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Now Available to Everyone: Write Cypress Tests in Natural Language with cy.prompt()

You've seen the previews. You’ve heard the buzz. And now it’s official: cy.prompt() is live and available to everyone as an experimental feature. Announced live on stage at CypressConf 2025 by founder Brian Mann, cy.prompt()’s entrance into the Cypress API marks a first step into the future of AI-assisted testing. Update: The recording of Brian Mann's CypressConf 2025 talk is now available. The Problem Modern AI has promised to make test automation easier, but until now, the reality has ofte Read more

New for Dashboard: Branches Summary Page

In case you missed it, a few weeks ago we rolled out an update to the Projects page to give you a quicker path to your projects' most recently updated branches. If you haven't noticed yet, give it a look.

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Easily Perform Multi-Domain Testing with cy.origin

With the cy.origin() command, (added in Cypress 9.6.0), you can easily switch between origins to seamlessly test syndicated authentication, cross-site CMS workflows, and much more. UPDATE: With Cypress 12, we brought cy.session() support out of experimental and into general availability status. Session support can tie closely with cross-origin in that you can save a user session (storage, cookies, etc.) after authentication and restore it in a subsequent test. This cuts down on overall test sui

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Cypress Ambassador Spotlight: Ramona

Ramona has participated in numerous workshops and events, while providing support for numerous Cypress community members. As a woman in tech, she is consistently advocating to see more representation in the testing industry.

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My journey to Cypress

Hi, I'm Chris Baus. I am a Sr. Engineer Manager at Cypress currently working on Cypress 10 and our Component Testing offering. I joined Cypress about 4 months ago because I saw a need to improve not only the lives of Engineers writing tests, but also to provide better results for their managers

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Share Cypress Commands in an Nx Workspace

In this article, we’re going to see how to bring that to the next level by learning how to use Cypress in an Nx workspace, in particular how to share common Cypress custom commands in an Nx monorepo.

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Cypress Ambassador Spotlight: Filip Hric

Learn more about our Cypress Ambassador, Filip Hric. A dedicated educator who produces his own workshops, advocates and empowers others with his Cypress expertise, and is one of the kindest individuals you will meet.

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New for Dashboard: Enterprise Integrations for GitHub and GitLab

This release at a glance: * Integrations with GitHub and GitLab Enterprise source control are now available in Cypress Dashboard * Business and Enterprise plan customers can self-install the integrations from Dashboard's Integrations page * The new integrations deliver test run feedback directly in on-prem instances of the popular source control platforms -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect Cypress Dashboard directly to your on-

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New for Dashboard: New Projects Workflow, Enhanced Error Details, and a Small Delighter

Today, we’re excited to announce the release of new features designed to improve your experience of finding and debugging tests with Cypress Dashboard. In this release, all Cypress Dashboard users have access to new popular, community-requested features: 1. Shortcuts to recently updated branches on the Projects page 2. Enhanced error details for failed runs 3. Current run status as a browser favicon Accessing your most recent tests just got easier The new Projects page in Cypress Dashboar

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Introducing Real World Testing with Cypress

Real World Testing with Cypress (RWT) is a four-course curriculum that teaches everything you need to know about testing modern web applications with Cypress.

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