Hanging/freezing behaviour while using cypress open

[catherinebrown1]

Current behavior

As of last week a previously working repo has started freezing when using cypress open
I am able to pick browser and spec once and if i try to rerun cypress then freezes - the only method to run again is closing all cypress windows and reopening where again i can execute my scenarios for ~1min then the window will always freeze.
app frozen

gui behaviour when click rerun :

debuglog.txt

Desired behavior

allow for any number of reruns no freezing / hanging

Test code to reproduce

unfortuatley i am not able to share repo as its private with private env

Cypress Version

12.17.4

Node version

v18.16.0

Operating System

windows 14393.6614

Debug Logs

attatched in main as too long

Other

No response

[jennifer-shehane]

@catherinebrown1 Could you please update tot he latest version of Cypress? Your issue may have already been fixed.

[catherinebrown1]

hi @jennifer-shehane - have updated to 13.6.3 and still facing same issue straight away

[ritikb01]

Facing the same issue. Cypress Version = 13.6.3

[jennifer-shehane]

There is a hanging issue in Cypress associated with focusing out of the browser that is caused by not having our Cypress extension enabled. We're working on a fix for that. #28392 Just want to mention in case this is how the bug is looking for y'all.

You can ensure the extension is enabled by following these steps: #28392 (comment)

[jennifer-shehane]

Could you try updating to 13.6.3 and verify if this issue is still happening? We addressed a hanging issue in 13.6.5 that may be related.

[cypress-app-bot]

This issue has not had any activity in 180 days. Cypress evolves quickly and the reported behavior should be tested on the latest version of Cypress to verify the behavior is still occurring. It will be closed in 14 days if no updates are provided.

[skyler1ackerman]

I'm still seeing this behavior as well, on Cypress 13.14.2.

[bmpernot]

i am also getting this behaviour in 13.14.2.

Additionally, if I leave it for an extended period of time (about 20 mins) it then freezes my entire machine where I have to restart to get it working again

[skyler1ackerman]

@bmpernot I found a workaround, I was only seeing this behavior in my git repository, even after uninstalling cypress both locally and globally, deleting all node_modules and appdata, and reinstalling.

What eventually worked for me was cloning the exact same repo again from scratch, and the issue went away. Still no idea what caused it, but hope that helps you.