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before hook only executed once in open mode with `experimentalRunAllSpecs`
Current behavior
When adding a before hook in the support file, it is only executed once at the beginning of the first test that gets executed.
Desired behavior
As stated in the documentation https://docs.cypress.io/guides/core-concepts/writing-and-organizing-tests#Support-file the support files (and so the before) hook should be executed before any suite/file.
Test code to reproduce
Add a simple before hook into any support file in a project that has at least two suite files.
E.g.
before(() => {
cy.log('I am a BEFORE support hook');
})
Run all tests and look for the output.
Cypress Version
12.7.0
Node version
18
Operating System
Ubuntu 20
Debug Logs
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Other
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Hi @chbiel , thanks for opening an issue. Are you seeing this behavior when running your tests using cypress run, or using cypress open with the experimentalRunAllSpecs flag enabled?
I only checked it with cypress open and yes, we have experimentalRunAllSpecs enabled.
It happens there also when running single sub folders.
I will try to check later the day, if it also happens in cypress run
EDIT:
checked cypress run. In all combinations of testIsolation and experimentalRunAllSpecs the before hook got executed at the beginning of each file. So it seems to be limited to cypress open.
A small recommendation: I think the documentation should somewhere define what a suite (from the context I understand that it is a describe block). Do you also have a name for the file that can contain several suites?
If you need more info, I am happy to help :)
@chbiel Thanks for the info. Unfortunately this is a known issue with experimentalRunAllSpecs mode, and one of the reasons it is still an experimental feature. It is on our roadmap of issues to get resolved prior to enabling that feature by default.
To your question around "Suite" wording, we typically use these terms but every org has their own semantics so you'll likely see other vocabulary across different sites/projects:
Spec -> File
Suite ->describe block
Test -> it block
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