Cypress commands (e.g. cy.get) return undefined if previous test step fails

Current behavior:

Cypress test runner fails in after() block with error:

CypressError: cy.first() failed because it requires a DOM element.

The subject received was:

  > undefined

The previous command that ran was:

  > cy.get()

Because this error occurred during a 'after all' hook we are skipping the remaining tests in the current suite:

This happens each time a test step fails. In this case, it happens when the following assertion fails

.get('div.header__dob').should('contain', `${patient.birth_date}`)

Desired behavior:

Cleanup step should execute with Cypress commands returning values instead of undefined

Steps to reproduce: (app code and test code)

1. Write test with before, test & after steps
2. Have an assertion fail during testing
3. cy.get should return undefined in after step

Versions

Cypress: 3.2.0 OS: MacOS 10.14.4 Browser: Electron59 & Chrome73

[mmonteiroc]

Hi ! I’m having the same issue when doing cy.visit() to a new url.

We have a custom command which we use to check if our loading dissappear.

When arriving to that URL I have a method which waits for our loading to dissappear (cy.get(loading).should(‘not.exist’)…

Before doing that, we check that the main element in our DOM exists…

The issue comes in that check when in this custom command, we do cy.get(‘mainElement’, { timeout: 10000 }).should(‘exist’); We only do that assertion and afterwards assert that the loading does not exists

I get the following: For some reasons, I cannot show you the ID we use. anyways tried with other ID’s / css selectors and same error so that’s not an issue

[Deop]

Is there any update on this issue? Having the same problem with undefined elements in after methods after test fail