feat(plugins): drop pauseOn/stepByStepReport, fold slides into screenshot

- Remove lib/plugin/pauseOn.js (never shipped in a public release).
- Remove lib/plugin/stepByStepReport.js; slideshow generation moves into the
  screenshot plugin behind slides=true (e.g. -p screenshot:on=step;slides=true)
  with a modern, vanilla-CSS dark UI — no Bootstrap, no jQuery.
- Drop the redundant screenshot blocks from the acceptance test configs; the
  default in lib/config.js already enables screenshot with on=fail.
- Strip allure mentions from plugin code and plugin docs; refresh PR template,
  migration guide, debugging guide, plugins index, and commands docs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: DavertMik

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

@@ -13,18 +13,17 @@ Applicable helpers:
 
 Applicable plugins:
 
-- [ ] allure
+- [ ] aiTrace
 - [ ] autoDelay
 - [ ] autoLogin
 - [ ] customLocator
-- [ ] pauseOnFail
+- [ ] pause
 - [ ] coverage
+- [ ] heal
 - [ ] retryFailedStep
-- [ ] screenshotOnFail
+- [ ] screenshot
 - [ ] selenoid
-- [ ] stepByStepReport
 - [ ] stepTimeout
-- [ ] wdio
 - [ ] subtitles
 
 ## Type of change

docs/commands.md

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ A few examples:
 npx codeceptjs run -p pause                              # pause on first failure (default on=fail)
 npx codeceptjs run -p pause:on=step                      # pause before every step
 npx codeceptjs run -p pause:on=url:pattern=/checkout/*   # pause on URL match
-npx codeceptjs run -p stepByStepReport                   # produce a step-by-step HTML report
+npx codeceptjs run -p "screenshot:on=step;slides=true"   # produce a step-by-step HTML report
 ```
 
 ### Browser Control

docs/debugging.md

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ npx codeceptjs run -p pause:on=fail
 
 This is the most common debug workflow — run your tests, and when one fails, you land in the interactive shell with the browser in the exact state of the failure. You can inspect elements, try different selectors, and figure out what went wrong.
 
-> The legacy `pauseOnFail` and `pauseOn` plugins still work as deprecated aliases.
+> The legacy `pauseOnFail` plugin still works as a deprecated alias.
 
 ### Pause on Every Step
 
@@ -270,20 +270,22 @@ plugins: {
 
 ### Step-by-Step Report
 
-Generates a slideshow of screenshots taken after every step — a visual replay of what the test did:
+Generates a slideshow of screenshots taken after every step — a visual replay of what the test did. Set `slides: true` on the `screenshot` plugin (with `on=step`):
 
 ```js
 plugins: {
-  stepByStepReport: {
+  screenshot: {
     enabled: true,
+    on: 'step',
+    slides: true,
     deleteSuccessful: true,   // keep only failed tests
     fullPageScreenshots: true,
   }
 }
 ```
 
 ```bash
-npx codeceptjs run -p stepByStepReport
+npx codeceptjs run -p screenshot:on=step;slides=true
 ```
 
 After the run, open `output/records.html` to browse through the slideshows.

docs/migration-4.md

@@ -191,11 +191,11 @@ Inject `login` and call `login('admin')` — same as before.
 
 4.x unifies four plugins (`screenshot`, `pause`, `aiTrace`, `heal`) under a shared `on=` parameter. The old names live on as deprecated aliases that emit a warning and forward to the new plugin.
 
-| Old plugin          | New plugin   | Notes                                              |
-| :------------------ | :----------- | :------------------------------------------------- |
-| `screenshotOnFail`  | `screenshot` | Default `on='fail'`, same behavior                 |
-| `pauseOnFail`       | `pause`      | Default `on='fail'`, same behavior                 |
-| `pauseOn`           | `pause`      | Use `on=fail|test|step|file|url` instead           |
+| Old plugin          | New plugin                       | Notes                                              |
+| :------------------ | :------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------- |
+| `screenshotOnFail`  | `screenshot`                     | Default `on='fail'`, same behavior                 |
+| `pauseOnFail`       | `pause`                          | Default `on='fail'`, same behavior                 |
+| `stepByStepReport`  | `screenshot` with `slides: true` | Use `on=step` to capture every step                |
 
 ### New Plugins You Can Enable
 

docs/plugins.md

@@ -597,8 +597,8 @@ Additional config options:
 
 ## pause
 
-Pauses test execution interactively. Replaces the legacy `pauseOn` and `pauseOnFail`
-plugins. Default `on=fail` matches the old `pauseOnFail` behavior.
+Pauses test execution interactively. Replaces the legacy `pauseOnFail` plugin.
+Default `on=fail` matches the old `pauseOnFail` behavior.
 
