From be3d50201924e356ed014b1e02f66c591800b9ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gurpreet Singh <gps@coding.com>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 11:59:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] avoid calling _createTitle function multiple times.

---
 src/TestStack.BDDfy/StepTitle.cs | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/TestStack.BDDfy/StepTitle.cs b/src/TestStack.BDDfy/StepTitle.cs
index d3e8daec..79721b2a 100644
--- a/src/TestStack.BDDfy/StepTitle.cs
+++ b/src/TestStack.BDDfy/StepTitle.cs
@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@ namespace TestStack.BDDfy
     public class StepTitle
     {
         private readonly Func<string> _createTitle;
+        private string _title;
 
-        public StepTitle(string title)
-        {
-            _createTitle = () => title;
-        }
+        public StepTitle(string title) => _createTitle = () => _title = title;
 
         public StepTitle(Func<string> createTitle)
         {
@@ -23,7 +21,7 @@ public static implicit operator string(StepTitle title)
 
         public override string ToString()
         {
-            return _createTitle();
+            return _title ??= _createTitle();
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file

From 97c09bf37ef4e4066a8b44054568de0534d754d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gurpreet Singh <gps@coding.com>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 12:11:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] cache step title text once generated

---
 src/TestStack.BDDfy/Step.cs      | 12 ++++++------
 src/TestStack.BDDfy/StepTitle.cs |  5 ++---
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/TestStack.BDDfy/Step.cs b/src/TestStack.BDDfy/Step.cs
index ac331ede..1f667a7f 100644
--- a/src/TestStack.BDDfy/Step.cs
+++ b/src/TestStack.BDDfy/Step.cs
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ namespace TestStack.BDDfy
 {
     public class Step
     {
-        private readonly StepTitle _title;
-
+        private readonly StepTitle _stepTitle;
+        private string _title;
         public Step(
             Func<object, object> action,
-            StepTitle title,
+            StepTitle stepTitle,
             bool asserts,
             ExecutionOrder executionOrder,
             bool shouldReport, 
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ public Step(
             Result = Result.NotExecuted;
             Action = action;
             Arguments = arguments;
-            _title = title;
+            _stepTitle = stepTitle;
         }
 
         public Step(Step step)
         {
             Id = step.Id;
-            _title = step._title;
+            _stepTitle = step._stepTitle;
             Asserts = step.Asserts;
             ExecutionOrder = step.ExecutionOrder;
             ShouldReport = step.ShouldReport;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public string Title
         {
             get
             {
-                return _title.ToString();
+                return _title??= _stepTitle.ToString();
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/TestStack.BDDfy/StepTitle.cs b/src/TestStack.BDDfy/StepTitle.cs
index 79721b2a..64250e57 100644
--- a/src/TestStack.BDDfy/StepTitle.cs
+++ b/src/TestStack.BDDfy/StepTitle.cs
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ namespace TestStack.BDDfy
     public class StepTitle
     {
         private readonly Func<string> _createTitle;
-        private string _title;
 
-        public StepTitle(string title) => _createTitle = () => _title = title;
+        public StepTitle(string title) => _createTitle = () => title;
 
         public StepTitle(Func<string> createTitle)
         {
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ public static implicit operator string(StepTitle title)
 
         public override string ToString()
         {
-            return _title ??= _createTitle();
+            return _createTitle();
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file

From 8f6ff5e6878ea9d6b2bd9e5c64eb307312f16fd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gurpreet Singh <gps@coding.com>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 12:16:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] simplify property definition

---
 src/TestStack.BDDfy/Step.cs | 10 +---------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/TestStack.BDDfy/Step.cs b/src/TestStack.BDDfy/Step.cs
index 1f667a7f..b2111df2 100644
--- a/src/TestStack.BDDfy/Step.cs
+++ b/src/TestStack.BDDfy/Step.cs
@@ -42,16 +42,8 @@ public Step(Step step)
         internal Func<object, object> Action { get; set; }
         public bool Asserts { get; private set; }
         public bool ShouldReport { get; private set; }
-        public string Title
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                return _title??= _stepTitle.ToString();
-            }
-        }
-
+        public string Title => _title??= _stepTitle.ToString();
         public ExecutionOrder ExecutionOrder { get; private set; }
-
         public Result Result { get; set; }
         public Exception Exception { get; set; }
         public int ExecutionSubOrder { get; set; }

From 896582d16319e0fce1cf03665f1c91f568cff952 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gurpreet Singh <gps@coding.com>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 12:18:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] use implicit string conversion

---
 src/TestStack.BDDfy/Step.cs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/TestStack.BDDfy/Step.cs b/src/TestStack.BDDfy/Step.cs
index b2111df2..444af43c 100644
--- a/src/TestStack.BDDfy/Step.cs
+++ b/src/TestStack.BDDfy/Step.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public Step(Step step)
         internal Func<object, object> Action { get; set; }
         public bool Asserts { get; private set; }
         public bool ShouldReport { get; private set; }
-        public string Title => _title??= _stepTitle.ToString();
+        public string Title => _title??= _stepTitle;
         public ExecutionOrder ExecutionOrder { get; private set; }
         public Result Result { get; set; }
         public Exception Exception { get; set; }