Impact Score: 5/10
Cypress v1.4.2 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Cypress v1.4.2. Source highlight: Fixed not being able to visit subdomains when using 2nd level sub domains. Fixes #1175 and #600.
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
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📊 Product & Engineering Leads
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⚙️ DevOps & Security
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🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- Fixed not being able to visit subdomains when using 2nd level sub domains. Fixes #1175 and #600.
- Fixed not being able to visit private TLD's from the public suffix such as `github.io`, `gitlab.io` or `herokuapp.com`. These now all work correctly. Fixes #380 and #402 and #802 and #493 and #1161.
- Fixed not being able to visit URLs that used `*localhost` such as `http://app.localhost:8080`. Fixes #451.
- Mochawesome now works correctly and outputs files in all versions. Fixes #551.
- Fixed some incorrect typings with TypeScript. Fixes #1219 and #1219.
- Fixed bug with custom 3rd party mocha reporters relying on `test.titlePath` being a function. Fixes #1142.
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
*Released 2/4/2018*
**Bugfixes:**
- Fixed not being able to visit subdomains when using 2nd level sub domains. Fixes [#1175](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1175) and [#600](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/600).
- Fixed not being able to visit private TLD's from the public suffix such as `github.io`, `gitlab.io` or `herokuapp.com`. These now all work correctly. Fixes [#380](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/380) and [#402](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/402) and [#802](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/802) and [#493](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/493) and [#1161](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1161).
- Fixed not being able to visit URLs that used `*localhost` such as `http://app.localhost:8080`. Fixes [#451](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/451).
- Mochawesome now works correctly and outputs files in all versions. Fixes [#551](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/551).
- Mochawesome will exit correctly with code `1` when a hook fails. [#1063](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1063).
- Fixed some incorrect typings with TypeScript. Fixes [#1219](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1219) and [#1219](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1219).
- Fixed bug with custom 3rd party mocha reporters relying on `test.titlePath` being a function. Fixes [#1142](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1142).
- Fixed typo in `cypress.schema.json`. Fixes [#1167](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1167).
- Fixed typo in CLI deps error about Docker. Fixes [#1136](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1136).
- Prevent `NODE_ENV` from being set to `undefined` when parent process did not have it defined. Fixes [#1223](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1223).
**Misc:**
- We have begun to aggregate failures and other stats ourselves instead of relying on Mocha reporters. Fixes [#1141](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1141).
- Added TypeScript `should/and` autocomplete and typings for Cypress events. Fixes [#1187](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1187) and [#1132](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1132).
- Upgrade deps. Fixes [#1174](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1174).