`pause()` should not be ignored with `cypress run --headed --no-exit`

Current behavior:

cy.pause() is ignored when specs are run with cypress run

Notice that I have cy.pause() in the code to the left, but the test on the run hasn’t paused

Desired behavior:

I’d want the test to actually pause. Or make it really clear in the documentation that pause() is only working when you use cypress open

This is what it looks like when I use cypress open. I want the same behavior when I run with cypress run

Steps to reproduce: (app code and test code)

Add cy.pause() to any test, run it with cypress run, observe that the test is not paused.

Versions

Win 10 Electron (included with cypress) Cypress 3.2.0

[jennifer-shehane]

Yeah, this does seem like a valid use case though, I believe the cy.pause() should work as normal when running with --headed --no-exit flags.

[diminutivesloop]

My use case is that I need to debug why a test is failing only in cypress run and not cypress open. I tried the solution offered by @Konstruktour but cypress run apparently doesn’t take that config option anymore.