Fixture File Reuse Causing Test Failures in Cypress Test Suite

[TauqeerK18]

Detailed Description:

I'm encountering an issue with reusing fixture files across multiple test cases within the same Cypress test suite. When attempting to use the same fixture file in different test cases, the third test case fails due to conflicts arising from fixture file reuse.

Steps Taken:

1. Implemented Cypress test suite with multiple test cases.
2. Used the same fixture file across different test cases.
3. Observed that the third test case fails as the file not selected and moves to the next step.

Operating System:

MacOS Sonoma

Software Version:

• Cypress version: 13.3.1
• Node.js version: v18.17.1

Additional Information:

The issue seems to arise because Cypress doesn't handle fixture file reuse effectively within the same test suite. Each test case attempts to use the same fixture file, causing conflicts and unexpected behavior.

Error Messages:

No specific error messages are generated, but the third test case fails to execute successfully as the file was not selected and moves to the next step.

Code Snippet :

describe("Test Cypress fixture file", () => {
    beforeEach(() => {
        cy.visit("https://test.com/");
        cy.wait(2000);
    });

    afterEach(() => {
        cy.clearCookies();
    })

    it("upload the file - test 1", () => {
        cy.xpath("//div[@id='utility']").click();
        cy.wait(2000);
        cy.fixture('Mytest.pdf', null).as('testFile');
        cy.xpath(
            "//label[@class='relative my-10 h-[45px] w-[276px]  cursor-pointer rounded-lg bg-cta-primary py-2 text-center text-xl font-semibold text-white md:block md:text-lg md:font-semibold lg:hidden']"
          ).selectFile('@testFile');
        cy.wait(2000);

        cy.xpath("//img[@alt='success']").should("be.visible");
    });

    it("upload the file - test 2", () => {
        cy.xpath("//div[@id='utility']").click();
        cy.wait(2000);
        cy.fixture('test.pdf', null).as('testFile');
        cy.xpath(
            "//label[@class='relative my-10 h-[45px] w-[276px]  cursor-pointer rounded-lg bg-cta-primary py-2 text-center text-xl font-semibold text-white md:block md:text-lg md:font-semibold lg:hidden']"
          ).selectFile('@testFile');
        cy.wait(2000);

        cy.xpath("//img[@alt='success']").should("be.visible");
    });

    it("upload the file - test 3", () => {
        cy.xpath("//div[@id='utility']").click();
        cy.wait(2000);
        cy.fixture('Mytest.pdf', null).as('testFile');
        cy.xpath(
            "//label[@class='relative my-10 h-[45px] w-[276px]  cursor-pointer rounded-lg bg-cta-primary py-2 text-center text-xl font-semibold text-white md:block md:text-lg md:font-semibold lg:hidden']"
          ).selectFile('@testFile');
        cy.wait(2000);

        cy.xpath("//img[@alt='success']").should("be.visible");
    });

})

Channel Tags:

• Cypress
• Testing

Relevant Result:

xpath//label[@class='relative my-10 h-[45px] w-[276px] cursor-pointer rounded-lg bg-cta-primary py-2 text-center text-xl font-semibold text-white md:block md:text-lg md:font-semibold lg:hidden']
5
selectFile@testFile
6
wait2000

[tmogoa]

Was facing the same issue. But I read in the docs here that readFile is a similar command only without the caching that causes problems when one wants to reuse the file.

cy.readFile('Mytest.pdf', null).as('testFile');
cy.xpath("//label[@class='relative my-10 h-[45px] w-[276px]  cursor-pointer rounded-lg bg-cta-primary py-2 text-center text-xl font-semibold text-white md:block md:text-lg md:font-semibold lg:hidden']").selectFile('@testFile');

Just replacing fixture() with readFile() should do it.