Unable to run grails test-app :cucumber - testing

Question

So I've looked through other peoples problems but they dont match what I'm seeing so thought I'd post it up to see if anyone else has had this issue and has a suggested solution
Im running a grails app in 2.3.5 and have cucumber 1.2.0
I've set up a really basic feature file in the functional folder that reads as follows: -
Feature:
As a user
If I enter the incorrect password I need a warning message
So I know i did something wrong
Scenario:
Given I enter the wrong login credentials
When I click sign in
Then Display a login error
Now I know this shouldn't work as yet but Im going one step at a time to see the process as Im new to cucumber and grails.
The app runs fine if I use the command
grails run-app -Dgrails.server.port.http=8090
If I then try running the cucumber test via
grails test-app :cucumber (with or without the port specification above) I get the following explosion...
Configuring Shiro ...
Shiro Configured
| Error 2017-03-15 08:28:35,222 [localhost-startStop-1] ERROR context.GrailsContextLoader - Error initializing the application: null
Message: null
Line | Method
->> 2076 | contains in java.lang.String
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
| 207 | canAutoMigrate in grails.plugin.databasemigration.MigrationUtils
| 43 | autoRun . . . in grails.plugin.databasemigration.MigrationRunner
| 87 | doCall in DatabaseMigrationGrailsPlugin$_closure2
| 262 | run . . . . . in java.util.concurrent.FutureTask
| 1145 | runWorker in java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor
| 615 | run . . . . . in java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker
^ 745 | run in java.lang.Thread
| Error 2017-03-15 08:28:35,247 [localhost-startStop-1] ERROR context.GrailsContextLoader - Error initializing Grails: null
Message: null
Line | Method
->> 2076 | contains in java.lang.String
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
| 207 | canAutoMigrate in grails.plugin.databasemigration.MigrationUtils
| 43 | autoRun . . . in grails.plugin.databasemigration.MigrationRunner
| 87 | doCall in DatabaseMigrationGrailsPlugin$_closure2
| 262 | run . . . . . in java.util.concurrent.FutureTask
| 1145 | runWorker in java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor
| 615 | run . . . . . in java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker
^ 745 | run in java.lang.Thread
| Error 2017-03-15 08:28:35,251 [localhost-startStop-1] ERROR [localhost].[/test] - Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.context.GrailsContextLoaderListener
Message: Error executing bootstraps; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException
Line | Method
->> 262 | run in java.util.concurrent.FutureTask
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
| 1145 | runWorker in java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor
| 615 | run . . . in java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker
^ 745 | run in java.lang.Thread
Caused by NullPointerException: null
->> 2076 | contains in java.lang.String
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
| 207 | canAutoMigrate in grails.plugin.databasemigration.MigrationUtils
| 43 | autoRun . in grails.plugin.databasemigration.MigrationRunner
| 87 | doCall in DatabaseMigrationGrailsPlugin$_closure2
| 262 | run . . . in java.util.concurrent.FutureTask
| 1145 | runWorker in java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor
| 615 | run . . . in java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker
^ 745 | run in java.lang.Thread
| Error 2017-03-15 08:28:35,271 [localhost-startStop-1] ERROR core.StandardContext - Error listenerStart
| Error 2017-03-15 08:28:35,280 [localhost-startStop-1] ERROR core.StandardContext - Context [/myProject] startup failed due to previous errors
| Server running. Browse to http://localhost:8080/myProject
| Server stopped
| Error Fatal error running tests: No WebApplicationContext found: no ContextLoaderListener registered? (Use --stacktrace to see the full trace)
| Tests FAILED - view reports in /Users/me/Projects/myProject/target/test-reports
| Error Error executing script TestApp: java.lang.IllegalStateException: No WebApplicationContext found: no ContextLoaderListener registered? (Use --stacktrace to see the full trace)
I have 0 idea what any of this means and googling any of it with a grails/cucumber context doesnt seem to really bring anything of sense back, any suggestions or questions welcome!
This is the content of my bootstrap.groovy file if that makes things any clearer, intellij doesn't register anything in here as broken just a few variables not being used...
