Using OFT with two valid consecutive tagged gherkin scenarios, only the first scenario is imported;

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Description

OpenFastTrace 4.9.0 does not import consecutive tagged Gherkin scenarios unless a
Gherkin boundary such as Rule: appears between them.

Rule is optional Gherkin structure. Requiring it for OFT import is undesirable:
in many specifications a Rule would merely repeat the Scenario’s meaning.

The current repository workaround adds a temporary Rule boundary only to a
trace-input copy; checked-in .feature files remain normal Gherkin. After this
bug is fixed, this workaround must no longer be necessary.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a .feature file with two consecutive tagged scenarios:

   Feature: Example
   
   @id:scn~first~1
   # Needs: itest
   Scenario: First scenario
     Given a precondition
   
   @id:scn~second~1
   # Needs: itest
   Scenario: Second scenario
     Given another precondition
   

2. Run:

   java -jar openfasttrace-4.9.0.jar trace .

3. Add an integration-test coverage tag for scnsecond1.

Expected behavior

Both scenarios are imported as OFT specification items without requiring a
Rule: element between them. The coverage tag for scnsecond1 resolves.

Environment

• OFT: 4.9.0
• OS: macOS 26.6.1
• Java Version: OpenJDK 21.0.2 Temurin
• Maven Version: 3.9.10

Additional context

OFT’s Gherkin documentation states that an OFT ID belongs in the contiguous tag
region immediately before a Scenario or Scenario Outline; it does not
require a Rule.

Without the temporary Rule boundary, metadata for the next scenario is not
reopened after the preceding scenario and the later scenario is not imported.

Current workaround:

def _prepare_openfasttrace_input(tmp_path: Path) -> Path:
"""Create an OFT input copy that works around its Gherkin importer defect.

  OFT 4.9.0 documents consecutive tagged scenarios as supported, but its
  released importer only begins metadata parsing again after a Gherkin
  boundary. Add temporary boundaries for tracing only, keeping the checked-in
  specifications idiomatic Gherkin.
  """
  trace_root = tmp_path / "trace-input"
  shutil.copytree(
      PROJECT_ROOT,
      trace_root,
      ignore=shutil.ignore_patterns(
          ".git",
          ".nox",
          ".venv",
          ".pytest_cache",
          "__pycache__",
          "*.pyc",
      ),
  )

  for feature_file in (trace_root / "specs").rglob("*.feature"):
      source = feature_file.read_text()
      feature_file.write_text(
          source.replace(
              "\n@id:",
              "\nRule: OpenFastTrace scenario boundary\n@id:",
          )
      )

  return trace_root