---
title: Cucumber-JVM configuration
description: Configuration for Allure Cucumber-JVM integration | Change allure-results directory | Configure link patterns | Add labels for all tests
---

# Allure Cucumber-JVM configuration

This page describes the configuration options that affect the behavior of [Allure Cucumber-JVM](/docs/cucumberjvm/).

To set the configuration options, create a `allure.properties` file in your project's `src/test/resources` directory. Allure Cucumber-JVM loads the configuration into the JVM system properties for the test runtime.

## allure.label.⟨NAME⟩

```properties
allure.label.epic = Authentication
allure.label.severity = blocker
```

Assign an arbitrary [label](/docs/cucumberjvm-reference/#label) to all the tests in the current test run.

## allure.link.⟨TYPE⟩.pattern

```properties
allure.link.issue.pattern = https://jira.example.org/browse/{}
```

Define a **link pattern** — a template that can be used to construct full URLs from short identifiers, see the [reference](/docs/cucumberjvm-reference/#link).

The value must be a string pattern containing `{}` at the position where the identifier should be placed. The pattern will be applied when processing any link of the given `TYPE`.

You can use the option multiple times, thus defining multiple link patterns for different link types.

## allure.results.directory

```properties
allure.results.directory = build/allure-results
```

Path to the directory where Allure Cucumber-JVM will save the test results, see [How it works](/docs/how-it-works/). If the directory does not exist, it will be created. Defaults to `allure-results`.