Impact Score: 5/10
Cypress v8.6.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Cypress v8.6.0. Source highlight: _Released 10/11/2021_
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 (2)
- Fixed a regression introduced in 8.2.0 where certain XMLHttpRequests
- Fixed a regression in 8.3.0 where capturing videos in Chrome
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
_Released 10/11/2021_
**Features:**
- `cy.screenshot()` now accepts `overwrite: true` as an option to overwrite
existing screenshots with the same file name. Addresses
[#7955](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/7955).
- `cy.select([])` can now be used to clear any selected options in a multi-value
select. Addresses [#4318](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/4318).
- Using `cy.pause()` when using `cypress run --headed --no-exit` will now pause
a test. Addresses [#4044](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/4044).
**Bugfixes:**
- Fixed a regression introduced in [8.2.0](https://docs.cypress.io/guides/references/changelog#8-2-0) where certain XMLHttpRequests
would not display their response bodies in the DevTools Console when clicked.
Fixes [#17656](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/17656).
- Fixed a regression in [8.3.0](https://docs.cypress.io/guides/references/changelog#8-3-0) where capturing videos in Chrome
versions earlier than 89 would result in choppy videos and skipped frames.
Fixes [#18021](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/18021).
- Cypress displays the correct error when certain custom error types are thrown
within a test. Fixes
[#18259](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/18259).
- The Cypress App will no longer crash when passed a `--spec: {}` from the CLI
and instead error when passed an invalid object argument. Fixes
[#3957](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/3957).
- Logging a plain object no longer results in the error "Cannot convert object
to primitive value". Fixes [#18143](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/18143).
**Misc:**
- Updated the `cy.request()` error message when conflicting `failOnStatusCode`
and `retryOnStatusCodeFailure` options are passed to be clearer. Fixes
[#18271](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/18271).
**Dependency Updates:**
- Upgraded the Chromium browser version used during `cypress run` and when
selecting Electron browser in `cypress open` from `91.0.4472.164` to
`93.0.4577.58`.
- Upgraded `electron` from `13.2.0` to `14.1.0`. Addressed in
[#18318](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/18318) and
[#18384](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/18384).