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description: "Read every Cypress blog post by Jessamyn Sweet, newest first, from testing techniques to Cypress product news."
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# cy.blog()

Releases, AI-assisted testing, and quality guides from the Cypress team. See what changed, whether it affects you, and how teams ship with confidence.

## Articles written by Jessamyn Sweet

[New for Cypress Cloud: Data Extract API Introducing the Data Extract API, now available in Enterprise Cypress Cloud plans. This API empowers you to retrieve your test data at various levels. You can access individual test results, which encompass status, error messages, build tags and groups, Test Replay links, and more. This data enables you to: * Understand overall app quality and trends across multiple projects. * Drive accountability and enforce standardization in testing practices. * Streamline workflows. * Identify and maxi Read more](/blog/new-for-cypress-cloud-data-access-api)

[New for Cypress Cloud: Enterprise Reporting We're excited to introduce a new tool designed to assist technical experts and company leadership in analyzing their organization’s testing progress. Cypress Cloud Enterprise plan users can now access organization-level trends and insights on adoption, usage, and performance. This tool is specifically crafted to drive accountability, enforce standardization, streamline workflows, and aid organizations in identifying areas where Cypress is delivering value. Above all, it aims to empower the proc Read more](/blog/new-enterprise-reporting)

[Webinar Recap: Cypress & Azure DevOps Recently, we were joined by Ivan Xue, Staff Software Engineer in Test at Prospa and automation aficionado, to discuss how Prospa built seamless test automation with Cypress and Azure DevOps. In this article, we’ve summarized the key takeaways from the webinar. The full recording is available on YouTube. Prospa’s tech stack Prospa is a financial technology company building cash flow products and services for the small business economy in AU & NZ. Prospa’s back-end is written in .Net, so they us Read more](/blog/how-prospa-built-seamless-test-automation-with-cypress-azure-devops)

[Upcoming webinar: Learn how to build an efficient test pipeline with Cypress and Azure Thorough automated testing is critical for ensuring the quality of your application, but effectively structuring your test pipeline is no small feat. It involves seamlessly integrating your testing framework, handling dependencies, managing parallelization, and establishing consistent deployments across various environments to facilitate efficient, effective testing. We are excited to unveil our Customer Spotlight webinar series, where we highlight developers and QA engineers leading the testin Read more](/blog/webinar-fix-dates)

[Configure retry thresholds with our new experimental feature In the dynamic world of software testing, the importance of ensuring the reliability of your end-to-end (E2E) tests cannot be overstated. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce a new experiment allowing you to configure thresholds for test retries! Context: What’s a retry? End-to-end (E2E) tests are indispensable for evaluating complex systems, but they can encounter unpredictable conditions that make them unreliable, causing sporadic failures called “test flake”. Flaky tests are those which s Read more](/blog/introducing-experimental-retries)

[Cypress Conf 2023 Event Recap CypressConf 2023 was a game-changer! Our inaugural gathering of testing enthusiasts brought together thousands of software developers and quality engineering professionals from across the globe for a day of visionary thought leadership, best practice insights, and practical tips for effective automated testing. Attendees, whether seasoned Cypress users or newcomers to the field, found a marathon of sessions, networking opportunities, and vibrant community interactions. Let's dive into the top hi Read more](/blog/cypress-conf-2023-recap)

[New for Cypress Cloud: Enhance PR Review Efficiency with Branch Review Cypress Cloud users can now analyze changes to their test suite using a before-and-after view of changes made by each pull request, so they can swiftly pinpoint the differences, streamline review cycles, and prevent regressions. We're excited to introduce Branch Review, Cypress Cloud's latest feature that will enable Github-integrated developers and QA engineers to understand the impact of their current branch’s code changes on their test suite. This release aims to increase the speed and accur Read more](/blog/new-for-cypress-cloud-enhance-pr-review-efficiency-with-branch-review)

[Webinar Recap: Introducing The New Era of Debugging Recently, we were joined by Cypress Ambassadors and Brian Mann, the visionary founder behind Cypress, to discuss an exciting new feature released in Cypress 13: Test Replay! In this article, we’ve summarized the key takeaways from the webinar. If you’re curious for more, the full recording is available on YouTube. Last week, we announced the release of Test Replay in Cypress Cloud. This feature allows you to interact with previous tests as they occurred during Continuous Integration (CI), elimi Read more](/blog/webinar-recap-new-era-debugging)

[Webinar Recap: Unlocking the Power of Test Replay Recently, Brian Mann, the visionary founder behind Cypress, unveiled an exciting new feature that promises to revolutionize debugging in Cypress: Test Replay! In this article, we've distilled the key takeaways from the webinar, and if you're curious for more, the full recording is available on YouTube. 🎉 Over the past year, the Cypress team has dedicated themselves to bringing Test Replay to life. This powerful feature aims to tackle the persistent challenges associated with debugging web appl Read more](/blog/webinar-recap-test-replay)

[CypressConf 2023: Keynote Speaker Announcement Introducing Jennifer Wadella We are thrilled to announce that we have secured an exceptional keynote speaker for CypressConf 2023: Jennifer Wadella. With a lifelong passion for coding, Jennifer serves as the Director of Angular Consulting at Bitovi, where she excels in crafting high-performance web applications. Beyond coding, she's a sought-after speaker at technical conferences and a skilled kombucha brewer. Jennifer is integral to the Kansas City tech community and the visionary behind Kans Read more](/blog/cypressconf-2023-keynote-announcement)

