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open-ct complains about missing browser but open works fine

See original GitHub issue

Current behavior

npx cypress open works just fine but npx cypress open-ct crashes with:

(node:33115) Warning: Accessing non-existent property 'padLevels' of module exports inside circular dependency
(Use `Cypress --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
Error: Can't run because you've entered an invalid browser name.

Browser: 'chrome' was not found on your system or is not supported by Cypress.

Cypress supports the following browsers:
- chrome
- chromium
- edge
- electron
- firefox

You can also use a custom browser: https://on.cypress.io/customize-browsers

Available browsers found on your system are:
- chromium
- firefox
- electron
    at get (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/server/lib/errors.js:995:15)
    at Object.throwErr [as throw] (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/server/lib/errors.js:1013:9)
    at throwBrowserNotFound (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/server/lib/browsers/index.js:140:22)
    at ~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/server/lib/browsers/index.js:123:12
    at tryCatcher (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/launcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/util.js:16:23)
    at Promise._settlePromiseFromHandler (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/launcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:512:31)
    at Promise._settlePromise (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/launcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:569:18)
    at Promise._settlePromise0 (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/launcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:614:10)
    at Promise._settlePromises (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/launcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:694:18)
    at _drainQueueStep (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/launcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:138:12)
    at _drainQueue (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/launcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:131:9)
    at Async._drainQueues (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/launcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:147:5)
    at Immediate.Async.drainQueues [as _onImmediate] (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/launcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:17:14)
    at processImmediate (internal/timers.js:461:21)
 {
  isCypressErr: true,
  type: 'BROWSER_NOT_FOUND_BY_NAME',
  details: undefined
}
Error: Can't run because you've entered an invalid browser name.

Browser: 'chrome' was not found on your system or is not supported by Cypress.

Cypress supports the following browsers:
- chrome
- chromium
- edge
- electron
- firefox

You can also use a custom browser: https://on.cypress.io/customize-browsers

Available browsers found on your system are:
- chromium
- firefox
- electron
    at get (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/server/lib/errors.js:995:15)
    at Object.throwErr [as throw] (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/server/lib/errors.js:1013:9)
    at throwBrowserNotFound (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/server/lib/browsers/index.js:140:22)
    at ~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/server/lib/browsers/index.js:123:12
    at tryCatcher (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/launcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/util.js:16:23)
    at Promise._settlePromiseFromHandler (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/launcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:512:31)
    at Promise._settlePromise (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/launcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:569:18)
    at Promise._settlePromise0 (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/launcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:614:10)
    at Promise._settlePromises (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/launcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:694:18)
    at _drainQueueStep (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/launcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:138:12)
    at _drainQueue (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/launcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:131:9)
    at Async._drainQueues (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/launcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:147:5)
    at Immediate.Async.drainQueues [as _onImmediate] (~/.cache/Cypress/7.0.0/Cypress/resources/app/packages/launcher/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:17:14)
    at processImmediate (internal/timers.js:461:21)

Versions

Cypress 7.0.0
Fedora GNU/Linux

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 2 years ago
Comments:10 (5 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

DamienCassoucommented, Apr 6, 2021

@lmiller1990 I reported the error separately: https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/15813

0reactions

jennifer-shehanecommented, Apr 28, 2021

This was released.

This comment thread has been locked. If you are still experiencing this issue after upgrading, please open a new issue.

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