Background Does More Than Setup

The Background should only perform common setup activities to prepare the scenarios that follow. They should not contain any When or Then steps, only Given.

Bad

Background:
  Given I have visited the website
  When I log in

Scenario: logging in
  Then I will see my account

Good

Background:
  Given I have visited the website

Scenario: logging in
  When I log in
  Then I will see my account