Cypress does not retry tests after a hot reload

[shennan]

Current behavior

Running the specs in Cypress's Chrome test runner, when I make changes to a spec file and save, Cypress acknowledges the save by dumping the current test results, white-screening the preview area and moving to the first test in the current spec; but does not run the tests again. I need to press the "Stop Running (S)" button at the top of the spec sheet and then the "Run All Tests (R)" button before all tests are run again.

If I don't press these buttons then it stays like the below image, with a continuously animated loading sprite next to the first test:

It will do this indefinitely until further actual is taken.

Desired behavior

The tests are simply re-run once a file has changed. Or, at least, the test runner is put in a "stopped" state such that only one button click is needed to restart.

Test code to reproduce

Works on any tests. My config:

export default defineConfig({
  watchForFileChanges: true,
  e2e: {
    /** nothing **/
  }
})

Cypress Version

13.6.4

Node version

16.19.1

Operating System

macOS Ventura 13.1

Debug Logs

No response

Other

No response

[mszkb]

Duplicate of #28392

[shennan]

Thanks @mszkb, you're correct this does appear to be a duplicate. Using the current workaround does indeed fix the issue. I'll subscribe to the other thread for updates on a permanent fix.

Closing.