Impact Score: 5/10
Cypress v0.4.2 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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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 v0.4.2. Source highlight: *Released 04/09/2015*
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.
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (1)
- Remove accidental `debugger` left in `uncaught` overloads (used only in Dev).
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
*Released 04/09/2015*
**Bugfixes:**
- Remove accidental `debugger` left in `uncaught` overloads (used only in Dev).
- Prevent memory leak with Cypress helper listeners on every re-run of the tests.
- Prevent memory leak with custom 3rd party Cypress listeners in spec windows on every re-run of the tests.
- Prevent error from being thrown when `.only`'s are switched in between active test runs.