before hook still reruns on Cypress 8.4.0

[JohnnyTheBoy]

Current behavior

before hook triggers multiple times inside one describe() block.

Desired behavior

Before hook inside one describe() block should be triggered only once.

Test code to reproduce

describe("Testing", () => {

before(() => {
cy.log("Before hook is called!");
});

beforeEach(() => {
cy.log("Before each hook is called");
});

it("do something", () => { expect(true).to.be.eq(true); });
it("do something", () => { expect(true).to.be.eq(true); });
it("do something", () => { expect(true).to.be.eq(true); });
it("do something", () => { expect(true).to.be.eq(true); });
it("do something", () => { expect(true).to.be.eq(true); });
it("do something", () => { expect(true).to.be.eq(true); });
it("do something", () => { expect(true).to.be.eq(true); });
it("do something", () => { expect(true).to.be.eq(true); });
it("do something", () => { expect(true).to.be.eq(true); });
it("do something", () => { expect(true).to.be.eq(true); });

it("says hi", () => {
cy.visit("www.google.com");
cy.log("Hi!");
});

it("do something", () => { expect(true).to.be.eq(true); });
it("do something", () => { expect(true).to.be.eq(true); });
it("do something", () => { expect(true).to.be.eq(true); });
});

Cypress Version

8.4.0

Other

I'm very surprised that after 8.4 update this thing still doesn't work. This is so simple test and yet nobody tried it before merge/push... sad

[sainthkh]

@flotwig When domain changes, Cypress reloads and it reruns the before(). I don't think it's a right behavior, right?

[cypress-app-bot]

This issue has not had any activity in 180 days. Cypress evolves quickly and the reported behavior should be tested on the latest version of Cypress to verify the behavior is still occurring. It will be closed in 14 days if no updates are provided.

[cypress-app-bot]

This issue has been closed due to inactivity.

[jennifer-shehane]

See #17940