 ```js
 plugins: {
@@ -625,8 +625,8 @@ CLI examples:
     npx codeceptjs run -p pause:on=file:path=tests/login_test.js;line=43
     npx codeceptjs run -p pause:on=url:pattern=/users/*
 
-> The legacy `pauseOn` and `pauseOnFail` plugins remain as deprecated aliases
-> that translate to the new syntax and emit a deprecation warning.
+> The legacy `pauseOnFail` plugin remains as a deprecated alias that emits a
+> deprecation warning and forwards to `pause` with `on=fail`.
 
 ### Parameters
 
@@ -728,55 +728,32 @@ CLI examples:
 
     npx codeceptjs run -p screenshot
     npx codeceptjs run -p screenshot:on=step
+    npx codeceptjs run -p screenshot:on=step;slides=true
     npx codeceptjs run -p screenshot:on=file:path=tests/login_test.js
     npx codeceptjs run -p screenshot:on=url:pattern=/users/*
 
 Possible config options:
 
 *   `uniqueScreenshotNames`: use unique names for screenshot. Default: false.
 *   `fullPageScreenshots`: make full page screenshots. Default: false.
+*   `slides`: generate a step-by-step slideshow report (works with `on=step|file|url`). Replaces the legacy `stepByStepReport` plugin. Default: false.
+*   `deleteSuccessful`: when `slides=true`, drop slideshow folders for passing tests. Default: true.
+*   `animateSlides`: when `slides=true`, animate transitions between slides. Default: true.
+*   `ignoreSteps`: when `slides=true`, RegExps of step names to skip in the slideshow.
 
-> The legacy `screenshotOnFail` plugin remains as a deprecated alias.
+#### Step-by-step slideshow
 
-### Parameters
-
-*   `config`  
-
-## stepByStepReport
-
-![step-by-step-report][6]
-
-Generates step by step report for a test.
-After each step in a test a screenshot is created. After test executed screenshots are combined into slideshow.
-By default, reports are generated only for failed tests.
+`screenshot:on=step;slides=true` writes a per-test `record_<hash>/index.html`
+slideshow and a top-level `records.html` index. The output is a self-contained
+HTML page with keyboard / dot navigation — no external assets, no JavaScript
+frameworks.
 
-Run tests with plugin enabled:
-
-    npx codeceptjs run --plugins stepByStepReport
-
-#### Configuration
-
-```js
-"plugins": {
-   "stepByStepReport": {
-     "enabled": true
-   }
-}
-```
-
-Possible config options:
-
-*   `deleteSuccessful`: do not save screenshots for successfully executed tests. Default: true.
-*   `animateSlides`: should animation for slides to be used. Default: true.
-*   `ignoreSteps`: steps to ignore in report. Array of RegExps is expected. Recommended to skip `grab*` and `wait*` steps.
-*   `fullPageScreenshots`: should full page screenshots be used. Default: false.
-*   `output`: a directory where reports should be stored. Default: `output`.
-*   `screenshotsForAllureReport`: If Allure plugin is enabled this plugin attaches each saved screenshot to allure report. Default: false.
-*   \`disableScreenshotOnFail : Disables the capturing of screeshots after the failed step. Default: true.
+> The legacy `screenshotOnFail` plugin remains as a deprecated alias. The legacy
+> `stepByStepReport` plugin has been replaced by `screenshot:slides=true`.
 
 ### Parameters
 
-*   `config` **any**&#x20;
+*   `config` &#x20;
 
 ## stepTimeout
 

examples/codecept.config.js

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export const config = {
       enabled: false,
       services: ['selenium-standalone'],
     },
-    stepByStepReport: {},
+    screenshot: { on: 'step', slides: true },
     autoDelay: {
       enabled: false,
     },

lib/plugin/pause.js

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import {
 const VALID_MODES = new Set(['fail', 'test', 'step', 'file', 'url'])
 
 /**
- * Pauses test execution interactively. Replaces the legacy `pauseOn` and `pauseOnFail`
- * plugins. The default `on=fail` matches the old `pauseOnFail` behavior.
+ * Pauses test execution interactively. Replaces the legacy `pauseOnFail`
+ * plugin. The default `on=fail` matches the old `pauseOnFail` behavior.
  *
  * #### Configuration
  *