import org.apache.shiro.crypto.hash.Sha256Hash
import uk.co.test.*
import java.util.concurrent.Executors
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
class BootStrap {
def queueService
def init = { servletContext ->
def adminRole = new ShiroRole(name: "admin")
adminRole.addToPermissions("admin:*:*")
adminRole.save()
def userRole = new ShiroRole(name: "user")
userRole.addToPermissions("application:*:*")
userRole.addToPermissions("assertion:*:*")
userRole.addToPermissions("auth:*:*")
userRole.addToPermissions("displayResult:*:*")
userRole.addToPermissions("event:*:*")
userRole.addToPermissions("executor:*:*")
userRole.addToPermissions("folderNode:*:*")
userRole.addToPermissions("form:*:*")
userRole.addToPermissions("interaction:*:*")
userRole.addToPermissions("manualTest:*:*")
userRole.addToPermissions("object:*:*")
userRole.addToPermissions("objectType:*:*")
userRole.addToPermissions("page:*:*")
userRole.addToPermissions("project:*:*")
userRole.addToPermissions("queue:*:*")
userRole.addToPermissions("release:*:*")
userRole.addToPermissions("result:*:*")
userRole.addToPermissions("test:*:*")
userRole.addToPermissions("testSet:*:*")
userRole.addToPermissions("user:*:*")
userRole.save()
def adminUser = new ShiroUser(username: "admin", passwordHash: new Sha256Hash("test").toHex())
adminUser.addToRoles(adminRole)
adminUser.addToRoles(userRole)
adminUser.save()
def nonAdminUser = new ShiroUser(username: "user", passwordHash: new Sha256Hash("test").toHex())
nonAdminUser.addToRoles(userRole)
nonAdminUser.save()
if (Interaction.list().size() == 0) {
def interaction = new Interaction('click')
interaction.save(failOnError: true)
interaction = new Interaction(name: 'check text', alias: 'checkText')
interaction.save(failOnError: true)
interaction = new Interaction(name: 'get attribute', alias: 'getAttribute')
interaction.save(failOnError: true)
interaction = new Interaction(name: 'enter text', alias: 'type')
interaction.save(failOnError: true)
interaction = new Interaction('select radio button')
interaction.save(failOnError: true)
interaction = new Interaction('select')
interaction.save(failOnError: true)
interaction = new Interaction('hover')
interaction.save(failOnError: true)
}
if (ObjectType.findAll().size() == 0) {
def firstType = new ObjectType(type: "button", typeSysCode: "BUTTON")
firstType.save()
def secondType = new ObjectType(type: "link", typeSysCode: "LINK")
secondType.save()
def thirdType = new ObjectType(type: "label", typeSysCode: "LABEL")
thirdType.save()
def fourthType = new ObjectType(type: "textbox", typeSysCode: "TEXTBOX")
fourthType.save()
}
if (Queue.list().size() == 0) {
def manualQueue = new Queue(name: "manual",
allowedTestTypes: [TestTypes.MANUAL.getValue()]
)
manualQueue.save(failOnError: true)
}
def sd = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor()
sd.scheduleAtFixedRate(new QueueRunnable(), 10, 5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
environments {
development {
def firstRelease
def secondRelease
if (Release.findAll().size() == 0) {
def firstProject
def secondProject
if (Project.findAll().size() == 0) {
firstProject = new Project(name: "d2c application")
firstProject.save(failOnError: true)
secondProject = new Project(name: "b2b application")
secondProject.save(failOnError: true)
} else {
firstProject = Project.findByName("d2c application")
secondProject = Project.findByName("b2b application")
}
if (Release.findAll().size() == 0) {
firstRelease = new Release(name: "d2c 1", project: firstProject)
firstRelease.save()
secondRelease = new Release(name: "d2c 2", parentRelease: Release.findByNameAndProject('d2c 1', firstProject), project: firstProject)
secondRelease.save()
def thirdRelease = new Release(name: "b2b 1", project: secondProject)
thirdRelease.save()
def fourthRelease = new Release(name: "b2b 2", parentRelease: Release.findByNameAndProject('b2b 1', secondProject), project: secondProject)
fourthRelease.save()
}
} else {
firstRelease = Release.get(1)
secondRelease = Release.get(2)
}
if (Object.findAll().size() == 0 && Page.findAll().size() == 0) {
def firstObject = new Object(name: "BBC welcome text",
idType: "css",
locatorValue: "h2.hp-banner__text",
type: ObjectType.get(2),
release: firstRelease,
objectVersion: 1,
objectNumber: 1,
interaction: Interaction.findByName('check text')
)
firstObject.save(failOnError: true)
def secondObject = new Object(name: "BBC news link",
idType: "css",
locatorValue: "li.orb-nav-news a",
type: ObjectType.get(1),
release: firstRelease,
objectVersion: 1,
objectNumber: 2,
interaction: Interaction.findByName('click')
)
secondObject.save(failOnError: true)
def thirdObject = new Object(name: "BBC news business link",
idType: "id",
locatorValue: "linky",
type: ObjectType.get(2),
release: firstRelease,
objectVersion: 1,
objectNumber: 3,
interaction: Interaction.findByName('click')
)
thirdObject.save(failOnError: true)
def firstPage = new Page(name: "BBC home",
pageNumber: 1,
pageVersion: 1,
release: firstRelease
)
firstPage.save(failOnError: true)
def secondPage = new Page(name: "BBC news",
pageNumber: 2,
pageVersion: 1,
release: firstRelease
)
secondPage.save(failOnError: true)
def firstPageObject = new PageObject(object: firstObject,
objectNumber: firstObject.objectNumber,
page: firstPage,
behaviour: "interact",
value: "Welcome to the BBC"
)
firstPageObject.save(failOnError: true)
def secondPageObject = new PageObject(object: secondObject,
objectNumber: secondObject.objectNumber,
page: firstPage,
behaviour: "interact"
)
secondPageObject.save(failOnError: true)
def thirdPageObject = new PageObject(object: thirdObject,
objectNumber: thirdObject.objectNumber,
page: secondPage,
behaviour: "interact"
)
thirdPageObject.save(failOnError: true)
firstPage.objects = [firstPageObject, secondPageObject]
firstPage.save(failOnError: true)
secondPage.objects = [thirdPageObject]
secondPage.save(failOnError: true)
}
}
}
}
def destroy = {
}
}