What is the difference between Cypress dashboard parallel test and CI parallel test? #14216
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I'm using CircleCI and it provides feature to run parallel tests ( = parallel jobs ). Then, how cypress dashboard different from CI parallel test? I read dashboard docs, but couldn't find special reason to use dashboard. Can you explain? Thanks |
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@bahmutov Can you answer for this question? |
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I'd suggest reading through our Parallelization guide. I think it summarizes pretty well how Cypress orchestrates parallel tests to work with your CI provider (which allows you to run multiple machines in parallel). https://on.cypress.io/parallelization |
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@jennifer-shehane Thanks. I read that docs and understood that the only difference is load-balancing using timing data. Is it right? |
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Yes, using timings to order specs, plug groups, plus the simplicity of the entire system. Pretty much every CI system works right out of the box with simple |
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I'd suggest reading through our Parallelization guide. I think it summarizes pretty well how Cypress orchestrates parallel tests to work with your CI provider (which allows you to run multiple machines in parallel). https://on.cypress.io/parallelization