Impact Score: 5/10
Cypress v1.1.4 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Cypress v1.1.4. Source highlight: *Released 12/6/2017*
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)
- Fixed an issue causing `Chrome` to timeout when attempted to be run through our docker containers. Fixes #1031.
- Several TypeScript typings were added, updated and fixed. Fixes #1006.
- Using a regular `http://` URL now works when using the `CYPRESS_BINARY_VERSION` flag to point the binary at an external location. Fixes #1001.
- File watching is fixed (again) when changing between specs. Fixes #1018.
- There is now a new CYPRESS_SKIP_BINARY_INSTALL flag you can pass during `npm install` which skips the binary installation after the `cypress` npm module completes its installation. Fixes #1005.
- We now launch Chrome with `--no-sandbox` and `--disable-gpu` options in Linux. We will soon release a new plugin event that enables you to modify the browser arguments we use by default. This *shouldn't* cause issues with existing Linux users, and instead it should fix many CI setups that were using our Docker containers or your own home grown installed Chrome setup. Fixes #1021 and #1020.
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
*Released 12/6/2017*
**Bugfixes:**
- Fixed an issue causing `Chrome` to timeout when attempted to be run through our docker containers. Fixes [#1031](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1031).
- Several TypeScript typings were added, updated and fixed. Fixes [#1006](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1006).
- Using a regular `http://` URL now works when using the `CYPRESS_BINARY_VERSION` flag to point the binary at an external location. Fixes [#1001](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1001).
- File watching is fixed (again) when changing between specs. Fixes [#1018](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1018).
**Misc:**
- There is now a new [CYPRESS_SKIP_BINARY_INSTALL](https://on.cypress.io/installing-cypress#Skipping-Installation) flag you can pass during `npm install` which skips the binary installation after the `cypress` npm module completes its installation. Fixes [#1005](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1005).
- We now launch Chrome with `--no-sandbox` and `--disable-gpu` options in Linux. We will soon release a new plugin event that enables you to modify the browser arguments we use by default. This *shouldn't* cause issues with existing Linux users, and instead it should fix many CI setups that were using our Docker containers or your own home grown installed Chrome setup. Fixes [#1021](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1021) and [#1020](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1020).
- Removed several aliases from our browser detector. These were not implemented properly and not needed - and thus only caused indirection. Fixes [#1023](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1023).