Cucumber-rails default database cleaner action is to delete all data regardless of any specific config in env.rb. This resulted to Scenario 2 failing without removing the database_cleaner gem in the Gemfile.

Database Cleaner Issue

#admin_signup.feature
@retain
Feature: User Signup
 In order to signup
 As a new user
 I want to be able to create an admin user account
 And edit this user's company profile

 @retain
 Scenario: Register in Truetime as an Admin.
   Given I am in the login page
   When I create a new admin user
   And I open the email with subject "Activation Instructions"
   Then I should be registered as an Admin
   And I should see the "Download the Event Manager!"

 @retain
 Scenario: Edit Company Profile
   Given I am logged in as an Admin
   And I am in the admin page
   When I access the Settings tab
   Then I should be able to edit my company profile

#env.rb
ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = 'test'

require 'cucumber/rails'
require 'email_spec/cucumber'
require 'factory_girl'
require 'factory_girl/step_definitions'

Capybara.default_driver = :selenium
Capybara.default_selector = :css

DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation, :except => [:retain]
ActionController::Base.allow_rescue = false