing any object reference to another feature file within karate-config. I just happened to be using config in this case. Eg "config.testData" here...

[ptrthomas]

@kirksl ok. will look into this later. can you try a quick experiment. and karate.toJava() also in case toJson() doesn't work

var temp = karate.toJson({ testData: config.testData, entity: data });
karate.call(callee, temp);

[kirksl]

@ptrthomas done. toJava() and toJson() did not change the behavior.

[ptrthomas]

@kirksl just took a look at this and the project is a bit too complicated to navigate. I'd like it to be more minimal, because from what little I could understand, this is not valid use of call etc.

anyway, it is most likely fixed in the latest changes to develop. so please re-open as a fresh issue if applicable