CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY on Windows Concats to Download URL #4296

fhilton · 2019-05-23T19:32:46Z

Current behavior:

On windows 10, setting `CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY` with the following:

setx CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY C:/cypressBinary.3.3.1/cypress.zip /M

Then run npm install

npm install cypress@3.3.1

Produces this in the install log:

‼ Warning: Forcing a binary version different than the default.

The CLI expected to install version: 3.3.1

Instead we will install version: C:/cypressBinary.3.3.1/cypress.zip

These versions may not work properly together.

Installing Cypress (version: C:/cypressBinary.3.3.1/cypress.zip)

× Downloading Cypress
→ Cypress Version: 3.3.1
Unzipping Cypress
Finishing Installation
The Cypress App could not be downloaded.

Please check network connectivity and try again:

URL: https://download.cypress.io/desktop/C:/cypressBinary.3.3.1/cypress.zip?platform=win32&arch=x64
Error: Failed downloading the Cypress binary.
Response code: 404
Response message: Not Found

Notice how the URL contains the path to the zip file.

Some more details here: cypress-io/cypress-documentation#761 (comment)

and a proposed solution here: cypress-io/cypress-documentation#761 (comment)

Desired behavior:

Setting CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY on windows should install using the file located in the env variable.

Steps to reproduce: (app code and test code)

Download the cypress zip file to C:/cypressBinary.3.3.1/cypress.zip
Run setx CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY C:/cypressBinary.3.3.1/cypress.zip /M
Reload command window to refresh env variable
Run npm install cypress@3.3.1

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jasmine-zhang-nz · 2019-05-24T03:27:37Z

I have a similar issue, after set up the http_proxy and https_proxy, I still not able to install Cypress 3.3.1

The error message is: The Cypress App could not be downloaded. Please check network connectivity and try again.

I have already setup the proxy, so if 3.3.1 has resolved the issue, this should not happen again.

jennifer-shehane · 2019-05-24T05:04:50Z

@jasmine-zhang-nz Are you also setting the CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY? If not, I believe you are having a separate issue and should open a new issue.

tomasbjerre · 2019-08-29T19:14:31Z

Could it be that the file does not exist? That should be made clerar with the fix in #5060

ari-meetai · 2019-11-08T19:04:29Z

Used "" instead of "/" and it worked.

i.e.: "c:\cypressBinary\cypress.zip"

kaiyoma · 2020-04-10T00:36:37Z

I've run into this problem as well. If I set CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY in the Cygwin/Unix style (e.g. /c/Users/Kyle Getz/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/cypress-4.1.0-win32-x64.zip) I see this in the output of yarn install:

Exit code: 1
Command: node index.js --exec install
Arguments:
Output:
‼ Warning: Forcing a binary version different than the default.
  The CLI expected to install version: 4.1.0
  Instead we will install version: /c/Users/Kyle Getz/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/cypress-4.1.0-win32-x64.zip
  These versions may not work properly together.
Installing Cypress (version: /c/Users/Kyle Getz/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/cypress-4.1.0-win32-x64.zip)
[16:48:05]  Downloading Cypress     [started]
[16:48:07]  Downloading Cypress     [failed]
[16:48:07] → The Cypress App could not be downloaded.
Does your workplace require a proxy to be used to access the Internet? If so, you must configure the HTTP_PROXY environm
ent variable before downloading Cypress. Read more: https://on.cypress.io/proxy-configuration
Otherwise, please check network connectivity and try again:
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URL: https://download.cypress.io/desktop//c/Users/Kyle%20Getz/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/cypress-4.1.0-win32-x64.zip?pl
atform=win32&arch=x64
Error: Failed downloading the Cypress binary.
Response code: 404
Response message: Not Found

You can see that the URL is very badly malformed:

https://download.cypress.io/desktop//c/Users/Kyle%20Getz/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/cypress-4.1.0-win32-x64.zip?platform=win32&arch=x64

But I believe it's a problem that the URL is being created anyway. Why is Cypress trying to download a binary when I already told it I have one locally?

jennifer-shehane · 2020-04-14T09:23:27Z

Could you run cypress install in debug mode mode and print the entire set of logs here?

