change: Allow Cypress file watching to be disabled using environment variable #9653
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Description 📝
Allows file watching and automatic reloading to be disabled via an environment variable (including in
.env
) when using the Cypress UI.By default, Cypress's UI will automatically reload a test if any changes are made to the spec file which can be disruptive. This PR allows the behavior to optionally be disabled by setting the
CY_TEST_DISABLE_FILE_WATCHING
environment variable when running Cypress.Developers can permanently set this behavior by adding it to their
.env
file.Major Changes 🔄
CY_TEST_DISABLE_FILE_WATCHING
environment variable to determine whether or not to disable file watching UICY_TEST_DISABLE_FILE_WATCHING
How to test 🧪
yarn cy:debug
CY_TEST_DISABLE_FILE_WATCHING=1 yarn cy:debug