Impact Score: 5/10
Cypress: 0.11.8
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Cypress v0.11.8. Source highlight: *Released 09/25/2015*
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
📊 Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
⚙️ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
✨ New Features & Capabilities (1)
- Added cy.request() command which can issue XHR requests. The request is generated outside of the rowser, and bypasses all CORS restrictions. Great for talking to an API for seeding, querying, building, etc.
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
*Released 09/25/2015*
**Features:**
- Added [cy.request()](https://on.cypress.io/request) command which can issue XHR requests. The request is generated outside of the rowser, and bypasses all CORS restrictions. Great for talking to an API for seeding, querying, building, etc.
**Bugfixes:**
- Prevented edge case with [cy.fixture()](https://on.cypress.io/fixture) where it would not be able to be cancelled without throwing an nhandled rejection error.