Cypress Clearing Cookies During Test Execution

• Operating System: OSX
• Cypress Version: 1.0.2
• Browser Version: CHROME Version 61.0.3163.100 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Is this a Feature or Bug?

This is a bug

Current behavior:

When cypress is executing tests, cypress for some reason clears the browser cookies. This is unexpected behavior and is making the Cypress un-useable.

Desired behavior:

For cypress not to touch browser cookies during testing.

How to reproduce:

See my code

Test code:

This is an angular 2 application.

/****** 
INDEX INTEGRATION TEST
- calls all of the test for testing a sub section of our application
- This is run after Jenkins builds the application or run on a local machine
*******/
"use strict";
import { _login } from '../../common/authenticate';
import { _navigate } from "../../common/navigate";
import * as headerTests from "./inc/header.spec";
import * as createFormModalTests from "./inc/create-form-modal.spec";
import * as showArchivedFormsTests from "./inc/show-archived-forms.spec";
import * as searchFormsTests from "./inc/search-forms.spec";
import * as tableSortingTests from "./inc/table-sorting.spec";
import * as tableActionTests from "./inc/table-actions.spec";
let formlist_url = "/administrator/index.php?option=com_mcform&view=ngformlist";
let orgid = "demo2";

context( "Authenticate", () => {
	_login( orgid );	
})
context( "Navigation", () => {
	_navigate( formlist_url );
})
context( "Forms List -> ", () => {
	describe( "Form List Header Toolbar ->", () =>{
		headerTests.executeCyTest();
	})
	describe( "Create Form Modal ->", () => {
		createFormModalTests.executeCyTest();
	})
	describe( "Show Archived Forms ->", () => {
		showArchivedFormsTests.executeCyTest();
	})	
	describe( "Search for Forms ->", () => {
		searchFormsTests.executeCyTest();
	})
        //HERE IS WHERE WE LOSE THE COOKIES
	describe( "Table sorting", () => {
		tableSortingTests.executeCyTest();
	});
})
/******
TABLE-ACTIONS.SPEC
- We use cypress to click a button which in turn calls a modal. 
- This modal executes an HTTP GET request
- By the time we open the modal, the cookies have been cleared, thus  the HTTP call fails due to dependencies on a token in the browser cookie. 
*********/
"use strict";
function cypressTest( path ){
	describe( "Table action should appear on hover", () => {
		it( "should show the action buttons on hover", () => {
			cy.get("table.td-data-table tr.td-data-table-row" ).eq( 1 )
				.find( "td.column6 > div button" ).eq( 1 ).click({ force : true })
		});
	})
}
module.exports = {
	executeCyTest : cypressTest
}

Additional Info (images, stack traces, etc)

A utility to turn off automatic cookie removal.

[jtmgio]

@brian-mann Using the “defaults” method worked perfect. I attached my code for reference. Thanks again for the quick response.

describe( "Memberclicks Tests", () =>{
	
	beforeEach(() => {
		Cypress.Cookies.defaults({
			whitelist: [ "mcid_token", "serviceID" ]
		});
	})

	context( "Authenticate", () => {
	
		_login( orgid );	
	})

	context( "Navigation", () => {
		_navigate( formlist_url );
	})

	context( "Forms List -> ", () => {
		
		describe( "Form List Header Toolbar ->", () =>{
			headerTests.executeCyTest();
		})

		describe( "Create Form Modal ->", () => {
			createFormModalTests.executeCyTest();
		})
		
		describe( "Show Archived Forms ->", () => {
			showArchivedFormsTests.executeCyTest();
		})
		
		describe( "Search for Forms ->", () => {
			searchFormsTests.executeCyTest();
		})
		
		describe( "Table sorting", () => {
			tableSortingTests.executeCyTest();
		})

		describe( "Table Actions", () => {
			tableActionTests.executeCyTest();
		})
		
	})
})

[musicformellons]

Any idea why this does not work on headless mode?