Unexpected state in afterSpecHandler after an AssertionError and after each hook throws CypressError when trying to invoke cy.task()

[bobbhatti]

Current behavior

This is similar to this previous issue

Chrome/Chroimum is not crashing, but the scenario fails with an AssertionError, which triggers the after each hook

We then see CypressError

CypressError: cy.task() must only be invoked from the spec file or support file.
Because this error occurred during a after each hook we are skipping the remaining tests in the current suite:

An error was thrown in your plugins file while executing the handler for the after:spec event.
The error we received was:
Error: Unexpected state in afterSpecHandler: step-started (this might be a bug, please report at https://github.com/badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor)

Desired behavior

handle the unexpected state more gracefully, and allow any further scenarios in the feature file to continue

Test code to reproduce

Versions

• Cypress version: 13.7.3
• Preprocessor version: 20.0.3
• Node version: 20.5.1

Checklist

• I've read the FAQ.
• I've read instructions for logging issues.
• I'm not using cypress-cucumber-preprocessor@4.3.1 (package name has changed and it is no longer the most recent version, see #689).

[badeball]

Hey, and thanks for reporting this issue. You need to provide a minimal, reproducible example that illustrates the issue.

[badeball]

Closing due to lack of a reproducible example. Feel free to open up another issue if anything changes in this regard.