8.3.0

Released Released on August 15, 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.