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# Changelog

## 15.5.0

_Released 10/21/2025 (PENDING)_

## 15.4.0

_Released 10/7/2025_
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#### `cypress run --posix-exit-codes` {#cypress-run-posix-exit-codes}

This changes the default behavior of Cypress regarding exit codes. This flag causes Cypress to exit with POSIX exit code of 1 when there are test failures or if Cypress could not run, rather than the number of tests that failed.
This changes the default behavior of Cypress regarding exit codes. This flag causes Cypress to exit with POSIX exit code of 1 when there are test failures or if Cypress could not run, rather than the number of tests that failed. It can return additional POSIX-compliant exit codes for other scenarios as well. See the [Exit Code section](/app/references/command-line#Exit-code) for a comprehensive reference of Cypress exit codes.

```shell
cypress run --posix-exit-codes
```

For more about Cypress' exit code behavior, see the [Exit Code section](/app/references/command-line#Exit-code).

#### `cypress run --project <project-path>` {#cypress-run-project-lt-project-path-gt}

To see this in action we've set up an
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#### Exit code

When Cypress finishes running tests, it exits. If there are no failed tests, the
exit code will be 0.

```text
## All tests pass
$ cypress run
...
Tests Passing Failing
✔ All specs passed! 00:16 17 17 0

## print exit code on Mac or Linux
$ echo $?
0
```

By default, if there are any test failures, then the exit code will match the number of
tests that failed.

```text
## Spec with two failing tests
$ cypress run
...
Tests Passing Failing
✖ 1 of 1 failed (100%) 00:22 17 14 2

## print exit code on Mac or Linux
$ echo $?
2
```
Cypress supports two different exit code behaviors. The default behavior is similar to that of Mocha, but is not POSIX compliant: reserved exit codes can be returned for certain conditions. As well, the default behavior
can return a false negative when there are a number of tests that fail in multiples of 256: most terminals will apply modulo 256 to any exit code larger than 255.

You can change this behavior by passing the `--posix-exit-codes` flag. When this flag is passed,
the exit code will be 0 if all tests pass. If there are any test failures or if Cypress could not run,
the exit code will be 1.
POSIX compliant exit codes are available via the `--posix-exit-codes` flag. When this flag is passed, additional conditions can be returned that are not possible with the default behavior, including when Cypress fails due to
network errors when connections to Cypress Cloud are required, such as in `--record` or `--parallel` runs.

```text
## Spec with two failing tests
$ cypress run
...
Tests Passing Failing
✖ 1 of 1 failed (100%) 00:22 17 14 2
When using POSIX compliant exit codes, the number of failed tests can be determined from [structured reporter data](/app/tooling/reporters).

## print exit code on Mac or Linux
$ echo $?
1
```

If Cypress could not run for some reason (for example if no spec files were
found) then the exit code will be 1.

```text
## No spec files found
$ cypress run --spec not-found.js
...
Can't run because no spec files were found.

We searched for any files matching this glob pattern:

not-found.js

## print exit code on Mac or Linux
$ echo $?
1
```
| Exit Condition | POSIX Exit Code (with `--posix-exit-codes`) | Default Exit Code (without `--posix-exit-codes`) |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| All tests pass | 0 | 0 |
| _n_ tests fail | 1 | _n_ |
| Cypress could not run due to a network error when connections to Cypress Cloud are required | 112 | 1 |
| Cypress could not run for any other reason, including no spec files found | 1 | 1 |

### `cypress open`

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## History

| Version | Changes |
| ------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| [15.4.0](/app/references/changelog#15-4-0) | Added `--posix-exit-codes` flag to `cypress run` |
| [12.6.0](/app/references/changelog#12-6-0) | Added `--auto-cancel-after-failures` flag to `cypress run` |
| [5.4.0](/app/references/changelog) | Added `prune` subcommand to `cypress cache` |
| [5.4.0](/app/references/changelog) | Added `--size` flag to `cypress cache list` subcommand |
| [4.9.0](/app/references/changelog) | Added `--quiet` flag to `cypress run` |
| Version | Changes |
| ------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [15.5.0](/app/references/changelog#15-5-0) | Modified exit code documentations from narrative to a reference table, adding the 112 exit code scenario |
| [15.4.0](/app/references/changelog#15-4-0) | Added `--posix-exit-codes` flag to `cypress run` |
| [12.6.0](/app/references/changelog#12-6-0) | Added `--auto-cancel-after-failures` flag to `cypress run` |
| [5.4.0](/app/references/changelog) | Added `prune` subcommand to `cypress cache` |
| [5.4.0](/app/references/changelog) | Added `--size` flag to `cypress cache list` subcommand |
| [4.9.0](/app/references/changelog) | Added `--quiet` flag to `cypress run` |