There should be a debug log that will print the CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY we are reading in, perhaps this will highlight some problem.

kaiyoma · 2020-04-17T01:27:07Z

$ CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY=~/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/cypress-4.1.0-win32-x64.zip DEBUG=cypress:* yarn cypress install
yarn run v1.22.4
$ "C:\Users\Kyle Getz\Work\event-viewer\node_modules\.bin\cypress" install
  cypress:cli:cli cli starts with arguments ["C:\\Program Files\\Node.js\\node.exe","C:\\Users\\Kyle Getz\\Work\\event-viewer\\node_modules\\cypress\\bin\\cypress","install"] +0ms
  cypress:cli NODE_OPTIONS is not set +0ms
  cypress:cli:cli program parsing arguments +4ms
  cypress:cli parsed cli options {} +495ms
  cypress:cli installing with options {} +0ms
  cypress:cli version in package.json is 4.1.0 +1ms
  cypress:cli Using CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY from environment variable +5ms
  cypress:cli Using CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY from environment variable +1ms
  cypress:cli using environment variable CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY "/c/Users/Kyle Getz/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/cypress-4.1.0-win32-x64.zip" +1ms
  cypress:cli Reading binary package.json from: C:\Users\Kyle Getz\AppData\Local\Cypress\Cache\4.1.0\Cypress\resources\app\package.json +0ms
  cypress:cli no binary installed under cli version +14ms
‼ Warning: Forcing a binary version different than the default.

  The CLI expected to install version: 4.1.0

  Instead we will install version: /c/Users/Kyle Getz/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/cypress-4.1.0-win32-x64.zip

  These versions may not work properly together.

  cypress:cli checking local file /c/Users/Kyle Getz/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/cypress-4.1.0-win32-x64.zip cwd C:\Users\Kyle Getz\Work\event-viewer +4ms
  cypress:cli preparing to download and unzip version  /c/Users/Kyle Getz/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/cypress-4.1.0-win32-x64.zip to path C:\Users\Kyle Getz\AppData\Local\Cypress\Cache\4.1.
0 +26ms
Installing Cypress (version: /c/Users/Kyle Getz/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/cypress-4.1.0-win32-x64.zip)

  cypress:cli needed Cypress version: /c/Users/Kyle Getz/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/cypress-4.1.0-win32-x64.zip +0ms
  cypress:cli source url https://download.cypress.io/desktop//c/Users/Kyle%20Getz/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/cypress-4.1.0-win32-x64.zip?platform=win32&arch=x64 +1ms
  cypress:cli downloading cypress.zip to "C:\Users\KYLEGE~1\AppData\Local\Temp\cypress.zip" +4ms
  cypress:cli Downloading package {
  url: 'https://download.cypress.io/desktop//c/Users/Kyle%20Getz/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/cypress-4.1.0-win32-x64.zip?platform=win32&arch=x64',
  proxy: null,
  downloadDestination: 'C:\\Users\\KYLEGE~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\cypress.zip'
} +24ms
  /  Downloading Cypress
     Unzipping Cypress
     Finishing Installation
  cypress:cli response code 404 +351ms
  cypress:cli URL: https://download.cypress.io/desktop//c/Users/Kyle%20Getz/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/cypress-4.1.0-win32-x64.zip?platform=win32&arch=x64
  ×  Downloading Cypress
    → Cypress Version: 4.1.0
     Unzipping Cypress
     Finishing Installation
  cypress:cli downloading finished +8ms
  cypress:cli downloaded file lacks checksum or size to verify +0ms
The Cypress App could not be downloaded.

