1. Updated gradle, other java and node dependencies

2. Moved test setup and teardown from CucumberPlatformScenarioListener to Hooks
3. Fixed NPE in CustomReports when there are no scenarios executed (i.e. no junit result files generated)
4. Moved normaliseScenarioName in ScenarioUtils

build.gradle

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
 
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        gradleVersion = "8.12"
+        gradleVersion = "8.12.1"
     }
 }
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ plugins {
     id "idea"
     id "com.gradleup.shadow" version '8.3.5'
     id "maven-publish"
-    id "io.freefair.aspectj.post-compile-weaving" version "8.11"
+    id "io.freefair.aspectj.post-compile-weaving" version "8.12.1"
 }
 
 group = 'com.github.znsio'
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "com.flipkart.zjsonpatch:zjsonpatch:0.4.16"
 
     // Assertions and testing
-    implementation "org.assertj:assertj-core:3.27.0"
+    implementation "org.assertj:assertj-core:3.27.3"
 //    implementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:$project.junitVersion"
 //    implementation "org.testng:testng:7.10.2"
     implementation "io.cucumber:cucumber-java:7.20.1"
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "com.browserstack:browserstack-local-java:1.1.5"
 
     // Applitools for visual testing
-    implementation "com.applitools:eyes-images-java5:5.74.0"
-    implementation "com.applitools:eyes-appium-java5:5.73.0"
+    implementation "com.applitools:eyes-images-java5:5.75.2"
+    implementation "com.applitools:eyes-appium-java5:5.74.2"
 
     // Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP)
     implementation "org.aspectj:aspectjrt:1.9.22.1"
@@ -194,16 +194,16 @@ dependencies {
     // Utility libraries
     implementation "org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.17.0"
     implementation "org.apache.commons:commons-rng-simple:1.6"
-    implementation "org.jetbrains:annotations:26.0.1"
-    implementation "joda-time:joda-time:2.13.0"
+    implementation "org.jetbrains:annotations:26.0.2"
+    implementation "joda-time:joda-time:2.13.1"
     implementation "io.github.bonigarcia:webdrivermanager:5.9.2"
 
     // Reporting
     implementation "net.masterthought:cucumber-reporting:5.8.4"
     implementation 'com.epam.reportportal:agent-java-cucumber6:5.3.4'
 
     // PDF handling
-    implementation "org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox:3.0.3"
+    implementation "org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox:3.0.4"
 
     // Lombok
     implementation 'org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.36'
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static def getCurrentTimestamp() {
     return df.format(today)
 }
 
-project.ext.logDir = "./target/" + getMonth() + "/" + getCurrentDatestamp() + "/" + getCurrentTimestamp()
+ def logDir = "./target/" + getMonth() + "/" + getCurrentDatestamp() + "/" + getCurrentTimestamp()
 
 def copyRpPropertiesIfMissing() {
     def rpFile = file('src/test/resources/reportportal.properties')
@@ -297,9 +297,9 @@ gradle.taskGraph.whenReady { taskGraph ->
 
 tasks.register('run', JavaExec) {
     doFirst {
-        println "Using LOG_DIR: ${project.logDir}"
-        System.setProperty "LOG_DIR", "${project.logDir}"
-        environment "APPLITOOLS_LOG_DIR", "${project.logDir}/applitools_logs"
+        println "Using LOG_DIR: $logDir"
+        System.setProperty "LOG_DIR", "$logDir"
+        environment "APPLITOOLS_LOG_DIR", "${logDir}/applitools_logs"
         environment "APPLITOOLS_API_KEY", System.getenv("TESWIZ_APPLITOOLS_API_KEY")
 
         def hostname = InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName()
@@ -355,9 +355,8 @@ tasks.register('run', JavaExec) {
 
 test {
     doFirst {
-        println "Using LOG_DIR for tests: ${project.logDir}"
-        def logDir = new File("${project.logDir}")
-        systemProperty "LOG_DIR", "${project.logDir}"
+        println "Using LOG_DIR for tests: ${logDir}"
+        systemProperty "LOG_DIR", "${logDir}"
 
         if (!logDir.exists()) {
             logDir.mkdirs()
@@ -385,8 +384,8 @@ test {
     reports {
         html.required.set(true)
         junitXml.required.set(true)
-        html.outputLocation.set(file("$project.logDir/unit-test-results"))
-        junitXml.outputLocation.set(file("$project.logDir/unit-test-results"))
+        html.outputLocation.set(file("$logDir/unit-test-results"))
+        junitXml.outputLocation.set(file("$logDir/unit-test-results"))
     }
 }
 

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.12-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.12.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME