NightWatch not Creating new XML and HTML reports in Tests_output folder

[ZScannell]

Description of the bug/issue

When I was running builds on a Jenkins server I noticed that the XML and HTML test results were not being recreated on a build-by-build basis. They are not being overwritten, meaning that the results being shown are from a test run on last Friday and not this friday.

Steps to reproduce

1. Run the command "npx nightwatch ./test/reducedtestcase"
2. Navigate to the tests output folder.
3. See that the test results are not from the current batch of testing.

Sample test

describe('Testing Academy Only Access', function() {

    before(browser => {    
        browser.navigateTo('https://www.google.com');
        browser.fullscreenWindow();
    });

    it('Attempt to Login to Test User', () => {
        //browser.fullscreenWindow();
        browser.verify.titleEquals('Google');    // Tests that Sign-In was Successful
    });
    after(browser => {
      // This is used to close the browser's session
      browser.end();
    }); 
  });

Command to run

npx nightwatch ./test/reducedtestcase

Verbose Output

No response

Nightwatch Configuration

module.exports = {
  // An array of folders (excluding subfolders) where your tests are located;
  // if this is not specified, the test source must be passed as the second argument to the test runner.
  src_folders: ['test','nightwatch/examples'],

  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/concepts/page-object-model.html
  page_objects_path: ['nightwatch/page-objects'],

  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/extending-nightwatch/adding-custom-commands.html
  custom_commands_path: ['nightwatch/custom-commands'],

  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/extending-nightwatch/adding-custom-assertions.html
  custom_assertions_path: ['nightwatch/custom-assertions'],

  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/extending-nightwatch/adding-plugins.html
  plugins: [],

  // See https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/concepts/test-globals.html
  globals_path: '',

  webdriver: {},

  test_workers: {
    enabled: true
  },

  output_folder: 'tests_output/test',

  test_settings: {
    default: {
      skip_testcases_on_fail: false,
      disable_error_log: false,
      launch_url: 'http://localhost',

      screenshots: {
        enabled: false,
        path: 'screens',
        on_failure: true
      },

      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'chrome'
      },

      webdriver: {
        start_process: true,
        server_path: ''
      },

    },

    firefox: {
      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'firefox',
        alwaysMatch: {
          acceptInsecureCerts: true,
          'moz:firefoxOptions': {
            args: [
              "start-maximized"
              // '-headless',
              // '-verbose'
            ]
          }
        }
      },
      webdriver: {
        start_process: true,
        server_path: '',
        cli_args: [
          // very verbose geckodriver logs
          // '-vv'
        ]
      }
    },

    chrome: {
      desiredCapabilities: {
        browserName: 'chrome',
        'goog:chromeOptions': {
          // More info on Chromedriver: https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/
          //
          // w3c:false tells Chromedriver to run using the legacy JSONWire protocol (not required in Chrome 78)
          w3c: true,
          args: [
            "start-maximized"
            //'--no-sandbox',
            //'--ignore-certificate-errors',
            //'--allow-insecure-localhost',
            //'--headless'
          ]
        }
      },

      webdriver: {
        start_process: true,
        server_path: '',
        cli_args: [
          // --verbose
        ]
      }
    },

  },

  usage_analytics: {
    enabled: true,
    log_path: './logs/analytics',
    client_id: '5aee7a6c-ec08-491b-a9c3-f2a5ef371d2a'
  }

};

Nightwatch.js Version

2.6.10

Node Version

18.13.0

Browser

Firefox 108.0.2; Chrome 109.0.5414.75

Operating System

Windows 10 Pro 19044.2364

Additional Information

No response

[vaibhavsingh97]

@ZScannell, Thanks for raising the issue. I am not able to reproduce the problem. Please confirm if you are using Docker with Jenkins and if Jenkins has access to the file system where the folder is located.

[AutomatedTester]

Closing as info not provided