Cypress test runner running tests in Infinite Loop

[shivkaps]

Cypress runs the tests in infinite loop in test runner if a different url is used in one of the tests. However, when we run the same test via CLI then it runs just once.

Desired behavior:

The test should run just once.

Test code to reproduce

1. Clone this repo https://github.com/shivkaps/cypress-mastery/tree/cypress-issue
2. Open this project in Visual Studio.
3. Run the command npx cypress open
4. Click on "Run All Specs"
5. The test will run in infinite loop in the test runner

Root Cause

A different url for testing in this file. "http://example.com" as compared to other tests which are running test against a different url "http://zero.webappsecurity.com".
https://github.com/shivkaps/cypress-mastery/blob/cypress-issue/cypress/integration/visual-tests/full-page.spec.js

It seems it just restarts

Versions

Cypress 4.6.0, 4.5.0,
Operating system - MacOs
Browser - Chrome

[jennifer-shehane]

I'm able to recreate this with the code below.

This is a duplicate of #1987. You can workaround this issue by moving the visits outside of the before hooks for now, but this will be fixed in #7154.

spec.js

before(() => {
  cy.visit('http://zero.webappsecurity.com/index.html')
})

it('test 1', () => {
})

it('test 2', () => {
  cy.visit('http://example.com/')
})

As a side note, you may want to consider excluding node_modules using .gitignore for your projects because the size of your repo is enormous to download with all the included node_modules.