As I have not found it in the issue list, I'm picking up the issue mentioned in comment cucumber/cucumber-ruby#1524 (comment) as it shows up as unacceptable drawback compared with older versions, ...
Format HTML by wrapping all attributes, no matter if there is only one or more. The VS Code option for html.format.wrapAttributes: 'force-expand-multiline' is misleading. The contextual message states ...