Update packages/server/lib/browsers/chrome.ts

Co-authored-by: Matt Schile <mschile@cypress.io>
cypress-io · May 22, 2024 · 3cc3904 · 3cc3904 · cypress-bot · May 22, 2024
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diff --git a/packages/server/lib/browsers/chrome.ts b/packages/server/lib/browsers/chrome.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ const _mergeChromePreferences = (originalPrefs: ChromePreferences, newPrefs: Chr
 }
 
 const _writeChromePreferences = (userDir: string, originalPrefs: ChromePreferences, newPrefs: ChromePreferences): Promise<void> => {
+  // skip writing the preferences if requested by the user,
+  // typically used when the AUT encrypts the user data dir, causing relaunches of the browser not to work
+  // see https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/29330
   if (process.env.IGNORE_CHROME_PREFERENCES) {
     debug('ignoring chrome preferences: not writing to preference files')