Cypress · Middle · Question 3 of 77

Why can an action in the middle of a chain break retrying?

cy.get("input").type("abc").should("have.value", "abc");

1Actions make the whole chain run twice on failure
2Actions disable retries for the rest of the spec
3Actions aren't retried, so only queries after them retry

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Correct answer: Actions aren't retried, so only queries after them retry

Explanation

If the .type() happened on an element that re-rendered, retrying the assertion can't redo the typing. Split long chains around actions.

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