Cypress v3.8.2 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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✨ Features 2 🔧 Bug Fixes 4

⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Cypress v3.8.2. Source highlight: *Released 01/10/2020*

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (2)

Types for event emitters `removeListener` and `removeAllListeners` have been added to `Cypress` and `cy`. Addresses #5228.
Types for the `runUrl` property returned from `cypress.run()` has been added. Addresses #6087.

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (4)

We fixed a regression in 3.8.0 on Linux when `unzip` is not installed where the progress of `cypress install` would show up to 200%. Fixes #5967
We now properly check backface visibility when the parents of a target element have the CSS style `transform-style: preserve-3d`. Fixes #5682.
DOM elements with a width or height of 0 and `overflow: hidden` are now properly calculated as invisible during visibility checks. Fixes #6093.
We fixed a regression in 3.7.0 where using `.type()` on number inputs to type non-number characters would not type the correct value. Fixes #6055.

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*Released 01/10/2020* **Bugfixes:** - We fixed a regression in [3.8.0](https://on.cypress.io/changelog-3-8-0) on Linux when `unzip` is not installed where the progress of `cypress install` would show up to 200%. Fixes [#5967](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/5967) - Child elements of an element that uses both `transform` and `height` or `width` are now properly seen as visible during visiblity checks. Addresses [#5974](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/5974). - We now properly check backface visibility when the parents of a target element have the CSS style `transform-style: preserve-3d`. Fixes [#5682](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/5682). - DOM elements with a width or height of 0 and `overflow: hidden` are now properly calculated as invisible during visibility checks. Fixes [#6093](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/6093). - We fixed a regression in [3.7.0](https://on.cypress.io/changelog-3-7-0) where using [`.type()`](https://on.cypress.io/type) on number inputs to type non-number characters would not type the correct value. Fixes [#6055](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/6055). **Misc:** - Messages from [`cy.log()`](https://on.cypress.io/log) are now truncated at 50 lines the Command Log instead of the 1 line. Addresses [#5625](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/5625). - We now capture GitLab CI's `CI_JOB_NAME` environment variable. Addressed in [#6111](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/6111). - Types for [event emitters](https://on.cypress.io/catalog-of-events#Binding-to-Events) `removeListener` and `removeAllListeners` have been added to `Cypress` and `cy`. Addresses [#5228](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/5228). - Types for the `runUrl` property returned from `cypress.run()` has been added. Addresses [#6087](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/6087). - We're continuing to make progress in converting our codebase from CoffeeScript to JavaScript. Addresses [#2690](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/2690) in [#5947](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/5947) and [#6075](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/6075). **Dependency Updates:** - Upgraded `ansi_up` from `4.0.3` to `4.0.4`. Addressed in [#6074](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/6074). - Upgraded `electron` from `7.1.4` to `7.1.7`. Addressed in [#6085](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/6085).

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