Cypress v7.1.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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🔧 Bug Fixes 4

⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Cypress v7.1.0. Source highlight: _Released 04/12/2021_

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🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (4)

Viewport configuration set in `cypress.json` is now correctly applied in the Component Test Runner. Fixes #15899.
Running specs on Windows is now supported in the Component Test Runner. Fixes #15842.
Fixed an issue where crashes in Cypress would cause a misleading "Unknown signal: true" error after the actual crash message. Fixes #15943.
Fixed an issue introduced in 7.0.0 where requests with responses stubbed via `cy.intercept(routeMatcher, staticResponse)` would still be sent to the destination server. Fixes #15841.

📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)

_Released 04/12/2021_ **Features:** - The events `before:spec`, `after:spec`, `before:run`, and `after:run` now fire in interactive mode in addition to run mode. This requires the `experimentalInteractiveRunEvents` flag to be enabled. Addressed in [#15787](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/15787). **Bugfixes:** - Viewport configuration set in `cypress.json` is now correctly applied in the Component Test Runner. Fixes [#15899](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/15899). - Running specs on Windows is now supported in the Component Test Runner. Fixes [#15842](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/15842). - Fixed an issue where crashes in Cypress would cause a misleading "Unknown signal: true" error after the actual crash message. Fixes [#15943](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/15943). - Fixed an issue introduced in 7.0.0 where requests with responses stubbed via `cy.intercept(routeMatcher, staticResponse)` would still be sent to the destination server. Fixes [#15841](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/15841).

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