Karate Files

Important Fixes

• karate.match() inside a closure passed across feature files resolves variables in the calling scope, not the defining scope [#2966]
• karate.remove() now removes nested JSON fields [#2953]
• get[0] with a JsonPath filter on a missing property degrades to #notpresent instead of erroring [#2950]
• call / callonce with read() no longer returns the entire caller scope in the result [#2949]
• callonce inside a call read() no longer caches globally across invocations [#2941]
• Escaped pipe \| in Examples tables is treated as a literal pipe character [#2943]
• param with a null value omits the query parameter instead of failing [#2942]
• afterFeature now fires as expected when running with multiple threads [#2939]
• karate.set(callSingle()) with call read() in Background no longer freezes Scenario Outline row values [#2934]
• karate.set(callSingle()) with the disk cache no longer wipes config-level Java.type() variables [#2933]
• Feature calls made from JS helper files show up in the summary report again [#2928]
• Gatling: feature errors are logged, ANSI escapes are stripped from log files, and --no-color is accepted [#2937]
• --no-color is applied and stripped before subcommand parsing [#2936]
• Gatling: a scenario that fails before any HTTP request emits a synthetic KO instead of vanishing from the report
• Gatling: feature chaining repaired — the mutable __karate map is matched on read
• A non-SSE GET against HttpServer is rejected with a real status (405/404) rather than hanging
• DOM nodes render as XML text instead of crashing json-smart
• Driver: page-load waits are bound to the navigation's loaderId, closing a class of races on redirects and replaced loaders
• Driver: each pooled slot gets its own browser context, and tab enumeration is scoped to the driver's own context

New Features & Enhancements

• The HTML report opens far faster and uses much less memory on large features — syntax highlighting is deferred until a block is viewed [#2938]
• Failures pinpoint the feature-file location, with a richer failure console [#2952]
• Driver: select() fires the full real-selection event sequence (input, change, blur, focusout)
• Driver: new CdpDriver.objectId(locator) for locator to CDP-node resolution
• CDP: named init-script registry, plus DOM.getFrameOwner / describeNode and script/binding injection wrappers
• WebSocket: subprotocol negotiation support in WsClient
• HTTP: bind-host support on HttpServer for localhost-only hardening
• BootLoader.bootOnly, BootBinding.getGlobals() and ConfigLoader.configOnly — evaluate boot and config without running features
• Report: kind-labelled embed badges, skipped tiles, and Scenario Outline badges
• Dependency bumps: Selenium, the Scala / Gatling plugins, and central-publishing-maven-plugin

View the complete list of all issues fixed in this release.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/karatelabs/karate/compare/v2.1.0...v2.1.1

Important: refer 2.0.0 release notes for those upgrading from 1.X

Artifacts

• Maven artifacts
• Standalone JAR (download below)
• CVE / SBOM report (download below)