Cypress · Middle · Question 37 of 77

What does `failOnStatusCode: false` in `cy.request` allow?

1Asserting on 4xx or 5xx responses instead of failing
2Ignoring all errors in the rest of the spec
3Retrying the request until it returns 200

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Correct answer: Asserting on 4xx or 5xx responses instead of failing

Explanation

By default non-2xx/3xx responses fail the test. Turn it off when the error response is what you want to check.

Further reading

Cypress: cy.request() ↗

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