Cucumber test results always return 0 if run from Maven

Question

EDIT (2018-01-24):
Since none of the comments are working, I have updated the post to include the present state and include more details. If anyone can have a fresh look, please go ahead.

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When running mvn clean test, the test results for Cucumber are always 0. When a step fails, the result is always BUILD SUCCESS.

Maven Results:

Directory Structure:

pom.xml:

<project>
  [...]
    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>

        <!-- Core Dependencies -->
        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
        <cucumber.version>1.2.5</cucumber.version>
        <ngwebdriver.version>1.0</ngwebdriver.version>
        <selenium.version>3.8.1</selenium.version>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/info.cukes/cucumber-java -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
            <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/info.cukes/cucumber-junit -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
            <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/info.cukes/cucumber-picocontainer -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-picocontainer</artifactId>
            <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/info.cukes/cucumber-testng -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-testng</artifactId>
            <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.itextpdf/itextpdf -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
            <artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
            <version>5.5.12</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.paulhammant/ngwebdriver -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.paulhammant</groupId>
            <artifactId>ngwebdriver</artifactId>
            <version>${ngwebdriver.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.poi/poi-ooxml -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
            <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
            <version>3.17</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.seleniumhq.selenium/selenium-server -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
            <artifactId>selenium-server</artifactId>
            <version>${selenium.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.7.0</version>
                <configuration>
                    <source>${java.version}</source>
                    <target>${java.version}</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.20.1</version>
                <configuration>
                    <includes>
                        <include>**/*Runner.java</include>
                    </includes>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
</project>

Runner:

@RunWith(Cucumber.class)
@CucumberOptions(features = "src/test/resources/features", tags = { "~@ignore" }, glue = "stepdefs", plugin = {
        "pretty", "html:target/cucumber-reports/test-report", "json:target/cucumber-reports/test-report.json",
        "junit:target/cucumber-reports/test-report.xml" }, snippets = SnippetType.UNDERSCORE, monochrome = true, dryRun = false)

public class MainRunner {

}

Answer 1

I found the solution.

Problems are caused by TestNG Assert. Looks like Maven reads only JUnit Asserts.

When I switched my JUnit Asserts to TestNG I was able to recreate your issue.