Cypress v4.8.0 Release Notes
Release Date: 2020-06-08 // almost 4 years ago-
🚀 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
experimentalShadowDomSupportoption. See the Experiments page for more information. Addresses #144.
🛠 Bugfixes:
- 🛠 Upon domain navigation,
beforeandafterhooks defined in completed suites no longer erroneously rerun. Fixes #1987. - ✅ Errors thrown within root level
afterhooks 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 withRequest cannot be constructed from a URL that includes credentials: /__cypress/runner/./wasm/mappings.wasmFixes #7481. - 🔌 We now properly load code from the
pluginsFileorsupportFilewhen 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 #7434 and #7012. - 🛠
cy.wrap()now properly respects thetimeoutoption. It also better handles situations when passed a promise that never resolves. Fixes #5980. - ✅ When
experimentalComponentTestingis 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
Sshortcut 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 thetaskTimeoutoption. Addresses #7531.- ⚡️ TypeScript types for
cy.screenshot()options andCypress.log()have been updated to be more accurate. Addresses #7445. - TypeScript types for
Cypress.automationhave been added. Addresses #7519. - 💻 We now display a more accurate error message when passing a browser to the
--browserflag 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: