Cypress v7.5.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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🔧 Bug Fixes 5

⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Cypress v7.5.0. Source highlight: _Released 06/07/2021_

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🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (5)

Cypress will not longer crash with a `hasBinary` infinite recursive call. Fixes #16476.
The `--config-file` option now correctly handles absolute paths. Fixes #6136.
`cy.location(<key>)` will now retry if the remote location returns an empty string, which is possible during otherwise harmless redirects. Fixes #16463.
Cypress now passes a flag to Chrome browsers to prevent update notifications from displaying in some cases. Fixes #16693.
TypeScript will now properly error when attempting to use the chai `<value>.should()` syntax. Fixes #16548.

📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)

_Released 06/07/2021_ **Features:** - The Test Runner has a new 'Docs' menu with links and prompts specific to helping you get started writing tests, set up in CI, and running tests in the Dashboard. Addressed in [#16433](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/16433). - `cy.request()` now accepts a generic in TypeScript for specifying the type of the request body. Addresses [#9109](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/9109). **Bugfixes:** - Cypress will not longer crash with a `hasBinary` infinite recursive call. Fixes [#16476](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/16476). - The `--config-file` option now correctly handles absolute paths. Fixes [#6136](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/6136). - `cy.location(<key>)` will now retry if the remote location returns an empty string, which is possible during otherwise harmless redirects. Fixes [#16463](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/16463). - Cypress now passes a flag to Chrome browsers to prevent update notifications from displaying in some cases. Fixes [#16693](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/16693). - TypeScript will now properly error when attempting to use the chai `<value>.should()` syntax. Fixes [#16548](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/16548). **Dependency Updates:** - Replaced deprecated `listr` with `listr2`. Addressed in [#16663](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/16663).

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