Does your workplace require a proxy to be used to access the Internet? If so, you must configure the HTTP_PROXY environment variable before downloading Cypress. Read more: https://on.cypres
s.io/proxy-configuration

Otherwise, please check network connectivity and try again:

----------

URL: https://download.cypress.io/desktop//c/Users/Kyle%20Getz/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/cypress-4.1.0-win32-x64.zip?platform=win32&arch=x64
Error: Failed downloading the Cypress binary.
Response code: 404
Response message: Not Found

----------

Platform: win32 (10.0.18363)
Cypress Version: 4.1.0

kaiyoma · 2020-04-17T16:20:11Z

Just ran into a related issue. I have version 4.1.0 specified in my package.json, but when I yarn install, Cypress downloads the wrong version, then complains that the checksum doesn't match:

yarn install v1.22.4
[1/4] Resolving packages...
[2/4] Fetching packages...
info There appears to be trouble with your network connection. Retrying...
info There appears to be trouble with your network connection. Retrying...
info fsevents@1.2.11: The platform "win32" is incompatible with this module.
info "fsevents@1.2.11" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.
info fsevents@2.1.2: The platform "win32" is incompatible with this module.
info "fsevents@2.1.2" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.
[3/4] Linking dependencies...
[4/4] Building fresh packages...
[-/11] ⠄ waiting...
[-/11] ⡀ waiting...
[-/11] ⡀ waiting...
[4/11] ⡀ cypress
error C:\Users\Kyle Getz\Work\event-viewer\node_modules\@types\testing-library__cypress\node_modules\cypress: Command fa
iled.
Exit code: 1
Command: node index.js --exec install
Arguments:
Directory: C:\Users\Kyle Getz\Work\event-viewer\node_modules\@types\testing-library__cypress\node_modules\cypress
Output:
Installing Cypress (version: 4.2.0)

[09:10:44]  Downloading Cypress     [started]
[09:10:45]  Downloading Cypress      0% 0s [title changed]
[09:10:46]  Downloading Cypress      1% 80s [title changed]
[09:10:46]  Downloading Cypress      1% 90s [title changed]
[09:10:46]  Downloading Cypress      1% 100s [title changed]
...
[09:13:36]  Downloading Cypress      98% 4s [title changed]
[09:13:37]  Downloading Cypress      99% 2s [title changed]
[09:13:38]  Downloading Cypress      100% 0s [title changed]
[09:13:41]  Downloading Cypress      100% 0s [failed]
[09:13:41] → The Cypress App could not be downloaded.

Does your workplace require a proxy to be used to access the Internet? If so, you must configure the HTTP_PROXY environm
ent variable before downloading Cypress. Read more: https://on.cypress.io/proxy-configuration

Otherwise, please check network connectivity and try again:

----------

URL: https://download.cypress.io/desktop/4.2.0?platform=win32&arch=x64
Error: Corrupted download

Expected downloaded file to have checksum: 45e16e4dd692ff89ddd8155bd80caaddbf11ba6ee12e57a3fbcbe12e5245418196840a324b9e0
22699b295f6364c0500c7df41baf0611f89f3316066b1c39c7e
Computed checksum: f17e5e344fbd17de1b7b9ec2d8756161f6f55ab36300e75b1b53107af8183fe1c77b7e95448590c26cdb48209663d07cb251e
3774e2d51381960043c41b6ad38

Expected downloaded file to have size: 168629214
Computed size: 168629214

----------

Platform: win32 (10.0.18363)
Cypress Version: 4.2.0
The Cypress App could not be downloaded.

Does your workplace require a proxy to be used to access the Internet? If so, you must configure the HTTP_PROXY environm
ent variable before downloading Cypress. Read more: https://on.cypress.io/proxy-configuration

Otherwise, please check network connectivity and try again:

----------

URL: https://download.cypress.io/desktop/4.2.0?platform=win32&arch=x64
Error: Corrupted download

Expected downloaded file to have checksum: 45e16e4dd692ff89ddd8155bd80caaddbf11ba6ee12e57a3fbcbe12e5245418196840a324b9e0
22699b295f6364c0500c7df41baf0611f89f3316066b1c39c7e
Computed checksum: f17e5e344fbd17de1b7b9ec2d8756161f6f55ab36300e75b1b53107af8183fe1c77b7e95448590c26cdb48209663d07cb251e
3774e2d51381960043c41b6ad38

Expected downloaded file to have size: 168629214
Computed size: 168629214

----------

No one told it to download version 4.2.0. Why is it doing that?

