fix: patch new tab creation for firefox 124 and up to fix issue where… (

#29179)

* fix: patch new tab creation for firefox 124 and up to fix issue where cypress was not executing beyond the first spec in cypress run (specific to firefox).

* Update cli/CHANGELOG.md

Co-authored-by: Jennifer Shehane <jennifer@cypress.io>

* opt for global window instead of no undef for window reference

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Co-authored-by: Jennifer Shehane <jennifer@cypress.io>

cli/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ _Released 3/26/2024 (PENDING)_
 
 **Bugfixes:**
 
+- Fixed an issue where Cypress was not executing beyond the first spec in `cypress run` for versions of Firefox 124 and up. Fixes [#29172](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/29172).
 - Fixed an issue blurring shadow dom elements. Fixed in [#29125](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/29125).
 
 **Dependency Updates:**

packages/extension/app/v2/background.js

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* global window */
 const get = require('lodash/get')
 const map = require('lodash/map')
 const pick = require('lodash/pick')
@@ -287,8 +288,25 @@ const automation = {
   resetBrowserTabsForNextTest (fn) {
     return Promise.try(() => {
       return browser.windows.getCurrent({ populate: true })
-    }).then((windowInfo) => {
-      return browser.tabs.remove(windowInfo.tabs.map((tab) => tab.id))
+    }).then(async (windowInfo) => {
+      let newTabId = null
+
+      try {
+        // credit to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7000190/detect-all-firefox-versions-in-js
+        const match = window.navigator.userAgent.match(/Firefox\/([0-9]+)\./)
+        const version = match ? parseInt(match[1]) : 0
+
+        // in versions of Firefox 124 and up, firefox no longer creates a new tab for us when we close all tabs in the browser.
+        // to keep change minimal and backwards compatible, we are creating an 'about:blank' tab here to keep the behavior consistent.
+        if (version >= 124) {
+          const newAboutBlankTab = await browser.tabs.create({ url: 'about:blank', active: false })
+
+          newTabId = newAboutBlankTab.id
+        }
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-empty
+      } catch (e) {}
+
+      return browser.tabs.remove(windowInfo.tabs.map((tab) => tab.id).filter((tab) => tab.id !== newTabId))
     }).then(fn)
   },
 

packages/extension/test/integration/v2/background_spec.js

@@ -848,6 +848,9 @@ describe('app/background', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
         sinon.stub(browser.windows, 'getCurrent').withArgs({ populate: true }).resolves({ id: '10', tabs: [{ id: '1' }, { id: '2' }, { id: '3' }] })
         sinon.stub(browser.tabs, 'remove').withArgs(['1', '2', '3']).resolves()
+        sinon.stub(browser.tabs, 'create').withArgs({ url: 'about:blank', active: false }).resolves({
+          id: 'new-tab',
+        })
       })
 
       it('closes the tabs in the current browser window', function (done) {
@@ -857,12 +860,36 @@ describe('app/background', () => {
 
           expect(browser.windows.getCurrent).to.be.called
           expect(browser.tabs.remove).to.be.called
+          expect(browser.tabs.create).not.to.be.called
 
           done()
         })
 
         this.server.emit('automation:request', 123, 'reset:browser:tabs:for:next:test')
       })
+
+      // @see https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/29172
+      describe('firefox 124 and up', () => {
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          global.window.navigator = {
+            userAgent: 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:124.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/124.0',
+          }
+        })
+
+        it('creates a new "about:blank" tab and closes the other tabs in the current browser window', function (done) {
+          this.socket.on('automation:response', (id, obj) => {
+            expect(id).to.eq(123)
+            expect(obj.response).to.be.undefined
+
+            expect(browser.windows.getCurrent).to.be.called
+            expect(browser.tabs.remove).to.be.calledWith(['1', '2', '3'])
+            expect(browser.tabs.create).to.be.calledWith({ url: 'about:blank', active: false })
+            done()
+          })
+
+          this.server.emit('automation:request', 123, 'reset:browser:tabs:for:next:test')
+        })
+      })
     })
   })
 })

packages/server/lib/browsers/firefox-util.ts

@@ -105,8 +105,10 @@ const attachToTabMemory = Bluebird.method((tab) => {
 })
 
 async function connectMarionetteToNewTab () {
-  // When firefox closes its last tab, it keeps a blank tab open. This will be the only handle
-  // So we will connect to it and navigate it to about:blank to set it up for CDP connection
+  // Firefox keeps a blank tab open in versions of Firefox 123 and lower when the last tab is closed.
+  // For versions 124 and above, a new tab is not created, so @packages/extension creates one for us.
+  // Since the tab is always available on our behalf,
+  // we can connect to it here and navigate it to about:blank to set it up for CDP connection
   const handles = await sendMarionette({
     name: 'WebDriver:GetWindowHandles',
   })