Cypress v6.0.1stable Released Nov 30, 2020
Impact Score: 5/10

Cypress v6.0.1 โ€” Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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โšก Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Cypress v6.0.1. Source highlight: *Released 11/30/2020*

Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)

๐Ÿ’ป Software Engineers & Devs

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๐Ÿ“Š Product & Engineering Leads

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โš™๏ธ DevOps & Security

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๐Ÿ”ง 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.
๐Ÿ“„ 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).