Windows 10_Getting an error "GPU process launch failed: error_code=18" while trying to open cypress test runner.

Current behavior

Console log: `Note: You have set the environment variable:

CYPRESS_RUN_BINARY=C:\Cypress\9.3.1\Cypress\Cypress.exe

This overrides the default Cypress binary path used.

Found binary version 9.1.0 installed in C:\Cypress\9.3.1\Cypress`

!! Warning: Binary version 9.1.0 does not match the expected package version 9.3.1

These versions may not work properly together.

It looks like this is your first time using Cypress: 9.1.0

Verified Cypress! C:\Cypress\9.3.1\Cypress

Opening Cypress…

[22552:0126/205620.709:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(951)] GPU process launch failed: error_code=18 [22552:0126/205620.725:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(951)] GPU process launch failed: error_code=18 [22552:0126/205620.742:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(951)] GPU process launch failed: error_code=18 [22552:0126/205620.758:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(951)] GPU process launch failed: error_code=18 [22552:0126/205620.772:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(951)] GPU process launch failed: error_code=18 [22552:0126/205620.799:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(951)] GPU process launch failed: error_code=18 [22552:0126/205620.712:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(951)] GPU process launch failed: error_code=18 [22552:0126/205620.788:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(951)] GPU process launch failed: error_code=18 [22552:0126/205620.793:ERROR:gpu_process_host.cc(951)] GPU process launch failed: error_code=18 [22552:0126/205628.793:FATAL:gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc(417)] GPU process isn’t usable. Goodbye.

Desired behavior

Cypress test runner should be successfully open.

Test code to reproduce

1. To install the cypress latest version using the below command. (As GitHub has been blocked on-premise, we are using the below command for the installation) CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY=‘C:/CypressInstallables/cypress-win-9.1.0.zip’ CYPRESS_CACHE_FOLDER=‘C:/Cypress’ npm i cypress --sev-dev

2. Cypress 9.3.1 got successfully installed.

3. Environment variable has been set in the System variables. CYPRESS_RUN_BINARY=C:\Cypress\9.3.1\Cypress\Cypress.exe

4. npx cypress open

Cypress Version

9.3.1

Other

No response

[Praveentrp]

Solution:

1. Try opening your IDE/git bash in non-admin mode.
2. Run the command “./node_modules./bin/cypress open”
3. Click on the feature file which you want to execute.

This has resolved my issue. Hope it will resolve for you guys as well.

[Pradyyy-rgb]

Hello everyone, I have been facing the exact same issue as mentioned above,

Spec: Laptop:Microsoft surface and with every browser it has shown different kind of error, Cypress 9.5.3 installed not from web Env variable: Name: ELECTRON_EXTRA_LAUNCH_ARGS, Value: --disable-gpu-sandbox npx cypress run Name: NVM_HOME, Value: c:/users/username/AppData/Roaming/nvm System variable: HTTP_Proxy, value: ‘proxy set’ with port 8080

When I open the runner with ./node_modules./bin/cypress open on an admin git bash it open the runner successfully Then I select my browser as chrome And I click on the action.spec.js

Actual behavior:

same error when running with Edge Then opened with Electron

error:

When I run it with npx cypress open from the admin terminal , It throws

I’m not allowed to run it as non admin