Cypress v6.4.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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✨ Features 4 ⚡ Improvements 1 🔧 Bug Fixes 6

⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Cypress v6.4.0. Source highlight: Added a command log entry for when a file is donwloaded. Addresses #14749.

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (4)

Added a command log entry for when a file is donwloaded. Addresses #14749.
Added more details to the "no specs found" error. Addresses #14532.
Added more resolved config property types. Addresses #14392.
Added UTM parameters to external links. Addresses #14741.

⚡ Performance & Enhancements (1)

Improved the UI for command failures within Cypress Studio. Addresses #14691.

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

Fixed an issue with handling spec paths containing special characters. Addresses #14659.
Fixed an issue where Cypress Studio would not prompt to start adding commands after visiting an inputted url. Addresses #14688.
Fixed an issue where Cypress Studio could generate empty `cy.type()` commands. Addresses #14684.
Fixed an issue where Cypress Studio prompts user to enter a URL even if an error has already occured. Addresses #14686.
Fixed an issue where Cypress Studio would not reload tests with `watchForFileChanges: false`. Addresses #14744.
Fixed an issue where Cypress studio would add a `cy.click()` before `cy.type()`. Addresses #14685.

📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)

*Released 2/1/2021* **Features:** - Added a command log entry for when a file is donwloaded. Addresses [#14749](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14749). - The `delayMs` option for `cy.intercept()` has been renamed to `delay`. `delayMs` will still work, but it is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Addresses [#14822](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14822). **Bugfixes:** - Fixed an issue with handling spec paths containing special characters. Addresses [#14659](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14659). - Fixed an issue where Cypress Studio would not prompt to start adding commands after visiting an inputted url. Addresses [#14688](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14688). - Fixed an issue where Cypress Studio could generate empty `cy.type()` commands. Addresses [#14684](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14684). - Fixed an issue where Cypress Studio prompts user to enter a URL even if an error has already occured. Addresses [#14686](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14686). - Fixed an issue where Cypress Studio would not reload tests with `watchForFileChanges: false`. Addresses [#14744](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14744). - Fixed an issue where Cypress studio would add a `cy.click()` before `cy.type()`. Addresses [#14685](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14685). - Fixed an issue where Cypress Studio could use the wrong selector for a click event. Addresses [#14658](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14658). - Fixed multi-select support for Cypress Studio. Addresses [#14743](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14743). - Improved the UI for command failures within Cypress Studio. Addresses [#14691](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14691). - The Selector Playground is now closed automatically when Cypress Studio is opened. [#14689](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14689). - Fixed an issue with `cy.intercept` where aliases set via `req.alias` containing a period character would not work as expected. Addresses [#14444](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14444). - Fixed an issue where delays set using `cy.intercept` would not work as expected. Addresses [#14446](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14446) and [#14511](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14511). - Reverted a change to how the Chrome DevTools Protocol is established. Instead of using stdio and then falling back to TCP, Cypress now only uses TCP to try to connect to Chrome DevTools Protocol. Addresses [#14819](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14819). - Fixed an issue causing a webpack compilation error when a browserslist is present in project root. Addresses [#8864](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/8864). **Misc:** - Added more details to the "no specs found" error. Addresses [#14532](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14532). - Added more resolved config property types. Addresses [#14392](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14392). - Added UTM parameters to external links. Addresses [#14741](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14741). **Dependency Updates:** - Upgraded `recast` to version `0.20.4`. Addresses [#14623](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14623). - Upgraded `registry-js` to version `1.13.0`. Addresses [#14668](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14668). - Upgraded `@cypress/get-windows-proxy` to version `1.6.2`. Addresses [#14711](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14711). - Upgraded `systeminformation` to version `4.31.1`. Addresses [#14715](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14715). - Upgraded `semantic-release` to version `17.2.3`. Addresses [#14713](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14713). - Upgraded `electron to version `11.2.1`. Addresses [#14764](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/14764).

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