* cucumber test scenarios, #3027
* post review comments
* two tests are still failing
* fixed one test
* passing tests
* cleaner code refactor
* possible sceanrios for destination:ref:forward/backward
* added code for direction:ref:forward/backward, tests pass
* changelog
* store direction in variable
* added tags to taginfo
* fixed dumb error
* use boolean flags
* null pointer checks
* hopefully better null pointer checks