diff --git a/packages/server/lib/browsers/electron.js b/packages/server/lib/browsers/electron.js
index c3ae8e95297c..a81e894b7fd8 100644
--- a/packages/server/lib/browsers/electron.js
+++ b/packages/server/lib/browsers/electron.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ const _getAutomation = async function (win, options, parent) {
         // workaround: start and stop screencasts between screenshots
         // @see https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/6555#issuecomment-596747134
         if (!options.onScreencastFrame) {
-          await sendCommand('Page.startScreencast', screencastOpts)
+          await sendCommand('Page.startScreencast', screencastOpts())
           const ret = await fn(message, data)
 
           await sendCommand('Page.stopScreencast')
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ const _maybeRecordVideo = async function (webContents, options) {
     }
   })
 
-  await webContents.debugger.sendCommand('Page.startScreencast', screencastOpts)
+  await webContents.debugger.sendCommand('Page.startScreencast', screencastOpts())
 }
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/packages/server/lib/modes/record.js b/packages/server/lib/modes/record.js
index 30d19ce7f24d..48a4681e431b 100644
--- a/packages/server/lib/modes/record.js
+++ b/packages/server/lib/modes/record.js
@@ -784,6 +784,8 @@ const createRunAndRecordSpecs = (options = {}) => {
         })
 
         if (response === responseDidFail) {
+          debug('`responseDidFail` equals `response`, allowing browser to hang until it is killed: Response %o', { responseDidFail })
+
           // dont call the cb, let the browser hang until it's killed
           return
         }