Timeout does not work resulting in ESOCKETTIMEDOUT using cypress

[MSchusterDcb]

Hi,

I am using start-server-and-test (v1.9.1) in combination with cypress (v3.3.1), as described here: https://docs.cypress.io/guides/guides/continuous-integration.html#Solutions with the command start-server-and-test start http://localhost:3000 cypressRunChrome

According to the description of the 5-Minute-Timeout utility, it should wait until the server is ready and responds. This seems not to work in my case, resulting in an ESOCKETTIMEDOUT error while running the tests. I the log file, I see that the dev server starts at 11:18:53, it is ready at 11:20:08, but the test are already starting at 11:19:14.

I am expecting that start-server-and-test start is waiting, but for some reasons, it does not.

Log snippet:

11:18:47	starting server using command "npm run start"
11:18:47	and when url "http://localhost:3000" is responding
11:18:47	running tests using command "npm run cypressRunChrome"
11:18:48	
11:18:48	> [email protected] start C:\...
11:18:48	> react-scripts start
11:18:48	
11:18:53	Starting the development server...
11:18:58	
11:18:58	> [email protected] cypressRunChrome C:\...
11:18:58	> cypress run --browser chrome
11:19:14	
11:19:14	====================================================================================================
11:19:14	
11:19:14	  (Run Starting)
11:19:14	
11:19:14	  ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┿
11:19:14	  │ Cypress:    3.3.1                                                                              │
11:19:14	  │ Browser:    Chrome 71                                                                          │
11:19:14	  │ Specs:      5 found (...) │
11:19:14	  └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
11:19:14	
11:19:14	────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
11:19:14	                                                                                                    
11:19:14	  Running: test.js...                                                             (1 of 5) 
...
11:19:50	We attempted to make an http request to this URL but the request failed without a response.
11:19:50	
11:19:50	We received this error at the network level:
11:19:50	
11:19:50	  > Error: ESOCKETTIMEDOUT
...
11:20:08	Compiled successfully!
11:20:08	
11:20:08	You can now view App in the browser.

[palika]

For me the fix was to change start-server http://localhost:3000 to start-server http-get://localhost:3000 in my package.json. After this, the command awaited the start of the server properly.

This is also mentioned in the documentation https://docs.cypress.io/guides/guides/continuous-integration.html#Boot-your-server Although the context mentioned there is a bit different, but it does the trick.