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## <Icon name="angle-right" /> How do I preserve cookies / localStorage in between my tests?

By default, Cypress automatically
[clears all cookies **before** each test](/api/commands/clearcookies) to prevent
state from building up.
[clears all cookies, local storage and session **before** each test](/guides/core-concepts/test-isolation)
to prevent state from leaking between tests.

You can preserve session details across tests using the
[`cy.session()`](/api/commands/session) command.

Alternatively, you can disable
[`testIsolation`](/guides/references/configuration#e2e) at the suite or e2e
configuration-level to prevent the clearing of browser state.

## <Icon name="angle-right" /> Some of my elements animate in; how do I work around that?

Oftentimes you can usually account for animation by asserting
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:::tip

<Icon name="check-circle" color="green"></Icon> **Best Practice:** Tests should
always be able to be run independently from one another **and still pass**.
&#8239;<Icon name="check-circle" color="green"></Icon> **Best Practice:** Tests
should always be able to be run independently from one another **and still
pass**.

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The test isolation is a global configuration and can be overridden for
end-to-end testing at the `describe` level with the
[`testIsolation`](/guides/references/configuration#Global) option.
[`testIsolation`](/guides/references/configuration#e2e) option.

## Test Isolation in End-to-End Testing

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