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Confusing error in Cypress tests - tput terminal type not set
Describe the bug
tput: No value for $TERM and no -T specified error line shows up in Cypress tests
To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Run Cypress test using the instructions from the Getting started guide.
Expected behavior Cypress output is clean
Version / Cluster
- Which testkube version? v1.3.44
- What Kubernetes cluster? (e.g. GKE, EKS, Openshift etc, local KinD, local Minikube) EKS
- What Kubernetes version? V1.22 Note: also shows on Testkube demo environment
Screenshots
[STARTED] Task without title.
[TITLE] Verified Cypress! /root/.cache/Cypress/8.3.0/Cypress
[SUCCESS] Verified Cypress! /root/.cache/Cypress/8.3.0/Cypress
Opening Cypress...
tput: No value for $TERM and no -T specified
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(Run Starting)
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Cypress: 8.3.0 │
│ Browser: Electron 91 (headless) │
│ Specs: 1 found (simple-test.js) │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Running: simple-test.js (1 of 1)
Browserslist: caniuse-lite is outdated. Please run:
npx browserslist@latest --update-db
Why you should do it regularly:
https://github.com/browserslist/browserslist#browsers-data-updating
(Results)
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Tests: 1 │
│ Passing: 0 │
│ Failing: 1 │
│ Pending: 0 │
│ Skipped: 0 │
│ Screenshots: 1 │
│ Video: true │
│ Duration: 14 seconds │
│ Spec Ran: simple-test.js │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
(Screenshots)
- /tmp/git-sparse-checkout2283720888/repo/examples/cypress/screenshots/simple-test (1280x720)
.js/The Home Page -- successfully loads (failed).png
(Video)
- Started processing: Compressing to 32 CRF
- Finished processing: /tmp/git-sparse-checkout2283720888/repo/examples/cypress/vi (3 seconds)
deos/simple-test.js.mp4
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tput: No value for $TERM and no -T specified
(Run Finished)
Spec Tests Passing Failing Pending Skipped
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ✖ simple-test.js 00:14 1 - 1 - - │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
✖ 1 of 1 failed (100%) 00:14 1 - 1 - -
Additional context Reported by user on Discord
I think it's all about setting terminal config in Dockerfile - xterm should be a safe default
edit: I checked how official Cypress images are built - it's exactly that: https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress-docker-images/blob/af8b5d2e1dfc1d7a5fa1fc24555a21fddb7fe1db/browsers/node16.14.2-slim-chrome103-ff102/Dockerfile#L78 (ENV TERM=xterm)
Something in the script is calling the tput binary. tput attempts to inspect the $TERM variable to determine the current terminal so it can produce the correct control sequences. There isn't a terminal when cron is running so you get that error from tput.
You can either manually assign a TERM value to the cron job (likely dumb or something similar to that) or (and this is likely the better solution) you can find out what is calling tput and remove that call.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29979966/tput-no-value-for-term-and-no-t-specified-error-logged-by-cron-process
