Cypress Parallel CLI

An interactive CLI app for running parallel cypress tests

Author @kmcid

Installation & Usage

  npm install @kmcid/cypress-parallel-cli --save-dev
  npx parallel-cli

Configuring CLI

To run parallel tests Cypress dashboard record key is needed, to get a record key go to Cypress dashboard project -> Project settings -> Record keys, run cli then Setup parallel cli settings -> Set project record key

Select suites to run Setup parallel cli settings -> Set specs/tests, spec files inside the suites will be selected automatically, defaults to cypress/e2e

Select available browsers where tests will run Setup parallel cli settings -> Set browsers, defaults to electron

Select limit of parallel tests Setup parallel cli settings -> Set parallel, defaults to 5, maximum of 20

Set cypress environment variables Setup parallel cli settings -> Set environment variables, variables are comma separated

Current settings can be saved as Presets Setup parallel cli settings -> Save current settings as preset, once saved preset can be loaded from the main menu

Running tests

Run tests using Run cypress tests or Run cypress tests (no confirmation), this will execute cypress run in separate threads

To view the latest run results use View latest test results, this will display a table of test results and a link to Cypress dashboard recorded run

Roadmap

• Add resource monitoring