{
  "title": "SpecFlow Feature File Example",
  "description": "Example of a SpecFlow BDD feature file in JSON representation for user authentication",
  "format": "Gherkin/SpecFlow",
  "example": {
    "name": "User Authentication",
    "description": "As a registered user I want to authenticate with the system so that I can access protected resources",
    "tags": ["authentication", "smoke"],
    "background": {
      "steps": [
        {"keyword": "Given", "text": "the authentication service is available"}
      ]
    },
    "scenarios": [
      {
        "type": "Scenario",
        "title": "Successful login with valid credentials",
        "tags": ["happy-path"],
        "steps": [
          {"keyword": "Given", "text": "a user with email 'user@example.com' and password 'SecurePass123' exists"},
          {"keyword": "When", "text": "I submit valid credentials"},
          {"keyword": "Then", "text": "I should receive a valid access token"},
          {"keyword": "And", "text": "the token should expire in 24 hours"}
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "Scenario",
        "title": "Failed login with invalid password",
        "tags": ["negative"],
        "steps": [
          {"keyword": "Given", "text": "a user with email 'user@example.com' exists"},
          {"keyword": "When", "text": "I submit an incorrect password"},
          {"keyword": "Then", "text": "I should receive a 401 Unauthorized response"},
          {"keyword": "And", "text": "the response should contain an error message"}
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "ScenarioOutline",
        "title": "Login attempt rate limiting",
        "tags": ["security"],
        "steps": [
          {"keyword": "Given", "text": "a user has failed to login <attempts> times"},
          {"keyword": "When", "text": "they attempt to login again"},
          {"keyword": "Then", "text": "the response status should be <status>"}
        ],
        "examples": [
          {
            "header": ["attempts", "status"],
            "rows": [
              ["3", "200"],
              ["5", "429"],
              ["10", "429"]
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "gherkin_source": "Feature: User Authentication\n  As a registered user\n  I want to authenticate with the system\n  So that I can access protected resources\n\n  Background:\n    Given the authentication service is available\n\n  @authentication @smoke @happy-path\n  Scenario: Successful login with valid credentials\n    Given a user with email 'user@example.com' and password 'SecurePass123' exists\n    When I submit valid credentials\n    Then I should receive a valid access token\n    And the token should expire in 24 hours"
}