9.6.2

Released 5/23/2022

Deprecations:

• The Cypress.Cookies.preserveOnce() and Cypress.Cookies.defaults() Cypress APIs have been deprecated. In a future release, support for Cypress.Cookies.preserveOnce() and Cypress.Cookies.defaults() will be removed. Consider using the cy.session() command instead to cache and restore cookies and other sessions details between tests. Fixed #21333.

Bugfixes:

• Updated the cy.contains() command to correctly error and retry if the provided regex pattern begins with an equal sign and a match was not initially found. Previously the command would incorrectly fail with a syntax error. Fixed #21108.
• Removed eventemitter2 third-party type definitions from cy and Cypress that were unintentionally exposed. Fixed #20556.

9.6.1

Released 5/9/2022

Bugfixes:

• Cypress can now launch on systems where Firefox is installed via Snapcraft. Fixed #19793.
• Updates were made to ensure XHR calls are properly displaying the response body in the command log. Fixed #21361.
• Fixed cy.contains() and .should('contain', ...) to handle finding text that contains backslash characters. Fixed #19116
• Updated .type('{enter}') to support sending the Enter keystroke to submit buttons that are not rendered within a form html element, but are associated with a form via the form attribute. Fixed #21163.
• Fixed an issue with cy.session() such that re-running tests in open mode will now correctly recreate a session. Before this change, an error was thrown indicating the saved setup function was not a function because it was serialized. Fixed #17805.

9.6.0

Released 4/25/2022

Features:

• Now you can easily test multi-domain workflows by using the experimental cy.origin() command. This feature allows you to test across different origins or domains within a single test. This experiment was designed to work side-by-side with the cy.session() experimental feature. You can turn on use of this command by setting the experimentalSessionAndOrigin configuration option to true. For more details, read our blog post. Addressed #17336 and #944.
  • Added a new configuration option called experimentalSessionAndOrigin. This option enables support for cy.session() and cy.origin().
  • The experimentalSessionSupport configuration option has been removed and replaced by the experimentalSessionAndOrigin configuration option. Please update your configuration to use the new experimentalSessionAndOrigin option to continue to opt-in to this experimental feature.
  • When experimentalSessionAndOrigin is enabled, cross-origin requests will no longer immediately fail, but instead, time out based on the pageLoadTimeout configuration. This allows the request to be appropriately handled by the cy.origin() command.
  • When experimentalSessionAndOrigin is enabled, Cypress will no longer wait on page loads between hooks before moving on to the next test.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue with Firefox 98+ where the Enter keystroke was not being sent to an input element when using .type('{enter}'). Fixed #21033.
• We now verify if an interruption while running tests was signaled by the user or if it came from an error in a plugin before showing the error message. Fixed #21010.
• Improved the error message observed on Windows platforms when unzipping the Cypress binary and the max file length is exceeded. Fixed in #21047.
• Updated the Cypress.Commands.add() TypeScript types to better reflect the attributes of the .add() utility and the JQuery element, a possible previous subject type. #20376.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded electron dependency from 15.3.5 to 15.5.1 to consume fixes related to improve performance on macOS Big Sur and later. Addressed #21068.

9.5.4

Released 4/11/2022

Bugfixes:

• Updates were made to silence Electron warnings related to being unable to connect to dbus. These errors are normal and expected, and do not result in test failures. Because they are always present when running Electron inside docker containers, it has incorrectly led people to believe it is the root-cause of an error within their test run. By silencing these errors, it will improve the debug experience to allow users to focus on meaningful warning and error messages. Fixed #19299.
• Updates were made to ensure that all *.enable events are sent if Cypress becomes disconnected from the Chrome DevTools Protocol and must re-establish a connection to ensure all command logs are displayed to the user. This fixes an issue where some command logs, like download or network events, are missing once Cypress has disconnected and then reconnected to the Chrome DevTools Protocol. Fixed #20618.
• Fixed an issue where cy.type('{enter}') was not sending the Enter key for Firefox v98+. This was not an issue with Firefox v97 and below. Fixed #20562.
• Fixed a regression in 9.3.0 where glob patterns provided to the --spec CLI parameter was incorrectly splitting the patterns in unexpected places when it should have split on commas. Fixes #20794.
• Fixed an issue with cy.root() to respect the timeout option passed to the command. Previously, when the timeout option was provided, it was ignored and the default timeout was used. Fixed #19985.
• Updates were made to decrease the length of the Cypress cache path for Windows to ensure installing pre-release versions of the Cypress binary are within the maximum path length of 260 characters. Fixed in #20961.
• Fixed a regression in 8.6.0 which prevented .pause() from correctly executing when passing the --headed --no-exit CLI flags to cypress run. Fixed #20745.
• Fixed a regression in 9.2.0 which would sometimes throw an expected error on navigation with cy.back() and cy.go(). Fixed #19749 and #20539.
• Corrected the Typescript type for a cookie which was incorrectly typed as any when the correct type is Cookie. Fixed in #20513.
• Added the missing Cypress.Command.addAll() Typescript types. Fixed #18886.
• Fixed an uncommon error observed in cy.session() where an error was thrown when no cookies had been set for the session and the user clicks the session command log to view additional details in the DevTools console. Fixed in #20946.

Misc:

• A minor visual update was made to the cy.session() command log visuals. Fixed #20433.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded ansi-regex dependency from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1 to address the CVE-2021-3807 NVD security vulnerability. Addressed in #20807.
• Upgraded plist dependency from 3.0.4 to 3.0.5 to address the CVE-2022-22912 NVD security vulnerability. Addressed in #20808.

9.5.3

Released 3/28/2022

Bugfixes:

• Corrected a logging issue with cy.intercept() where the response status code and response body were sometimes missing from the log details in open mode. Fixed #18757.
• Fixed an issue in cy.readFile() where the command would not retry or provide a meaningful error message if null encoding was used and the file was not found. Fixed #20683.
• Updated the Cypress Keyboard shortcuts to only run the shortcut when the pressed shortcut key was not used in conjunction with either the alt, ctrl, or shift modifier keys. This fixed an issue where the Cypress shortcut handler would override the browser native keyboard shortcut for search (ctrl + f). Fixed #20222.
• Updates were made to correctly escape dollar signs in the CYPRESS_DOWNLOAD_PATH_TEMPLATE environment variable. Issues were seen utilizing this template when the env was provided from a package manager file. Fixed #19914.
• Fix the Cypress.Buffer TypeScript type to reference the static constructor of Buffer, instead of incorrectly referencing the Buffer instance which caused Type errors. Fixes #20542.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded electron dependency from 15.3.4 to 15.3.5 to address the CVE-2022-21718 NVD security vulnerability. Addressed in #20750.
• Upgraded minimist dependency from 1.2.5 to 1.2.6. Addressed in #20756.
• Upgraded nanoid dependency from 3.1.20 to 3.1.31 to address the CVE-2021-23566 NVD security vulnerability. Addressed in #20726.
• Upgraded node-forge dependency from 1.0.0 to 1.3.0 to address the CVE-2022-24771 NVD security vulnerability. Addressed in #20727.

9.5.2

Released 3/14/2022

Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue with .type() where click events could be fired on the incorrect target element because the target focus changed within a key-down event handler callback. Fixed in #20525.
• Fixed a regression in 9.5.0 where ANSI colors were not removed from the FireFox warning message about the chromeWebSecurity configuration option having no effect on the Firefox browser. Fixes #20496.
• Updates were made to the pre-release build setup such that Cypress will use a unique cache folder for each pre-release installation on a machine. This removes the need to run cypress clear cache before installing a new pre-release version of Cypress or before installing a new released version of Cypress after a pre-release version had been installed. Addressed in #20296.

Misc:

• Updates were made to explicitly disable the Origin-Agent-Cluster header for proxied responses to ensure document.domain can continue to be set with Chrome v106+. This was necessary because Chrome is planning to make document.domain immutable in v106+ to relax the same-origin policy by interpreting the Origin-Agent-Cluster as true, whereas it is currently interpreted as false. Addresses #20147.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded url-parse dependency from 1.5.6 to 1.5.9 to address these NVD security vulnerabilities, CVE-2022-0639, CVE-2022-0686 and CVE-2022-0691. Addressed in #20386 and #20439.

9.5.1

Released 2/28/2022

Bugfixes:

• Added a ready event to the Plugins process to ensure all plugins have successfully started before the configuration is loaded and the tests start. Fixed in #19792.
  • This fixes an issue where the plugin is never executed and leaves Cypress stuck in the initialization phase, where the user can only view the loading spinner.
  • This enables support for node's experimental --loader flag for plugins.
• Made a change to the DNS lookup to improve test performances and reliability on MacOS machines that leverage the VMWare CBCloud SaaS solution. Before this change, random test failures were observed, as well as hanging tests and initially pending HTTP and HTTPS responses. Fixed in #20062.
• Fixed a regression in 9.5.0 where ANSI colors were not removed from the cy.fixtures() error code frame. Fixes #20208.
• Fixed a regression in 9.5.0 where the test config override errors were formatted incorrectly. Fixes #20208.
• Fixed an issue where Cypress would throw an error when reporting or wrapping errors with booleans or numbers. Fixes #19561.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded url-parse dependency from 1.5.2 to 1.5.6 to avoid authorization bypass through user-controlled key to address this NVD security vulnerability. Addressed in #20270.

9.5.0

Released 2/15/2022

Features:

• Enhancements were made to the error experience in both run mode and open mode to improve readability and provide meaningful stack traces. Addressed in #20124.
• Updated the cy.request() log message to hide the origin when it matched the browser origin to make debugging easier. This reduces the length of the log message that could be partially hidden if a long url is requested. Addressed in #20009.
• Updates were made to log the ShadowRoot and Document elements as HTML elements. Previously these would be logged as enumerated objects, which were difficult to evaluate. Addressed in #20049.
• Updated the terminal output generated in Cypress run mode to de-emphasis the node path in the run header. Addressed in #20120.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue where files attached during .selectFile() could have the wrong File prototype. Fixes #20003.
• Updated .select() to only dispatch the change and input events when the selected option is not the currently selected option. This change aligns .select() with the browser. Fixes #19494.
• Updated .type(' ') to align with the W3C standards where a click event should be dispatched when the Space key is pressed and the current focus is on a state-changing element with type button, image, submit or reset. Fixes #20067.

9.4.1

Released 1/31/2022

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a regression in 9.4.0 where the line endings in the public NPM package prevented some users from running Cypress. Fixes #19986.

9.4.0

Released 1/31/2022

Features

• Enhancements were made to .selectFile() after receiving feedback after its initial release in 9.3.0.
  • The default behavior was updated to automatically infer the mime type of files based on their extension to correctly encode file uploads. Addressed in #19751.
  • Added the mimeType property so you can explicitly set the mime type on files using the mimeType property. Addressed in #19751.
  • Updated file contents types to allow either a TypedArray instance or a Cypress.Buffer instance, where previously file contents were expected to only be an instance of Cypress.Buffer. Addressed in #19751.
  • Updated .selectFile() to retain the fileName of files read from disk to work with aliases. Addressed in #19803.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a regression in 9.3.0 to correctly parse the --spec CLI parameter for glob patterns containing a range. Fixes #19783.
• Fixed regression in 9.2.1 where the --openssl-legacy-provider flag was not being passed to the plugins' child process when the user's system Node version was Node 17+ built with OpenSSL v3+ which resulted in Cypress crashing when trying to run tests. Fixes #19712.
• Update .type('{enter}') to align with the W3C standards where a click event should be dispatched when the Enter key is pressed and the current focus is on a state-changing element with type button, image, submit or reset. Fixes #19541.

9.3.1

Released 1/19/2022

Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue where the bin file was released with windows line breaks. Fixes #19747.

9.3.0

Released 1/18/2022

Features:

• Added a new Cypress command, called .selectFile(), to select a file or files in an HTML5 input element or simulate dragging a file or files into the browser. The API is similar to cypress-file-upload and we have provided a migration guide for previous users of that plugin. For more details, see our blog post. Fixes #19524 and #170.
• Exposed the Buffer polyfill, as Cypress.Buffer, to enable working with binary data. Addressed in #19524.
• Added the CYPRESS_DOWNLOAD_PATH_TEMPLATE environment variable which can be set to a string template for building the download URL for the Cypress binary. This environment variable is useful for users who are downloading the Cypress binary from a proxy that is not one-to-one with the Cypress's default download url. More information can be found in the Install Binary documentation. Fixes #15697.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue where the --spec CLI parameter was not working properly when passing multiple glob patterns that are separated by commas. Fixes #16102.
• Fixed an issue with how the CYPRESS_VERIFY_TIMEOUT environment variable was read so it can set in a project's package.json or it's .npmrc. Fixes #19559.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded graceful-fs from 4.2.0 to 4.2.9. This upgrade resolves issues observed with using graceful-fs v4.2.0 with resolve v1.21+. Addressed in #19676 and resolves #19610.
  • NOTE: This upgrade to graceful-fs breaks Cypress's compatibility with Yarn 2. We have observed errors with Yarn 2.4.2 with graceful-fs 4.2.9. Before this change, Cypress had minimal Yarn 2 support (see #6377). Between Yarn 3 fixing multiple bugs and the migration path from Yarn 2 to Yarn 3 being minimal, we felt the best step forward was to support and recommend Yarn 3 over Yarn 2.
• Upgraded electron from 15.2.0 to 15.3.4. Addressed in #19351.

9.2.1

Released 1/10/2022

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a regression in 9.2.0 to keep Cypress open after each spec finishes when the --headed --no-exit flags are passed to cypress run. Fixes #19485.
• Improve heuristic for verifying when the --openssl-legacy-provider option should be passed to the plugins' child process when the system Node version is v17+. This prevents Cypress from crashing when a user has Node 17 installed which was built with OpenSSL v1. Fixes #19320.
• Correctly cast the CYPRESS_VERIFY_TIMEOUT environment variable as a number so Cypress will no longer throw TypeError: Expected the timeout option to be a non-negative integer. Fixes #19476.

Dependency Updates:

• Update pinned resolution of cli-table3 from ~0.6.0 to ~0.6.1 to avoid problems with the bug introduced in the colors.js v1.4.44-liberty-2 release. Addresses #19624.

9.2.0

Released 12/20/2021

Features:

• Cypress will throw an error when a user attempts to update a configuration value at run-time using either the Test Configuration or using Cypress.config() that is a readonly option. Addresses #6407 and #19001.
• A timeout option has been added to the cy.writeFile() command, with a default value of defaultCommandTimeout. Addresses #3350.
• The default maxHttpBufferSize for the internal socket server has been increased to Node's maximum Buffer size (size varies by OS) to allow large file writes with cy.writeFile(). Addresses #19140.
• Add CYPRESS_VERIFY_TIMEOUT environment variable to override the timeout duration of the verify command. Addresses #18290.

Bugfixes:

• Prevent unnecessary snapshotting when running default assertions that would unnecessarily increase CPU use in cypress open mode which lead to out of memory crashes on certain browsers. Fixes #18549.
• Removed automatic retries for failed HTTP requests through the proxy. This fixes an issue where failed requests could be re-sent too many times in some conditions. This change could increase the number of failed requests that your app sees. Fixes #19043.
• Reduced the occurrence of an issue where logs for fetch and xhr requests could be associated with the wrong request. Fixes #19043.
• Tests that are skipped within then blocks will no longer throw errors causing the test to fail. Tests that are skipped outside of then blocks will no longer trigger the fail event. This will prevent screenshots from happening from errors thrown by the fail event. Fixes #14867 and #17660.
• Fixed a regression in 9.0.0 where a fixture provided in a static response to cy.intercept() did not support passing null to encoding to read the fixture as a Buffer. This identified an undocumented 9.0.0 Breaking Change where the default read behavior of a fixture changed from a Buffer to being read with utf8 encoding. Fixes #19344.
• Fixed a regression in 9.0.0 where cy.contains() attempted to ignore <script> and <style> elements found within <body>. by deleting them from the dom. This behavior was corrected to ignore the elements without deleting them. Fixes #19377.
• Cypress will no longer crash when proxying an ill formed request. For example, if the application under test has a resource of "http: //localhost/asset.js" (notice the extraneous space), Cypress will now log a debug message and the asset will fail to load. Fixes #9220.
• Correct Cypress.Command.add() and Cypress.Command.override() TypeScript types. Fixes #18879, #19095 and #18940.
  • Custom command implementations typings take into account prevSubject variants.
  • Custom command implementations now allows to NOT return a value.
  • Custom command overwrites typings take into account originalFn function.
• Add types for Cypress.session.clearAllSavedSessions(). Fixes #19363.

Dependencies:

• Upgraded ssri from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2 to mitigate ssri vulnerability. Addressed in #19351.

9.1.1

Released 12/03/2021

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a regression in 9.1.0 where our built binary didn't contain patches to some dependencies. Addressed in #19239. This fixed some issues including:
  • Requests containing ~ will no longer be improperly encoded. Fixes #19083, #19084, #19115, #19096, #19178.
  • A TypeError displaying data.hasOwnProperty is not a function will no longer throw in some situations. Fixes #19091.
  • Empty extra hooks will no longer be sent as data when recording to the Dashboard. Fixes #19087.
  • The Runner hanging when baseUrl is set to null to load a local file. Fixes #19105
• When using the default configuration of "nodeVersion": "system" with an installed system node >=17, Cypress will now work properly rather than throw an error incorrectly pointing to the user's plugin file. Fixes #18914.
• Shadow DOM elements no longer error as hidden during actionability when the element is covered by its parent shadow root. Fixes #18008.
• When using .type() events now correctly propagate out of the shadow DOM. Fixes #17531.
• The this context is now properly preserved when overwriting cy.clock(). Fixes #19158.

Dependencies:

• Upgraded @cypress/request from 2.88.7 to 2.88.10. Addressed in #19099.

9.1.0

Released 11/22/2021

Features:

• A CYPRESS environment variable will be set to true in child processes where Cypress runs user code in Node.js. You can now detect that you're running in Cypress by looking for process.env.CYPRESS. Addresses #18805.

Bugfixes:

• Specs with % in the filename will no longer fail to load and now behave as any other spec. Fixes #18871.
• When using the Selector Playground, the HTML attribute's value will be wrapped in double-quotes. Fixes #1884.
• The call count is now shown in the Command Log when using cy.stub().log(false). Fixes #18907.
• The warning message for retrying connection to a browser has been improved to indicate when it is still waiting. Fixes #18644.
• Cypress commands that rely on this context now have access to this when overridden. Fixes #18899.
• Test configuration is now correctly applied when using only. Fixes #18959.

9.0.0

Released 11/10/2021

Breaking Changes:

• The nodeVersion configuration option now defaults to system. The behavior of the system option has changed to always use the Node.js binary/version that launched Cypress. If Cypress was not launched via the terminal, Cypress will use the bundled Node.js version. This could change the behavior of code within your pluginsFile since it may be run in your system Node.js version. Addresses #18684.
• Windows 32-bit is no longer supported in Cypress. Addresses #17962.
• An error will now be thrown if an invalid value is passed to Cypress.config. Previously invalid values were ignored and could cause unexpected behavior. Addresses #18589.
• cy.contains() no longer yields the <body> element when it matches the content of <script> or <style> tags. Addresses #14861.
• Attempting to add an existing built-in Cypress command using Cypress.Commands.add() will now throw an error, indicating that Cypress.Commands.overwrite() should be used instead to overwrite the behavior of existing commands. Addresses #18572.
• Custom command implementations are now typed based on the declared custom chainables. Addresses #17496.
• The bundled Node.js version was upgraded from 14.17.0 to 16.5.0. This could change the behavior of code within the pluginsFile when using the bundled Node.js version of Cypress. Addressed in #18317.
• The default read behavior of a fixture provided as a static response in cy.intercept() changed from being read as a Buffer to using utf8 encoding. This aligns the default read behavior of cy.intercept() to cy.readFile() and cy.fixture(). Addresses #18534.

Deprecations:

• The nodeVersion configuration option has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Features:

• When null is passed as the encoding to cy.readFile() or cy.fixture(), the file is treated as binary and read as a Buffer. Similarly, null passed as the encoding to cy.writeFile() allows direct writing of buffers. If the encoding is unspecified, the default remains utf8, matching the current behavior. Addresses #18534.

Bugfixes:

• Sticky elements within a fixed container will now be able to be properly scrolled to during action commands. Fixes #4233.
• document.referrer will now correctly reflect the correct value from the application under test after cy.visit(). Fixes #4295.

Dependencies:

• Upgraded Chrome browser version used during cypress run and when selecting Electron browser in cypress open from 91 to 94. Addressed in #15292.
• Upgraded bundled Node.js version from 14.17.0 to 16.5.0. Addressed in #15292.
• Upgraded electron from 14.1.0 to 15.2.0. Addressed in #15292.

8.7.0

Released 10/25/2021

Features:

• There are changes to how "slow" tests are determined and displayed in Cypress. Addresses #18496.
  • Added a slowTestThreshold configuration option to customize when tests are considered "slow" during cypress run. A test that runs slower than the given threshold will display in orange text in the default 'spec' reporter. This configuration can be set in your Cypress config file or via specific test configuration.
  • The default slow test threshold was changed from 75ms (Mocha's default) to 10000ms for e2e tests and 250ms for component tests. To restore the old behavior, you can add "slowTestThreshold": 75 to your Cypress config file.
  • All tests will show the time the test ran in milliseconds during cypress run with the default 'spec' reporter.
• Users can pass an overwrite: true option to Cypress.Screenshot.defaults to change default behavior to overwrite existing screenshots without having to set overwrite for each cy.screenshot() command. Addresses #7955.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a regression introduced in 8.6.0 where videos recorded in Electron to the Dashboard were not playable in the Firefox or Safari browser and were not compatible with QuickTime player in MacOS.
• Fixed a regression introduced in 8.6.0 so that the warning about the projectRoot directory not being writeable will now display correctly. Fixes #18485.
• Improved the error message when running Cypress without non-root permissions. Fixes #18445.
• An error now throws when invalid options are passed to the selectorPriority configuration option of Cypress.SelectorPlayground.defaults. Valid values are data-*, id, class, tag, attribute, or nth-child. Fixes #7745.

Dependency Updates:

• Pinned resolution of ua-parser-js to 0.7.24 to avoid dependency resolution to the compromised package versions. Please read the security advisory and take actions advised as soon as possible. Addressed in #18611

8.6.0

Released 10/11/2021

Features:

• cy.screenshot() now accepts overwrite: true as an option to overwrite existing screenshots with the same file name. Addresses #7955.
• cy.select([]) can now be used to clear any selected options in a multi-value select. Addresses #4318.
• Using cy.pause() when using cypress run --headed --no-exit will now pause a test. Addresses #4044.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a regression introduced in 8.2.0 where certain XMLHttpRequests would not display their response bodies in the DevTools Console when clicked. Fixes #17656.
• Fixed a regression in 8.3.0 where capturing videos in Chrome versions earlier than 89 would result in choppy videos and skipped frames. Fixes #18021.
• Cypress displays the correct error when certain custom error types are thrown within a test. Fixes #18259.
• The Cypress App will no longer crash when passed a --spec: {} from the CLI and instead error when passed an invalid object argument. Fixes #3957.
• Logging a plain object no longer results in the error "Cannot convert object to primitive value". Fixes #18143.

Misc:

• Updated the cy.request() error message when conflicting failOnStatusCode and retryOnStatusCodeFailure options are passed to be clearer. Fixes #18271.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded the Chromium browser version used during cypress run and when selecting Electron browser in cypress open from 91.0.4472.164 to 93.0.4577.58.
• Upgraded electron from 13.2.0 to 14.1.0. Addressed in #18318 and #18384.

8.5.0

Released 09/27/2021

Features:

• You can now select an option by index within the .select() command. Addresses #757.
• Cypress now captures the repository URL on Drone CI. Addresses #18210.

Bugfixes:

• The download of Cypress now respects the NO_PROXY environment variable when one is set. Fixes #17702.
• When using a custom config file and setting it up to record to the Dashboard, Cypress now writes the projectId in the custom config file instead of cypress.json. Fixes #5747.

Misc:

• Windows 32-bit has been deprecated and support will be removed in a later release. A deprecation warning will now display when using Cypress in a Windows 32-bit OS. See #17962 for more detail. Addresses #18094.
• Improved the error messages when an invalid argument type is passed to the .select() command. Addressed in #18234.

8.4.1

Released 09/17/2021

Bugfixes:

• Cypress will no longer crash when setting up a project to record to the Dashboard or viewing the runs or record key for a previously set up project. Fixes #18129.
• The branch collected for Drone CI now correctly reflects the source PR branch for showing in the Cypress Dashboard. Fixes #17860.

8.4.0

Released 09/13/2021

Features:

• When the URL contains non-ASCII characters, you can use the new decode option of cy.url() to decode it. Addresses #17399.

Bugfixes:

• Cypress now better handles situations where the extension was installed in a read-only location. Fixes #3852.
• A clearer error message is now thrown for .check() or .uncheck() when there are no matching value attributes found. Fixes#7379.
• Hooks will no longer rerun on unrelated tests in some situations after a domain navigation. Fixes #17705.
• clientCertificate types have been added for the Cypress configuration. Fixes #17799.

