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Use this skill when running, debugging, reproducing, or validating Cypress E2E tests in this repo, including the required ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE override.

QUICK START

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Cypress Quick Start Skill

Trigger

Use when asked to run, debug, reproduce, or verify Cypress E2E tests.

Required Environment Detail

This environment often has ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1 set globally. If not overridden, Cypress fails with bad option: --no-sandbox or --smoke-test. Always prefix commands with ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=.

Match the Cypress spec folder to its backend env file. Source .env before the lane env file when exporting variables for Cypress so the lane-specific values win:

set -a
. ./.env
. ./.env.cloud
set +a

Only specs that call cy.stubGoogleOAuthToken(...) need DEV_REFRESH_TOKEN_INFO or DEV_REFRESH_TOKEN. DEV_REFRESH_TOKEN_INFO must include only profile/email scopes; DEV_REFRESH_TOKEN must include BigQuery and storage scopes. Specs that use cy.setDevClaimsEmail(...) need the backend started with DEKART_DEV_CLAIMS=1, but they do not need Google refresh tokens unless they also stub OAuth.

Standard Workflow

  1. Ensure you are in repo root.
  2. Start local Postgres with make up-and-down.
  3. Start backend with the matching env file, for example make server .env.cloud.
  4. Start the frontend with make client.
  5. If Cypress binary is missing: npx cypress install
  6. Run the requested spec:
    • ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE= npx cypress run --spec "<spec-path>"
  7. Report: pass/fail, failing assertion, artifact paths (video/screenshot).

Canonical Commands

  • Run cloud specs:
    • backend: make server .env.cloud
    • env: set -a; . ./.env; . ./.env.cloud; set +a
    • Cypress: ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE= npx cypress run --spec "cypress/e2e/cloud/*.cy.js"
  • Run Google OAuth specs against local Vite:
    • backend: set -a; . ./.env; . ./.env.googleoauth; set +a; DEKART_CORS_ORIGIN=http://localhost:3000 go run ./src/server/main.go
    • env: set -a; . ./.env; . ./.env.googleoauth; set +a
    • Cypress: ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE= npx cypress run --spec "cypress/e2e/google-oauth/*.cy.js"
  • Run one spec: ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE= npx cypress run --spec "cypress/e2e/snowflake-s3/layerOrderRerunRegression.cy.js"
  • Run all Snowflake S3 specs: ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE= npx cypress run --spec "cypress/e2e/snowflake-s3/*.cy.js"
  • Open interactive UI: ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE= npx cypress open

Notes

  • Base URL configured in cypress.config.js (http://localhost:3000).
  • Layer-order regression spec: cypress/e2e/snowflake-s3/layerOrderRerunRegression.cy.js
  • Prefer local server instances (make server ...) for running local tests.