Tests run in Chrome with baseUrl set navigate directly to baseUrl instead of Test Runner URL

Current behavior:

When I set a baseUrl and attempt to run the tests in Chrome, instead of the test runner it attempts to directly go to that URL. Removing the baseUrl property will load Cypress as normal, as does having a value set but running the tests using Electron.

Desired behavior:

When I run the tests with Chrome, it should navigate to Cypress running on localhost and show me the Cypress Test Runner. This is how it behaves when using Electron as the browser.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Add "baseUrl": "https://doesntmatteranyurl" to Cypress.json
2. Open Cypress
3. Set browser to Chrome
4. Run any tests

Versions

Cypress: 2.1.0 (happened on previous versions too) OS: Windows 10 1803

[jennifer-shehane]

Can any of you experiencing this issue, try to add the code below and respond whether it fixes the issue or not?

Add the code below to your cypress/plugins/index.js file:

module.exports = (on) => {
  on('before:browser:launch', (browser = {}, args) => {
    if (browser.name === 'chrome') { 
      // ^ make sure this is your browser name, you may 
      // be using 'canary' or 'chromium' for example, so change it to match!
      args.push('--proxy-bypass-list=<-loopback>')
      return args
    }
  })
}

[alastair-todd]

I have similar issue - I can visit my baseUrl, but not with a relative path

      cy.visit("http://localhost:4200/index.html"); //OK
      cy.visit("index.html"); // fails

cypress.json:

{
  "baseUrl": "http://localhost:4200"
}