Impact Score: 5/10
Cypress v6.0.1 โ Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
โก Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Cypress v6.0.1. Source highlight: *Released 11/30/2020*
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
๐ป Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
๐ Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
โ๏ธ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (5)
- Chromium based browsers on version 87 will no longer show recorded videos as frozen or blank. Fixes #9265.
- We fixed a regression introduced in 5.0.0 that would cause an `Option 'sourceMap' cannot be specified with option 'inlineSourceMap'` error to throw when setting `sourceMap` in your tsconfig. Fixes #8477.
- `cy.screenshot()` no longer throws an `"offset" is out of range` error when Cypress attempts to crop the image. Fixes #2034.
- `cy.screenshot()` types won't mistakenly display the command as deprecated. Fixes #9303.
- Lower-cased HTTP methods can now be used with `cy.intercept()`. Fixes #9313.
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
*Released 11/30/2020*
**Bugfixes:**
- Chromium based browsers on version 87 will no longer show recorded videos as frozen or blank. Fixes [#9265](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/9265).
- We fixed a regression introduced in [5.0.0](https://on.cypress.io/changelog#5-0-0) that would cause an `Option 'sourceMap' cannot be specified with option 'inlineSourceMap'` error to throw when setting `sourceMap` in your tsconfig. Fixes [#8477](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/8477).
- [`cy.screenshot()`](https://on.cypress.io/screenshot) no longer throws an `"offset" is out of range` error when Cypress attempts to crop the image. Fixes [#2034](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/2034).
- [`cy.screenshot()`](https://on.cypress.io/screenshot) types won't mistakenly display the command as deprecated. Fixes [#9303](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/9303).
- Lower-cased HTTP methods can now be used with [`cy.intercept()`](https://on.cypress.io/intercept). Fixes [#9313](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/9313).