Impact Score: 5/10
Cypress v8.3.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Cypress v8.3.0. Source highlight: _Released 08/16/2021_
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
📊 Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
⚙️ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (4)
- Fixed a regression in 7.2.0 that would
- Fixed an issue that could cause intermittent OpenSSL errors when the local CA
- Fixed a regression in 7.2.0 causing the
- Fixed a regression in 8.0.0 where
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
_Released 08/16/2021_
**Features:**
- The instructions for recording a run have been updated for some users.
Addressed in [#17317](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/17317).
**Performance:**
- We addressed an issue that increased CPU usage during video recording in
Chrome 89+/Electron 12+. Fixes
[#16152](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/16152).
- Fixed a regression in [7.2.0](https://docs.cypress.io/guides/references/changelog#7-2-0) that would
cause `cy.visit()` to take longer to fire its load event in some
circumstances. Fixes
[#16671](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/16671).
**Bugfixes:**
- Fixed an issue that could cause intermittent OpenSSL errors when the local CA
cert cache becomes corrupted. Fixes
[#8705](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/8705).
- Fixed a regression in [7.2.0](https://docs.cypress.io/guides/references/changelog#7-2-0) causing the
menu bar of Cypress to not be clickable in Windows. Fixes
[#16323](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/16323).
- `res.send` of `cy.intercept()` will no longer override JSON-related content
types. Fixes [#17084](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/17084).
- The `times` option of `cy.intercept` now works properly with `req.reply`.
Fixes [#17139](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/17139).
- Fixed a regression in [8.0.0](https://docs.cypress.io/guides/references/changelog#8-0-0) where
Cypress would always warn that `chromeWebSecurity` is set to "false" when it
wasn't. Fixes [#17614](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/17614).
**Dependency Updates:**
- Upgraded Chrome browser version used during `cypress run` and when selecting
Electron browser in `cypress open` from `89` to `91`. Addressed in
[#17408](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/17408).
- Upgraded bundled Node.js version from `14.6.0` to `14.17.0`. Addressed in
[#17408](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/17408).
- Upgraded `electron` from `12.0.0-beta.14` to `13.1.7`. Addressed in
[#17408](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/17408).
- Upgraded `url-parse` from `1.5.1` to `1.5.2`. Addressed in
[#17719](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/17719).