jennifer-shehane · 2020-08-28T09:03:34Z

Unfortunately we have to close this issue due to inactivity. Please comment if there is new information to provide concerning the original issue and we can reopen.

kaiyoma · 2020-08-28T15:23:37Z

This is still an issue.

jennifer-shehane · 2020-10-19T10:31:33Z

@kaiyoma Could you run Cypress in debug mode mode and print the entire set of logs here?

kaiyoma · 2020-10-19T15:03:04Z

I believe I already did this here: #4296 (comment)

jennifer-shehane · 2021-01-22T07:16:04Z

@kaiyoma The checksum issue is a duplicate of #4595

kaiyoma · 2021-01-22T16:53:44Z

@jennifer-shehane I don't think this is the same issue. It's not an issue of the checksum being wrong. The actual URL is being constructed incorrectly and the download fails entirely. I still run into this issue, so please leave this open.

An example URL (from my post above) which is clearly wrong:

https://download.cypress.io/desktop//c/Users/Kyle%20Getz/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/cypress-4.1.0-win32-x64.zip?platform=win32&arch=x64

kaiyoma · 2021-01-28T19:11:20Z

@jennifer-shehane Can you please reopen this issue? Otherwise I'm just going to have to file a new one with all the same info again, because I still run into this issue regularly. Note the URL below:

----------

Platform: win32 (10.0.19042)
Cypress Version: 6.2.1
The Cypress App could not be downloaded.

Does your workplace require a proxy to be used to access the Internet? If so, you must configure the HTTP_PROXY environm
ent variable before downloading Cypress. Read more: https://on.cypress.io/proxy-configuration

Otherwise, please check network connectivity and try again:

----------

URL: https://download.cypress.io/desktop//c/Users/Kyle%20Getz/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/cypress-6.2.1-win32-x64.zip?pl
atform=win32&arch=x64
Error: Failed downloading the Cypress binary.
Response code: 404
Response message: Not Found

----------

bahmutov · 2021-01-28T19:53:43Z

@kaiyoma The suspicious log line in your DEBUG logs is this one

cypress:cli checking local file /c/Users/Kyle Getz/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/cypress-4.1.0-win32-x64.zip cwd C:\Users\Kyle Getz\Work\event-viewer

For some reason, it see a mixture of unix-like paths and window current working directory. Because you said it was Cygwin - what happens when you pass the traditional Windows path to the binary? Because that would break the path.relative check under Nodejs.

kaiyoma · 2021-01-28T22:00:34Z

@kaiyoma The suspicious log line in your DEBUG logs is this one
cypress:cli checking local file /c/Users/Kyle Getz/AppData/Local/Cypress/Cache/cypress-4.1.0-win32-x64.zip cwd C:\Users\Kyle Getz\Work\event-viewer
For some reason, it see a mixture of unix-like paths and window current working directory. Because you said it was Cygwin - what happens when you pass the traditional Windows path to the binary? Because that would break the path.relative check under Nodejs.

I can try this out, but I will note that Cypress's own docs use the forward-slash, Unix style for directories, even for Windows:

https://docs.cypress.io/guides/getting-started/installing-cypress.html

kaiyoma · 2021-01-28T22:31:02Z

I can try this out, but I will note that Cypress's own docs use the forward-slash, Unix style for directories, even for Windows:

https://docs.cypress.io/guides/getting-started/installing-cypress.html

I believe using Windows-style paths does actually work here, thanks for the suggestion! I guess that means the docs are wrong?

(I also didn't realize that CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY can take a URL, which actually works better for me anyway, so I'll be switching to that notation.)

bahmutov · 2021-01-28T23:31:57Z

In our examples we see Unix-style path, do you find it somewhere else?

kaiyoma · 2021-01-29T00:09:51Z

I see Unix-style for Windows here:

And also here:

Also, that path in the first screenshot is wrong. It's missing a ~ in front.

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fhilton commented May 23, 2019 • edited by jennifer-shehane

Current behavior:

On windows 10, setting CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY with the following:

Then run npm install

Produces this in the install log:

Desired behavior:

Steps to reproduce: (app code and test code)

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On windows 10, setting `CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY` with the following:

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