Cypress.env() state is not reset on rerun of test

[jennifer-shehane]

Current behavior:

Cypress.env() state is only read in once when the runner starts. This causes any changes to Cypress.env() to not reset when you rerun a test.

Desired behavior:

Clean, fresh Cypress.env() for each rerun of a test.

Steps to reproduce: (app code and test code)

{
  "env": {
    "num": 2
  }
}

it('should set ENV var num', () => {
  cy.log(`${Cypress.env('num')}`) // logs 2, but 3 on rerun
  Cypress.env('num', 3)
  cy.log(`${Cypress.env('num')}`) // logs 3
})

But if I rerun the test, the log is already 3 at the beginning.

Versions

3.8.0

[wejendorp]

Nice writeup, I'm hitting the same issue, with both Cypress.config and Cypress.env.
This is still occuring in cypress@4.4.1.

The docs state that both env and config resets between both runs and test suites, neither of which is currently true.

[jennifer-shehane]

This is still an issue in Cypress 6.4.0

[greg-hoarau]

I think it's same issue (Cypress 8.3.0) :

{
  "env": {
    "num": 2
  }
}

it('should always logs 2', () => {
  cy.log(`${Cypress.env('num')}`) // logs 2, but 3 on rerun
})

it('should set ENV var num and logs 3', { env: { num: 3 } }, () => {
  cy.log(`${Cypress.env('num')}`) // logs 3
})

[ZampaglioneGaston]

Still an issue in 8.3.0. Really annoying that sometimes is actually works, and when rerunning it does not.

            cy.get(prodObj.allProdContainter).find((prodObj.productPic)).each(($el, index) => { //Picture

                cy.get($el)
                    .should('be.visible')
                    .invoke('attr', 'src')
                    .then($src => {
                        cy.log($src);  //This logs my img src
                        Cypress.env('ImageUrl', $src)
                        cy.log(Cypress.env('ImageUrl' + [index])); //Yet here it does not. Sometimes it works, sometimes not.
                    })
                    
                cy.log('Product have picture.');

            })

EDIT: Found a workaround adding Cypress.env('ImageUrl'+ [index], $src)

[varshanharshank]

yes . still this issue persists in 9.2 version

[Elgirhath]

Still an issue in 9.3.1. Any updates on this?

[sandippatel84]

is there solution out? I'm hitting same in 9.2/3. thx

[firmanserdana]

Still an issue on 9.5.3

is there a way to just reload the runner once an env file is changed? Not just re-opening it.

[GastonZ-MayorKeyTech]

I can't believe this is still an issue

[tainalopes]

still an issue and it's very annoing :(

[zachwhite99]

This is still an issue. Even setting an afterTest block with Cypress.env('user', null/undefined) doesn't always work. Can we promote this somehow and get it addressed?

[nagash77]

@zachwhite99 which version of Cypress are you using? If you aren't already using a version of Cypress >12 please try upgrading to latest and seeing if the problem persists.

[samixchoumi]

Hello, "cypress": "^12.17.4", still the problem. It's not reset after each test.