cypress run always logs message ' It looks like this is your first time using Cypress: 14.2.0'

[m9195]

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Current behavior:
When running cypress, it always logs the message below (even though this is maybe my 100th time using Cypress of this version.

$ cypress run --env ENVIRONMENT={env} --spec ""
It looks like this is your first time using Cypress: 14.2.0

Desired behavior:
This is misleading - It should not be showing the message
Kindly let me know how to avoid this recurring of message.

Github Workflow:

name: PR Cypress 

run-name: PR Cypress 

on:
  pull_request:
    types:
      - opened
      - synchronize

jobs:
  runTests:
    name: Run Smoke Scripts
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout Repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         
     - name: Set Up Node
      uses: actions/setup-node@v4
      with:
        node-version: ${{ inputs.node-version }}
        cache: yarn

    - name: Install Dependencies
      run: yarn install --immutable

      - name: Login to Azure
        uses: azure/login@v2.2.0
        with:
          creds: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS }}


      - name: Run Smoke Cypress Tests
        run: yarn nx run cypress-e2e:run --configuration={env} --spec ""
        env:
          ENVIRONMENT: {env}

[Paulos11]

Seeing the same thing in CI — the message shows up because Cypress isn't cached, so it thinks it's a fresh install every time.

Fix: Cache the Cypress binary like this:

- name: Cache Cypress binary
  uses: actions/cache@v3
  with:
    path: ~/.cache/Cypress
    key: cypress-${{ runner.os }}-14.2.0

Drop that before running tests and it’ll stop showing the “first time” message. Worked for me 👍

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