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Error: EMFILE: too many open files when require external dependencies

See original GitHub issue

$ cypress run

Started video recording: /foo/figtf.mp4

(Tests Starting)
Oops...we found an error preparing this test file:

/foo/cypress/integration/foo_spec.js

The error was:

Error: EMFILE: too many open files, open '/foo/node_modules/ramda/package.json'

This occurred while Cypress was compiling and bundling your test code. This is usually caused by:

* A missing file or dependency
* A syntax error in the file or one of its dependencies

Fix the error in your code and re-run your tests.

  (Tests Finished)

  - Tests:           0
  - Passes:          0
  - Failures:        1
  - Pending:         0
  - Duration:        0 seconds
  - Screenshots:     0
  - Video Recorded:  true
  - Cypress Version: 0.18.4
Oops...we found an error preparing this test file:

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 7 years ago
Comments:9 (2 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

4reactions

brian-manncommented, Mar 9, 2017

Fixed in 0.19.1.

2reactions

cezarsmpiocommented, Jan 6, 2017

Same error happens here when I require others dependencies like lodash, axios, etc.

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