8.3.1

Released 08/27/2021

Performance:

• Projects will now open much faster on MacOS Big Sur with improved browser detection performance. Fixes #17773.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a regression in 8.3.0 where the correct exit code would not be issued during cypress run-ct while running in the Electron browser. Fixes #17752 and #17885.
• Fixed a regression in 8.3.0 where Cypress would cause a SIGSEGV error on Mac when closing the Cypress app opened via cypress open. Fixes #17766.
• The beforeinput event now correctly fires in Firefox during keyboard events. Fixes #17583.

Misc:

• cy.document() typings now allow for the timeout option. Fixes #17695.
• cy.title() typings now allow for the timeout option. Fixes #17781

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded electron from 13.1.7 to 13.2.0. Addressed in #17772.
• Upgraded @cypress/request from 2.88.5 to 2.88.6. Addresses #17622.

8.3.0

Released 08/16/2021

Features:

• The instructions for recording a run have been updated for some users. Addressed in #17317.

Performance:

• We addressed an issue that increased CPU usage during video recording in Chrome 89+/Electron 12+. Fixes #16152.
• Fixed a regression in 7.2.0 that would cause cy.visit() to take longer to fire its load event in some circumstances. Fixes #16671.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue that could cause intermittent OpenSSL errors when the local CA cert cache becomes corrupted. Fixes #8705.
• Fixed a regression in 7.2.0 causing the menu bar of Cypress to not be clickable in Windows. Fixes #16323.
• res.send of cy.intercept() will no longer override JSON-related content types. Fixes #17084.
• The times option of cy.intercept now works properly with req.reply. Fixes #17139.
• Fixed a regression in 8.0.0 where Cypress would always warn that chromeWebSecurity is set to "false" when it wasn't. Fixes #17614.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded Chrome browser version used during cypress run and when selecting Electron browser in cypress open from 89 to 91. Addressed in #17408.
• Upgraded bundled Node.js version from 14.6.0 to 14.17.0. Addressed in #17408.
• Upgraded electron from 12.0.0-beta.14 to 13.1.7. Addressed in #17408.
• Upgraded url-parse from 1.5.1 to 1.5.2. Addressed in #17719.

8.2.0

Released 08/04/2021

Features:

• You can now cache and restore cookies, localStorage, and sessionStorage in order to reduce test setup times by using cy.session(). The session API is experimental and can be enabled by setting the experimentalSessionSupport flag to true in your Cypress config. See our blog and the cy.session() doc for more detail.
• The logging experience around HTTP requests has been updated.
  • fetch requests are always displayed in the Command Log, regardless of if experimentalFetchSupport is enabled.
  • Duplicate logs for XHRs, fetches, and cy.intercept() have been consolidated - Fixes #14843.
  • The user experience around the information displayed in the console when clicking on cy.intercept() request logs has been improved.
  • Request logs now indicate if a request has gone to the origin or if it has been stubbed by displaying a filled or empty circle in the request log.
  • Request logs now display information about if the request and/or response was modified by a cy.intercept().
  • The tooltip displayed when mousing over a request log now displays information about the matched cy.intercept()/cy.route() rules.
  • Fixed an issue where pending request logs were not ended between tests. Fixes #14655.
• There's now a Cypress.currentTest property to access name the currently executing test via Cypress.currentTest.title and Cypress.currentTest.titlePath. Addresses #2972.

Bugfixes:

• A "removing cookie failed" error will no longer throw when cookies are cleared in Firefox. Fixes #6375.
• Cypress no longer throws the error "cannot read property split of undefined" in certain circumstances when application errors are thrown. Fixes #17378.
• Cypress now properly runs the final test when nested in a suite with a before hook. Fixes #9026.
• Fixed a regression in 8.0.0 where an error would longer throw when there is no /etc/passwd entry for the current user, such as in some Docker and GitHub Action setups. Fixes #17415.
• Cypress now throws if a function is incorrectly passed as the second argument to cy.wait(). Fixes #17436.

8.1.0

Released 07/29/2021

Features:

• When using experimentalStudio, you can now generate assertions in Cypress Studio by right clicking on an element. Addressed in #16295.
• When searching specs in the Test Runner during end-to-end testing, characters that are not letters will be ignored and don't have to be typed. Addressed in #17346.

Performance:

• The Test Runner's performance has been improved when running a large number of commands within a single test. Fixes #6783.

Bugfixes:

• Add Yarn v2 pnp support to our default webpack processor. Fixes #8008 and #16111.
• When running Cypress in global mode, an error will no longer be thrown when trying to add a new project to the Dashboard. Addressed in #17514.
• The Test Runner will no longer crash in some instances when creating a new spec file from the GUI. #17430.

8.0.0

Released 07/19/2021

Summary:

We've made some updates to ensure a consistent run experience across browsers. Now all browsers run via cypress run run headlessly, with a device pixel ratio of 1, and a screen size of 1280x720 by default.

Breaking Changes:

Please read our Migration Guide which explains the changes in more detail and how to change your code to migrate to Cypress 8.0.

• When running cypress run previous to 8.0, some browsers would launch headed while others were launched headless by default. Cypress now runs all browsers during cypress run as headless by default. Addresses #16832.
• The default screen size when running a headless browser has been reverted back to 1280x720 pixels (pre 7.0 behavior). Addresses #16853.
• When running the --headless Chrome browser via cypress run, the device pixel ratio will now be 1 by default, matching the behavior of all other browsers. This behavior can be overridden through the browser launch API. Addresses #17375.
• Cypress now enforces version checks for browser launching and will error during cypress run and not allow opening the browser in cypress open when attempting to open unsupported browser versions. Cypress supports Chrome >= 64, Firefox >= 86, and Edge >= 79. Addressed in #17355.
• Arguments returned from a chained function will no longer incorrectly be of type jQuery and instead have an any type. Fixes #16669.
• The Cypress.ConfigOptions, Cypress.ResolvedConfigOptions and Cypress.RuntimeConfigOption types have been updated so that ConfigOptions match the JSON schema. Addressed in #17251.

Features:

• You can now configure certificate authority (CA) and client certificates to use within tests on a per-URL basis via a clientCertificates configuration option. See Client certificates for more detail.
• Setting the environment variable ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE now starts Cypress as a normal Node.js process rather than an Electron process. See Running headless tests without Xvfb for more details. Addresses #16505.

Bugfixes:

• console.log and console.error called within the plugins file will now be captured in the stdout sent to the Cypress Dashboard, making it visible in Output logs in the Dashboard. Fixes #7434.
• There are several fixes for cy.intercept() including:
  • The times option now works correctly with req.continue. Fixes #16821.
  • localhost is now accepted as a valid hostname in the RouteMatcher. Fixes #17015.
  • delay now works correctly with a statusCode of 204. Fixes #15188.
• When using the experimental Cypress Studio, there should be a reduced occurrence of "Studio failed to save commands" error messages. Fixes #14767.
• cy.invoke() now retains the proper this context on nested object methods. Fixes #3871.
• We no longer trigger unnecessary snapshot re-renders when hovering over the Command Log. Fixes #17257.

7.7.0

Released 07/07/2021

Features:

• When using experimentalStudio, Cypress Studio can now copy all commands generated to your clipboard. Addressed in #16912.

Bugfixes:

• Cypress now respects preventScroll options passed to element.focus() calls within the application under test. Fixes #15294.
• Using .contains(0) will now show the zero in the Command Log. Fixes #1119.
• Cypress will no longer show a warning about allowed keys for the showedOnBoardingModal when running cypress open. Fixes #17095.
• The Cypress Studio introduction modal will now display with the correct styling. Fixes #17102.
• The types for .contains() now correctly allow for the includeShadowDom option. Fixes #17066.

Misc:

• We updated the messaging when Cypress fails to start to be clearer that it's not always due to a dependency missing. Addresses #17112.

7.6.0

Released 06/23/2021

Features:

• You can now override the default delay between typing characters for .type() with Cypress.Keyboard.defaults() or via test configuration. Addresses #566.
• The experience when opening a new project via cypress open has been improved. Addressed in #15826.
  • The scaffolded example files have been updated to include examples tests of the TodoMVC project.
  • You can now easily delete all of the scaffolded example files directly from the Test Runner GUI.
  • There's now a button to create a new spec file when no spec files are found in the project.
  • A new onboarding banner with be present with helpful links for new users and new projects.
• The incoming request object yielded to request handler functions passed to cy.intercept() (req) now has a req.query property, which is a getter/setter for the query parameters on the request URL. Addresses #16327.
• You can now pass an ArrayBuffer as a request / response body with cy.intercept(). Addresses #16722

Bugfixes:

• Cypress no longer hangs intermittently when using webpack 5. Fixes #15447.
• It is no longer necessary to return the config from the plugins function when using the dev-server:start event for component testing. Fixes #16860.
• cy.intercept() now correctly sets the response body as a string instead of an ArrayBuffer when it contains multi-byte characters. Fixes #16292.
• cy.intercept() won't corrupt certain binary responses. Fixes #16722.
• On Windows, the Cypress executable is now code signed by "Cypress.io, Inc.". This fixes spawn UNKNOWN errors when launching Cypress with code signing required by policy on Windows. Fixes #2543
• We now warn on EPERM errors when accessing the project directory instead of erroring. Fixes #16933.
• Cypress now better handles running when browsers with unconventional versions are present on the machine. Fixes #15485.
• Expanded the types for CyHttpMessages.BaseMessage.headers to support the value being an array of strings. Fixes #16734.

Dependency Updates:

• Added enquirer dependency. Fixes #16846.

7.5.0

Released 06/07/2021

Features:

• The Test Runner has a new 'Docs' menu with links and prompts specific to helping you get started writing tests, set up in CI, and running tests in the Dashboard. Addressed in #16433.
• cy.request() now accepts a generic in TypeScript for specifying the type of the request body. Addresses #9109.

Bugfixes:

• Cypress will not longer crash with a hasBinary infinite recursive call. Fixes #16476.
• The --config-file option now correctly handles absolute paths. Fixes #6136.
• cy.location(<key>) will now retry if the remote location returns an empty string, which is possible during otherwise harmless redirects. Fixes #16463.
• Cypress now passes a flag to Chrome browsers to prevent update notifications from displaying in some cases. Fixes #16693.
• TypeScript will now properly error when attempting to use the chai <value>.should() syntax. Fixes #16548.

Dependency Updates:

• Replaced deprecated listr with listr2. Addressed in #16663.

7.4.0

Released 05/24/2021

Features:

• Cypress now detects and supports testing in the Chrome Beta browser. Addresses #16376.
• There are new keyboard shortcuts to continue (c) and to go to the next test (n) when the Test Runner is paused via .pause() and to toggle auto-scrolling of the Test Runner (a). Addresses #248.

Bugfixes:

• cy.request() can now send binary files in form data. Fixes #1647.
• cy.request() can now send blob data. Fixes #6178.
• Fixed an issue where cy.wait() could yield the incorrect result when used with cy.intercept() and several simultaneous requests. Fixes #16451.
• Improved the way that cy.intercept() matchers are displayed in the Command Log when using RouteMatcher properties besides url and method. Fixes #9403.
• cy.intercept() argument validation has been improved. Invalid hostnames and extra arguments passed to cy.intercept() now result in an error. Addressed in #16577.
• cy.screenshot() no longer incorrectly captures parts of the Test Runner UI during component testing. Fixes #16543.
• Spec files that containing spaces in the path will now properly open during cypress open-ct. Fixes #16278.
• Cypress now correctly uses the componentFolder and testFiles values from returned from plugins in the component testing runner. Fixes #16424.
• Video recordings in Chrome, Chromium, and Electron browsers will no longer drop frames, with the frequency increasing along with the length of the video. Fixes #16648.
• Tests located outside of the projectRoot will now open in IDE and generate studio commands when saved. Fixes #16255.
• config in the plugins file will now display in alphabetical order. Fixes #16564.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded dependency-tree from 7.0.2 to 8.1.0. Addressed in #16464.
• Upgraded extract-zip from 1.7.0 to 2.0.1. Fixes #6896

7.3.0

Released 05/10/2021

Features:

• Component tests can now be launched via the Module API by passing testingType: 'component' via the new testingType property. The testingType will default to e2e. Addresses #16302.
• cy.intercept() now accepts a times option in the RouteMatcher. times will specify the number of times that a particular cy.intercept() should be applied. Addresses #4460 and #8531.
• cy.intercept() now accepts invocation using cy.intercept(url, routeMatcher, handler), where url is a regular expression. Previously, this only worked if url was a string. Addresses #16390.
• Cypress will now automatically get environment variables for LayerCI when recording to the Dashboard. Addresses #16101.
• Setting the env var DEBUG=cypress:server:record:ci-info will print commit information and CI provider information that's sent to the Dashboard as debug logs. Addresses #16236.
• Cypress can now use the certificate authority specified in NPM config if CYPRESS_DOWNLOAD_USE_CA is specified. See "Using a custom CA" for more information. Addresses #8825.

Bugfixes:

• Cypress will no longer incorrectly redirect the AUT window to /__/ when location.href is set to a relative path within the call stack of an XHR event handler. Fixes #3975 and #7439.
• Cypress now properly handles when a form submit or anchor tag target is set to _top or _parent so that it no longer redirects the parent frame. Fixes #1244.
• Fixed a regression in 6.5.0 that could cause Cypress to crash with a RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded at _deconstructPacket error. Most commonly, this occurred when handling network errors with cy.request(). Fixes #15101.
• Fixed a regression in 7.0.0 that caused the Test Runner to crash with an ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE type error when testing a binary file upload. Fixes #15898 and #16223.
• When verifying Cypress, we now listen for the 'close' event instead of the 'exit' event in an effort to fix some situations where the browser cannot be found even though it is on the system. Addressed in #16312.
• Fixed a regression in 6.5.0 that caused a node warning about .then() only accepting functions to display. Fixes #15281.
• cy.intercept() now adds a access-control-expose-headers: '*' header by default for CORS requests unless overridden. Fixes #15050.
• Improved the way that cy.intercept() and cy.route() requests with multiple aliases are displayed in the command log. Addressed in #16382.
• Cypress now correctly shows all .should('contain') assertions when chained after .should('be.visible'). Fixes #16006.
• Cypress.cookies.debug(true) will now correctly show cookie-related messages on the console. Fixes #15032.
• cy.log() will now show all arguments, not only the first 2. Fixes #16068.
• .select() now correctly selects option elements with values that have   characters. Fixes #16045.
• The e2e and component configuration values will now correctly show when previewing resolved configuration in the Test Runner. Fixes #16282.
• When passing the —quiet flag, Cypress will no longer print uploading output to Stdout. Fixes #16268.
• When pressing the / hotkey in Firefox, Cypress will select the SpecList's SearchInput as it does in other browsers. Fixes #16309.
• Cypress will now detect the default installation location of the Visual Studio Code editors on Windows machines. Fixes #15080.
• Changing files extensions when creating a new test file should no longer add extra dots to the filename on Windows machines. Fixes #16131.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded classnames from 2.2.6 to 2.3.1. Addressed in #8337.
• Upgraded color-string from 1.5.4 to 1.5.5. Addressed in #16362.
• Upgraded lodash from 4.17.19 to 4.17.21. Addressed in #16406.
• Upgraded registry-js from 1.13.0 to 1.15.0. Addressed in #16409.
• Upgraded url-parse from 1.4.7 to 1.5.0. Addressed in #16408.

7.2.0

Released 04/26/2021

Features:

• You can now navigate through folders in the Test Runner using the Tab keyboard input and open or close the folder's content with the Enter & Space keyboard inputs. Addresses #3741.

Performance:

• Fixed a regression in 7.0.0 that caused tests to run slowly, especially when run with constrained CPU resources. Fixes #15853.
• Fixed a regression in 7.0.0 causing decreased performance in Chromium browsers due to requesting screencast frames when video is disabled. Fixes #16030.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a regression in 7.0.0 that caused the Test Runner to crash with an ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE type error. We now correctly detect a utf8 request body with multi-byte Unicode characters. Fixes #15901.
• Reusing cy.intercept() aliases will now work as expected. Fixes #15823.
• Fixed an issue in 7.0 where users could get a misleading "must pass a handler as the 3rd argument" error when using cy.intercept. Fixes #16117.
• cypress run-ct no longer hangs on Windows machines. Fixes #15976.
• Hovering over a command log without a snapshot will no longer cause the error Cannot read property 'name' of null. Fixes #15816.
• We now throw an error when attempting to .select() an <option> within a disabled <fieldset>. Fixes #5951.
• .type() will no longer change the value attribute of button-like inputs with type button, submit, reset, image, radio, or checkbox. Fixes #15913.
• Specs will now load when using a relative directory for componentFolder outside of the root project when specifying --project. Fixes #16053.
• The search input will now display when there are many component spec files. Fixes #16089.

Misc:

• Lodash types have been updated. Addressed in #15860.
• Types for the selector playground have been added. Addressed in #15834.
• Cypress.Cookies.defaults() now returns the correct type instead of void. Addresses #15426.
• .then() will show the correct type when a collection of HTMLElements is provided. Addressed in #15869.
• Improved types for cy.intercept(). Addressed in #16167.

Dependency Updates:

• Downgraded the Chromium browser version used during cypress run and when selecting Electron browser in cypress open from 89.0.4348.1 to 89.0.4328.0. This was done to address a performance regression introduced in 7.0.0. Addressed in #16113.
• Upgraded systeminformation from 5.3.1 to 5.6.4. Addressed in #15819.
• Replaced lolex with @sinonjs/fake-timers. Addressed in #15595.

7.1.0

Released 04/12/2021

Features:

• The events before:spec, after:spec, before:run, and after:run now fire in interactive mode in addition to run mode. This requires the experimentalInteractiveRunEvents flag to be enabled. Addressed in #15787.

Bugfixes:

• Viewport configuration set in cypress.json is now correctly applied in the Component Test Runner. Fixes #15899.
• Running specs on Windows is now supported in the Component Test Runner. Fixes #15842.
• Fixed an issue where crashes in Cypress would cause a misleading "Unknown signal: true" error after the actual crash message. Fixes #15943.
• Fixed an issue introduced in 7.0.0 where requests with responses stubbed via cy.intercept(routeMatcher, staticResponse) would still be sent to the destination server. Fixes #15841.

7.0.1

Released 04/07/2021

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a regression in 7.0.0 that caused the test runner not to check for updates. Fixes #15829.
• The component testing spec list search input no longer throws an exception when hitting Enter. Addressed in #15833.
• The preferred file opener modal no longer appears behind the command log. Addressed in #15831.
• Cypress no longer crashes in certain circumstances when running in Docker without --ipc=host. Fixes #15814 and #350.
• Node.js warnings are no longer incorrectly printed to stderr in production builds of Cypress. Addressed in #15817.
• Cypress no longer prints a warning to stdout when the video cannot be found after a run. Addressed in #15828.
• A warning is no longer displayed when running a TypeScript spec without a tsconfig.json file present. Addressed in #15828.

Misc:

• The "New Spec File" in the Desktop GUI has a less pronounced style. Addressed in #15835.

7.0.0

Released 04/05/2021

Summary:

🎉 Introducing the Cypress Component Test Runner - now in alpha. Today's release includes a brand new test runner designed to replace your Node-based component tests. Our Component Test Runner tests your components in the browser, just like a user would. And, since it runs in the browser, you get to debug your components using your favorite developer tools. Read our Component Testing Guide for more details.

Breaking Changes:

Please read our Migration Guide which explains the changes in more detail and how to change your code to migrate to Cypress 7.0.

• We introduced several breaking changes to cy.intercept(). See the cy.intercept() docs for full usage examples. Breaking changes:
  • Request handlers supplied to cy.intercept() are now matched starting with the most recently defined request interceptor. This allows users to override request handlers by calling cy.intercept() again. This matches the previous behavior that was default in cy.route(). Addresses #9302.
  • cy.intercept() now automatically parses more JSON MIME types, including 'application/vnd.api+json'. You can now remove JSON.parse(req.body) or JSON.parse(res.body) from some tests that previously required it. Addresses #14763.
  • Falsy values (with the exception of undefined) supplied as the body of a StaticResponse to cy.intercept() will now be JSONified and sent as the body. Previously, an empty string was sent instead. Addresses #15234 and #14205.
  • The matchUrlAgainstPath RouteMatcher property has been removed from cy.intercept().
  • The "substring match" from cy.intercept() URL matching has been removed. Previously, a URL would match if it contained the supplied string anywhere. Now, the URL (including querystring) only matches if it is an equality match or a minimatch.
  • res.delay() and res.throttle() have been renamed to res.setDelay() and res.setThrottle(), respectively. Addresses #15700.
  • cy.route2() was previously aliased to cy.intercept(). Now the alias cy.route2() has been removed. Please update usage of cy.route2() to cy.intercept(). Addressed in #14709.
• Component tests have been migrated to use a dedicated test runner and are bundled differently. See the Migration Guide for full examples on how to migrate. Addressed in #14479.
  • Component tests will not be executed when running cypress open or cypress run. Now, they need to be executed by running cypress open-ct or cypress run-ct. Addressed in #15701.
  • experimentalComponentTesting must be removed from your configuration file, cypress.json by default, or it will throw an error. Addressed in #15701.
  • The file:preprocessor event is no longer used to compile component tests. Now, a dev-server:start event must be registered.
• Cypress now catches uncaught errors and fails the test even if the application under test has defined window.onerror. Addresses #8802.
• Cypress now fails tests if there is an unhandled promise rejection in the application under test. Unhandled rejections will trigger the uncaught:exception event with the promise as the third argument. Addresses #243.
• Cypress now throws an error if the application under test redirects more than 20 times. The number of times allowed to redirect is configurable via the redirectionLimit config. Addresses #14445.
• The default preprocessor now targets a more modern version of ECMAScript. Addressed in #15274.
• We now enable contextIsolation by default in the Electron browser. You can override this option if needed within the before:browser:launch API. Addressed in #15493.
• Cypress.moment() has been removed. Please migrate to a different datetime formatter. See our recipe for example replacements. Addresses #8714.
• The bundled Node.js version was upgraded from 12.18.3 to 14.16.0. This could change the behavior of code within the pluginsFile when using the bundled Node.js version of Cypress. Addressed in #15292.
• Installing Cypress on your system now requires Node.js 12+. Addresses #9545.
• The default headless browser window size has been increased to 1920x1080 pixels to capture High-definition videos and screenshots. Addresses #15752, #15730, and #15481.

Features:

• A command log entry is now displayed when there is an uncaught exception or unhandled rejection. Addresses #8236.
• We added several features to cy.intercept(). See the cy.intercept() docs for full usage examples. Addressed in #14543. New features:
  • There are new events on the req object for cy.intercept() including before:response, response, and after:response.
  • Response handlers (supplied via event handlers or via req.continue(cb)) supplied to cy.intercept() will be called in reverse order until res.send is called or until there are no more response handlers.
  • A new option, middleware, has been added to the RouteMatcher type. If true, the supplied request handler will be called before any non-middleware request handlers.
  • A new function, req.continue(cb), is available on request objects yielded by cy.intercept(). It is functionally the same as req.reply(cb) - the request will stop propagating to other event handlers, will be sent outgoing, and the response will be handled by cb.
  • cy.intercept() can now be called with a new overload: cy.intercept(url, routeMatcher, handler). routeMatcher will be merged with url, and the handler is required.
• cy.visit() can now visit pages with application/xhtml* content-type. Addresses #15738.
• You can now pass runner specific configuration in order to pass different configuration values to component tests versus e2e tests. Addressed in #15526.
• There's a new keyboard shortcut (ctrl/cmd + f) to search spec files in the Test Runner based on your OS. Addresses #6229.
• You can now create a new spec file directly from the Test Runner in the Desktop. Addressed in #15335.
• cy.tick() now accepts a log option. Addresses #15180.
• The Cypress proxy now adds a keep-alive header to all proxy responses. Addressed in #15292
• Cypress no longer forces specific NODE_OPTIONS. Addressed in #15292

Bugfixes:

• The response.body of cy.intercept() is now correct after stubbing a response using res.send({ fixture }) in a req.continue callback or a before:response or response handler. Addressed in #14543.
• Fixed an issue where only the first matching alias for a route would yield a response object on cy.wait(). Fixes #14522.
• .click() will no longer fail with "coordsHistory must be at least 2 sets of coords" when specifying { multiple: true }. Fixes #3738.
• Cypress now checks visibility correctly when an element has CSS "position: sticky". Fixes #14938.
• After selecting a project in global mode and clicking the back button, Cypress will no longer crash. Fixes #15089.
• Errors Refused to apply style are gone from the console in open-ct during Component Testing. Addressed in #15661.
• Some memory leaks were fixed in @cypress/vue. Addressed in #15275.

