baseUrl not used in cypress.env.json

[bvanderneut]

Current behavior

If you have a baseUrl in the cypress.env.json it's not beeing used.

Desired behavior

just like the previous version I would like to have a local file cypress.env.json where the baseUrl is beeing read and used in my test.

Test code to reproduce

// Tried both ways and did not work

{
	"e2e": {
		"baseUrl": "https://google.com/"
	},
	"baseUrl": "https://google.com/"
}

Cypress Version

10.0.3

Other

It should work according the documentation:
https://docs.cypress.io/guides/guides/environment-variables#Option-2-cypress-env-json

[tdeekens]

I think I am experiencing the same resulting in a "Blocked a frame with origin" message using headless mode.

[rachelruderman]

Hi @bvanderneut, thanks for reporting! Can you provide a reproducible example?

I tried to recreate on my kitchensink branch but baseUrl worked as expected for me:

• base_url.cy.js
• cypress.config.js

[bvanderneut]

It's about this line of documentation:

"You can create your own cypress.env.json file that Cypress will automatically check. Values in here will overwrite conflicting environment variables in your Cypress configuration."

On that page there is a way to overwrite the baseUrl. But that does not work in the cypress.env.json. Because you can only overwrite environment (env) settings. Like this part of the config but not the baseUrl in the e2e part.

module.exports = defineConfig({
  env: {
    FOO: 'bar'
  },
  e2e: {
    baseUrl: 'http://localhost:3030',
  }
})

So my real question is: Is there a way to locally overwrite the baseUrl without that beeing checked in by git? Because If I change the baseurl in my cypress.config.js it will be checkedin.

See here my example project.

test-baseurl.zip

[lauterry]

Hi

There is an issue with baseUrl.

The one that is taken into account by cypress is the one on the root of the configuration and not the one into the e2e object

What is written into the documentation is not correct

[bvanderneut]

That is not correct what you are telling. If I add it like this:

export default defineConfig({
  e2e: {
    
  },
  baseUrl: 'https://google.com',
});

I get this error message:

[lauterry]

Mhhh it is weird. I do not have this message. I continue to investigate.

Here is my configuration and I manage to run my tests without errors

Edit : I wish to say that my configuration has been dynamically generated. I have remove any baseUrl from my cypress.config.js

I have created another issue : #22247

[rachelruderman]

@bvanderneut Thank you for the repro and apologies for my earlier response where I looked into cypress.config.js instead 😅 . I can confirm, you've found a buggo! 🐛 I'll be passing this along to the team.

Repo with reproducible example
Steps to test: yarn && npx cypress open -> e2e testing -> select baseUrl.cy.js