API: How to retrieve steps for Manual Test Cases without execution history? (/scenario returns empty list)

[maxibello]

Hi team,

I am trying to retrieve test case steps programmatically using the Allure TestOps API (Report Service).

I noticed that the endpoint GET /api/rs/testcase/{id}/scenario consistently returns an empty list of steps ("steps": []) for all currect test cases in our project (both Manual and Automated), even though we can clearly see the steps in the TestOps UI.

I managed to find a workaround for test cases that have execution history: I fetch the steps from the latest test result using GET /api/rs/testresult/{resultId}/execution. This works perfectly for automated tests and executed manual tests.

The content of the problem: I cannot retrieve steps for Manual Test Cases that have never been executed (no test result yet). Since they have no history, I cannot use the /execution endpoint, and the /scenario endpoint returns empty data.

Question: Is this expected behavior that /scenario is empty? What is the correct API endpoint to retrieve the "design-time" steps for a Manual Test Case (the steps defined in the UI) before it has been executed?

Thanks!