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Cypress v9.1.0stable Released Nov 23, 2021
Impact Score: 5/10

Cypress v9.1.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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⚡ Improvements 1
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Cypress v9.1.0. Source highlight: _Released 11/22/2021_

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⚡ Performance & Enhancements (1)

  • The warning message for retrying connection to a browser has been improved to
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
_Released 11/22/2021_ **Features:** - A `CYPRESS` environment variable will be set to true in child processes where Cypress runs user code in Node.js. You can now detect that you're running in Cypress by looking for `process.env.CYPRESS`. Addresses [#18805](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/18805). **Bugfixes:** - Specs with % in the filename will no longer fail to load and now behave as any other spec. Fixes [#18871](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/18871). - When using the Selector Playground, the HTML attribute's value will be wrapped in double-quotes. Fixes [#1884](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1884). - The call count is now shown in the Command Log when using `cy.stub().log(false)`. Fixes [#18907](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/18907). - The warning message for retrying connection to a browser has been improved to indicate when it is still waiting. Fixes [#18644](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/18644). - Cypress commands that rely on `this` context now have access to `this` when overridden. Fixes [#18899](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/18899).
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