Cypress v2.1.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
Component: cypress · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
Cypress v2.1.0. Source highlight: Prevent a bug with `node-sass` on OSX + Windows when local `node` version does not match bundled `node` when importing components directly in spec files. The underlying issue was because we forgot to update `Buildkite` and `Appveyor` when we upgraded `Electron` in `2.0.0`. Fixes #1387 and #1390.
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
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📊 Product & Engineering Leads
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⚙️ DevOps & Security
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✨ New Features & Capabilities (3)
- Added `Selector Playground Guide`
- Added `Selector Playground API`
- Updated `Introduction to Cypress`
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (2)
- Prevent a bug with `node-sass` on OSX + Windows when local `node` version does not match bundled `node` when importing components directly in spec files. The underlying issue was because we forgot to update `Buildkite` and `Appveyor` when we upgraded `Electron` in `2.0.0`. Fixes #1387 and #1390.
- The Selector Playground has been updated to automatically prefer `data-cy`, `data-test` or `data-testid` attributes when providing the unique selector for an element. Additionally it now exposes a public API that you can use to control how it determines which selector to use. Fixes #1135.