Impact Score: 5/10
Cypress v3.0.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Cypress v3.0.1. Source highlight: *Released 5/30/2018*
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 (4)
- Seeded KitchenSink tests no longer fail. Fixes #1812.
- The binary cache now correctly works and will not reinstall Cypress if an existing version is already installed. Fixes #1813.
- Closing the `Electron` browser and then opening `Chrome` no longer causes `cy.screenshot()` to fail. Fixes #1820.
- Fixed a bug with Windows users seeing crashes with `tty.getWindowSize is not a function`. Fixes #1815 and #1817.
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
*Released 5/30/2018*
**Bugfixes:**
- Seeded KitchenSink tests no longer fail. Fixes [#1812](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1812).
- The binary cache now correctly works and will not reinstall Cypress if an existing version is already installed. Fixes [#1813](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1813).
- Closing the `Electron` browser and then opening `Chrome` no longer causes `cy.screenshot()` to fail. Fixes [#1820](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1820).
- Fixed a bug with Windows users seeing crashes with `tty.getWindowSize is not a function`. Fixes [#1815](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1815) and [#1817](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1817).