Impact Score: 5/10
Cypress: 0.18.6
Source available — automated, not human-reviewed
Component: cypress · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Cypress v0.18.6. Source highlight: *Released 01/29/2017*
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 (6)
- We now launch Cypress tests directly to the `baseUrl` to avoid an initial page refresh when encountering the first cy.visit() command. This should help tests run faster. Fixes #382.
- Uninstalling the last used browser no longer causes the Test Runner to error and hang. Fixes #371.
- Fixed issue where `stdout` would not be displayed on a completed `cypress ci` run. Fixes #398.
- Fixed a longstanding issue in Cypress where logging in from another computer would kill the session on all other computers, and prevent you from accessing `cypress get:key` (amongst other things). Fixes #400.
- We now validate all of the configuration options set in `cypress.json` to ensure it has valid types. Fixes #399.
- We now validate that `baseUrl` is accessible **prior** to running tests. This prevents a common situation where you may forget to boot your web server and have instantly failing tests. Fixes #383.
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
*Released 01/29/2017*
**Features:**
- We now launch Cypress tests directly to the `baseUrl` to avoid an initial page refresh when encountering the first [cy.visit()](https://on.cypress.io/visit) command. This should help tests run faster. Fixes [#382](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/382).
**Bugfixes:**
- Uninstalling the last used browser no longer causes the Test Runner to error and hang. Fixes [#371](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/371).
- Fixed issue where `stdout` would not be displayed on a completed `cypress ci` run. Fixes [#398](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/398).
- Fixed a longstanding issue in Cypress where logging in from another computer would kill the session on all other computers, and prevent you from accessing `cypress get:key` (amongst other things). Fixes [#400](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/400).
**Misc:**
- We now validate all of the configuration options set in `cypress.json` to ensure it has valid types. Fixes [#399](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/399).
- We now validate that `baseUrl` is accessible **prior** to running tests. This prevents a common situation where you may forget to boot your web server and have instantly failing tests. Fixes [#383](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/383).
- We now show the entire scaffolded tree of files when adding a brand new project. Fixes [#401](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/401).
- We display errors coming from `babel` with more helpful information now.
- Changed the [Test Runner](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/tree/develop/packages/desktop-gui) to use `JWT` for authorization. **You will have to log in again**.