Impact Score: 5/10
Cypress: 0.13.8
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Component: cypress · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Cypress v0.13.8. Source highlight: *Released 01/24/2016*
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
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📊 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.reload() command which does a full page refresh. This is the same as the user hitting the 'Reload' button. Additionally it matches the same argument signature as `window.location.reload`.
⚡ Performance & Enhancements (1)
- Using .its() on a function or .invoke() on a property now logs a deprecation warning. In the next major release this will become a full error. It is valuable to make a distinction whether you're operating on a property vs a function, and this change improves overall readability with less confusion.
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (1)
- Fixed situation where cy.viewport() would not restore correctly between tests. Previously this would cause subsequent tests to be issued at the modified `cy.viewport()`. Now viewport is automatically restored to the settings in your `cypress.json` file.
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
*Released 01/24/2016*
**Features:**
- Added [cy.reload()](https://on.cypress.io/reload) command which does a full page refresh. This is the same as the user hitting the 'Reload' button. Additionally it matches the same argument signature as `window.location.reload`.
**Bugfixes:**
- Fixed situation where [cy.viewport()](https://on.cypress.io/viewport) would not restore correctly between tests. Previously this would cause subsequent tests to be issued at the modified `cy.viewport()`. Now viewport is automatically restored to the settings in your `cypress.json` file.
**Misc:**
- Using [.its()](https://on.cypress.io/its) on a function or [.invoke()](https://on.cypress.io/invoke) on a property now logs a deprecation warning. In the next major release this will become a full error. It is valuable to make a distinction whether you're operating on a property vs a function, and this change improves overall readability with less confusion.
- Cypress deprecations and warnings are now prefixed with: `Cypress Warning:` to indicate this message is coming from Cypress