Impact Score: 5/10
Cypress: 0.18.4
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Cypress v0.18.4. Source highlight: *Released 12/28/2016*
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
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📊 Product & Engineering Leads
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⚙️ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (4)
- Prevent cy.url() from accessing the URL during transition phase and throwing an error. Fixes #356.
- Stubbed functions now serialize correctly when switching domains on a cy.visit(). Fixes #354.
- Fixed a handful of scenarios and edge cases where cookies were not properly synchronized between external requests and the browser. This led to situations where cookies were either duplicated on requests, or were not sent. Fixes #357 and #361 and #362.
- cy.request() now favors `baseUrl` config over remote origin when you do not pass a fully qualified URL. Fixes #360.
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
*Released 12/28/2016*
**Bugfixes:**
- Prevent [cy.url()](https://on.cypress.io/url) from accessing the URL during transition phase and throwing an error. Fixes [#356](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/356).
- Stubbed functions now serialize correctly when switching domains on a [cy.visit()](https://on.cypress.io/visit). Fixes [#354](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/354).
- Fixed a handful of scenarios and edge cases where cookies were not properly synchronized between external requests and the browser. This led to situations where cookies were either duplicated on requests, or were not sent. Fixes [#357](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/357) and [#361](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/361) and [#362](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/362).
**Misc:**
- [cy.request()](https://on.cypress.io/request) now favors `baseUrl` config over remote origin when you do not pass a fully qualified URL. Fixes [#360](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/360).