From 84c04bbd1bcd89c72b052d469e00fb3489590fb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Tom=C3=A1s=20Teixeira?= <tomas.teixeira@tecnico.ulisboa.pt>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 21:18:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: --spec arg now allows () in filename
 (https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/28509)

---
 cli/CHANGELOG.md    | 1 +
 cli/lib/exec/run.js | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cli/CHANGELOG.md b/cli/CHANGELOG.md
index 64344c1f3210..48a5f6573753 100644
--- a/cli/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/cli/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ _Released 4/16/2024 (PENDING)_
 **Misc:**
 
 - Updated the Chrome flags to not show the "Enhanced Ad Privacy" dialog. Addresses [#29199](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/29199).
+- Specs with () in the filename will no longer fail to load and now behave as any other spec. Fixes [#28509](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/28509)
 
 ## 13.7.2
 
diff --git a/cli/lib/exec/run.js b/cli/lib/exec/run.js
index 965e2f9fe975..495b675939b3 100644
--- a/cli/lib/exec/run.js
+++ b/cli/lib/exec/run.js
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ const processRunOptions = (options = {}) => {
 
   // if we have specific spec(s) push that into the args
   if (options.spec) {
+    options.spec = options.spec.replace(/[()]/g, '\\$&')
     args.push('--spec', options.spec)
   }