Misc:

• The types for set-cookie allow string[], so the header's type has been changed to reflect this. Addresses #15419.
• The type definition for cy.writeFile() now allows 4 arguments. Addresses #15353.
• .then() will show the correct type when raw HTMLElements are provided. Addresses #14875
• The Cypress Studio icon now displays properly for tests with long titles. Addresses #15182.
• There were some minor improvements made to the UI when setting up a project in the Test Runner. Addressed in #15665.

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded Chrome browser version used during cypress run and when selecting Electron browser in cypress open from 87 to 89. Addressed in #15292.
• Upgraded bundled Node.js version from 12.18.3 to 14.16.0. Addressed in #15292.
• Upgraded electron from 11.3.0 to 12.0.0. Addressed in #15292.

6.9.1

Released 4/5/2021

This release contains the same features as 6.8.0. It was published to provide a non-breaking alternative to 6.9.0, which was mistakenly published with breaking changes.

6.9.0

Released 4/5/2021

This release was mistakenly published with breaking changes, is deprecated, and should not be used. Upgrade to 6.9.1 or 7.0.0, or stay on 6.8.0.

6.8.0

Released 3/17/2021

User Experience:

• Improved the specs list user interface with a new icon set and accessibility features when in Component Testing mode (alpha). Addressed in #15513

Bugfixes:

• Cypress will no longer exit with an error when recording a run to the Dashboard with empty specfiles. Fixes #15512.
• When using experimentalStudio, Cypress Studio the icon to add commands will now fully display on long test titles. Fixes #15182.

6.7.1

Released 3/15/2021

Bugfixes:

• Interacting with an element that requires scrolling within an element with scroll-behavior: smooth no longer fails Cypress's actionability check. Fixes #15453.
• A regression in 6.7.0 has been fixed so that the projectId will be written correctly to the cypress.json file on initial creation without an extra config object. Fixes #15497.

6.7.0

Released 3/15/2021

Features:

• The experimentalRunEvents configuration flag has been removed. You can now listen to before:run, after:run, before:spec and after:spec events in the plugins file without needing the experimentalRunEvents configuration option. See the before:run, after:run, before:spec and after:spec docs for more information. Addressed in #15276.
• When canceling a run from the Dashboard, previously only parallelized runs would cancel correctly. Now all recorded runs will respect cancelation and exit early. Addresses #1691.
• Test configuration is now captured and sent when recording to the Dashboard. Addresses #15487.
• Cypress now sends test details to the Dashboard at the beginning of a recorded run, so historical test code and other data can be provided to the Dashboard upfront. Addressed in #14925.
• The full stack trace from errors thrown in the preprocessor are now displayed. Addressed in #15198.
• Configuration values which are changed at runtime prior to tests running are now properly shown as resolved from the spec code within the Module API to indicate where the change originated from. Addresses #15486.

Bugfixes:

• FFmpeg will no longer error ("width not divisible by 2") during video recording in Chromium-family browsers, including Chrome, Electron, and Edge. Fixes #3491 and #15300.
• cy.wait() no longer falsely returns a timeout when the user aborts an XHR. Fixes #9549.
• .clear() and .type('{selectall}{del}') now behave the same when they're used against elements that contain text inputs. Fixes #8447.
• When using experimentalStudio, Cypress Studio now records typing by using the value of the input rather than the keys that were pressed. Studio also no longer records pressing special keys (such as arrows or ctrl) except for Enter. Fixes #15023.
• Empty jQuery objects are now properly shown in error messages in the Command Log. Fixes #14279.
• Length assertions on DOM elements now properly show the user-defined assertion message if specified. Fixes #14484.
• Cypress no longer scrolls on mouse down event, fixes #8279.

Misc:

• We updated the UI when connecting a project to the Dashboard. Addressed in #14877.
• "Test recordings" recorded to the Cypress Dashboard are now referred to as recorded "test results." Addresses #15376.
• Errors shown from the plugins file now display top-aligned. Addressed in #15347.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded electron from 11.2.3 to 11.3.0. Addressed in #15201.

6.6.0

Released 2/18/2021

Features:

• Cypress now extracts and sends CodeFresh CI default variables when recording to the Dashboard. Addresses #4609

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded ramda to version 0.27.1. Addressed in #14958.

6.5.0

Released 2/15/2021

Performance:

• Improved the startup time of cypress open and cypress run. Addresses #15075.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue where tests would display as failed if an event (such as an XHR request) failed after the test was already completed. This only affects the display of the test and not what was reported in run mode, so it would not have had an effect on suites running in CI. Addresses #14978.
• Fixed a regression introduced in 6.4.0 that caused Electron to crash when opening outside links in the Command Log. Addresses #14912.
• Fixed an issue where browser paths with double backslashes would not work as expected on Windows. Addresses #14719.
• Fixed Microsoft Edge browser detection when passing a path on Windows. Addresses #14716.
• Fixed an issue where the types for Cypress.on did not support chaining. Addresses #14991.
• Fixed an issue where, when installing two Cypress instances simultaneously, the downloaded .zip could become corrupted and break the install process. Addresses #4595.

Misc:

• Expanded search bar in desktop GUI to fill the entire width. Addresses #14830.
• Added autoEnd to the types for LogConfig. Addresses #9590.
• We collect more variables from Bitbucket pipelines to correctly display the pull request information in the Dashboard. Addresses #15081.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded electron to version 11.2.3. Addresses #15056.

6.4.0

Released 2/1/2021

Features:

• There's now a Command Log entry in the Test Runner for when a file is downloaded. Addresses #14749.

Deprecations:

• The delayMs option for cy.intercept() has been renamed to delay. delayMs will still work, but it is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Addresses #14822.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue causing a webpack compilation error when a browserslist is present in project root. Addresses #8864.
• Fixed an issue with cy.intercept() where aliases set via req.alias containing a period character would not work as expected. Addresses #14444.
• Fixed an issue where delays set using cy.intercept() would not work as expected. Addresses #14446 and #14511.
• Reverted a change to how the Chrome DevTools Protocol is established. Instead of using stdio and then falling back to TCP, Cypress now only uses TCP to try to connect to Chrome DevTools Protocol. Addresses #14819.
• We now better handle spec paths containing special characters so they properly show in the code frame and work when interacting via your IDE. Addresses #14659.
• We addressed several issues with the experimental Cypress Studio. To enable the Cypress Studio you can set experimentalStudio to true in your Cypress configuration. Issues addressed:
  • Cypress Studio now prompts to start adding commands after visiting an inputted url. Addresses #14688.
  • Empty .type() commands will no longer be generated when tabbing through inputs. Addresses #14684.
  • Cypress Studio no longer prompt to enter a URL if the test is in an errored state. Addresses #14686.
  • Cypress Studio now reloads tests when watchForFileChanges is false. Addresses #14744.
  • An empty .click() command will no longer be added before .type() in Cypress Studio when it is followed by typed characters. Addresses #14685.
  • Cypress Studio will now use the correct selector for an element even if the click event changed the selectors. Addresses #14658.
  • Multi-select selects are now supported in Cypress Studio. Addresses #14743.
  • There's an improved UI for command failures within Cypress Studio. Addresses #14691.
  • The Selector Playground is now closed automatically when Cypress Studio is opened. #14689.

Misc:

• The "no specs found" error now displays which directory it searched for specs. Addresses #14532.
• More types for the resolved config property have been added. Addresses #14392.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded @cypress/get-windows-proxy to version 1.6.2. Addressed in #14711.
• Upgraded electron to version 11.2.1. Addressed in #14764.
• Upgraded recast to version 0.20.4. Addressed in #14623.
• Upgraded registry-js to version 1.13.0. Addressed in #14668.
• Upgraded semantic-release to version 17.2.3. Addressed in #14713.
• Upgraded systeminformation to version 4.31.1. Addressed in #14715.

6.3.0

Released 1/19/2021

Features:

• Cypress Studio provides a visual way to generate tests within the Test Runner, by recording interactions against the application under test. Cypress Studio is an experimental feature that can be enabled by adding the experimentalStudio attribute to your configuration, cypress.json by default. Address #73.
• You can now test file downloads in Cypress without the download prompt displaying. Any files downloaded while testing file downloads will be stored in the downloadsFolder which is set to cypress/downloads by default. The downloadsFolder will be deleted before each run unless trashAssetsBeforeRuns is set to false. Addresses #949.

Bugfixes:

• When an uncaught exception is thrown outside a suite with an .only, the error will now correctly display in the Command Log. Fixes #14455.
• Cypress will no longer crash when no record key is provided to the --key flag when followed by other CLI flags. Fixed #14593.
• Extra screenshots will no longer be taken when tests are retried when there is a failure in an afterEach hook. Fixes #9209.
• Having waitForAnimations set to false no longer affects whether Cypress fires actions on inner elements. Fixes #14370.
• We fixed a regression in 5.0.0 that would cause string CYPRESS_ prefixed env variables containing commas to be parsed as multiple values. Fixes #8818.
• We fixed a regression in 4.9.0 where asserting have.value on an undefined subject would throw an error. Fixes #14359.
• We updated the CDP connection to attempt to use the stdio transport first with Chrome 72 and above, before falling back to using TCP. This should remediate issues causing sporadic "Cypress failed to make a connection to the Chrome DevTools Protocol after retrying" errors. Fixes #6540, #7450, #8674, and #8986.

Misc:

• We removed several Chrome flags that are no longer supported. Addressed in #14582.
• You can now open the actively running spec file in your IDE. Addressed in #14521.

Dependency Updates:

• Replaced deprecated node-sass with sass. Addressed in #14415.
• Upgraded debug from 4.1.1 to 4.3.1. Addressed in #14583.
• Upgraded electron from 11.0.3 to 11.2.0. Addressed in #14567.
• Upgraded electron-builder from 22.8.0 to 22.9.1. Addressed in #14493.
• Upgraded shell-env from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1. Addressed in #14622.
• Upgraded uuid from 8.2.0 to 8.3.2. Addressed in #14170.

6.2.1

Released 1/4/2021

Bugfixes:

• Test retries, when retrying on several failed tests, will no longer cause hanging during cypress run. Fixes #9040.
• multipart/form-data is no longer wrongly encoded when using cy.intercept(). This should prevent Unexpected end of multipart data errors on the back end service where the request was pointing to. Fixes #9359.
• cy.contains() no longer throws an error when a single quote is used inside its argument when RegExp. Fixes #8626.
• Passing capture: 'runner' to a cy.screenshot() command inside .within() now screenshots the entire Test Runner as expected. Fixes #14253.
• Cypress.dom.isJquery() now always returns a boolean instead of undefined sometimes. Fixes #14278.
• calledOnceWith and calledOnceWithExactly sinon matchers no longer throw an error when used within Cypress. Fixes #9644.
• We now pass --disable-backgrounding-occluded-windows as a default flag to Chrome to prevent backgrounding rendering when the Cypress window is occluded. Fixes #9604.

Misc:

• After login, if a name is undefined on your profile, the Test Runner will show the profile's email and link to instructions to update the name. Addresses #14288.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded devtools-protocol from 0.0.734984 to 0.0.839267. Addressed in #14353.
• Upgraded electron from 11.0.3 to 11.1.1. Addressed in #14352.

6.2.0

Released 12/21/2020

Features:

• You can now listen to before:run, after:run, before:spec and after:spec events in the plugins file when setting the experimentalRunEvents configuration option to true. See the before:run, after:run, before:spec and after:spec docs for more information. Addressed in #9646, #14178 #14238 and #14263.
• The Timed out retrying error message now displays the amount of time Cypress retried. Addresses #5781.
• The RouteMatcher argument for cy.intercept() has a new matchUrlAgainstPath property. When set to true, Cypress will match the supplied url against incoming paths. Addressed in #14241.

Bugfixes:

• Passing a URL as a string or RegExp to cy.intercept() will automatically set matchUrlAgainstPath to true. This means that the supplied string or RegExp will be matched against the path if matching against the URL fails. Fixes #9379 and #14256.
• Getting an alias of cy.intercept() using cy.get() will no longer always yield null. Fixes #9306.
• cy.intercept() will now automatically responds to CORS preflight requests (HTTP OPTIONS requests) that match defined routes. Fixes #9599.
• Response errors from forceNetworkError can now be awaited using cy.intercept() and cy.wait(). Fixes #9062.
• Using cy.log() inside .then() no longer breaks the subject value in the command chain. Fixes #8084.
• Using Cypress.Commands.overwrite to overwrite .then() now preserves the proper this context and sets aliases correctly. Fixes #5101.
• Using Cypress.Commands.overwrite to overwrite cy.route() or cy.intercept() and wait on its alias now properly works. Fixes #3890 and #9580.
• Cypress no longer fails to find specs if you set the fixtures folder to be the same as the integration folder. Fixes #14226.
• Cypress no longer fails to show error code frames if the spec filename has a space in it, fixes #7553.

Misc:

• scrollBehavior is now an allowed type when passed as test configuration. Addresses #9643.
• The FileObject type for the file argument of the file:preprocessor event now includes the EventEmitter type. Addresses #9276.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded electron from 11.0.2 to 11.0.3. Addressed in #9409.

6.1.0

Released 12/07/2020

Features:

• There's a new scrollBehavior configuration option that controls the viewport position when an element is scrolled prior to action commands. Possible values are 'top', 'bottom', 'center', 'nearest', and false, with 'top' being the default. scrollBehavior: false disables scrolling altogether. scrollBehavior can be specified in global configuration, test configuration or individual action commands via options. Addresses #871 and #4356.
• The Tests tab in the Test Runner now orders folders before files. This matches the ordering of most IDEs' file explorers. Addresses #7334.

Bugfixes:

• Responses stubbed from cy.intercept() will now automatically set Access-Control-Allow-Origin and Access-Control-Allow-Credentials to permissive values unless explicitly overridden. Fixes #9264.
• The Cannot read property "fireChangeEvent" of undefined error will no longer throw during a race condition when using cy.intercept(). Fixes #9170.
• HTTP responses that cannot have a body (like HTTP 304 and HTTP 204) can now be awaited using cy.intercept(). Fixes #8934 and #8999.
• We fixed an issue where HTTP redirects could not be awaited using cy.intercept() unless dynamically intercepted. Addressed in #9097.
• Tests will no longer hang in certain situations when there's an error in a before() hook. Fixes #9162.
• We no longer strip / from URLs when they are explicitly passed with query paramaters. Fixes #9360.
• Fixed the regression in Cypress.dom.isVisible behavior for elements with position: fixed, addresses #8998 and #9031.

Deprecations:

Deprecations still work as before but will be removed from Cypress in a future release. We encourage you to update your code now to remove uses of deprecations.

• Cypress.moment has been deprecated and will be replaced in a future release. Consider migrating to a different datetime formatter. Addresses #8714.

Misc:

• We collect more environment variables from Bitbucket to better detect reruns. Addresses #9309.
• waitForAnimations and animationDistanceThreshold types are now included for all actionable commands. Addresses #8854.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded mocha-junit-reporter from 1.23.1 to 2.0.0. Addressed in #9528.

6.0.1

Released 11/30/2020

Bugfixes:

• Chromium based browsers on version 87 will no longer show recorded videos as frozen or blank. Fixes #9265.
• We fixed a regression introduced in 5.0.0 that would cause an Option 'sourceMap' cannot be specified with option 'inlineSourceMap' error to throw when setting sourceMap in your tsconfig. Fixes #8477.
• cy.screenshot() no longer throws an "offset" is out of range error when Cypress attempts to crop the image. Fixes #2034.
• cy.screenshot() types won't mistakenly display the command as deprecated. Fixes #9303.
• Lower-cased HTTP methods can now be used with cy.intercept(). Fixes #9313.

6.0.0

Released 11/23/2020

Summary:

Cypress now offers full network stubbing support with the introduction of the cy.intercept() command (previously cy.route2()). With cy.intercept() your tests can intercept, modify and wait on any type of HTTP request originating from your app. See our guide on Migrating cy.route() to cy.intercept().

Breaking Changes:

Please read our Migration Guide which explains the changes in more detail and how to change your code to migrate to Cypress 6.0.

• Cypress now always throws an error when asserting on an element that doesn't exist in the DOM (unless you're asserting that the element should not.exist). Assertions such as not.visible, not.contains, not.have.class, etc will now fail when used on non-existent DOM elements. Addresses #205.
• DOM elements where the CSS style (or ancestors) are opacity: 0 are no longer considered visible. However these are still considered actionable and any action commands used to interact with the element will perform the action. This matches browser's implementation on how they regard elements with opacity: 0. Addresses #4474.
• The type yielded by cy.wait(alias) has changed in order to support use of cy.intercept(). Addressed in #9266.
• The experimentalNetworkStubbing option has been removed and made the default behavior. You can safely removed this configuration option. Addressed in #9185.
• When using .type() and .click() on elements inside a contenteditable element, the events are now properly triggered on the inside elements. This may cause unintended consequences if you were relying on the previous behavior. Addressed in #9066.
• We removed several deprecation errors around APIs that were removed in versions of Cypress prior to 4.0.0. This will not cause any changes for anyone upgrading from a 4.0+ version of Cypress. For a full list of all APIs affected see #8946.
• We updated our HTTP status codes and reason phrases to match Node.js http.STATUS_CODES. If you have code that relies on a reason phrase, then this could affect you. Addressed in #8969.
• JSON request and response bodies captured by cy.intercept() are now automatically parsed, removing the need to manually do JSON.parse. Addressed in #9280.

Deprecations:

Deprecations still work as before but will be removed from Cypress in a future release. We encourage you to update your code now to remove uses of deprecations.

• cy.server() and cy.route() have been deprecated. In a future release, support for cy.server() and cy.route() will be removed. We encourage you to use cy.intercept() instead. See our guide on Migrating cy.route() to cy.intercept(). Addressed in #9185.
• experimentalFetchPolyfill has been deprecated. We encourage you to use cy.intercept() to intercept requests using the Fetch API instead.
• cy.route2() was renamed to cy.intercept(). We encourage you to update usages of cy.route2() to use cy.intercept(). Addressed in #9182.

Features:

• The new cy.intercept() command can be used to manage the behavior of HTTP requests at the network layer. Addressed in #9182.
• We now pass —disable-dev-shm-usage to the Chrome browser flags by default. This will write shared memory files into /tmp instead of /dev/shm. If you're passing this flag in your plugins file, you can now remove this code. Addresses #5336.
• A warning is now displayed when passing invalid configuration keys through the CLI. Addresses #428.
• The cypress version command now also displays the current Electron and bundled Node versions. Addresses #9180.
• The cypress version command now accepts a --component flag that allows you to print the version of specific components of Cypress. ie Electron, Node, etc. Addresses #9214.

Bugfixes:

• We fixed a regression introduced in 3.5.0 that would cause .type() to not type the entire string when focus was called away from the target element. Fixes #9254.
• .type() and .click() now properly work on elements inside a contenteditable element. Fixes #2717 and #7721.
• We fixed a regression introduced in 5.6.0 that would cause the Test Runner to crashes and display a white page when switching tabs while tests are running. Fixes #9151.
• Fixed an issue where Content-Length for cy.route2 request bodies could be incorrectly recalculated. Fixes #9166.

Documentation Changes:

• Our Migration Guide has a new section for 6.0 migration.
• Many of our docs examples have been updated to use cy.intercept() in place of cy.route() including our Network Requests doc.

Misc:

• Added the type of redirects and changed redirectedToUrl optional for Response types. Addresses #9275.

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded Chrome browser version used during cypress run and when selecting Electron browser in cypress open from 85 to 87. Addressed in #9222.
• Upgraded bundled Node.js version from 12.16.3 to 12.18.3. Addressed in #9222.
• Upgraded electron from 10.1.5 to 11.0.2. Addressed in #9222.

5.6.0

Released 11/09/2020

Features:

• You can now dynamically add aliases for requests intercepted via cy.route2(). See an example. Addresses #387.
• You can now run all integration specs or all component specs separately (or a filtered list of specs) by clicking the appropriate button in the Test Runner in the Tests tab. Addresses #8203.
• Added a new modifier syntax to cy.type(). You can now type shortcuts like {ctrl+z}. Addressed in #5694.
• We now show a modal with release notes when available when there is a new version of Cypress. Addressed in #9006.
• In the Test Runner's Settings and Runs tab you can now quickly copy the project id configuration and record key using a copy to clipboard icon. Addresses #9002.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a regression introduced in 4.12.0 where snapshotting caused images to load too many times. Fixes #8679.
• Using cy.visit() on sites with content-type of text-html followed by parameters (like text/html;charset=utf-8) will no longer throw an error about visiting a site with an invalid content-type. Fixes #8506
• The Cannot access 'continueSent' before initialization error will no longer throw when using cy.route2(). Fixes #8926.
• Awaiting a request body when providing a static response stub in cy.route2() should now work properly. Addressed in #9059.
• The way that intercepted cy.route2() requests are displayed in the Command Log has been improved, including showing the progress bar correctly. Addresses #9053.
• The Cannot read property 'replace' of undefined error will no longer throw when attempting to generate the stack trace from an error thrown in the application. Fixes #7915.
• Stack traces in the Command Log originating from application errors where the location is unavailable will no longer show as a clickable link to open in IDE. Fixes #9106.
• When using the fixture: prefix as a stubbed response to cy.route(), JSON fixtures containing only a number or boolean will no longer throw an error. Fixes #4899.
• Fixed an issue causing failed subresource integrity checks for external scripts. Fixes #8983, #9049, and #8992.

Misc:

• Typings for .invoke() and .its() now allow for a timeout option. Addresses #9079.
• Typings for cy.task() now allow for parameterizing the task return type. Addresses #7136.
• A clearer error is printed during cypress cache list when no cached versions are found. Addresses #6303.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded commander from ^4.1.1 to ^5.1.0. Addressed in #8979.
• Upgraded semver from 6.3.0 to 7.3.2. Addressed in #9068.
• Upgraded systeminformation from 4.26.9 to 4.27.11. Addressed in #8979.
• Removed node-webkit-updater. This should remove some security warnings that were shown during install. Addresses #8314.

5.5.0

Released 10/26/2020

Features:

• cy.viewport() has a new macbook-16 preset. Addresses #8889.
• .type() now fires the beforeInput event during typing. Note: Firefox does not support the beforeinput event. Addresses #7088.

Bugfixes:

• Updated the Cypress proxy layer to proxy HTTPS traffic from non-AUT origins. Addressed in #8827.
  • This fixed an issue with cy.route2() where HTTPS requests to a non-AUT origin would not be intercepted as expected.
• cy.route2() now properly handles passing a method as its first argument. Fixes #8729.
• Fixed an issue with cy.route2() where a "Cannot set property response of undefined" error would occasionally occur. Fixes #8858.
• Headers field names passed to cy.route2() now case-insensitively match against the field names of incoming HTTP requests. Fixes #8921.
• Routes that stub fixtures for binary resources (including images) made with cy.route2() now serve the correct mime-type and content. Fixes #8623.
• When experimentalNetworkStubbing is enabled, using cy.visit() to URLs that redirect and set Transfer-Encoding: chunked will no longer fail in Cypress with a "Parse Error". Fixes #8497.
• cypress.run() through the Module API now has a status property in the results matching the correct CLI types ("failed" or "finished"). Addresses #8798.
• When a value containing an e character is passed to the --ci-build-id flag, Cypress now properly reads it as a string. Fixes #8874.

Misc:

• Updated type definitions to allow for passed either runMode or openMode to retries alone. Addresses #8869.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded electron from 10.1.3 to 10.1.5. Addressed in #8927 and #8975.
  • This addresses a Chrome security issue, CVE-2020-15999. Addresses #8922.
• Upgraded color-string from 1.5.3 to 1.5.4. Addressed in #8945.
• Upgraded pretty-bytes from ^5.3.0 to ^5.4.1. Addressed in #8964.

5.4.0

Released 10/14/2020

Features:

• You can now run cypress cache prune to delete all installed Cypress versions from the cache except for the currently-installed version. Addresses #5972.
• There's a new --size option for the cypress cache list command that prints the sizes of the Cypress cache folders. Addresses #6404.
• For video recordings of runs, there is now a video chapter key for each test. If your video player supports chapters, you can move to the start of each test right away. Addresses #3626.
• In Windows, you can now append the browser type to the end of the path passed to the --browser flag, like cypress open --browser C:/User/App/browser.exe:chrome, to help detect the browser type. Addresses #6389.
• cy.viewport() has new iphone-7, iphone-8, and iphone-se2 presets. Addressed in #8624
• When there is a new version of Cypress available, the update modal has a new design with 'copy to clipboard' buttons to copy the upgrade commands. Addressed in #8751.
• The Command Log can be hidden by passing the CYPRESS_NO_COMMAND_LOG=1 environment variable during cypress open or cypress run to be used as a tool to debug performance issues. Addressed in #8689.

