pause() should not be ignored with cypress run --headed --no-exit

[totomaze]

Current behavior

With version 9.5.2 pause() is ignored even with the 2 flags --headed --no-exit.

I downgraded to 8.6.0 and this feature works fine. A regression must have occured

Desired behavior

pause() should not be ignored with cypress run --headed --no-exit

I would suggest to make it work without the --no-exit flag since this flag will block all the following tests to run even if the window is close.

Test code to reproduce

Add a cy.pause() in a test case and run it with cypress run --headed --no-exit (the pause() will be ignored)

If you run the test with cypress open it will work

Cypress Version

from 9.2.0 to 9.5.2 pause() is ignored

Other

The last version where it s working is 9.1.1, after this version using --headed --no-exit no longer pause during a test run (cypress run --headed --no-exit)

I believe it s caused by this update in 9.2.0:
Cypress will throw an error when a user attempts to update a configuration
value at run-time using either the Test Configuration or using
Cypress.config() that is a
readonly option.
Addresses #6407 and
#19001.

Is there any workaround to get the test to pause when running it by cypress run ?

Here is the original pull request that allow a test run to pause when started by cypress run:
#18358

[emilyrohrbough]

@totomaze This indeed does appear to be a regression. Is this something you'd be willing to make a contribution to fix?

[totomaze]

@totomaze This indeed does appear to be a regression. Is this something you'd be willing to make a contribution to fix?

If I find some free time I might try to find a solution , but for now I found a workaround that suits me and work for 9.5.2 :

if (Cypress.config('browser').isHeaded){
  window.top.__cySkipValidateConfig = true
  Cypress.config('isInteractive',true)
}

Another solution will be to allow the following to work
cypress run -s test --config isInteractive=true

If someone have the dev environment maybe try to remove the config('exit') to see if it works :
packages/driver/src/cy/commands/debugging.ts Line 50

pause (subject, options: any = {}) {
      // bail if we're in run mode, unless --headed and --no-exit flags are passed
      if (!config('isInteractive') && (!config('browser').isHeaded || config('exit'))) {
        return subject
      }

[cypress-bot]

Released in 9.5.4.

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