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Installing cypress 6.9.0 fails when downloading binary

See original GitHub issue

Current behavior

Trying to install cypress 6.x via Yarn fails because the binary can’t be found. It also isn’t downloadable via plain wget. I’m not behind a proxy. I don’t see the 6.9.0 release posted on GitHub - was it published by mistake?

Installing 6.8.0 using yarn add cypress@~6.8.0 does work.

> yarn add cypress@^6.0.0
yarn add v1.22.10
[1/4] 🔍  Resolving packages...
[2/4] 🚚  Fetching packages...
[3/4] 🔗  Linking dependencies...
[4/4] 🔨  Building fresh packages...
[-/6] ⢀ waiting...
[2/6] ⢀ fsevents
[3/6] ⠠ cypress
[-/6] ⠠ waiting...
error <...>/node_modules/cypress: Command failed.
Exit code: 1
Command: node index.js --exec install
Arguments:
Directory: <...>/node_modules/cypress
Output:
Installing Cypress (version: 6.9.0)

[16:06:30]  Downloading Cypress     [started]
[16:06:31]  Downloading Cypress     [failed]
[16:06:31] → The Cypress App could not be downloaded.

Does your workplace require a proxy to be used to access the Internet? If so, you must configure the HTTP_PROXY environment variable before downloading Cypress. Read more: https://on.cypress.io/proxy-configuration

Otherwise, please check network connectivity and try again:

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URL: https://download.cypress.io/desktop/6.9.0?platform=darwin&arch=x64
Error: Failed downloading the Cypress binary.
Response code: 404
Response message: Not Found

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Platform: darwin (20.3.0)
Cypress Version: 6.9.0
The Cypress App could not be downloaded.

Does your workplace require a proxy to be used to access the Internet? If so, you must configure the HTTP_PROXY environment variable before downloading Cypress. Read more: https://on.cypress.io/proxy-configuration

Otherwise, please check network connectivity and try again:

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URL: https://download.cypress.io/desktop/6.9.0?platform=darwin&arch=x64
Error: Failed downloading the Cypress binary.
Response code: 404
Response message: Not Found

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Debug logs

Download method

npm
yarn
Direct download
other

Operating System

Linux
Mac
Windows

Other

I’m installing latest Cypress version
I’m behind a proxy
This only occurs in CI

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 2 years ago
Reactions:3
Comments:13 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

sjagoecommented, Apr 6, 2021

We’re seeing intermittent HTTP 404 errors downloading cypress 6.9.1, causing CI installs to fail somewhat randomly

# First attempt
$ curl -Ssf -o/dev/null "https://download.cypress.io/desktop/6.9.1?platform=linux"
--> # success
# Second run:
$ curl -Ssf -o/dev/null "https://download.cypress.io/desktop/6.9.1?platform=linux"
curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404

1reaction

jennifer-shehanecommented, Apr 6, 2021

There was an issue publishing our 7.0.0 release. We advise users to not install 6.9.0 at this time and to instead install:

6.8.0: Working version 7.0.0: Working version with breaking changes. See our changelog for full details.