Bugfixes:

• We fixed a regression in 5.8.0 where the chromeWebSecurity option had no effect in Electron. Fixes #8399.
• Tests will no longer hang and now properly throw when there is an error thrown from a test:after:run event listener. Fixes #2271 and #8701.
• When a command is chained after .within() and cy.get() is called inside it, the scope will no longer permanently change. Fixes #2106, #4672, #4757, and #5183.
• Dual commands like cy.contains() when used after an .each() commands now query as expected. Fixes #4921.
• / is no longer added to the URL when baseUrl has param(s). Fixes #2101.
• When using cy.route2() the route handler timeouts will no longer leak into other tests and cause random failures. Addressed in #8727.
• The request.body is now available when using cy.wait() on an aliased cy.route2() route which had not been intercepted. Fixes #8695.
• Re-running failed build steps in Bitbucket will no longer create a new run on the Cypress Dashboard. Fixes #8720.
• The forced garbage collection timer will no longer display when using a version of Firefox newer than 80. Fixes #8725.
• The browser dropdown is no longer covered when opened from the Runs tab in the Test Runner. Fixed in #8745.
• Fixed an issue where preprocessor-related plugins would cause tests not to run and a duplicate instance of Cypress to be spawned. Fixes #8634.

Misc:

• Improved type definitions for cy.route2(). Addresses #8694 and #8782.
• The Test Runner now shows an indicator in the footer and a toast notification if there is a new version available. Addressed in #8702 and #8803.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded Chrome browser version used during cypress run and when selecting Electron browser in cypress open from 83 to 85. Addressed in #8406.
• Upgraded bundled Node.js version from 12.14.1 to 12.16.3. Addressed in #8406.
• Upgraded electron from 9.2.1 to 10.1.3. Addressed in #8406.
• Upgraded firefox-profile from 2.0.0 to 4.0.0. Addressed in #8786.
• Upgraded node-forge from 0.9.0 to 0.10.0. Addressed in #8800.

5.3.0

Released 9/28/2020

Features:

• Firefox support is now out of beta! 🎉 Firefox 80 and newer are now officially stable when used with Cypress. Addresses #8241.
  • Versions of Firefox older than 80 can still be used, but will be subject to the firefoxGcInterval workaround. The desktop GUI will display a warning if such versions are used.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a bug where cy.route2() would not automatically JSONify an empty array handler. Addresses #8532.
• Fixed a bug where objects yielded by using cy.wait on a cy.route2() alias would not always have a response property. Addresses #8536.
• Fixed an issue where cy.route2() routes would not be able to intercept requests to HTTPS destinations on a different origin. Addresses #8487.
• Fixed an issue where subjects became undefined after certain assertion failures. Addresses #5763.
• Fixed an issue where a cy.task with no arguments passed would receive null as the first argument instead of undefined. Addresses #5913.
• Fixed an issue preventing users from passing the config-file argument when starting cypress through the node module API. Addresses #8632.
• Fixed an issue where cy.visit()s to a relative URL containing .. would not work. Addresses #5090.
• Fixed an issue where Mocha hooks could still be triggered after the Test Runner was manually stopped. Addresses #8621.
• Fixed an issue where cy.setCookie failed when given a cookie name with a __Host- prefix. Addresses #8261.
• Fixed an issue where a misleading error was displayed when test code threw an exception with a non-Error object. Addresses #7870.

Misc:

• The proxy now omits the Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only header the same way that it does for Content-Security-Policy. Addresses #7936.
• Added a status property to CypressRunResult objects. Addresses #8580.
• Updated types to no longer use deprecated Mocha interfaces. Addresses #5795.
• Passing an empty string to CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY now takes precedence over npm config. Addresses #8488.

5.2.0

Released 9/15/2020

Features:

• Added the configuration option includeShadowDom for enabling shadow DOM querying globally, per-suite, per-test, or programmatically. Addresses #8442.
• Added a followRedirect option to request interception with cy.route2(), allowing redirects to be followed before continuing to response interception. Addresses #7967.
• Added the capability to specify delayMs and throttleKbps when stubbing static responses with cy.route2(). Addresses #7661.
• Installing Cypress pre-releases no longer requires setting the CYPRESS_BINARY_INSTALL environment variable. Addresses #8482.

Performance Improvements:

• Fixed a performance issue which led to CPU bottlenecking during Cypress runs. Addresses #8012 and #8297.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue where using TypeScript path aliases in the plugins file would error. Addresses #8555.
• Fixed an issue where using cy.contains() within a shadow root would not yield the correct element. Addresses #8494.
• Fixed an issue where querying the shadow DOM in a cy.within() callback would throw the error root.getRootNode is not a function. Addresses #8478.
• Fixed an issue with cy.type() {moveToStart}/{moveToEnd} special characters moving the cursor to the current line instead of the entire text editable when typing in a contenteditable element. Addresses #8465.
• Fixed an issue where typing into a manually-focused number input would prepend the number instead of appending it. Addresses #7170.
• cy.type() now fires a KeyboardEvent event instead of an Event event. Addresses #6125 and #5650.
• Fixed long selectors in the selector playground text input overflowing other page elements. Addresses #8247 and #4184.
• Fixed an issue where assertions on cy.getCookie() would be called twice. Addresses #6672.
• Fixed an issue that caused the "Open in IDE" button on hooks and tests not to appear in Firefox. Addresses #8257.
• Fixed an issue causing Cypress to hang on test retry in run mode with certain assertions. Addresses #8363.

Documentation Changes:

• Fixed examples of delaying and throttling responses with cy.route2(). Addresses #8489.
• Added examples of using a response function with cy.route2(). Addresses #8468.
• Removed unmaintained languages. English docs is the only supported language by the Cypress team. We greatly appreciate the contributions from the community for other languages, but these docs are largely stale, unmaintained, and partial. The Cypress team will seek out more scalable docs internalization implementation in the future.

Misc:

• The experimentalShadowDomSupport configuration flag has been removed. It is no longer necessary to enable shadow DOM testing.
• Improved the error message when the subject provided to cy.shadow() is not a shadow host. Addresses #8530.
• Improved the error message when the Cypress binary is not executable. It now recommends trying to clear the cache and re-install. Addresses #8397.
• Added missing type declarations for the cy.route2() command.
• Updated the type declaration for Cypress.Commands.add(), adding Promise to the list of allowed return types. Addresses #7807.

5.1.0

Released 9/1/2020

Features:

• Introducing experimental full network stubbing support 🎉.
  • With experimentalNetworkStubbing enabled, the cy.route2 command is available. Addressed in #4176.
  • By using cy.route2(), your tests can intercept, modify, and wait on any type of HTTP request originating from your app, including XMLHttpRequests, fetch requests, beacons, and subresources (like iframes and scripts).
  • Outgoing HTTP requests can be modified before reaching the destination server, and the HTTP response can be intercepted as well before it reaches the browser.
  • See the cy.route2() docs for more information on how to enable this experiment.
• cy.trigger() now accepts an eventConstructor option for specifying the constructor with which to create the event to trigger. Addresses #5650.

Bugfixes:

• Improved warnings for when user is exceeding test limits of the free Dashboard plan. Addresses #8409.
• Added retries to TestOptions types. Addresses #8405.
• Added types for specType field on Cypress.spec. Addresses #8256.
• Fixed a typo in type definitions. Addresses #8417.
• Cypress now resolves and loads tsconfig.json for TypeScript projects starting from the plugins directory. Addresses #8359.
• Fixed an issue where, if npm config's noproxy is set, unexpected behavior could occur. Addresses #8287.
• Fixed an issue where nesting hooks within other hooks caused the test to never finish. Addresses #8350.
• Fixed an issue in where tests would unexpectedly fail with a "Can't resolve 'async_hooks'" error. Addresses #8375.
• Fixed an issue where return values from blob utils were mistaken for promises and could cause errors. Addresses #8365.
• Fixed an issue with loading .mjs files. Addresses #8361.
• Fixed an issue causing tests to run slowly in Electron. Addresses #7930.
• Using .should with only chainer assertions will now throw an error. Addresses #883.
• cy.trigger() now includes the view property in the event object when appropriate. Addresses #3686.
• Fixed an issue where Cypress would not detect newer 64-bit installations of Chrome on Windows. Addresses #8425.
• Fixed an issue where Cypress would not detect per-user Firefox installations on Windows. Addresses #8432.

Dependency Updates:

• Updated dependency iconv-lite to version 0.6.2. Addresses #8387.
• Updated dependency command-exists to version 1.2.9. Addresses #8388.
• Updated dependency electron to version 9.2.1. Addresses #8436.

5.0.0

Released 8/19/2020

Summary:

Cypress now includes support for test retries! Similar to how Cypress will retry assertions when they fail, test retries will allow you to automatically retry a failed test prior to marking it as failed. Read our new guide on Test Retries for more details.

Breaking Changes:

Please read our Migration Guide which explains the changes in more detail and how to change your code to migrate to Cypress 5.0.

• The cypress-plugin-retries plugin has been deprecated in favor of test retries built into Cypress. Addresses #1313.
• The Cypress.Cookies.defaults() whitelist option has been renamed to preserve to more closely reflect its behavior. Addressed in #7782.
• The blacklistHosts configuration has been renamed to blockHosts to more closely reflect its behavior. Addressed in #7622.
• The cy.server() whitelist option has been renamed to ignore to more closely reflect its behavior. Addresses #6642.
• libgbm-dev is now a requirement to run Cypress on Linux. Addressed in #7791.
• Values yielded by cy.setCookie(), cy.getCookie(), and cy.getCookies() will now contain the sameSite property if specified. Addresses #6892.
• The experimentalGetCookiesSameSite configuration flag has been removed, since this behavior is now the default. Addresses #6892.
• The return type of the Cypress.Blob methods arrayBufferToBlob, base64StringToBlob, binaryStringToBlob, and dataURLToBlob have changed from Promise<Blob> to Blob. Addresses #6001.
• Cypress no longer supports file paths with a question mark ? or exclamation mark ! in them. We now use the webpack preprocessor by default and it does not support files with question marks or exclamation marks. Addressed in #7982.
• For TypeScript compilation of spec, support, and plugins files, the esModuleInterop option is no longer coerced to true. If you need to utilize esModuleInterop, set it in your tsconfig.json. Addresses #7575.
• Cypress now requires TypeScript 3.4+. Addressed in #7856.
• Installing Cypress on your system now requires Node.js 10+. Addresses #6574.
• In spec files, the values for the globals __dirname and __filename no longer include leading slashes. Addressed in #7982.

Features:

• There's a new retries configuration option to configure the number of times to retry a failing test. Addresses #1313.
• .click(), .dblclick(), and .rightclick() now accept options altKey, ctrlKey, metaKey, and shiftKey to hold down key combinations while clicking. Addresses #486.
• You can now chain .snapshot() off of cy.stub() and cy.spy() to disabled snapshots during those commands. For example: cy.stub().snapshot(false). Addresses #3849.

Bugfixes:

• The error Cannot set property 'err' of undefined will no longer incorrectly throw when rerunning tests in the Test Runner. Fixes #7874 and #8193.
• Cypress will no longer throw a Cannot read property 'isAttached' of undefined error during cypress run on Firefox versions >= 75. Fixes #6813.
• The error Maximum call stack size exceeded will no longer throw when calling scrollIntoView on an element in the shadow dom. Fixes #7986.
• Cypress environment variables that accept arrays as their value will now properly evaluate as arrays. Fixes #6810.
• Elements having display: inline will no longer be considered hidden if it has child elements within it that are visible. Fixes #6183.
• When experimentalShadowDomSupport is enabled, .parent() and .parentsUntil() commands now work correctly in shadow dom as well as passing a selector to .parents() when the subject is in the shadow dom. Fixed in #8202.
• Screenshots will now be correctly taken when a test fails in an afterEach or beforeEach hook after the hook has already passed. Fixes #3744.
• Cypress will no longer report screenshots overwritten in a cy.screenshot() onAfterScreenshot option as a unique screenshot. Fixes #8079.
• Taking screenshots will no longer fail when the screenshot names are too long for the filesystem to accept. Fixes #2403.
• The "last used browser" will now be correctly remembered during cypress open if a non-default-channel browser was selected. Fixes #8281.
• For TypeScript projects, tsconfig.json will now be loaded and used to configure TypeScript compilation of spec and support files. Fixes #7006 and #7503.
• reporterStats now correctly show the number of passed and failed tests when a test passes but the afterEach fails. Fixes #7730.
• The Developer Tools menu will now always display in Electron when switching focus from Specs to the Test Runner. Fixes #3559.

Documentation Changes:

• We have a new guide on Test Retries.
• Our Migration Guide has a new section for 5.0 migration.

Misc:

• Cypress now uses the webpack preprocessor by default to preprocess spec files.
• The Runs tab within the Test Runner has a new improved design when the project has not been set up or login is required. Addressed in #8141.
• The type for the Window object returned from cy.window() is now correct. Addresses #7856.
• The type definition for Cypress's ApplicationWindow can now be extended. Addresses #7856.
• The type definition for reporterOptions has been added. Addresses #7877.

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded Chrome browser version used during cypress run and when selecting Electron browser in cypress open from 80 to 83. Addressed in #7791.
• Upgraded bundled Node.js version from 12.8.1 to 12.14.1. Addressed in #7791.
• Upgraded chalk from 2.4.2 to 4.1.0. Addressed in #7650.
• Upgraded cli-table3 from 0.5.1 to 0.6.0. Addressed in #7650.
• Upgraded electron from 8.3.1 to 9.2.0. Addressed in #7791 and #8235.
• Upgraded execa from 1.0.0 to 4.0.2. Addressed in #7650.
• Upgraded express from 4.16.4 to 4.17.1. Addressed in #8179.
• Upgraded fs-extra from 8.1.0 to 9.0.1. Addressed in #7650.
• Upgraded log-symbols from 3.0.0 to 4.0.0. Addressed in #7650.
• Upgraded tmp from 0.1.0 to 0.2.1. Addressed in #7650.

4.12.1

Released 8/5/2020

Bugfixes:

• The error Cannot set property 'err' of undefined will no longer incorrectly throw when rerunning tests in the Test Runner. Fixes #7874.
• Skipping the last test before a nested suite with a before hook will now correctly run the tests in the suite following the skipped test. Fixes #8086.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded md5 from 2.2.1 to 2.3.0. Addressed in #8161.
• Upgraded electron-context-menu from 0.15.1 to 2.2.0. Addressed in #8180.

4.12.0

Released 8/3/2020

Features:

• Now you can control whether screenshots are automatically taken on test failure during cypress run by setting screenshotOnRunFailure in your configuration. Addresses #5029.
• The pluginsFile now has access to a readonly version property within the config object that returns the current Cypress version being run. This will allow plugins to better target specific Cypress versions. Addresses #6352.
• During cypress open, you can now run a subset of all specs by entering a text search filter and clicking 'Run n tests'. Addresses #6581.

Bugfixes:

• position: fixed elements that have a parent with pointer-events: none will now correctly evaluate as visible. Fixes #6675.
• Applications using custom elements will no longer trigger infinite XHR request loops. Fixes #1068.
• When snapshotting the DOM, Cypress no longer causes attributeChangedCallback to be triggered on custom elements. Fixes #7187.
• Spec files containing + characters now properly run in Cypress. Fixes #5909.
• When using the fx shortcut in cy.route(), an error is now thrown when the fixture file cannot be found. Fixes #7818.
• Cypress no longer thrown Cannot read property '__error' of null error when passing a file containing null content to cy.fixture(). Fixes #8010.
• Values containing exponential operators passed to --env via the command line are now properly read. Fixes #6891.
• The "Open in IDE" button no longer disappears from hooks when the tests are manually rerun. Fixes #8094.
• When experimentalSourceRewriting is enabled, AST rewriting will no longer return an output before the body is done being written. This would happen when the response body was too large and the response would be sent while the body was still being modified. Fixes #8043.
• When using .type(), Cypress now properly types into an input within an iframe that auto focuses the input. Fixes #8111.

Misc:

• Dependencies for our cypress npm package are no longer pinned to a specific version. This allows the use of npm audit fix to fix security vulnerabilities without needing a patch release from Cypress. Addresses #8046.
• We now collect environment variables for AWS CodeBuild when recording to the Dashboard. Addressed #8101.
• Types inside Module API are now accessible via the CypressCommandLine namespace. Addresses #7309.
• We added more type definitions for the .should() command. Addresses #5573.
• Cookie command's expiry property type is now a Number instead of a String. Addresses #8144.
• There are some minor visual improvements to the Test Runner's Command Log when hovering, focusing and clicking on hook titles and pending tests. Addressed in #8153.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded jimp from 0.13.0 to 0.14.0. Addressed in #8102.
• Upgraded moment from 2.26.0 to 2.27.0. Addressed in #8122.

4.11.0

Released 7/21/2020

Features:

• You can now pass an ensureScrollability: false option to .scrollTo() to skip checking whether the element is scrollable. Addresses #1924.
• cy.clock() now accepts Dates as well as a Number for now. Fixes #7786.
• The Module API has a new cypress.cli.parseRunArguments function to assist in parsing user-supplied command line arguments using the same logic as cypress run uses. Addesses #7760.

Bugfixes:

• Running multiple specs within Firefox during cypress run on Windows will no longer fail trying to make a connection to the browser. Fixes #6392.
• Cypress will no longer throw a Cannot read property 'isAttached' of undefined error during cypress run on Firefox versions >= 75. Fixes #6813.
• Fixed an issue where Cypress tests in Chromium-family browsers could randomly fail with the error "WebSocket is already in CLOSING or CLOSED state." Fixes #7180.
• Taking a screenshot of an element that changes height upon scroll will no longer throw an invalid for option "size" error. Fixes #6099.
• Setting viewportHeight or viewportWidth from within the test configuration now properly changes the viewport size for the duration of the suite or test.
• Setting deep objects and arrays on config within the pluginsFile now sets the values correctly. Fixes #7959.
• The progress bar for cy.wait() now reflects the correct requestTimeout and responseTimeout of the command. Fixes #7881.
• The command's progress bar will not longer restart when its parent test is collapsed in the Command Log. Fixes #7912.
• Key value pairs sent to ELECTRON_EXTRA_LAUNCH_ARGS as key=value will now be properly read in. Fixes #7994.
• Stubbed responses responding with an empty string to cy.route() now correctly display as 'xhr stub' in the Test Runner's Command Log. Fixes #8018.
• Quickly reclicking the "Run All Tests" button in the Test Runners' Command Log will no longer throw errors about undefined properties and the tests will no longer hang. Fixes #7968.

Misc:

• The error messages thrown from pluginsFile and supportFile now mention that .ts extensions are supported. Addresses #7940.
• The style when focusing on tests in the Command Log has been updated. Addresses #7855.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded @benmalka/foxdriver from 0.4.0 to 0.4.1. Addressed in #8040.
• Upgraded firefox-profile from 1.3.1 to 2.0.0. Addressed in #8000.
• Upgraded fix-path from 2.1.0 to 3.0.0. Addressed in #8028.
• Upgraded human-interval from 0.1.6 to 1.0.0. Addressed in #8031.
• Upgraded lodash from 4.17.15 to 4.17.19. Addressed in #7954.
• Upgraded plist from 2.1.0 to 3.0.1. Addressed in #8045.
• Upgraded proxy-from-env from 1.0.0 to 1.1.0. Addressed in #7900.
• Upgraded resolve from 1.13.1 to 1.17.0. Addressed in #7989.
• Upgraded systeminformation from 4.21.1 to 4.26.9. Addressed in #7975.
• Upgraded uuid from 3.3.2 to 8.2.0. Addressed in #7976, #8002, and #8011.

4.10.0

Released 7/7/2020

Features:

• You can open a before, beforeEach, after, and afterEach hook definition in your IDE from the Test Runner's Command Log by clicking the Open in IDE button. Addresses #7793.
• before, beforeEach, after, and afterEach hook definitions now display separately in the Test Runner's Command Log when defined in separate hook definitions. Addresses #7779.
• You can now open a spec file directly from the Tests tab in the Test Runner by clicking the Open in IDE button. Addresses #7713

Bugfixes:

• HTTP requests taking longer than the default responseTimeout will no longer be prematurely canceled by the Cypress proxy layer. Fixes #6426.
• Using Cypress commands to traverse the DOM on an application with a global parent variable will no longer throw Illegal Invocation errors. Fixes #6412.
• When experimentalShadowDomSupport is enabled, using .type() on an input in the Shadow DOM will not result in an error. Fixes #7741.
• When experimentalShadowDomSupport is enabled, checking for visibility on a shadow dom host element will no longer hang if the host element was the foremost element and had an ancestor with fixed position. Fixes #7893.
• Debug logs from the @benmalka/foxdriver module will no longer appear if any DEBUG environment variable was set. Fixed #7723.

Misc:

• We made some minor UI updates to the Test Runner. Addresses #7732 and #7803.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded recast from 0.18.8 to 0.19.1. Addressed in #7898.

4.9.0

Released 6/23/2020

Features:

• An animated progress bar now displays on every command in the Command Log indicating how long the command has left to run before reaching its command timeout. Addresses #7642.
• There is now an experimentalFetchPolyfill configuration option. When this option is true, Cypress will automatically replace window.fetch with a polyfill that Cypress can spy on and stub. Addresses #7710.
• You can now pass a --quiet flag to cypress run to silence any Cypress specific output from stdout. Addresses #7714.

Bugfixes:

• cy.wait() now correctly resolves when waiting for XHR requests that contain resource-like text in the XHR's query params or hash (like .js, .html, .css). #7280.
• We fixed a regression in 4.6.0 where errors thrown from the application under test as strings would not be correctly handled. Fixes #7590.
• We fixed a regression in 4.8.0 where .click() would hang if the subject had a shadow root and experimentalShadowDomSupport was not enabled. Fixes #7679.
• We fixed a regression in 4.6.0 so that .should('have.value') now properly asserts against <progress>, <meter> or <li> element's values. Fixes #7603.
• Cypress no longer responds with 413 responses during a recorded cypress run when the stdout is too large. Fixes #7548.
• We fixed an issue where Cypress could exit successfully even with failing tests when launched in global mode. Fixes #7755.
• Assertion logs now properly display as parent commands in the Command Log regardless of what is in the beforeEach hook. Fixes #7731.
• When experimentalShadowDomSupport is enabled, querying shadow dom in certain situations will no longer cause the error Cannot read property 'length' of undefined during cypress run. Fixes #7676.
• Highlighting of elements upon hover of a command in the Command Log are now visible when targeting absolute positioned elements. Fixes #7762.
• cypress run will no longer crash when provided an empty string to the --project flag. Fixes #7743.

Misc:

• There is now a loading state to indicate when tests are loading in the Command Log. Addresses #7700.
• The type definitions for fixturesFolder, pluginsFile, screenshotsFolders and videoCompression have been updated to allow false TypeScript types. Addresses #7654.
• The type definitions for cy.wait(ms) now correctly yield the type of the previous subject. Addresses #7682.
• The type definitions now allow for the 'key' keyword when chaining off 'any' or 'all' assertion chainers. Addresses #7665.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded arch from 2.1.1 to 2.1.2. Addressed in #7672.
• Upgraded eventemitter2 from 4.1.2 to 6.4.2. Addressed in #7705 and #7707.
• Upgraded getos from 3.1.1 to 3.2.1. Addressed in #7685.
• Upgraded is-installed-globally from 0.1.0 to 0.3.2. Addressed in #7703.
• Upgraded jimp from 0.12.0 to 0.13.0. Addressed in #7618.
• Upgraded moment from 2.24.0 to 2.26.0. Addressed in #7718.
• Upgraded signal-exit from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3. Addressed in #7738.

4.8.0

Released 6/8/2020

Features:

• You can now apply certain test configuration for the duration of a suite or test by passing a configuration object to the test or suite as the second argument. Addresses #7167.
• Cypress.isBrowser() has been expanded to allow for new matcher arguments to assist in filtering matching browsers. Addresses #7168.
• We now display the currently running file at the top of the Test Runner's Command Log. That file can be opened in your preferred file opener by clicking the file. Addresses #7506.
• We added experimental shadow DOM support through the experimentalShadowDomSupport option. See the Experiments page for more information. Addresses #144.

Bugfixes:

• Upon domain navigation, before and after hooks defined in completed suites no longer erroneously rerun. Fixes #1987.
• Errors thrown within root level after hooks now correctly display in the Test Runner's Command Log. Fixes #2296.
• We fixed a regression in 4.6.0 where an XHR response without a body would cause Cypress to throw Cannot read property '__error' of null. Fixes #7518.
• We fixed a regression in 4.6.0 where using cy.visit() to an authenticated URL would error with Request cannot be constructed from a URL that includes credentials: /__cypress/runner/./wasm/mappings.wasm Fixes #7481.
• We now properly load code from the pluginsFile or supportFile when they are TypeScript files. Fixes #7459.
• utf-8 characters now properly display within error code frames. Fixes #7507.
• Errors thrown in a cy.on('fail', fn) fail handler now display a stack trace and code frame pointing to the origin of the error. Fixes #7512.
• .click() now properly clicks on wrapped inline elements when the first child element in the parent element has no width or height. Fixes #7343 and #7012.
• cy.wrap() now properly respects the timeout option. It also better handles situations when passed a promise that never resolves. Fixes #5980.
• When experimentalSourceRewriting is enabled, Cypress will no longer exit with SIGABRT in certain situations. Fixes #7572.
• We fixed a regression in 3.8.0 where the "Tests" button in the Test Runner wouldn't take you back to the tests list in all browsers. Fixes #5948.
• Using the S shortcut during .pause() no longer does anything. This prevents the Test Runner from getting into a 'stuck' state. Fixes #6867.

