Can't upgrade to version 2.0 and above

• Operating System: OS X High Sierra
• Cypress Version: 2.0 and above
• Browser Version: Chrome 64

Is this a Feature or Bug?

Bug

Current behavior:

When I install cypress through npm, at the verification step the process fail with the message:

  cypress:cli cli starts with arguments [".nodenv/versions/8.9.0/bin/node","node_modules/.bin/cypress","verify"] +0ms
  cypress:cli program parsing arguments +2ms
  cypress:cli verifying Cypress app +0ms
  cypress:cli path to info.json file /node_modules/cypress/dist/info.json +0ms
  cypress:cli { version: '2.1.0', verifiedVersion: null } +14ms
  cypress:cli installed version is 2.1.0 comparing to 2.1.0 +16ms
  cypress:cli checking if executable exists node_modules/cypress/dist/Cypress.app/Contents/MacOS/Cypress +0ms
  cypress:cli path to info.json file node_modules/cypress/dist/info.json +3ms
  cypress:cli has verified version null +1ms
  cypress:cli run verification check? true +0ms
  cypress:cli running binary verification check 2.1.0 +0ms
It looks like this is your first time using Cypress: 2.1.0

  cypress:cli writing verified version string "null" +3ms
  cypress:cli path to info.json file node_modules/cypress/dist/info.json +3ms
  cypress:cli path to info.json file node_modules/cypress/dist/info.json +1ms
  cypress:cli running smoke test +3ms
  cypress:cli using Cypress executable node_modules/cypress/dist/Cypress.app/Contents/MacOS/Cypress +0ms
  cypress:cli needs XVFB? false +0ms
  cypress:cli smoke test command: node_modules/cypress/dist/Cypress.app/Contents/MacOS/Cypress --smoke-test --ping=290 +0ms
 ✖  Verifying Cypress can run node_modules/cypress/dist/Cypress.app
   → Cypress Version: 2.1.0
Cypress failed to start.

This is usually caused by a missing library or dependency.

The error below should indicate which dependency is missing.

https://on.cypress.io/required-dependencies

If you are using Docker, we provide containers with all required dependencies installed.
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Platform: darwin (17.4.0)
Cypress Version: 2.1.0

Desired behavior:

I should just pass the verification step and start normally.

How to reproduce:

install it from npm and run cypress verify or cypress open

Additional Info (images, stack traces, etc)

I tried to reproduce the smoke test step directly and got Segmentation Fault 11. If I go to the directory and open Cypress.app it opens normally.

Version 1.4.2 works as expected.

I already removed the node_modules directory and made a clean install but got the same result.

[bahmutov]

@nvangiessel thanks for tracking this down, never heard of this Node option!

Ok on Darwin too this silently fails

$ NODE_OPTIONS=--max_old_space_size=4096 DEBUG=cypress:* npm run cypress:open

> cypress-test-tiny@1.0.0 cypress:open /Users/gleb/git/cypress-test-tiny
> cypress open

  cypress:cli cli starts with arguments ["/Users/gleb/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.4/bin/node","/Users/gleb/git/cypress-test-tiny/node_modules/.bin/cypress","open"] +0ms
  cypress:cli program parsing arguments +3ms
  cypress:cli opening Cypress +1ms
  cypress:cli parsed cli options {} +129ms
  cypress:cli opening from options {"project":"/Users/gleb/git/cypress-test-tiny"} +0ms
  cypress:cli command line arguments ["--project","/Users/gleb/git/cypress-test-tiny"] +1ms
  cypress:cli verifying Cypress app +0ms
  cypress:cli path to info.json file /Users/gleb/git/cypress-test-tiny/node_modules/cypress/dist/info.json +0ms
  cypress:cli { version: '2.1.0', verifiedVersion: '2.1.0' } +16ms
  cypress:cli installed version is 2.1.0 comparing to 2.1.0 +17ms
  cypress:cli checking if executable exists /Users/gleb/git/cypress-test-tiny/node_modules/cypress/dist/Cypress.app/Contents/MacOS/Cypress +0ms
  cypress:cli path to info.json file /Users/gleb/git/cypress-test-tiny/node_modules/cypress/dist/info.json +2ms
  cypress:cli has verified version 2.1.0 +2ms
  cypress:cli run verification check? false +0ms
  cypress:cli needs XVFB? false +0ms
  cypress:cli spawning Cypress /Users/gleb/git/cypress-test-tiny/node_modules/cypress/dist/Cypress.app/Contents/MacOS/Cypress +0ms
  cypress:cli spawn args ["--project","/Users/gleb/git/cypress-test-tiny","--cwd","/Users/gleb/git/cypress-test-tiny"] { dev: undefined, detached: false, stdio: 'inherit' } +0ms
~/git/cypress-test-tiny on master
$ echo $?
0

Something for me to work on!

[nvangiessel]

@bahmutov I’ve managed to start a new docker container locally (with our own Dockerfile) and install cypress on it without any problems. Found out that it had to do with a environment var which was set on my machine+build. If you set this ENV var, the installation fails: export NODE_OPTIONS=--max_old_space_size=4096