[Webinar Recap: Scaling Your Testing Strategy In a recent webinar, we shared practical strategies, valuable insights, and actionable tips to help you build a testing strategy that holds up to complexity and change. We were fortunate to be joined by Cypress Ambassadors and testing extraordinaires: * Quantarius Ray, Expert Software Engineer at JB Hunt * Estefanía Fernández Muñoz, QA Engineer Manager at Genially * Marko Kolasinac, CEO of AssertQA Key Takeaways Here’s our host and Cypress Senior Technical Solutions Engineer Jenna Beckett Read more](/blog/webinar-recap-best-practices-for-scaling-your-test-suite-in-ci-cd-with-cypress-cloud)

[Introducing Desktop Notifications for Cypress Cloud Runs In the world of software testing, speed is of the essence. The faster you can identify and resolve issues, the smoother your development process becomes. That's why we are excited to announce the latest feature for Cypress Cloud: desktop notifications for your test runs. When it comes to debugging, it's crucial to know when relevant test runs complete in real-time. With the new desktop notifications feature, you no longer have to wait and watch your continuous integration (CI) system for update Read more](/blog/desktop-run-notifications)

[Webinar: Speed Up Your E2E Testing with Ephemeral Preview Environments End-to-end testing is one of the most important tools in your tool belt. Depending on your current environment set up, there are known problems that teams run into with e2e testing, which can make it slower than it should be. Several factors contribute to this: * Fragile or flaky tests * Testing too late in your pipeline or CI/CD * Lack of available test environments (literally waiting for the environment to free up) * Database with seed data isn’t set up correctly or gets corrupted * Fai Read more](/blog/webinar-preview-environments)

[Webinar Recap: Best practices for testing in CI/CD with Cypress Cloud Recently, we hosted a webinar featuring Ely Lucas, Developer Experience Engineer, and Shawn Harris, Sr. Technical Solutions Engineer. They shared valuable insights and best practices for constructing a test automation strategy, configuring and setting up tests, and seamlessly integrating them into your CI/CD pipeline. If you missed the live event, don't worry! You can watch the recorded webinar here: We received an overwhelming number of questions during the webinar, and unfortunately, we coul Read more](/blog/best-practices-ci-cd-with-cypress-cloud)

[New for 12.9: Debug Page Run Navigation With the release of Cypress 12.9, we’re improving our new Debug page by allowing users to navigate between test runs, which will be surfaced and persisted. The Debug page was designed to enhance the CI debugging experience, allowing users to view, investigate, and rerun failed tests recorded to the Cypress Cloud without leaving the comfort of the local Cypress app. Enabling navigation between runs for the Debug page gives users the flexibility they need to view other runs that may be critical Read more](/blog/debug-page-run-navigation)

[Introducing in-app test results: A streamlined, local workflow for debugging CI failures Introducing in-app test results, a game-changing addition to Cypress that allows you to easily debug failed CI test runs right from your local app. With the new Debug page in the app, you can review, rerun, and debug failed CI test runs that are recorded to Cypress Cloud. Debugging failed CI test runs can be a time-consuming and frustrating process. In the past, you had to switch back and forth between your local editor and your CI provider's website, searching and copying the names of failed t Read more](/blog/introducing-in-app-test-results)

[Webinar: Future-Proofing Your Automation Pipeline With Cypress end-to-end testing, you can feel confident that your entire app is functioning as a cohesive whole. But what about testing the visual integrity of your app to make sure that you’re avoiding rendering issues? How do you bring it all together efficiently? Cypress makes testing fast, easy, and reliable so you can rest assured your app is functioning exactly as intended on every commit. Using it with Applitools’ \[https://applitools.com/?utm_source=3rd-party&utm_medium=partner&utm_conte Read more](/blog/webinar-future-proofing-your-automation-pipeline)

[Check Out Our Experimental Release of Run All Specs In case you missed it, we recently brought back the ability for users to run all specs and run a filtered subset of specs. This feature was a staple of many Cypress developers’ workflows, allowing them to quickly run through all of the specs that might have been affected by a code change or run their entire test suite at once while in open mode. When we released Cypress 10, we removed this feature because it did not meet the standards of stability and determinism that cypress run offers. Howeve Read more](/blog/check-out-our-experimental-release-of-run-all-specs)

[What’s new for Cypress 10.7 🚀 Today, we released 10.7. Read on to learn more about: * The return of Cypress Studio for Cypress 10 * Svelte Support for Component Testing Welcome Back, Cypress Studio! Cypress Studio provides a visual way to generate tests within Cypress, by recording interactions against the application under test. It is especially useful for existing code bases, where you would like to quickly and easily add some test coverage — all visually, without needing to write a single line of code! Studio was o Read more](/blog/whats-new-for-cypress-10-7)

[Cypress 10.3.0: Speed up testing workflows with improved visibility into your test results We believe testing is the most important aspect of building reliable software and that development teams deserve a data-rich, all-encompassing platform. Towards that goal, we are excited to announce that we have added actionable test data from your runs in the Cypress Dashboard \[https://docs.cypress.io/guides/dashboard/introduction\] directly into the Cypress app. As the Cypress app runs tests, it records its comprehensive result data to the Cypress Dashboard. The Dashboard derives insights to m Read more](/blog/cypress-10-3-0-speed-up-testing-workflows-with-improved-visibility-into-your-test-results)

[Cypress 10.2.0: Run tests up to 2x faster on Apple silicon (M1) Over the last couple of years, Apple has begun transitioning processors in Mac computers from Intel to Apple silicon \[https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211814\] , including the M1 and the recently announced M2 processor families. Previously, if you were using one of the newer M1 Apple devices, you had to run Cypress using Intel emulation with Rosetta 2, Apple's translation layer. We want you to have the best performance, speed, and reliability possible if you're running Cypress tests on Apple d Read more](/blog/cypress-10-2-0-run-tests-up-to-2x-faster-on-apple-silicon-m1)