Misc:

• The design of errors and some iconography displayed in the Test Runner's Command Log have been updated. Addresses #7499, #7542 and #7563.
• The commands in the Test Runner's Command Log now display in the same casing as the original command. Addresses #5773.
• The navigation links in the Test Runner now display the correct CSS styles when focused. Addresses #7491.
• Cypress.config() now has TypeScript types for the taskTimeout option. Addresses #7531.
• TypeScript types for cy.screenshot() options and Cypress.log() have been updated to be more accurate. Addresses #7445.
• TypeScript types for Cypress.automation have been added. Addresses #7519.
• We now display a more accurate error message when passing a browser to the --browser flag that is not supported by Cypress. Addresses #6979.
• We're continuing to make progress in converting our codebase from CoffeeScript to JavaScript. Addresses #2690 in #7588 and #7591.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded chrome-remote-interface from 0.28.1 to 0.28.2. Addressed in #7615.
• Upgraded electron from 8.3.0 to 8.3.1. Addressed in #7599.

4.7.0

Released 5/26/2020

Features:

• cy.request() now supports an encoding option that can be used to set the encoding of the response body, defaulting to utf-8. Addresses #2029 and #3576.

Bugfixes:

• We fixed a regression in 4.6.0 where the address bar of the application under test would disappear when scrolling commands ran and the application under test would visually shift after taking screenshots. Fixes #7443 and #7466.
• We fixed a regression in 4.6.0 where test runs could hang when loading spec files with source maps. Fixes #7464.

Misc:

• We now display a more descriptive error message when the plugins file does not export a function. Addresses #6611.

4.6.0

Released 5/20/2020

Features:

• Errors in the Test Runner now display a code frame to preview where the failure occurred with the relevant file, line number, and column number highlighted. Clicking on the file link will open the file in your preferred file opener and highlight the line and column in editors that support it. Addresses #3762.
• Cypress now utilizes source maps to enhance the error experience. Stack traces are translated so that your source files are shown instead of the generated file that is loaded by the browser. Cypress will include an inline source map in your spec file. If you modify the preprocessor, ensure that inline source maps are enabled to get the same experience. Users of @cypress/webpack-preprocessor should upgrade to v5.4.1 or later of the package which will correctly inline source maps. Addresses #881, #1761 and #3966.
• Cypress now enables AST-based JS/HTML rewriting when setting the experimentalSourceRewriting configuration option to true. Addresses #5273.
• Number arguments passed to have.text, have.id, have.data, have.value, and have.attr assertions chainers are now automatically cast to strings for comparison. Addresses #7314.

Bugfixes:

• Default TypeScript options are now set to module: commonJS which Node.js and the browser expect. This fixes a situation where setting a different module in a tsconfig.json would cause errors to throw if you had export, import or async keywords in your code. Fixes #7005, #7011, #7043, and #7151.
• When experimentalSourceRewriting is enabled, setting location or location.href to a relative href, or using location.replace or location.assign with a relative href will no longer navigate the AUT to the wrong URL. Fixes #3975 and #3994.
• When experimentalSourceRewriting is enabled, the use of window.top and window.parent will no longer cause the AUT to break out of the Cypress iframe. Fixes #5271 and #1467.
• When experimentalSourceRewriting is enabled, calls to window.frames, window.parent.frames, and other frames will no longer point to the wrong reference after being proxied through Cypress. Fixes #2664.
• When experimentalSourceRewriting is enabled, scripts using the integrity attribute for sub-resource integrity (SRI) will now load after being proxied through Cypress. Fixes #2393.
• When experimentalSourceRewriting is enabled, the use of document.location to set the URL will no longer navigate the AUT to the wrong URL. Fixes #7402.
• Type definitions will no longer conflict when running Cypress in a project with Jest. Fixes #3536.
• We increased the timeout for launching Firefox from 2.5 seconds to 50 seconds. Previously, users hitting this limit would encounter a "cannot open socket" error; now, the error will be wrapped. Fixes #7159.
• .click will now click in the correct coordinates when either x or y coordinate options are zero. Fixes #7319.
• Cypress no longer displays onError is not a function when a browser can't connect. Fixes #7217.
• You can now pass the force: true option to .select() to select options within a disabled <select>. Addresses #107.
• We now throw an error when attempting to .select() an <option> within a disabled <optgroup>. Fixes #7226.
• We fixed a regression in 4.3.0 where the message output during errors were not formatted correctly. Fixes #6924.
• Using Cypress._.capitalize now correctly behaves the same as Lodash's capitalize method. Fixes #7222.
• When experimentalComponentTesting is enabled, clicking on a component spec now watches the correct file without assuming it is an integration file. Fixes #7244.
• Firefox video recording no longer crashes Cypress when running very short spec files. Fixes #6408.
• Applications containing a DOM element with an id attribute containing 'jquery' will no longer throw an error during cy.visit(). Fixes #6193.
• Long errors generated when compiling or bundling the test file are now horizontally scrollable. Fixes #6898.

Misc:

• Cypress no longer requires write access to the root of the project, it instead will display a warning when no write access is given. Addresses #1281.
• We increased the timeout for launching Chrome from 20 seconds to 50 seconds. Addressed in #7372.
• We increased the timeout for macOS or Linux to exit from a --version command when looking for available browsers from 5 seconds to 30 seconds. Addressed in #7366.
• We improved error handling when Cypress launches Chromium-family browsers. Addresses #6518.
• We now export Cypress.ConfigOptions types as a partial of the full options interface. Addresses #7238.
• We're continuing to make progress in converting our codebase from CoffeeScript to JavaScript. Addresses #2690 in #7162, #7216, #7227, #7320, #7232, and #7345.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded @cypress/browserify-preprocessor from 2.2.2 to 2.2.3. Addressed in #7291.
• Upgraded cookie-parser from 1.4.4 to 1.4.5. Addressed in #7389.
• Upgraded cypress-multi-reporters from 1.2.4 to 1.4.0. Addressed in #7431.
• Upgraded electron from 8.2.3 to 8.3.0. Addressed in #7236 and #7387.
• Upgraded image-size from 0.7.4 to 0.8.3. Addressed in #7236.
• Upgraded jimp from 0.9.3 to 0.12.0. Addressed in #7408.
• Upgraded return-deep-diff from 0.3.0 to 0.4.0. Addressed in #7292.

4.5.0

Released 4/28/2020

Features:

• Cypress now supports the execution of component tests using framework-specific adaptors when setting the experimentalComponentTesting configuration option to true. For more details see the @cypress/react and @cypress/vue repos. Addresses #5922 and #6968.

Bugfixes:

• Custom Mocha reporters will now correctly use the version of Mocha bundled with Cypress. Fixes #3537 and #6984.
• We better account for word boundaries in application scripts when modifyObstructiveCode is true. Fixes #7138.
• Fixed an issue where iterators in TypeScript were not properly transpiled. Fixes #7098.

Misc:

• The update window in the Test Runner now encourages yarn users to yarn upgrade Cypress instead of yarn add to help prevent installing 2 versions of Cypress when using yarn workspaces. Addressed in #7101.
• We're continuing to make progress in converting our codebase from CoffeeScript to JavaScript. Addresses #2690 in #7031 and #7097.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded electron from 8.2.0 to 8.2.3. Addressed in #7079.

4.4.1

Released 4/20/2020

Bugfixes:

• Cypress can now launch on systems where Chromium is installed via Snapcraft. Fixes #7020.
• We now check whether the mouseup event's target element is detached before issuing the click event during .click(). Fixes #6923.
• We fixed a regression in 3.8.1 where the Test Runner could send an undefined organization ID during project setup when the default organization is preselected. Fixes #7013.
• We fixed a regression in 4.4.0 that caused projects to include bundled TypeScript. Fixes #7036.
• Fixed an issue where sites that set Feature-Policy: document-domain 'none' headers would fail to load in Cypress. Fixes #6480.

Misc:

• We fixed some extra spacing displaying below the project nav in the Test Runner. Addresses #7023
• The typings for run results when using the Module API now indicate they can be null or undefined. Addresses #6126.
• We're continuing to make progress in converting our codebase from CoffeeScript to JavaScript. Addresses #2690 in #7004.

4.4.0

Released 4/13/2020

Features:

• TypeScript test files are now supported without using special preprocessors plugins. Addresses #1859.

Bugfixes:

• We fixed an issue where Cypress could crash with a This socket has been ended by the other party error when testing applications that make use of WebSockets. Fixes #6458.
• Uncaught errors thrown from within application or test code now display their proper stack trace. Fixes #6964.
• Assertion errors now include a stack trace that includes the calling code. Fixes #6969.
• We now clone the options object passed into Cypress commands so that they're not mutated and receive the proper options. Fixes #3171.
• We fixed an issue where invalid Set-Cookie values could cause requests to fail with a cannot read property key of undefined error. Now, invalid Set-Cookie values will be ignored. Fixes #6890.

Misc:

• Cypress no longer hides output from cypress --version, cypress version, cypress cache path, or cypress cache list commands when npm log level is silent or warn. Addresses #2705.
• The cy.task() error message is now more specific about the promise resolution value required. Addresses #6241.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded http-proxy from 1.17.0 to 1.18.0. Addressed in #6934.

4.3.0

Released 3/30/2020

Features:

• Errors shown in the Test Runner have a new design including an expandable stack trace, better highlighting of code elements, and 'Learn more' links that link to relevant Cypress documentation. This is part of our larger improvements to error display with more exciting features to come. Addresses #3762.
• When you open a Cypress project, clicking on the Settings tab and clicking into the Experiments panel will display the experimental features that are available and whether they are enabled for your project.
• Added support for setting cookie sameSite values via cy.setCookie(). Addresses #2437.
• Added experimental support for adding sameSite values to the objects yielded from cy.setCookie(), cy.getCookie(), and cy.getCookies(). Users can enable this by setting the experimentalGetCookiesSameSite configuration value to true. In Cypress 5, this will be the default. Addresses #2437.
• Added support for the SameSite cookie attribute in cy.request(), cy.visit(), and proxied HTTP requests. Addresses #6757.
• When an assertion is retried (using .should()) and fails, it now shows the diff in the stdout. Addresses #6722.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a regression in 4.2.0 where cypress installation could fail if Git is not installed. Fixes #6752.
• Fixed a regression in 3.5.0 where certain HTTP requests could fail with Parse Error: Invalid header value char or Parse Error: Header overflow. Fixes #5602.
• Fixed a regression in 4.2.0 where Electron deprecation warnings were printed to stderr in open mode. Fixes #6750.
• Cookies set with a Domain containing an unknown TLD are now sent along for all requests. For example, a cookie like foo=bar; Domain=.cypress.test will now be sent during cy.request() to http://local.cypress.test. Fixes #6628.
• We fixed a situation where a cross-origin errors could incorrectly throw in Chrome. Fixes #5270.
• Visibility checks against vue-fragment elements no longer throw an unexpected error. Fixes #6745.
• The stack trace is now properly shown in the console when clicking the command for tests having an .only that throw an error. Fixes #6744.
• firefoxGcInterval can now correctly be set to null. Fixes #6825.
• Cypress will no longer crash the process if an empty video chunk is received. Addressed in #6818.
• Assertions failures on DOM elements no longer show unexpected diffs when they weren't retried. Fixes #6723.

Misc:

• Security warnings no longer show in Mac OS when opening Cypress since our application now undergoes notarization from Apple. Addresses #5791.
• The previously used spec filter in the Test Runner is now saved and restored for projects without an ID.Addresses #6739.
• We collect more env information from Travis builds for potential use in the Cypress Dashboard. Addresses #6808.
• We now collect env information from Netlify builds (for example when using cypress-io/netlify-plugin-cypress) to send along to the Cypress Dashboard. Addresses #6780.
• Type added for tag property when using Module API. Addresses #6795.
• We're continuing to make progress in converting our codebase from CoffeeScript to JavaScript. Addresses #2690 in #6833.

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded Chrome browser version used during cypress run and when selecting Electron browser in cypress open from 80.0.3987.141 to 80.0.3987.158. Addressed in #6855.
• Upgraded electron from 8.1.1 to 8.2.0. This bumps the bundled Chromium to 80.0.3987.158. Addressed in #6855.
• Upgraded @benmalka/foxdriver from 0.2.3 to 0.3.0. Addressed in #6592.
• Upgraded @cypress/get-windows-proxy from 1.6.0 to 1.6.1. Addressed in #6823.
• Upgraded execa from 1.0.0 to 4.0.0. Addressed in #6013.
• Upgraded extract-zip from 1.6.7 to 1.7.0. Addresses #6845 in #6845.
• Upgraded firefox-profile from 1.3.0 to 1.3.1. Addressed in #6594.
• Upgraded get-port from 5.1.0 to 5.1.1. Addressed in #6854.
• Upgraded mime from 1.6.0 to 2.4.4. Addressed in #6764.
• Upgraded minimist from 1.2.2 to 1.2.5. Addressed in #6747.
• Upgraded squirrelly from 7.7.0 to 7.9.2. Addressed in #6735.

4.2.0

Released 3/16/2020

Features:

• Videos can now be recorded when running Electron in --headed mode. Addresses #1767.
• cypress cache list now prints the last time the cached binary was accessed for each version present. Addresses #6682.

Bugfixes:

• We fixed a regression in 3.8.3 where HTTPS requests could experience slowdown. Fixes #6659.
• We now detect some installations of Firefox that were previously undetected. Fixes #6669.
• We fixed a race condition where an asynchronous error could fail to be caught when running the plugins file process. Fixes #6570.
• We now more thoroughly ensure the parent of an element exists when recursively calling actionability checks in order to prevent some maximum call stack errors. Fixes #6707.
• Specfiles containing & or % characters now correctly run instead of erroring. Fixes #4210.
• We added support for running tests on Jira plugins even when Jira scripts were not minified. Fixes #1436.
• We fixed a bug causing specs to hang after rerunning tests during cypress open when there was an exception if thrown in an after hook. Fixes #6619.
• cypress verify no longer incorrectly prints messaging about this being the first time using that Cypress version. Fixes #6607.
• Screenshots no longer fail to be taken in Electron when Cypress DEBUG logs are enabled. Fixes #6662.

Misc:

• A warning is now printed when setting the reserved key CYPRESS_INTERNAL_ENV to a non-production value. Addresses #6436.
• When DEBUG logs are printed from cypress:launcher, they now print a clearer log during browser detection for easier reading. Addresses #6700.
• The Test Runner now renders ANSI colors when there is a syntax error in the spec file. Addresses #6533.
• The Test Runner now has an icon indicating whether the specs list parent folder is collapsed. Addresses #6277.
• There's better type information for .click, .dblclick, and .rightclick command's position argument. Addresses #6341.
• There's a more robust type signature for .its() and .invoke(). Addresses #6431.
• Using Cypress.dom.isDetached no longer throws a type error in TypeScript projects. Addresses #4408.
• Using cy.clearLocalStorage({ log:false }) no longer throws a type error in TypeScript projects. Addresses #6615.
• We added types for Cypress.sinon. Addresses #6720.
• We've added the foundational work required to support experimental features in the Test Runner. Addresses #6257.

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded Chrome browser version used during cypress run and when selecting Electron browser in cypress open from 78 to 80. Addressed in #6555.
• Upgraded electron from 7.1.13 to 8.1.1. This bumps the bundled Chromium to 80.0.3987.141 and the bundled Node to 12.13.0. Addressed in #6555.
• Upgraded @ffmpeg-installer/ffmpeg from 1.0.19 to 1.0.20. Addressed in #6686.
• Upgraded minimist from 1.2.0 to 1.2.2. Addressed in #6726.
• Replaced deprecated request with cypress-io/request. Addressed in #6679.

4.1.0

Released 2/28/2020

Features:

• There is a new cypress info command to see the locally detected browsers and other information related to Cypress. Addresses #4540.
• You can now click a 'Try Again' button to recheck if the server at the designated baseUrl is running within the warning message during cypress open. Addresses #3284.
• There are "collapse all" and "expand all" links in the Test Runner's "Tests" tab to collapse or expand all folders within the "Integration Tests". Addresses #6282.
• The plugins file function's config argument now includes projectRoot (absolute path to the root of the project) and configFile (absolute path to the configuration file). Addresses #5941.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a regression in 4.0.2 where Cypress could throw a "Maximum call stack size exceeded" error when transmitting a circular object over the internal WebSocket. Fixes #6582.
• We fixed an issue where using Chromium-family browsers could cause Cypress to throw a "WebSocket is not open: readyState 3" error under certain conditions. Fixes #5685.
• We now more thoroughly ensure the parent of an element exists when recursively calling visibility and existence checks in order to prevent some maximum call stack errors. Fixes #4373.
• We fixed an issue where a maximum call stack error would throw in some circumstances when xhr.onreadystatechange is accessed. Fixes #5864.
• We fixed a regression in 3.5.0 where typing into an iframe with a body element with the contenteditable attribute would throw an error. Fixes #5930.
• We now set the default window size when running Chrome headlessly to 1280x720. Fixes #6210.
• We fixed an issue where cypress install would not complete on Node.js 8.0.0. Fixes #6512 and #6568.
• cy.clearLocalStorage() now properly accepts the log option to disable logging. Fixes #6342.

Misc:

• The error messages displayed when rerouting to a non same-origin domain has been updated to more accurately reflect the rules around same-origin policy. Addresses #6048.
• We fixed an error message that would display the wrong available browser families during validation. Addressed in #6517.
• We fixed some typos in some of our error messages. Addressed in #6508.
• We're collecting more environment variables when running Cypress with GitLab CI. Addresses #6231.
• The typing of cy.$$ has been updated to distinguish differences between it and Cypress.$. More info here Addresses #2027.
• We're continuing to make progress in converting our codebase from CoffeeScript to JavaScript. Addresses #2690 in #6552, #6523, and #6545.

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded electron from 7.1.10 to 7.1.13. Addressed in #6566.

4.0.2

Released 2/14/2020

Bugfixes:

• We fixed a bug where tests in Firefox would not open on macOS if another instance of Firefox was open. Fixes #6380.
• We fixed a regression in 4.0.0 where using .should('not.contain', ...) chained after a .contains() would produce unexpected results. Fixes #6384.
• We fixed a regression in 4.0.0 where non-top-level require()s in tests no longer worked. Fixes #6403.
• Re-running a failed workflow in GitHub Actions now properly generates a new Dashboard run. Fixes #6450.

Misc:

• We fixed incorrect type definitions for Cypress.isBrowser. Addresses #6447.
• We improved the error experience when launching a browser fails. Addresses #6432.
• We improved the error experience when visiting the Cypress server outside of a Cypress-launched browser. Addresses #6435.

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded @cypress/browserify-preprocessor from 2.1.1 to 2.1.4. Addressed in #6419.

4.0.1

Released 2/7/2020

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a bug where Chromium could not be detected on macOS. Addresses #6358.
• Fixed bugs where Edge and Firefox Nightly could not be detected on macOS. Addresses #6354 and #6345.
• Fixed a bug where 64-bit editions of Firefox could not be detected on Windows. Addresses #6355.
• Fixed a bug where video recordings of Firefox would omit all frames from before the last cross-domain navigation of the test. Addresses #6369.
• Fixed a bug where Cypress could crash with the message "cannot read property 'on' of undefined" while running Firefox. Addresses #6356.
• Corrected a link to the screenshot API documentation in the type definitions. Addresses #6359.

Misc:

• Updated the default preferences set on Firefox to hide update notifications and otherwise improve the Firefox experience. Addresses #6346.

4.0.0

Released 2/6/2020

Summary:

Cypress 4.0.0 includes support for Mozilla Firefox browsers (beta support) and Microsoft Edge (Chromium based) browsers which is a big step forward for Cross Browser Testing in Cypress. We've also updated many of the underlying tools behind Cypress that bring new powerful features.

Breaking Changes:

Please read our Migration Guide which explains the changes in more detail and how to change your code to migrate to Cypress 4.0.

• Mocha, Chai, and Sinon.JS has been upgraded which includes a number of breaking changes and new features. Addresses #2528, #2529, #2866.
• During before:browser:launch, we no longer yield the second argument as an array of browser arguments and instead yield an options object with an args property in order to support more advanced browser launch options. Addresses #6306.
• We updated the Cypress browser objects of all Chromium-based browsers, including Electron, to have chromium set as their family field. Addresses #6243.
• The --browser flag no longer accepts canary as its sole argument to run Chrome Canary. You now have to specify chrome:canary to use the Chrome Canary browser. Addresses #6243.
• .contains() now ignores leading, trailing, duplicate whitespaces. Addresses #92.
• cy.writeFile() now yields null instead of the contents written to the file in order to more align with the behavior of fs. Addresses #2466.
• Installing Cypress on your system now requires Node.js 8+. Addresses #5632.
• Cypress no longer support CJSX. Addresses #3469.

Features:

• Mozilla Firefox browsers now have beta support. Addresses #1096.
• Microsoft Edge (Chromium based) browsers are now supported. Addresses #5433.
• There is a new Cypress.isBrowser() utility function. Addresses #2023.
• We updated the Cypress.browser object with a new channel property which contains the release channel of the detected browser. Addresses #6243.
• There is a new matchCase option for .contains(). Addresses #2785.
• Appending .only to multiple tests or suites will now run all tests with the .only property. Addresses #2828.
• The isFinite assertion is now supported. Addresses #5669.
• The empty assertion is now supported when used against Map objects. Addresses #6072.
• The nested assertion chainer property is now supported. Addresses #3080 and #5004.

Bugfixes:

• A test or suite appended with an .only when multiple tests or suites contained the same title now run correctly. Fixes #5345.
• The .its() command now properly supports 0 as a value for indexes or object keys. Fixes #6216.

Documentation Changes:

• Added Cross Browser Testing Guide with helpful CI strategies to consider when running tests across multiple browsers.
• Added Cypress.isBrowser() doc.

Misc:

• We now pass through errors caused when attempting to read arguments passed through config. Addresses #6279.
• We fixed a broken 'Learn more' link within the Node.js Version panel of the Test Runner Settings. Addresses #6237.
• The browser icons in the Test Runner now display as images with the proper branding. Addresses #6188.
• We updated the styling of browser dropdown in the Test Runner to look more like a button. Addresses #6298.
• The timer in the Test Runner now always displays at a consistent length. Addresses #6168.
• You can print debug information about the memory & CPU usage of Cypress, which can be accessed by enabling the cypress:server:util:process_profiler debug stream. Addresses #6169.
• We added types for plugin events. Addresses #6322.

Dependency Updates

• Added @benmalka/foxdriver. Addressed in #1359.
• Upgraded @cypress/browserify-preprocessor from 1.1.2 to 2.1.1. Addressed in #4308 and #4226.
• Upgraded bluebird from 3.5.0 to 3.7.2. Addressed in #4226.
• Upgraded cachedir from 1.3.0 to 2.3.0. Addressed in #4208 and #4226.
• Upgraded chai from 3.5.0 to 4.2.0. Addressed in #2862 and #4226.
• Upgraded chai-as-promised from 6.0.0 to 7.1.1. Addressed in #4226.
• Upgraded chalk from 2.4.0 to 3.0.0. Addressed in #4226.
• Upgraded commander from 2.15.1 to 4.0.1. Addressed in #4208 and #4226.
• Upgraded debug from 2.15.1 to 4.0.1. Addressed in #4226.
• Upgraded execa from 0.10.0 to 3.3.0. Addressed in #4226.
• Added firefox-profiler. Addressed in #1359.
• Added foxdriver. Addressed in #1359.
• Upgraded fs-extra from 5.0.0 to 8.1.0. Addressed in #4226.
• Upgraded getos from 3.1.1 to 3.1.4. Addressed in #4226.
• Upgraded is-ci from 1.2.1 to 2.0.0. Addressed in #4226.
• Upgraded mocha from 2.5.3 to 7.0.1. Addressed in #2703 and #4226.
• Upgraded listr from 0.12.0 to 0.14.3. Addressed in #4226.
• Upgraded log-symbols from 2.2.0 to 3.0.0. Addressed in #4226.
• Added marionette-client. Addressed in #1359.
• Upgraded ramda from 0.24.1 to 0.26.1. Addressed in #4226.
• Upgraded sinon from 3.2.0 to 8.1.1. Addressed in #2881 and #4226.
• Upgraded strip-ansi from 3.0.1 to 6.0.0. Addressed in #1359.
• Added systeminformation. Addressed in #1359.
• Upgraded support-colors from 5.5.0 to 7.1.0. Addressed in #4208 and #4226.
• Upgraded untildify from 3.0.3 to 4.0.0. Addressed in #4226.

