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Execution order of `after` hooks when globally defined is not direct opposite of `before` hooks execution order

See original GitHub issue

Current behavior:

In before hooks, the hooks defined in support/index.js execute first, before any hooks defined in the spec file, but in the after hooks, the hooks defined in support/index.js do not execute last - the after hooks defined in the spec file run last.

I verified this is not a UI only issue - this is how they execute.

Desired behavior:

This behavior is not what I was expecting. I would expect the after hooks to execute in the exact opposite as before hooks had - in the same manner. Maybe I’m missing something.

This seems to be how they’ve always run, tested back to 3.4.1.

Test code to reproduce

support/index.js

before(() => {
  cy.log('support/index.js before')
  console.log('support/index.js before')
})

beforeEach(() => {
  cy.log('support/index.js beforeEach')
  console.log('support/index.js beforeEach')
})

afterEach(() => {
  cy.log('support/index.js afterEach')
  console.log('support/index.js afterEach')
})

after(() => {
  cy.log('support/index.js after')
  console.log('support/index.js after')
})

spec.js

before(() => {
  cy.log('main before')
  console.log('main before')
})

beforeEach(() => {
  cy.log('main beforeEach')
  console.log('main beforeEach')
})

describe('my tests', () => {
  before(() => {
    cy.log('suite before')
    console.log('suite before')
  })
  
  beforeEach(() => {
    cy.log('suite beforeEach')
    console.log('suite beforeEach')
  })
  
  it('visit', () => {
    cy.log('test body')
    console.log('test body')
  })

  afterEach(() => {
    cy.log('suite afterEach')
    console.log('suite afterEach')
  })

  after(() => {
    cy.log('suite after')
    console.log('suite after')
  })
})

afterEach(() => {
  cy.log('main afterEach')
  console.log('main afterEach')
})

after(() => {
  cy.log('main after')
  console.log('main after')
})