chore(main): release 4.2.0

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4.2.0 (2026-08-24)

Features

• Add plugin support (#378) (71acefc)
• Expose scenario information in scenario and step hooks (#369) (fae5994)
• Use cucumber/tag-expressions (#385) (c4c1bd5)

Bug Fixes

• Add early parse-error reporting during feature collection (#369) (fae5994)
• Catch exceptions while constructing a step fixture (#364) (ca918d5)

Chores

• Update cucumber messages and gherkin versions (#376) (0d8152f)

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Errors in CHANGELOG.md
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Errors in CONTRIBUTING.md
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CHANGELOG.md:26 error MD024/no-duplicate-heading Multiple headings with the same content [Context: "Features"]
CHANGELOG.md:33 error MD024/no-duplicate-heading Multiple headings with the same content [Context: "Bug Fixes"]
CHANGELOG.md:38 error MD024/no-duplicate-heading Multiple headings with the same content [Context: "Chores"]
CHANGELOG.md:51 error MD024/no-duplicate-heading Multiple headings with the same content [Context: "Features"]
CHANGELOG.md:58 error MD024/no-duplicate-heading Multiple headings with the same content [Context: "Bug Fixes"]
CHANGELOG.md:64 error MD024/no-duplicate-heading Multiple headings with the same content [Context: "Chores"]
CHANGELOG.md:71 error MD024/no-duplicate-heading Multiple headings with the same content [Context: "Features"]
CHANGELOG.md:78 error MD024/no-duplicate-heading Multiple headings with the same content [Context: "Chores"]
CHANGELOG.md:86 error MD024/no-duplicate-heading Multiple headings with the same content [Context: "⚠ BREAKING CHANGES"]
CHANGELOG.md:90 error MD024/no-duplicate-heading Multiple headings with the same content [Context: "Features"]
CHANGELOG.md:99 error MD024/no-duplicate-heading Multiple headings with the same content [Context: "Features"]
CHANGELOG.md:105 error MD024/no-duplicate-heading Multiple headings with the same content [Context: "Chores"]
CHANGELOG.md:113 error MD024/no-duplicate-heading Multiple headings with the same content [Context: "⚠ BREAKING CHANGES"]
CHANGELOG.md:117 error MD024/no-duplicate-heading Multiple headings with the same content [Context: "Features"]
CHANGELOG.md:122 error MD024/no-duplicate-heading Multiple headings with the same content [Context: "Bug Fixes"]
CHANGELOG.md:131 error MD024/no-duplicate-heading Multiple headings with the same content [Context: "Features"]
CHANGELOG.md:142 error MD024/no-duplicate-heading Multiple headings with the same content [Context: "Chores"]
CHANGELOG.md:150 error MD024/no-duplicate-heading Multiple headings with the same content [Context: "⚠ BREAKING CHANGES"]
CHANGELOG.md:154 error MD024/no-duplicate-heading Multiple headings with the same content [Context: "Features"]
CHANGELOG.md:179 error MD024/no-duplicate-heading Multiple headings with the same content [Context: "Bug Fixes"]
CHANGELOG.md:186 error MD024/no-duplicate-heading Multiple headings with the same content [Context: "Chores"]
cmake/WindowsToolchainFilesProvidedBy.md:1 error MD041/first-line-heading/first-line-h1 First line in a file should be a top-level heading [Context: "<https://github.com/MarkSchofi..."]
README.md:132 error MD040/fenced-code-language Fenced code blocks should have a language specified [Context: "```"]

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Test Results

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Measures
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