3.8.3

Released 1/24/2020

Bugfixes:

• We fixed an error during cypress run indicating could not find CRI target when Cypress was unable to find the tab to control. Fixes #6053.
• HTTP requests to sites using a TLS version lower than 1.2 now no longer fail. Fixes #5446.
• cypress verify will no longer error on some systems when -screen is not defined. Fixes #6184.
• We fixed a regression in 3.5.0 causing cy.type({ force: true }) to no longer forcibly type characters for readonly inputs. Fixes #6116.
• Generated reports when using custom reporters now have a defined file property. Fixes #1495.

Misc:

• Messages from cy.get() are now truncated at 50 lines the Command Log instead of the 1 line. Addresses #6145.
• We now collect more environment variables for Bamboo CI when recording for the Dashboard. Addresses #4895.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded electron from 7.1.7 to 7.1.10. Addressed in #6180 and #6242.
• Upgraded http-status-codes from 1.3.2 to 1.4.0. Addressed in #6134.
• Upgraded socket.io and socket.io-client from 2.2.0 to 2.3.0. Addressed in #6179.

3.8.2

Released 01/10/2020

Bugfixes:

• We fixed a regression in 3.8.0 on Linux when unzip is not installed where the progress of cypress install would show up to 200%. Fixes #5967.
• We fixed a regression in 3.7.0 that would prevent .type() from typing valid characters after invalid characters were typed in type="number" inputs. Fixes #6055.
• Child elements of an element that uses both transform and height or width are now properly seen as visible during visiblity checks. Addresses #5974.
• We now properly check backface visibility when the parents of a target element have the CSS style transform-style: preserve-3d. Fixes #5682.
• DOM elements with a width or height of 0 and overflow: hidden are now properly calculated as invisible during visibility checks. Fixes #6093.
• .should() and .and() commands with function arguments can now be chained with multiple assertions without throwing an error. Fixes #4981.

Misc:

• We replaced the browser icons in the Test Runner with more official browser brand icons. Addresses #5921.
• Messages from cy.log() are now truncated at 50 lines the Command Log instead of the 1 line. Addresses #5625.
• We now capture GitLab CI's CI_JOB_NAME environment variable. Addressed in #6111.
• Types for event emitters removeListener and removeAllListeners have been added to Cypress and cy. Addresses #5228.
• Types for the runUrl property returned from cypress.run() has been added. Addresses #6087.
• We're continuing to make progress in converting our codebase from CoffeeScript to JavaScript. Addresses #2690 in #5947 and #6075.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded ansi_up from 4.0.3 to 4.0.4. Addressed in #6074.
• Upgraded electron from 7.1.4 to 7.1.7. Addressed in #6085.

3.8.1

Released 12/26/2019

Bugfixes:

• We fixed a bug where cypress run --headless would not run Chrome-family browsers headlessly. Fixes #5949.
• We fixed an issue where, on some systems with IPv4 and IPv6 enabled, Cypress would fail to connect to the Chrome DevTools Protocol while launching Chrome, leading to test failures. Fixes #5912.
• The strict cookie validation added in 3.5.0 for cy.setCookie(), cy.clearCookie(), and cy.getCookie() has been removed. Fixes #5642.
• We fixed a regression in 3.8.0 where using .type() on number inputs to type non-number characters or the {enter} special character would not type the correct value. Fixes #5968 and #5997.
• Configuration values set from the plugins file now display with the correct background color in the Configuration panel in the Test Runner Settings. Fixes #6024.
• We removed the 'Me' and 'An Organization' selections in the Test Runner when setting up a project to more closely match the Dashboard UI. This also fixes an edge case where a user with no default organizations could potentially be unable to set up a project. Fixes #5954.

Misc:

• We updated the fallback error message for visibility checks to be less confusing. Addresses #5982.
• The type definitions for cy.location() have been improved. Addresses #5574.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded get-port from 5.0.0 to 5.1.0. Addressed in #6004.
• Upgraded chrome-remote-interface from 0.28.0 to 0.28.1. Addressed in #6008.
• Upgraded which from 1.3.1 to 2.0.2. Addressed in #6017.
• Upgraded ansi_up from 1.3.0 to 4.0.3. Addressed in #4331.
• Upgraded jimp from 0.6.4 to 0.9.3. Addressed in #4331.

3.8.0

Released 12/12/2019

Features:

• Chrome can now be run in headless mode by using cypress run --headless --browser chrome. Addresses #832.
• Cypress now accepts a --tag argument to be used to identify separate runs. Any tags assigned will be shown on the run in the Cypress Dashboard. Addresses #2561.
• The commands .its() and .invoke() now accept an options object to allow changing logging options. Addresses #1450.
• Cypress will now attempt to use the unzip binary during cypress install before trying the slower, Node.js-based unzipping method. Addresses #3803.

Bugfixes:

• We fixed a regression in 3.5.0 where Cypress would crash on Windows when trying to pass a url through --config or --env command line flags. Fixes #5466.
• We fixed a regression in 3.5.0 where a supplied Cookie header during cy.visit() or cy.request() would be overwritten by the Cookie header generated from the browser's cookie store. Fixes #5894.
• We fixed a regression in 3.5.0 where cy.getCookie() would incorrectly filter cookies by their domain, leading to unexpected results. Fixes #5656.
• We fixed a regression in 3.5.0 where calling .type({ force: true }) on hidden inputs would not type the correct characters. Fixes #5835.
• We fixed a regression in 3.5.0 where .type() was not respecting previous selections if the current value of the input was the same as the key. This also fixed an where .type() would not respect previous selections in non-selectionRange inputs (like email or number inputs). Fixes #5703.
• During visibility checks, Cypress now properly evaluates a DOM element transformed by scale(0) or rotateY(90deg) as not visible. Fixes #723.
• Fixed a bug where the specs list during cypress open would not refresh when files are changed on disk. Fixes #5933.
• env configuration option displays properly within the settings panel. Previously, setting env options would incorrectly render "undefined" as the value. Fixes #5859.

Misc:

• We removed the max viewport size and lowered min viewport size to 0 for cy.viewport() Addresses #5871 and #5892.
• The Test Runner now shows a non-Chrome logo for browsers passed in via config.browser that are not of the Chrome family. It also supports showing the Firefox logo (in preparation for Firefox browser support). Fixes #5745.
• We updated the look of some of our icons. Addressed in #5822.
• We're continuing to make progress in converting our codebase from CoffeeScript to JavaScript. Addresses #2690 in #5643.
• cy.request will now automatically encode special characters in the request URL, including Unicode. Addresses #5274.
• You can pass additional Electron launch command line arguments using environment variable ELECTRON_EXTRA_LAUNCH_ARGS. Addresses #5807.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded electron from 5.0.10 to 7.1.4. This bumps the internal Node version to 12.8.1 and the internal Chromium version to 78.0.3904.113. Addressed in #5849.
• Upgraded ansi-escapes from 4.2.1 to 4.3.0. Addressed in #5815.
• Upgraded electron-context-menu from 0.11.0 to 0.15.1. Addressed in #5495.

3.7.0

Released 11/27/2019

Features:

• Cypress now includes the full list of browsers found and their properties within the Cypress configuration. This means that the browsers array is also editable within plugins by accessing config.browsers via the Configuration API. The currently available browsers are also displayed within the configuration panel under Settings in the Test Runner. Addresses #5067.
• Environment variables within GitHub Actions are now detected and passed to the Dashboard in order to display the proper git information for recorded runs. Addresses #5609.
• .its() and .invoke() now support a Number for its propertyName and functionName arguments respectively. Addresses #5754.

Bugfixes:

• We fixed a regression in 3.5.0 where a cy.visit() that changes superdomain would incorrectly clear cookies of other domains. Fixes #5756.
• We fixed a regression in 3.5.0 where cookies set in a redirect on a cy.visit() or in a cy.request with a custom Domain that is not a subdomain of the current domain would fail to set. Fixes #5656.
• We fixed a regression in 3.5.0 which caused .type() to send duplicate modifier keys. Fixes #5622.
• We fixed a regression in 3.6.1 where cy.request() with followRedirect: false would fail if a Set-Cookie header was present in the response. Fixes #5654.
• The context of window is no longer undefined within the application under test when called within a setTimeout during strict mode. Fixes #5707.
• Cypress now captures the SHA of builds generated through Travis CI during pull requests. This should resolve issues with Cypress status checks sometimes not running within GitHub Integration. Fixes #5728.
• Cypress now automatically strips double quotes from --ci-build-id and group flag arguments during cypress run. Fixes #5686.
• Assertions printed in the Command Log now correctly identify integers from string integers. Fixes #25.
• Empty spaces are now accurately reflected in the Command Log within assertions. Fixes #1360.
• Keys printed in the Command Log when using the have.all.keys assertion now correctly display. Fixes #753.
• We fixed an issue where Cypress would throw an error when using cy.visit() on a cleverapp.io domain. Fixes #5722.
• Fixed a bug where fixtures consisting only of null would cause an error. Fixes #472.
• Fixed a bug where, if the Test Runner child process is killed with a signal and does not exit normally, the npm CLI process would not exit with an error. Fixes #5808.

Misc:

• Added a new, more specific error message when an item is not visible because it has position: fixed and is being overflowed over. Addresses #1379.
• cy.visits that cause a superdomain change will now result in 2 requests to the origin server. This should not affect tests, as tests will still re-run on a superdomain change. This is a side-effect of the fix for #5756.
• The configuration object returned from the plugins file is now validated and will throw a helpful error message when invalid. Addresses #5712.
• The configuration panel under Settings in the Test Runner now has a white background for better readability. Also each configuration option with nested properties is now collapsible. Addressed in #5068.

Documentation Changes:

• Updated the its() and invoke() doc to allow for arguments of type Number for their first argument.
• Documented how to pass in a custom list of browsers using config.browsers.

Dependency Updates:

• Upgraded parse-domain from 2.0.0 to 2.3.4. Addressed in #5726.

3.6.1

Released 11/08/2019

Bugfixes:

• The Electron browser no longer hangs when testing applications that have a prompt in a beforeunload handler. Fixes #2118.
• We fixed a regression in 3.5.0 where HTTP redirects could cause strange behavior, including cookies not being set as expected, leading to authentication issues and other problems. Fixes #5436 and #5432.
• When using cy.setCookie() with the same options Object, Cypress now correctly sets the new cookie instead of the one passed into a previous cy.setCookie(). Fixes #2701.
• We fixed a regression in 3.5.0 where cy.clearCookie() would not act as expected when using certain baseUrls. Fixes #5453.
• Cypress no longer crashes with the error Failed to parse or set cookie named "xxx" when loading certain websites. Fixes #4990.
• Cypress now sends the expected headers or request body in a cy.visit() to an HTTPS URL using the default port, 443. Fixes #5367.
• We fixed a regression in 3.6.0 where Cypress would crash with TypeError: Cannot read property 'length' of null on some network requests. Fixes #5585.
• We fixed a regression in 3.5.0 that caused the red target to be rendered incorrectly when specifying offset coordinates to .click(). Fixes #5635.
• We fixed a regression in 3.6.0 that was causing an incorrect element to receive the click event during action commands. Fixes #5578.
• We fixed a regression in 3.5.0 causing text after using modifier keys in .type() to not be typed. Fixes #5622.
• Elements with backface-visibility: hidden; are now accounted for when asserting on the elemtent's visibility. Fixes #2985.
• We fixed a bug where a failed Cypress commands would incorrectly throw cannot read property 'replace' of undefined if the error's stack was undefined. Fixes #1669.
• The 'Log In' modal within Cypress when setting up a project now correctly closes when manually closed. Fixes #5631.

Misc:

• We improved the user experience around inspecting events fired during .click() and .type() commands within the console. Addresses #5553.
• We increased the timeout when connecting to the "Developer Tools Protocol" from 5 seconds to 20 seconds and also added logging for when the connection takes longer than 5 seconds. Addresses #5610.
• There is no longer a warning about Promise.defer appearing in stderr when running with video recording enabled. Addresses #5611.
• Types for .rightclick() and .dblclick() have been updated to correctly reflect their accepted options. Addresses #5617.
• We're continuing to make progress in converting our codebase from CoffeeScript to JavaScript. Addresses #2690 in #5556

3.6.0

Released 10/31/2019

Features:

• testFiles now also accepts an Array of glob patterns when specifying what test files to load in configuration. Addresses #5401.

Bugfixes:

• We fixed a regression in 3.5.0 where the maximum size of an HTTP header or body in a stubbed cy.route() was limited to 8kb causing requests to fail with a 431 HTTP error. Fixes #5431.
• We fixed a bug where certain types of uncaught errors originating from the application under test would not route through the uncaught
  handler, and thus could not caught and ignored. These errors will also now correctly indicate that they came from application code. Fixes #987.
• We fixed a regression in 3.5.0 that would throw an error during cypress verify when running as a non-root user on a non-Windows machine. We now always set the --no-sandbox flag when verifying in Electron, even when running as a non-root user. Fixes #5434.
• We fixed a regression in 3.5.0 where sometimes cookies were not set on the correct URL during a redirect inside of a cy.visit() or cy.request(). Fixes #5432.
• We fixed a regression in 3.5.0 causing environment variables containing unicode values to be incorrectly resolved when read via Cypress.env(). Fixes #5435.
• We fixed a regression in 3.5.0 that prevented use of .click() or .type() inside of an iframe element. Fixes #5449. Fixes #5435.
• We now throw the proper error message when an element cannot be interacted with due to being covered by an element with position:fixed. Fixes #5430.
• We fixed a regression in 3.5.0 that caused some click events to not be sent to the correct elements during .click(). Fixes #5459.
• We updated .type() to properly respect focus selection changes during typing. Fixes #5456.
• We fixed a regression in 3.5.0 that caused selected text to be overwritten while typing a modifer key during .type(). Fixes #5439.
• We now send all the proper events during .type() to input elements with type date, time, and datetime-local so that it now behaves as it did prior to 3.5.0. Fixes #5476.
• We now properly render iframe placeholder content when previewing DOM snapshots. Fixes #5295.

Misc:

• We no longer log the default option {multiple: true} in the Command Log or the console during cy.dblclick(). Addresses #5406.
• The text color of inactive tabs within the Cypress Chrome browser has been set to white for better readability. Addresses #1661.

Dependency Updates

• Replaced express-handlebars with squirrelly to reduce dependency size. Addressed in #5521.
• Upgraded graceful-fs from 4.2.0 to 4.2.3. Addressed in #5497.

3.5.0

Released 10/23/2019

Features:

• We now record video by default when you run Cypress in Chrome, Chromium, or Canary such as during cypress run --browser chrome. Addresses #4608.
• There is a new .rightclick() command to right click on DOM elements. Addresses #53.
• Cypress now accepts a --config-file argument to specify a different file to be used for Cypress configuration. You can also pass false to the --config-file to not use any configuration file. Addresses #1369.
• You can now use your system's Node version by setting the nodeVersion to system in your configuration. This Node version will be used to build files in your integrationFolder and supportFile and also be used to execute code in your pluginsFile. If not set, Cypress will continue to use the Node version bundled with Cypress. Addresses #4432.
• .dblclick() now accepts position, x, and y arguments. Addresses #116.
• .dblclick() now accepts force and multiple in its options. Addresses #116.
• .screenshot() now accepts a padding argument when screenshotting elements that will alter the dimensions of the screenshot of the element. Addresses #4440.
• cy.visit() now accepts a qs option representing an object of query paramaters to be used in the URL. Addresses #5034.
• cy.viewport() now allows for viewport sizes up to 4,000 pixels. Addresses #5181.
• cy.viewport() accepts new size presets for iphone-xr, iphone-x, samsung-s10 and samsung-note9. Addresses #4967.
• Passing a ~ to CYPRESS_CACHE_FOLDER will automatically resolve to the user's home directory. Addresses #5386.

Bugfixes:

• .dblclick() and .click() now fire all appropriate mouse events including mouseover, mousemove, mouseout, pointerdown, pointerup, and pointermove. Fixes #1016, #1847, #2045, #2521, #2768, #2928, #2957, and #3224.
• We updated .dblclick() to follow the same actionability checks as .click(). Fixes #3798.
• Coordinates clicked during .click() are now correct if the element being clicked is within an iframe. Fixes #4347.
• We now allow .type() to be used on any DOM element. The element will receive all of the type events. Fixes #2166 and #3661.
• If a typeable element gains focus during .type(), Cypress now continues typing into the newly focused element. Fixes #2240.
• We now correctly borrow the property getter for maxLength when using .type() on an input. Fixes #4587.
• We fixed an issue where datetime-local inputs would not have their value updated during .type(). Fixes #2613.
• .type() now allows you to type - into number inputs with text selection. Fixes #4767.
• We now fire an input event when using .type() typing {enter} inserts a newline. Fixes #4870.
• We no longer input text when non-{shift} modifier keys are typed in .type(). Fixes #5424.
• We now properly send the code property during keyboard events triggered during .type(). Fixes #3722
• Cypress now sends screenX and screenY properties to events triggered using .trigger(). Fixes #3187.
• We fixed a bug where Cypress could not intercept traffic sent through cy.visit() to IP addresses over HTTPS, leading to ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH errors. Fixes #771.
• We fixed a bug introduced in 3.3.0 where some HTTPS sites failed to load during cy.visit() and cy.request() with a "handshake failed" error. Fixes #4394.
• We fixed a bug where ECC SSL Certificates were not supported during cy.visit() that was introduced in 3.3.0. Fixes #4368.
• We fixed an issue introduced in 3.4.0 that would cause the Selector Playground to not properly highlight the currently hovered element. Fixes #4872.
• Cypress.env() now escapes <script> tags in the configuration file. Fixes #4952.
• Cypress now properly handles converting responses of content-type application/vnd.api+json to JSON. Fixes #5165.
• XHR responses in cy.route() that exceed 80kb in size no longer fail with an ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE error. Fixes #76.
• Cypress no longer crashes with dest.end errors on Windows machines. Fixes #2181.
• The onFocus event no longer incorrectly fires on hidden elements. This fixes an issue introduced in 3.3.2. Fixes #4898.
• You can now call .click() on inputs or textareas that are readonly. This fixes an issue introduced in 3.4.1. Fixes #4874.
• Cypress no longer crashes with a "port" option should be a number or string error when receiving an erroneous HTTP CONNECT. Fixes #3250.
• Cypress tests now timeout if there are no Cypress commands enqueue and the done() callback is not called within the commandTimeout. Fixes #1075, #2478, #3349, and #4790.
• We fixed a bug where Cypress would exit with an ENOTCONN error at the end of a test run when using Node >12.11.0 on Windows OS. Fixes #5241.
• We fixed a bug where the Chrome policy warnings introduced in 3.4.0 would not appear. Fixes #4986.
• We improved the way that cookies are handled for Chrome browsers. This fixes an issue when parsing cookies that were set with a domain beginning with a . in Chrome 77. Fixes #5142 and #5206.
• We fixed a bug when visiting an application that does an HTTP request to a .js file containing Unicode transferred using Content-Encoding: gzip that could cause the JavaScript file to become corrupted. Fixes #1746.
• We now normalize the Cypress cache folder to resolve in the current folder and not with respect to the node_modules/cypress folder. Fixes #2364.

Misc:

• Cypress now displays a more precise error message when checking an element's visibility if an element is detached from the DOM. Addresses #4946.
• We increased the timeout to wait for Xvfb to start from 5 seconds to 30 seconds. This should resolve some issues where the error Could not start Xvfb was being thrown because Xvfb could not start within the allowed time. Addresses #5110.
• We now warn when using cypress run from the binary directly (not from an npm module) since this is not its intended use. Addresses #1573.
• We now warn on cy.visit('file://...) to explain that this url format is not supported and suggest visiting a relative HTML file. Addresses #4452.
• Setting the reserved CYPRESS_ENV environment variable will now throw an error. Addresses #1621.
• We now throw a better error when passing in an Object to the browser argument of the Browser Launch API explaining that a String is expected instead. Addresses #4966.
• An error will now be thrown if an invalid name or value is supplied to cy.setCookie(), matching the RFC 6265 compliant validation of cookie names and values. Addresses #5206.
• Passing an invalid type to the 2nd argument of cy.get() now throws an error explaining that an options Object is expected. Addresses #2953.
• We now throw a more helpful error message during cy.screenshot() that would result in a screenshot with 0 width or height. Addresses #5149.
• Stdout printed during cypress run no longer truncates text such a filenames and instead wraps the text to fit within the width of the terminal. Addresses #4977.
• We now display up to 2,000 characters of HTTP property values within error messages during cy.request() errors. Addresses #3145.
• Cypress now always considers localhost to be in NO_PROXY. To make Cypress send traffic for localhost through the proxy, you will now have to pass <-loopback> in NO_PROXY. Addresses #4780.
• We changed the way cookies are set in cy.visit() to more closely match the browser's behavior when setting cookies, particularly when using fetch with cookies. Addresses #4433.
• We've added more flags to send to Chrome upon launch that should help with issues encountered during browser automation including --disable-backgrounding-occluded-window, --disable-breakpad, --disable-ipc-flooding-protection, --password-store=basic, and --use-mock-keychain. Addresses #5132 and #3633.
• Scrolling the specs list now only scrolls the list of spec files and no longer scrolls the search and filter bar. Addresses #4904.
• We fixed some layout issues within the Test Runner that were introduced in 3.4.1. Addresses #4888, #4912, and #4959.
• The counter badge for spies and stubs no longer appears visually cut off. Fixes #4822.
• TypeScript 3.6.2 no longer errors due to outdated jQuery types. Addresses #5065.
• We updated types for Cypress.Commands.overwrite() to not allow an options object as an argument. Addresses #5341.
• We added failures and message types when a run fails using the Module API. Addresses #5335.
• We're continuing to make progress in converting our codebase from CoffeeScript to JavaScript. Addresses #2690 in #4869, #4906, #5096, #5107, #5156, #5173, and #5352.

Documentation Changes:

• Added a .rightclick() doc.
• Added a Webinars doc containing videos of all of the official Cypress webcasts.
• Updated the .dblclick() doc to include new position, x, and y arguments plus force and multiple options.
• Added the --config-file argument to Command Line and Module API doc.
• Added the nodeVersion argument to Configuration doc and mentioned its uses in the Plugins Guide and Writing a Plugin doc.
• Updated all docs to mention 'configuration file' instead of static cypress.json file since this is not configurable via a --config-file argument.
• Added qs option to cy.visit() with examples.
• Added padding option to cy.screenshot() with examples.
• Updated the cy.viewport() doc to have a max viewport size of 4000.
• Added newly supported viewport sizes to the cy.viewport() doc.
• Documented new keyboard shortcuts in the Test Runner doc.
• Added a new section on troubleshooting problems with Xvfb to the Continuous Integration doc.
• Added a section to our Debugging doc about our cypress-fiddle plugin used for playing around with small test cases.
• Added a section to our Debugging doc explaining how to patch an installed version of Cypress.
• Mention not needing to decode portions of the url in the cy.route() doc.
• Mention that the file:// prefix is not supported in the cy.visit() doc.
• Add a note about when passing <-loopback> in NO_PROXY is necessary in the Proxy Configuration doc.
• Updated our Dashboard docs to include screenshots containing our new Dashboard navigation design.
• We have some newly translated documentation in Portuguese. If you'd like to help in translating more, please open a pull request in our documentation repo.

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded Chrome browser version used during cypress run and when selecting Electron browser in cypress open from 61 to 73. Addressed in #4720.
• Upgraded electron from 2.0.18 to 5.0.10. Addressed in #4720.
• Upgraded node from 8.9.3 to 12.0.0. Addressed in #4720.
• Upgaded jquery from 2.2.4 to 3.1.1. Addressed in #1229.
• Upgraded sanitize-filename from 1.6.1 to 1.6.3. Addressed in #5216.
• Upgraded @cypress/get-windows-proxy from 1.5.4 to 1.6.0. Addressed in #5108.

3.4.1

Released 7/29/2019

Dashboard Features:

• We’re excited to announce GitHub integration for the Cypress Dashboard. You can now get timely and useful test run information within pull-requests via status checks and pull-request comments. Learn all about it on our blog. Addresses #981.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a bug where the content of pages using non-UTF-8 character encoding would become corrupted when opened in Cypress. Fixes #3479, #1543, and #3650.
• Fixed a regression introduced in 3.4.0 that caused an error to be thrown when chaining together multiple assertions using the and chainable getter. Fixes #4833.
• The include and includes assertion chainers now correctly work the same as contain and contains assertion chainers. Fixes #4833.
• Cypress now correctly works offline on Windows when visiting a localhost URL. Fixes #4763.
• cy.type() now factors in the readonly property of <input /> elements, and will wait for this property to be false before attempting to type. Fixes #1246.
• Variables beginning with top and location in your application code are no longer modified when modifyObstructiveCode is true. Fixes #4794.
• We removed erroneous socket connections when the browser is initially launching. Fixes #4776.
• Fixed a bug when dismissing pinned snapshots that would cause the page to be wiped with nothing rendered. Fixes #4864.
• We upgraded the mocha-teamcity-reporter dependency so that it no longer errors in certain situations when trying to access duration on tests. Fixes #4654.
• We upgraded the lodash dependency to fix a security vulnerability warning. Fixes #4699, #4730, #4743.

