I want to toggle only running one test, so I don't have to wait for my other tests to see the result of one test.
Currently, I comment out my other tests, but this is really annoying.
Is there a way to toggle only running one test in Cypress?
Answer
to run only one file
cypress run --spec path/to/file.spec.js
or using glob patterns:
cypress run --spec 'path/to/files/*.spec.js'
Note: you need to wrap your glob patterns in single quotes to avoid shell expansion!
to run only one test in a file
You can use a .only as described in the Cypress docs
it.only('only run this one', () => {
// similarly use it.skip(...) to skip a test
})
it('not this one', () => {
})
Also, you can do the same with describe and context blocks
edit:
there's also a nice VSCode extension to make adding/removing .only's easier with keyboard shortcuts. It's called Test Utils (works with js, coffee, and typescript):
