Example to illustrate that RubyMine does not display error information if it happens in a cucumber hook

example.feature

Feature:  Illustrating that RubyMine eats error output in hooks

  Scenario: Some scenario that should fail
    When I so something that will fail
    Then this step will never execute

example_steps.rb

When(/^I so something that will fail$/) do
  true.should be_true # the hook will fail, so this should never happen
end

Then(/^this step will never execute$/) do
  pending
end

hooks.rb

Before do
  # RubyMine does not display the information from this exception, and you will only see
  #
  #   Step Skipped
  #
  # in the output.
  raise "Something bad happened in a hook"
end