Misc:

• We now ensure we are shipping with production versions of dependencies such as react, mobx, etc. This should help to prevent conflicts with Developer Tools extensions and increase performance by reducing memory, heap allocation, and overall JS bundle size. Addresses #4844.
• Video recordings now wait after all tests finish to ensure that the video captures the final rendered frames of the browser. This prevents the last few paints from being cut off. Fixes #2370.
• Cypress now looks for any npm proxy configuration values as a fallback when no other system proxy configuration is found. This brings this feature into parity with how npm reads off proxy configuration values during an npm install. Addresses #4719.
• We updated the messaging when there is a failure downloading Cypress to recommend checking your proxy settings. Addresses #1662.
• A warning message now displays if you attempt to run the Cypress binary directly instead of going through the cypress npm package. Addresses #1573.
• There are newly added examples in the TypeScript definitions for custom commands, cy.location() and .should(). Addresses #3684 and #4715.
• The types for the cy.contains(content, options) syntax have been added. Addresses #4727.
• Types for cy.once() have been added. Addressed in #4788.
• There is now a { parseSpecialCharSequences: false } option to cy.type() that disables parsing the special character sequences found between the {} characters. This will now type what you've provided literally without any special parsing. Fixes #4287.
• You can now zoom in the main Test Runner window and also the Electron browser. Corresponding keyboard shortcuts for Zoom in, Zoom out and Actual Size are also available. Addresses #1231.
• When viewing the Test Runner's main window at its smallest size, the header text no longer incorrectly wraps. Addresses #86.
• We're continuing to make process in converting our codebase from CoffeeScript to JavaScript. Addresses #2690 in #4781 and #4817.
• We increased the cypress binary verification phase from 10 seconds to 30 seconds to accomodate underpowered or overwhelmed machines typically found in CI environments. Addresses #4624.

Documentation Changes:

• We have new instructions on how to set up GitHub Integration with the Cypress Dashboard.
• Updated instructions for adding types for custom commands in the TypeScript Support doc. Addressed in #1901
• Added a section about video encoding and how to speed up the encoding time to Screenshots and Videos doc. Addressed in #1880

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded @ffmpeg-installer/ffmpeg from 1.0.17 to 1.0.19. Addressed in #4792.
• Upgraded browserify from 13.3.0 to 16.3.0. Addressed in #4751, #4825 and #4826.
• Upgraded data-uri-to-buffer from 1.2.0 to 2.0.1. Addressed in #4622.
• Upgraded duplexify from 4.0.0 to 4.1.1. Addressed in #4853.
• Upgraded graceful-fs from 4.1.15 to 4.2.0. Addressed in #4818.
• Upgraded lodash from 4.17.11 to 4.17.15. Addressed in #4684, #4709, #4784.
• Upgraded mocha-junit-reporter from 1.23.0 to 1.23.1. Addressed in #4785.
• Upgraded p-queue from 1.2.0 to 6.1.0. Addressed in #4750.
• Upgraded semver from 6.0.0 to 6.3.0. Addressed in #4797.
• We also updated and removed some dependencies used for development.

3.4.0

Released 7/9/2019

Features:

• Users can now log in to the Test Runner through the browser installed on their system. This also allows for login via GitHub with U2F keys. Addresses #3583, #4337, and #1162.
• Google or SSO (if configured) login is now supported in the Test Runner. Addresses #3519.

Bugfixes:

• Cypress now properly supports partial matching of string values for assertions contain.text, contain.html, and contain.value. Fixes #1969.
• A form is now properly submitted when using .type('{enter}') on a form containing no buttons and only one input that allows implicit submission. Fixes #4495.
• Extra whitespace and quotations are now stripped from the CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY environment variable to help prevent some unexpected results when set in Windows. Fixes #4506.
• Electron rendering warnings are no longer printed to console output. Fixes #4288.

Misc:

• We now expose a downloadable binary for each commit made into the develop branch of the cypress repository so that pre-released versions can be installed. See this commit for an example. Addresses #4525.
• There are now a series of checks that are run during download of Cypress to verify that the zip file downloaded is the correct file. Addresses #812 and #3515.
• A warning now displays for Windows' users who have Group Policy settings that may interfere with usage of Cypress. Addresses #4391.
• There's a new warning when mouse interactions fail displaying that it failed due to the element having CSS pointer-events: none. Addresses #3164.
• If a URL is passed to cy.route() containing percent-encoded characters, we now display a warning explaining that cy.route() expects a decoded URL. Addresses #2372.
• Environment variables for Semaphore 2.0 are now captured when recording tests to the Dashboard. Fixes #4671.
• We now capture environment variables set from Concourse CI when recording tests to the Dashboard. Fixes #4376.
• We replaced capturing environment variables from SnapCI (which is no longer available) to instead capture ones set from GoCD when recording tests to the Dashboard. Fixes #2680.
• The JSON schema file used for intelligent code completion for the Cypress configuration file has been updated to match our documentation.

Documentation Changes:

• New error message added about policy settings to our Error Messages doc. Addressed in #1567.
• Real World example tests were added to Example Applications doc. Addressed in #1567.
• More content was added to our Code Coverage doc.

Dependency Updates

• Removed string-to-stream since it was no longer being used. Addressed in #4619.
• Upgraded @cypress/commit-info from 2.1.3 to 2.1.4. Addressed in #4597.
• Upgraded @cypress/react-tooltip from 0.4.0 to 0.5.0. Addressed in #4610.
• Upgraded errorhandler from 1.5.0 to 1.5.1. Addressed in #4618.
• Upgraded fs-extra from 8.0.1 to 8.1.0. Addressed in #4620.
• Upgraded request-progress from 0.4.0 to 3.0.0. Addressed in #4584.
• We also updated and removed some dependencies used for development.

3.3.2

Released 6/27/2019

Performance Improvements:

• We fixed a regression introduced in 3.3.0 that was causing the Test Runner to do extremely unnecessary re-renders of the Command Log on any command change - leading to exponential performance degradation on any run. This was the root cause behind many users experiencing a reduction in performance when upgrading to 3.3.0 or above. Fixes #4411 and #4313.
• We reduced memory consumption and improved the performance of running tests anytime you're inside of cypress open. Fixes #2366.
• We no longer delay proxied responses with no body with status codes 1xx, 204, 304. This fixes a regression introduced in 3.2.0 where responses with these status codes were delayed when using a proxy. Fixes #4298.
• Snapshots were previously being mistakenly stored then instantly deleted when numTestsKeptInMemory was set to 0. We now no longer record the snapshots at all when numTestsKeptInMemory is set to 0. This should slightly improve the performance of running tests with this setting. Fixes #4104 and #4164.

Bugfixes:

• Cypress no longer watches files when run using cypress run. This will fix some runs that were crashing with an ENOSPC error. Fixes #4283.
• Cypress now correctly handles blur and focus events in situations where the browser has lost focus. Fixes #4039, #1176, and #1486.
• If the DOM element provided to .type() is already in focus, Cypress no longer attempts to click on the DOM element. This allows you to call .focus() on elements that are focusable, but not necessarily clickable and type into them using .type(). Fixes #3001 and #4420.
• Some elements inside of a parent with CSS overflow: hidden that flow outside of its parent are now properly considered hidden. #4161
• Elements that are inside a parent with CSS position: absolute which is itself inside of a parent element with overflow: hidden are now properly considered visible. Fixes #4395 and #755.
• <option> and <optgroup> elements are now properly considered visible if it is contained within a visible <select>. Fixes #4473.
• <body> and <html> elements are now properly always considered visible. Fixes #4475.
• <td> and <tr> elements with CSS visibility: collapse are now properly considered hidden. Fixes #4476.
• We now correctly handle form submission when using .type('{enter}') on a form containing a button of type reset. Fixes #3909.
• If a site's content-type is null, undefined or cannot be determined during cy.visit(), we now look at the content of the site and evaluate whether it looks like HTML. If it does look like HTML we no longer error and continue as if it the site's content-type is text/html. #1727 #773 #3101.
• Previously Cypress would send the auth header to any URLs that match the CORS origin of the original auth header. We now correctly only send the auth headers when there is an exact match on the protection space. Fixes #4267.
• Requests that go through cy.visit() or cy.request() are now automatically retried on ENOTFOUND errors. Fixes #4424 and #1755.
• Cypress now errors when the body parameter passed to cy.request() contains a circular reference. Fixed in #4407.
• We fixed an issue where the ignoreTestFiles configuration was being filtered out when passed via a command line flag, so in effect being ignored. Fixes #1696.
• Setting NO_PROXY is now respected for HTTPS urls, as it should be. Fixes #4303.
• When running tests with non-string test titles, the screenshots now automatically stringify the test titles instead of throwing an error. Fixes #4310.
• Cypress no longer incorrectly errors when calling cy.window().screenshot(), cy.window().scrollTo() or cy.window().trigger() in an application with multiple iframes. Fixes #4396.
• Fixed a regression in 3.3.0 causing some users using proxy to see the "Browser was not launched through Cypress" error during cypress open. This was caused by incorrectly routing requests for Cypress's internal server on localhost through the user's proxy. Fixes #4410.
• We fixed situations during a test failure where the Test Runner would throw RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded. Fixes #1958 and #4346.
• Fixed issue where window.performance.getEntriesByType would return undefined instead of an array within application code when using cy.clock(). Fixes #3625.
• Passing an array of strings to ignoreTestFiles no longer causes an error to throw. Fixes #4312.
• Fixed a visual bug when aliasing a non-route subject multiple times that would cause the Test Runner to show 'undefined' alias with empty counts. Fixes #4429.
• Fixed regression introduced in 3.2.0 where Cypress would error because it could not find a type definition file for '../sinon'. Fixes #4272.
• cy.writeFile() no longer errors in TypeScript files when passing an options object as its third argument. Fixes #4461.
• cy.stub() no longer errors in TypeScript files when evaluating returns. Fixes #4302.

Misc:

• Warnings are now displayed when recording in cypress run to warn when a project is nearing its organization's usage limit. They also clearly explain any consequences of going over a plan's usage limit. Addresses #4530.
• An warning icon with a tooltip is displayed in the Runs tab of the Test Runner when parallelization was disabled during the run due to being over the organization's usage limit. Addresses #4489.
• You can now opt out of sending exceptions to https://api.cypress.io by setting CYPRESS_CRASH_REPORTS=0 in your system environment variables. #4386
• We are now capturing Google Cloud build details when recording tests to the Cypress Dashboard. Addresses #3582.
• The tests titles and headers in the Command Log no longer truncate with elipsis when the text is longer than that width of the Command Log. Instead the text wraps so that all text is shown. Addresses #3947.
• Special env vars are now truncated in Cypress.env() and the debug logs. Addresses #4501.
• The projectId in now displayed in the configuration in the Test Runner settings like all other configuration values. Fixes #4500.
• When recording to the Dashboard, unrecognized warnings coming from the API server are now displayed in stdout. Fixes #4489.

Documentation Changes:

• New Code Coverage doc. Addressed in #1744.
• New Visual Testing doc. Addressed in #1744.
• New Courses doc to list online courses that teach end-to-end testing with Cypress. Addressed in #1766.
• Added a section about Hacking on Cypress in the Debugging doc. Addressed in #1783.
• Added a section on how to opt out of sending exception data to Cypress in the Installing Cypress doc.

Dependency Updates

• Removed electron-positioner since it was no longer being used. Addressed in #4502.
• Upgraded chokidar from 1.7.0 to 3.0.1. Addressed in #4487.
• Upgraded cookie from 0.3.1 to 0.4.0. Addressed in #4329.
• Upgraded dependency-tree from 6.5.0 to 7.0.2. Addressed in #4364.
• Upgraded fs-extra from 0.30.0 to 8.0.1. Upgraded in CLI package only to 5.0.0. Addressed in #4418, #4419, #4422, #4437, #4555, #4559, #4571, #4581.
• Upgraded mocha-junit-reporter from 1.18.0 to 1.23.0. Addressed in #4417.
• Upgraded pluralize from 7.0.0 to 8.0.0. Addressed in #4438.
• Upgraded shell-env from 0.3.0 to 3.0.0. Addressed in #4466, #4467, and #4471.
• Upgraded winston from 0.9.0 to 2.4.4. Addressed in #4538.
• We updated and removed some dependencies used for development.

3.3.1

Released 5/23/2019

News:

• We've written a blog post about the 300% increase in proxy performance delivered in 3.3.0.

Bugfixes:

• Cypress no longer accidentally prints internal Electron logs when running cypress run. This bug would exhibit itself when verifying and running Cypress the first time after installation. You may have seen these logs when running in CI. Fixes #4255.
• Fixed a bug for users running external network proxies that prevented requests from completing. Requests should now all work correctly. Fixes #4257.
• Fixed a regression in 3.3.0 causing large requests such as multipart/form-data uploads to hang. Fixes #4240, #4252, and #4253.
• Fixed issue where support for have.focus, not.have.focus, be.focused and not.be.focused assertions were not working. Fixes #4265.
• Names given to .as() now work properly when they contain a . character. Fixes #3512.
• The proper error is now thrown when passing {log: false} to a Cypress command that failed. Fixes #3847.
• Fixed an issue where highlighting a command's snapshot would throw an error when no application was rendered in the AUT frame. Fixes #4177.
• We now properly detect the branch name when running Cypress in AppVeyor. Fixed in #4234.

Misc:

• Fix capitalization of Xvfb in error messages. Addressed in #4262.

Documentation Changes:

• We have some newly translated documentation in Chinese and Japanese. If you'd like to help in translating more, please open a pull request in our documentation repo.

3.3.0

Released 5/17/2019

News:

• We've written a blog post about the 300% increase in proxy performance delivered in 3.3.0.

Features:

• Cypress now automatically reads from your system's HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, and NO_PROXY environment variables and proxies traffic accordingly through Cypress based on these values. This includes network traffic within your application under test, when downloading Cypress, and when accessing 'Runs' within the Test Runner. Please read our new Proxy Configuration doc to understand more about proxy configuration in Cypress. Fixes #672, #733, #939, #1039, #1459, #1469, #1470, #1541, #1608, #2295, #3855, #3865, #1401 and #3857.
• Your project's current proxy settings now display in the Settings of the Test Runner. Addresses #3856.
• Support for have.focus, not.have.focus, be.focused and not.be.focused assertions have been added. Addresses #97.
• We now offer a separate 32bit and 64bit build for Windows. Addresses #716, #787, #2095, #706, #3706, and #4016.
• Requests that go through cy.visit() or cy.request() are now automatically retried under the hood when the request fails. This more closely reflects Chrome's default behavior on requests. Addresses #4013, #898 and #1013.
• cy.visit() and cy.request() now support new options retryOnStatusCodeFailure and retryOnNetworkFailure to allow changing Cypress's automatic request retry on status codes and network errors. Addresses #4013, #898 and #1013.
• .type() now supports the special character sequences {insert}, {pageup}, and {pagedown}. Addresses #3845.
• We now indicate which XHRs match which alias in the Command Log on .wait() when they match an alias multiple times. Addresses #477.
• The console log when clicking on the cy.visit() command now displays its resolved options arguments. Addresses #3721.
• There's a new 'canceled' XHR status shown on the Command Log to indicate the difference between calling xhr.abort() and the browser canceling the request due to page navigation. Addresses #3973.
• The Electron browser now runs Chrome Version 61. Addresses #4000.
• Running Cypress via cypress run now supports scripts of type="module". Fixes #3696.
• Exposed Cypress.isCy() method to check if a value is a valid instance of cy or a cy chainable. Fixes #3822.
• There is a new "Download Chromium" menu item in the "Help" menu of the Test Runner links to Cypress's Chromium Download Tool. Addresses #3977

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a regression introduced in 3.2.0 that caused an error to throw when visiting domains with certain public suffixes. Fixes #3717.
• When running Cypress with NODE_OPTIONS environment variables set, Cypress no longer issues an incorrect 0 exit code. #1676
• Fixed a regression introduced in 3.2.0 that caused .its() to no longer retry when it yields undefined. #3837
• Fixed a regression introduced in 3.2.0 that caused cy.fixture() to throw a EISDIR error if a directory had the same name as a file within that same directory. Fixes #3739.
• user-agent headers sent as arguments to cy.request() and cy.visit() are now properly sent. Fixes #3873 and #3719.
• When a request is proxied through Cypress and there is a network error, we no longer send an HTML response with a 500 status code. We now kill the browser-facing socket and let the network error be handled by the application under test. Fixes #4101, #4231, #1036, #4231, and #1398.
• We changed Cypress's implementation to no longer rely on internal XHR events when the browser navigates. This fixes a a bug in Chrome 71+ that could cause XHRs to pend forever. Fixes #3973 and #4130
• We greatly improved the speed of proxied requests through our network layer. Fixes #3192 and #1469.
• If an error occurs during cypress verify, we now kill the verification process after 10 seconds and print the error message. This should prevent some situations where Cypress would hang during installation or verification and never exit. Fixes #819.
• Cypress automatically retries cypress verify and cypress run commands by starting its own Xvfb server on Linux if the first attempt fails due to possible DISPLAY misconfiguration. Addresses #4034.
• Cypress now properly handles typing JavaScript object prototype methods (like hasOwnProperty) into .type(). Fixes #3423.
• We now set the form option to true if the Content-Type header equals application/x-www-form-urlencoded and json is not already set by a user. This fixes a situation where Cypress would try to parse the body as a string, resulting in a confusing error message. Fixes #2923.
• cy.contains() now correctly handles comma delimited arguments passed to the selector argument. Fixes #2407.
• Passing a browser path containing spaces now works properly when passed to the --browser argument. Fixes #3979
• Fixed display of tooltips when selecting elements from the Selector Playground so that they display at the correct coordinates when scrolling. Fixes #1351.
• The lists of spec files now display at the correct indentation level when they are nested more than 5 directories deep. Fixes #3652.
• Cypress now properly parses environment variables with empty values. Fixes #3742.
• Assertions running outside of a test are now properly handled in Cypress instead of throwing internal errors. Fixes #3926.
• Cypress.log() now throws an error when not properly passed an object as its argument. Addresses #3658.
• Cypress.log() no longer throws when called before any other Cypress commands. Fixes #3658.

Misc:

• We now better support capturing environment variables within Azure DevOps. Addresses #3657.
• Cypress now only scans for spec changes when the watcher sees changes, rather than polling to scan. Addresses #3069.
• The ability to open the context menu to see "Inspect Element" has been reenabled in the Electron browser. Addresses #4002.
• We no longer package non-Windows FFmpeg builds with Windows builds, resulting in a 35-40% reduction in zipped size and a 36-43% reduction in unzipped size of download. Addresses #3888.
• The warning messages when going over test recording limits have been updated to correctly display 'monthly tests' and 'private tests' where necessary. Addresses #4024.
• When an HTTP request is received by the proxy layer, by default, we send it with a Connection: keep-alive header so that the connection will be reused if possible. Addresses #3857.
• Improved accessibility of Test Runner for screen readers. Addresses #3850.
• Cypress type definition now allow a timeout option in cy.hash(). Fixes #3844.
• Fixed type definition for match assertion so that it now only accepts RegExp type arguments. Fixes #2578.
• The .trigger() type definition now expects its options to be ObjectLike. Addressed in #3809.
• The cy.clock() type definition now allows for type Date. Fixed in #4106.
• Added type definition for undocumented Cypress.LocalStorage.clear method. Fixes #4070.
• Added type definition for Cypress.isCy() method. Fixes #3822.
• Added missing type definitions for some cy.visit() options. Fixes #3989.
• The spinner animation should more smoothly spin when a command is pending in the Test Runner. Addressed in #4005.

Documentation Changes:

• New Proxy Configuration doc. Addressed in #1486.
• Added {insert}, {pageup}, and {pagedown} as supported special character sequences to .type(). Addressed in #1567.
• Added newly supported focus assertion to Assertions doc. Addresses #1372.
• Added new options retryOnStatusCodeFailure and retryOnNetworkFailure to cy.visit() and cy.request().
• Updated install instructions for Windows on how to target 64bit and 32bit infrastructures. Addressed in #1568.
• Updated .its() and .invoke() docs to better explain how default assertions are handled. Addresses #1643.
• Updated our Roadmap to more closely reflect the work we are doing. Addressed in #1567.
• Added a section about how to request our new Open Source Plan in the Dashboard Service doc. Addressed in #1567.

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded commit-info from 2.1.2 to 2.1.2. Addressed in #4045
• Upgraded data-uri-to-buffer from 0.0.4 to 1.2.0. Addresses #4152.
• Upgraded electron from 1.8.2 to 2.0.18. Addresses #4000.
• Upgraded electron-packager from 9.1.0 to 13.1.1. Addresses #4155.
• Upgraded express-handlebars from 3.0.0 to 3.0.2. Addressed in #4086.
• Upgraded find-process from 1.2.1 to 1.4.1. Addressed in #4087.
• Upgraded getos from 2.8.4 to 3.1.1. Addressed in #4222.
• Upgraded http-status-codes from 1.3.0 to 1.3.2. Addressed in #3949.
• Upgraded jimp from 0.6.0 to 0.6.4. Addressed in #4097.
• Removed method-override. Addressed in #4209.
• Upgraded node from 8.2.1 to 8.9.3. Addressed in #4001.
• Downgraded parse-domain from 2.1.7 to 2.0.0 to avoid a regression released in parse-domain. Addresses #3717.
• Upgraded pluralize from 3.1.0 to 7.0.0. Addressed in #4205 and #4206.
• Upgraded semver from 5.6.0 to 5.7.0. Addressed in #4112.
• Upgraded send from 0.16.2 to 0.17.0. Addressed in #4134.
• Upgraded supports-color from 5.5.0 to 6.1.0. Addressed in #4150.
• Removed tar-fs. Addressed in #4148.
• Upgraded term-size from 1.2.0 to 2.0.0. Addressed in #4148.
• Upgraded tmp from 0.0.33 to 0.1.0. Addressed in #4111.
• Upgraded trash from 4.3.0 to 5.2.0. Addressed in #4140.
• Upgraded url-parse from 1.4.4 to 1.4.7. Addressed in #4110.
• Upgraded widest-line from 2.0.1 to 3.1.0. Addressed in #4139.
• We updated and removed some dependencies used for development.

3.2.0

Released 3/15/2019

Features:

• cy.visit() has been expanded to allow options url, method, body, and headers. This allows cy.visit() to be called with a POST method or with headers like Accept-Language or Authorization. Fixes #1500, #1904 and #908.
• cy.request() now allows any valid HTTP method to be used including TRACE, COPY, LOCK, MKCOL, MOVE, PURGE, PROPFIND, PROPPATCH, UNLOCK, REPORT, MKACTIVITY, CHECKOUT, MERGE, M-SEARCH, NOTIFY, SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, SEARCH, and CONNECT. Addresses #1302
• The --browser argument of the Command Line and the browser argument of the Module API have been updated to allow passing a <path>. Addresses #1026.
• cy.type() now accepts {home} and {end} special character sequences to move the cursor to the start or end of a line. Addresses #2033.
• The Cypress Chrome extension now has a static ID of caljajdfkjjjdehjdoimjkkakekklcck. This allows Cypress to be added to your allowed extensions for those working under corporate policies that prohibit extensions. Addresses #3673, #1239 and #2494.

Bugfixes:

• Problems logging in through GitHub in the Test Runner have been fixed. The GitHub login window no longer shows the browser support banner and the "Authorize cypress-io" button is no longer disabled. Fixes #1251.
• Fixed an issue when testing applications using older versions of jQuery. They now no longer throw item.first is not a function. Fixes #2927.
• Cypress now detects more instances of browser installations. Fixes #3183 and #3218.
• Fixed issue with loading fixture files containing more than one . in their filename while not specifying the file extension. We are also displaying a clearer warning when a fixture file cannot be found. Fixes #1402.
• All third party @types have been moved from Cypress dependencies into devDependencies. This should fix situations where user's type dependencies were conflicting with Cypress's third party type definitions. Fixes #3371 and #1227.
• Cypress.config('baseUrl') has been updated to no longer strip singular / at the end of urls and instead only strip instances of multiple /. Fixes #3540.
• The prompt to "Restore pages?" is no longer displayed within Chrome upon restarting a crashed Chrome window. Addresses #2048.
• cy.wrap() no longer throws an error when a non-jQuery wrapped DOM element is passed in as an argument. Fixes #3549.
• Fixed issue where all arguments passed to setTimeout or setInterval were not properly passed on to the target function. Fixes #3592.
• .filter() has been updated so that when called with a function, the options are now properly read. Fixes #3315.
• Cypress's recognition of websites attempting framebusting has been updated to include framebusting code wrapped within (). #3267
• When .its() returns undefined it no longer errors. It will now follow the same logic as all other commands and only fail when directly by a .should() command with an assertion that is not met. Fixes #1531.
• When cy.wrap() is followed directly by a .should() command, cy.wrap() will now retry when its argument evaluates to undefined until it meets the requirements of the assertion or the cy.wrap() command times out. Fixes #3241.

