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Asked: 2026-05-16T04:45:48+00:00

Take this scenario. I have a Google Analytics tracking code, and I only want

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Take this scenario. I have a Google Analytics tracking code, and I only want it to show up in Production mode. So I might have two scenarios like this:

Scenario: Don't embed tracking code in development or test mode
  Given the app is not in production mode
  When I go home
  Then I should really not see the tracking code

Scenario: Embed tracking code in production mode
  Given the app is in production mode
  When I go home
  Then I should really see the tracking code

So although I know how to check what the current environment is, and I know how to set the current environment in Rails or Sinatra, I have no idea how to run a specific scenario in a specific environment. Is it even possible?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You should be able to force the environment in the test code itself, something along the lines of
    ENV['RACK_ENV'] = 'test'
    ENV['RACK_ENV'] = 'production'

    I would consider it a pretty bad code smell though.

    I have had to mess about with environments before(http://richardconroy.blogspot.com/2010/01/issues-testing-sinatra-datamapper-app.html), to get test code to recognise that it should be executing against test environments. This is just doing it backwards I suppose.

    Still, aren’t google analytics tracking cookies site specific? Having the tracking cookie in your development/test/staging environment shouldn’t influence your stats.

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