8.1.0

Released Released on July 28, 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.