Misc:

• We now display a warning when passing an argument to --spec that is not surrounded by quotes "" recommending that the argument instead be surrounded by quotes. In some cases, not providing quotes can cause the arguments to be read in a way that is likely not its intended use. Addresses #3318 and #2298.
• The number of logs printed when installing Cypress in docker has been reduced. Partially addresses #1243.
• The seeded Kitchen Sink examples have some new examples showing how to add a message to assertions, how to compare the text content of two elements, and how to make assertions about data attributes. The examples also have some small typo fixes. Fixes #502. Addressed in #3272, #3287, and #3700.
• We now only mount internal servers on loopback. Addresses #3712.
• The instructions in Cypress's update window now include yarn update instructions alongside npm. Addresses #2871.
• The spec file's font weight has been increased within the Test Runner for better readability. Addressed in #3065.
• We improved the error message displayed when a record key is unrecognized during cypress run. Addresses #1449.
• We improved the typings when using Cypress.on to listen for window.alert events to allow for Sinon.stub. Fixes #3451.
• Fixed typo in typing for .trigger options. Addressed in #3588.

Documentation Changes:

• New Retryability doc #1278
• Updated --browser and browser args to accept path #1419
• Document how to accept or reject project transfers #1474
• Updated docs on explain how to run Chrome and Chromium browsers #1339
• Added {home} and {end} character sequences to cy.type() doc. Also wrote better description of what {downarrow} and {uparrow} character sequences actually do. #1347
• Added all newly supported HTTP methods to cy.request() doc.
• Add new section to Troubleshooting doc explaining how to allow the Cypress Chrome extension.
• Fixed code example for google analytics stubbing #1454

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded @cypress/commit-info from 2.1.1 to 2.1.2. #3327.
• Upgraded @cypress/xvfb from 1.2.3 to 1.2.4. #3328.
• Upgraded @ffmpeg-installer/ffmpeg from 1.0.15 to 1.0.17. #3329.
• Upgraded cachedir from 1.3.0 to 2.1.0. #3660.
• Upgraded chalk from 2.4.1 to 2.4.2. #3362.
• Upgraded chokidar from 1.6.0 to 1.7.0. #3363.
• Upgraded coffee-script from 1.12.5 to 1.12.7. #3365.
• Upgraded commander from 2.11.0 to 2.19.0. #3366.
• Upgraded common-tags from 1.4.0 to 1.8.0. #3368.
• Upgraded compression from 1.7.2 to 1.7.3. #3379.
• Upgraded cookie from 0.2.4 to 0.3.1. #3380.
• Upgraded cookie-parser from 1.4.3 to 1.4.4. #3443.
• Upgraded dependency-tree from 6.4.0 to 6.5.0. #3381.
• Upgraded electron-context-menu from 0.8.0 to 0.11.0. #3383.
• Upgraded electron-packager from 9.0.1 to 9.1.0. #3384.
• Upgraded electron-positioner from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1. #3385.
• Upgraded errorhandler from 1.1.1 to 1.5.0. #3386.
• Upgraded express from 4.16.2 to 4.16.4. #3409.
• Upgraded extract-zip from 1.6.6 to 1.6.7. #3410.
• Upgraded glob from 7.1.2 to 7.1.3. #3412.
• Upgraded image-size from 0.5.5 to 0.7.2. #3413 and #3500.
• Upgraded is-ci from 1.0.10 to 1.2.1. #3414.
• Upgraded lodash from 4.17.4 to 4.17.11. #3344.
• Upgraded mocha-junit-reporter from 1.17.0 to 1.18.0. #3417.
• Upgraded moment from 2.23.0 to 2.24.0. #3433.
• Upgraded morgan from 1.3.0 to 1.9.1. #3434.
• Upgraded node-uuid from 1.4.1 to 1.4.8. #3436.
• Upgraded parse-domain from 2.0.0 to 2.1.7. #3437.
• Upgraded request from 2.87.0 to 2.88.0. #3444.
• Upgraded request-progress from 0.3.1 to 0.4.0. #3445.
• Upgraded request-promise from 4.1.1 to 4.2.4. #3446 and #3476.
• Upgraded return-deep-diff from 0.2.9 to 0.3.0. #3447.
• Upgraded send from 0.14.2 to 0.16.2. #3448.
• Upgraded ssl-root-cas from 1.2.5 to 1.3.1. #3449.
• Upgraded supports-color from 5.1.0 to 5.5.0. #3464.
• Upgraded through from 2.3.6 to 2.3.8. #3465.
• Upgraded tmp from 0.0.31 to 0.0.33. #3466.
• Upgraded tough-cookie from 2.4.3 to 3.0.1. #3477 and #3659.
• Upgraded trash from 4.0.0 to 4.3.0. #3478.
• Upgraded underscore.string from 3.3.4 to 3.3.5. #3480.
• Upgraded yauzl from 2.8.0 to 2.10.0. #3481. Potentially fixes #3515.
• We also updated many dependencies used for development and removed some unused dependencies.

3.1.5

Released 1/30/2019

Bugfixes:

• Fixed issue where the onLoad event was never being called when calling cy.visit() on the url Cypress is currently navigated to. Fixes #1311.
• Fixed regression introduced in 3.1.4 that caused an InvalidStateError when visiting a page with an XHR request with a responseType other than text or ''. Fixes #3008.
• Fixed several issues in Chrome* versions >= 72 in the Cypress proxy that caused using cy.visit() with localhost to fail, or using localhost inside of the baseUrl configuration option. Fixes #1872 and #3252 and #1777.
• Fixed another issue in Chrome* versions >= 72 where a scrollable command log would cause the entire application to be scrollable. Fixes #3253.
• Fixed not correctly passing the timeout option for cy.request(). This should fix some instances where large timeout values would cause ESOCKETTIMEDOUT errors. Fixes #2669.
• Fixed issue where Cypress would inject a script tag before the <!DOCTYPE> declaration when the document only contained the doctype declaration. Fixes #2617.
• The error message when visiting a site with an invalid content-type now prints the correct content-type of the response Cypress received from the web server. Fixes #3101.
• Fixed issue where an internal layout.html file would inadvertently get loaded instead of the spec file. Fixes #2891.
• Fixed issue where the Chromium browser was not detected in Linux due to Cypress not distinguishing between Chrome and Chromium browsers with the same version. Fixes #1400.
• Fixed issue of Cypress being unable to play videos with autoplay. We now pass the --no-user-gesture-required command line switch to Chrome. Fixes #2376.
• We now pass the Chromium command line switches --use-fake-ui-for-media-stream and --use-fake-device-for-media-stream to Chrome by default in order to better support testing webcam functionality. Fixes #2704.
• Updated filenames allowed for screenshots to allow more characters that are valid. Fixes #3052.
• Fixed TypeScript error caused by dtslint dependency introduced in 3.1.4. Fixes #3024 and #3136.
• Improved error message displayed for cypress cache to not display [object Object] and made --help labels more descriptive. Fixes #2589.
• Using .clear() on inputs of type 'date' is now working. Fixes #2738
• Fixed issue where event was undefined when using an onload event handler. Fixed #2859

Misc:

• Improved errors shown when opening a project in the Desktop Application. The design is more readable and the error's stack trace is now expandable. Addresses #2955.
• Improved experience of search in Desktop Application when there are no results. Addresses #3146.
• Updated tooltip content so that it no longer flows outside of the tooltip in the Test Runner when displaying longer routes. Fixes #2980.
• Added word labels beside icons in Desktop Application for 'Support' and 'Docs' links. Addresses #3091.
• Updated the CLI to no longer silence important stdout from cypress version, cypress cache list etc commands. Addresses #2705.
• Fixed incorrect type definition for options usage for .then(). Addresses #3075.
• Fixed incorrect JSDoc comments in type definition for .focus() and better formatted comments in type definitions. Addresses #2975 and #2954.
• Updated error messages to include single quotes when displaying written test code. Addresses #2684

Documentation Changes:

• Added example on how to use a fake video for webcam testing to Browser API doc.

Dependency Updates

• We've begun automating our dependency update process in order to avoid accidental dependency updates. Addresses #2990 and #3025.
• Upgraded sinon from 3.2.0 to 3.3.0. Addresses #1328.

3.1.4

Released 12/25/2018

Merry Christmas everyone!

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a very longstanding (!) issue where .click() would fail to click the center coordinates of elements with style display: inline. Cypress would instead report that the element was being covered causing the error: cy.click() failed because this element is being covered by another element. Fixes #210.
• We now no longer abort XHR's which have their .abort() method called but are already complete. This fixes an edge case where complete XHR's were having their disposer function called in frameworks like rxJS which lead to Cypress accidentally re-aborting the XHR's after they were complete. Fixes #761.
• Fixed issues involving XHRs displaying as 'aborted' in the Cypress Command Log when they were not actually aborted. Fixes #1652.
• We no longer abort XHR request during the page's unload event and allow the browser to handle natively calling abort. Fixes #2968.
• Fixed an issue where Cypress's devDependencies were being included in the Windows binary. Fixes #2896.
• Fixed issue where XHR's onreadystatechange was not receiving the proper event arguments. Fixes #2925.
• We now properly strip leading paths of files on uncaught errors from Windows OS. Fixes #2936.

Misc:

• Removed the word 'already' from the Cypress install message in order to be less confusing. Adresses #2754.
• Fixed incomplete type definitions for cy.request. Fixes #2305.

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded commit-info from 2.0.0 to 2.1.1. Fixes #2848.
• Upgraded lodash from 4.17.10 to 4.17.11. Fixes #2929.

3.1.3

Released 12/03/2018

Bugfixes:

• Fixed regression introduced in 3.1.1 with requestAnimationFrame that caused some animations not to run. Fixes #2725.
• Fixed regression introduced in 3.1.2 that caused DOM elements passed to cy.wrap() to no longer yield the proper jQuery array instance. Fixes #2820.
• Fixed regression causing invocations of cy.clock() to error on subsequent tests. Fixes #2850.
• Fixed issue where a fix included in 3.1.2 did not pass the windowsHide argument to the proper options. Fixes #2667 and #2809.
• Passing .check({ force: true }) no longer requires the checkbox or radio to be visible. Fixes #1376.

Misc

• Updated types to support promises as arguments within cy.wrap. Fixes #2807.
• We now expose all jQuery methods and values onto Cypress.$. Fixes #2830.
• cy.wait() now accepts a separate timeout option for requestTimeout and responseTimeout. Fixes #2446.

Documentation Changes:

• Added requestTimeout and responseTimeout options to cy.wait()
• Added 'History' table to cy.wait()
• Added 'Alias' for assertions that are aliases of each other to Assertions

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded nodemon from ^1.8.1 to ^1.8.7. Fixes #2864.
• Upgraded request from ^2.27.0 and ^2.28.0 to ^4.0.0, Fixes #2455.

3.1.2

Released 11/18/2018

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a regression caused in 3.1.1 where we attempted to set a property on an invalid cookie sent from a server. Fixes #2724.
• Fixed Cypress not correctly aborting long running connections (such as server sent events) on proxied requests. Fixes #2612.
• Fixed bug where tests were failing due to assertions causing Cypress to accidentally iterate through cross-origin iframes. If you were seeing "random" cross-origin errors, this likely fixes those issues. Fixes #2784.
• Fixed incorrectly setting charCode and keyCode when using .type() on a few different special characters such as {. Fixes #2105.
• Fixed another regression in 3.1.1 where passing undefined to a setTimeout caused Cypress to error. Fixes #2719.
• Fixed a bug in node core where Cypress would not show up in Windows for users on node >= 11. Fixes #2667.
• Fixed a bug with trashing assets in linux that caused recursive .Trash files to show up. We now have opted to actually rm -rf the files in linux because trashing is too inconsistent between linux distros. Fixes #2742.

Misc

• Added type definitions for Cypress.moment(). Fixes #2746.
• We now display better error messages in the CLI when runs exceed billing limits. Fixes #1689.

Dependency Updates

• Removed progress #2733.

3.1.1

Released 11/2/2018

Features:

• You can now pass a flag option to cy.writeFile(). The following flags are available. Fixes #1249.
• There is a new CYPRESS_DOWNLOAD_MIRROR environment variable for installing Cypress at a mirror url. Fixes #2609.
• The Module API now returns the runUrl from cypress.run(). Fixes #2596.
• Specs now properly display as focused when navigating through specs via the keyboard. Fixes #2273.
• Tasks registered in the plugins file with the 'task' event are merged with any tasks registered by previous calls to on('task'), instead of overwriting the previous tasks. Fixes #2284.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a bug where Cypress would error when a secure cookie flag was set and then expired from an HTTPS url without the subsequent secure flag. Due to the way Cypress was constructing the url, this would fail to actually remove the cookie. Fixes #1264, #1321, #1799.
• We now truncate filenames for screenshots to not exceed 255 characters in length. Previously there were cases where the screenshot filename would exceed 255 characters and error. Fixes #2403 and #2665.
• Fixed issue when using cy.writeFile() and passing an object to a .json file. The object is now correctly written to the JSON file instead of a string. Fixes #2373.
• We updated how we handle trashAssetsBeforeRuns behavior. We now trash the contents of the screenshotsFolder and videosFolder directories instead of trashing the directories themselves. This helps maintain any file access permissions for the directories. Fixes #1943 and #2600.
• Fixed bug where mocked Dates using cy.clock() would not be an instance of Date. Fixes #2570.
• Directories within specs whose names contain . are now correctly read as directories instead of spec files within the Test Runner. Fixes #2423.
• Cypress no longer automatically takes screenshots of skipped tests. Fixes #2368.
• Fixed an issue where returning/resolving undefined from a cy.task() handler resulted in an incorrect runtime error. Fixes #2553.
• Update modifyObstructiveCode to account for framebusting techniques that use window.frameElement, so that Applications using this technique will run properly in Cypress. Fixes #2582.
• Fixed bug where only the first DOM element of an array of DOM elements would be blacked out after being passed as argument to blackout within cy.screenshot(). Fixes #2508.
• We fixed an issue involving timers after running cy.screenshot(). Fixes #2432.
• The Test Runner now retries node-originated errors from our internal API requests. Fixes #2341
• Fixed issue with multiple readyStateChanges with the same readyState. Fixes #1150.
• Fixed Type error being thrown for users using TypeScript 3. Fixes #2363.

Misc

• We are now collecting more environment variables from runs when run in Semaphore, GitLab, Bitbucket, Team Foundation Server, Codeship, and Shippable. Fixes #2460, #2358, #2343, and #2453.
• The Test Runner's search now resets when switching between projects. Fixes #2512.
• Fixed internal Cypress tests. Fixes #2606.
• Replaced use of new Buffer with Buffer.from. Fixes #2626.
• Allowed autoScrollingEnabled to be saved in state.json. Fixes #2476.
• Fixed internal test error beforeSpecRun is not a function. Fixes #2401.
• Switched our internal tests to use CircleCI workspaces. Fixes #2398.
• Update TypeScript definition for cy.screenshot() to include screenshot specific options. Fixes #2654.
• URLs printed within the CLI will now display as the color blue. Fixes #2493.
• We began bulk converting some of our codebase from CoffeeScript to JavaScript. Fixes #2686 and #2687.
• We updated some of our internal ESLint rules to be more strict and also to help with CoffeeScript to JavaScript conversions. Fixes #2688.

Documentation Changes:

• Added flag option to cy.writeFile() doc.
• Added runUrl to returned run in Module API doc.
• Documented new CYPRESS_DOWNLOAD_MIRROR flag and rewrote advanced install instructions to be clearer in Installing Cypress doc.

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded common-tags from ^1.4.0 to ^1.8.0 #2415
• Upgraded @cypress/browserify-preprocessor from 1.1.0 to 1.1.1 #2513
• Upgraded lolex from ^1.5.2 to ^3.0.0

#2570

• Upgraded @types/jquery from 3.2.16 to 3.3.6

#2363

• Upgraded zunder from 5.6.5 to 6.1.1 #2541

3.1.0

Released 8/13/2018

Summary:

• Cypress can now run tests in parallel across multiple virtual machines, or can be parallelized on a single machine. Cypress will automatically figure out, detect, and load balance all of your specs in the fastest and most efficient way possible. There is no configuration other than passing a --parallel flag and spinning up multiple machines on your CI provider. From our experiments you can expect to see approximately 40% reduction in overall run time per machine you add. However, attempting to run in parallel on a single machine requires server grade hardware with dozens (or even hundreds) of CPU's and GB of RAM to run efficiently. A much better and simpler approach is to use a cluster of docker containers that are all isolated from each other. Any standard CI service (CircleCI, TravisCI, etc) comes with the ability to do this. We automatically tap into their environment variables to make parallelization possible without you having to configure anything.
• Beyond parallelization, you now have the ability to group multiple runs with each other so that they show up together (grouped) in the Dashboard. This enables you to test different applications, groups of specs, or different environments (like development, staging, production) and see all of the results together. We know how important cross browser testing is to everyone, so we built this to lead directly into aggregating the results of multiple browsers into a single run.
• The Dashboard Service has been updated to show you more visual information about what happened during a run. You can see how specs were parallelized and you can calculate the effect of adding or removing machines to help reduce the overall run time.

Features:

• cypress run accepts a new --parallel flag to run specs in parallel. Fixes #1690 and #64 and #2297.
• cypress run accepts a new --group flag to group multiple spec files within a single run. Fixes #2169
• cypress run accepts a new --ci-build-id flag. Fixes #2153.

Bugfixes:

• We've finally tracked down the source of specs "hanging" and failing to start when running Electron. We finally tracked it down to a bug in Electron itself with setting menu when using offscreen rendering. Fixes #2322 and #2294 and #1235 and #1333.
• Clicking on svg elements is now working. 3.0.2 introduced a bug that would throw an 'illegal invocation' error. Fixes #2245 and #2252 and #2258 and #2277 and #2288.
• Fixed a regression in 3.0.2 that caused typing {enter} not to submit a form when there were <button> elements other than type='submit'. Fixes #2261 and #2326.
• Fixed a small visual bug where failed commands were not aligned to other commands. Fixes #2314.
• Fixes a race condition where async electron browser commands came in after the renderer had been destroyed, causing failures. Fixes #2321.

Misc

• When recording to the Dashboard Service, we now provide estimated durations per spec directly within the standard output, as long as the spec has had enough run history for this to be determined. Fixes #2276.
• When using the new --parallel or --group feature, we now visually indicate that to you in the standard output when recording. Fixes #2275.
• We have added support for more CI providers to automatically detect and show more relevant information in the Dashboard, instead of showing 'Unknown'. Fixes #2146.
• We have added better checks and reliability for detecting runs in Jenkins. Fixes #1990.
• The built in cypress-browserify-preprocessor was bumped to 1.1.0. This supports more JavaScript features by default, including async/await, object rest spread, and class properties. Fixes #2254.
• cypress run now creates a new browser profile per run per browser, but keeps the same browser profile when run via cypress open. This means you can run Cypress locally over multiple processes and the browser profiles will not conflict with each other. Fixes #1566.
• The Desktop-GUI has been updated to get the new routes provided by the Cypress API for runs. Fixes #2189.
• Cypress now retries multiple times (with a backoff strategy) when communicating with our API fails while recording runs. This will provide better feedback in situations when the API is temporarily unavailable. Fixes #1590.
• When Cypress retries due to an API timeout or failure it now displays a very nice message indicating to you the delay and number of retries left. Fixes #2280.
• We've added parallelization to our own internal tests for the driver and the desktop-gui. We've been able to reduce the number of concurrent instances our tests use by 4, and shaved about 6 minutes off of each build. Faster with less resources. Fixes #2325.

Documentation Changes:

• Added Parallelization doc.
• Update Dashboard Service doc with new screenshots and run sections.
• Update Command Line doc with new flags and alphabetized flags.

3.0.3

Released 7/30/2018

Bugfixes:

• Reverted the Chrome argument that disabled RootLayerScrolling which was used to prevent the application under test from "shaking" due to a bug in versions 66 and 67. This workaround inadvertently created a different and much more severe bug in Chrome 68 that would miscalculate pointer coordinates. This led to Cypress giving confusing errors about elements being covered up on action. This is still a bug in Chrome, and is fixed in Canary but has not yet been released to the stable Chrome 68 channel. Nevertheless, removing the RootLayerScrolling flag does fix it. We did several experiments to try to ensure that the "shaking" behavior does not exhibit itself in Chrome 68. We have limited the --disable-blink-features=RootLayerScrolling flag to Chrome 66 and Chrome 67. Fixes #2223 and #2215 and #2037.
• Fixed another bug with Chrome that caused the chromeWebSecurity: false option to not be respected. This was due to Chrome progressively rolling out trials of a new option that attempts to isolate sites (and iframes) in their own child process if their origins are different. Fixes #1951 and #2001 and #715.
• Fixed Cypress hanging in CI due to excessive and unnecessary globbing. We finally tracked down this issue which made it appear as if Cypress was "hanging" after closing a spec file and then attempting to open the next one. Fixes #2183 and #1905 and #1912.
• We are now properly serializing nested object arguments when using the Module API via cypress.open() or cypress.run(). Passing nested objects in reporterOptions now works correctly. This is especially useful when using mocha-multi-reporters. In addition to fixing the Module API, we are now also properly handling nested arguments from the Command Line. In order to pass nested objects within CLI params you must pass stringified JSON. This is useful for properties such as blacklistHosts. Fixes #1348 and #1357 and #2221.
• Fixed a bug causing screenshots saved via cy.screenshot() to be in different folders when you ran using cypress open vs cypress run . Fixes #2091.
• Fixed bugs with Electron losing focus when running headlessly via cypress run after navigation. Now the browser will always act as if it is focused no matter what and in all situations when running headlessly. If you were seeing focus related problems when running headlessly, this should fix them. Fixes issue #2190.
• Fixed using when using cy.click() on an element that bound to the focus event while the browser was currently out of focus. We have now normalized all focus and blur events to behave the same as if the browser is always in focus. This should fix the other batch of blur and focus issues that users have been experiencing. Fixes #549 and #2198.
• Fixed the vast majority of known issues with .type(). Fixes #1241.
• Using .type() on an input of type email or number will no longer fire unnecessary additional blur and focus events. Fixes #2210.
• Fixed .type() breaking on chains when passing the same options references. Fixes #365.
• Fixed an issue with .clear() not behaving the same as cy.type('{selectall}{backspace}'). Fixes #420.
• Fixed a bug with issuing an additional blur and click event when chaining .clear().type(...). Fixes #593.
• Fixed many issues with typing into [contenteditable] elements. WYSIWYG, Draft.js based, and other HTML editors now work correctly. Fixes #596 and #1686 and #2096.
• The caret now correctly moves on [contenteditable] elements. Fixes #1108.
• Fixed .type() inserting a rogue <br> tag after the first letter in [contenteditable] elements. Fixes #1926.
• Fixed issue where change events with .type() would not fire correctly for many more situations and edge cases. Fixes #651.
• Fixed issues with typing into JS based text-mask plugins. Basically anything that would alter the .value in response to certain events now works correctly. Fixes #940 and #1684.
• Using .clear() on an input with a maxlength attribute now works. Fixes #1002 and #2056.
• Fixed issues with .type() not firing the change event on input[type=number]. Fixes #1171.
• Fixed other event related issues with .type() that were not firing correctly. Fixes #1209.
• Fixed even more issues with .type() not inserting characters on input[type=number]. Fixes #1381.
• Fixed not being able to type negative numbers into input[type=number] elements. Fixes #2173.
• Fixed selectionStart and selectionEnd with .type() when using {leftarrow} or {rightarrow}. Fixes #1234.
• Fixed not being able to type into a datetime-local input. Fixes #1366.
• Calling .focus() or .blur() on cy.window() no longer fires blur events on the activeElement or causes it to become body. Fixes #2234.
• Using cy.get('body').click() now correctly changes the activeElement back to body and causes the existing activeElement to receive blur. Fixes #2236.

Misc:

• We've loosened up the restrictions surrounding what we consider a typeable element. You can now type into inputs with invalid type attributes because the browser does still consider them regular text inputs and allows you to type into them. Fixes #586.
• Using {uparrow} or {downarrow} with .type() on an input[type=number] element now increments or decrements the number configured via the step attribute. Fixes #2110.
• Using {uparrow} or {downarrow} with .type() now correctly moves the cursor on textarea or [contenteditable] elements. Fixes #2187.
• You can now use .focus() or .blur() on cy.get('body'). Fixes #2235.
• Bumped the version in junit reporter dep from 1.12.1 to 1.17.0 which adds a few new features. Fixes #2238.
• Bumped deps that npm audit was yelling about. Fixes #1701.
• Runs showing up in the Runs tab now more closely match how they display in the Dashboard. Fixes #2060.
• Added more debug logs. Fixes #2108.
• When recording to the Dashboard we now more accurately collect commit details when it is missing from the local git data. Fixes #2129 and #2073.
• Updated build in example kitchen sink to 1.0.2. Fixes #2139.
• Updated the json-schema describing videoCompression. Allowing it to be a boolean. Fixes #2140.

Documentation Changes:

• New "Module API" doc