Problem with cy.contains(). It find two elements. It should find one

[SkubisMilo]

Current behavior

After update to Cypress 12.1.0 some tests stop working. The problem is with cy.contains().

Before this code: cy.dataCy("OpenAddFormsButton.label").contains("Zadanie").click(); found only one element. Now it finds two elements:

Desired behavior

In this situation it should find only element which contains only word "Zadanie" not "Zadanie Cykliczne" also.

Test code to reproduce

it("adds new task", () => {
cy.dataCy("OpenAddFormsButton.add").contains("Dodaj").click();
cy.dataCy("OpenAddFormsButton.label").contains("Zadanie").click();
});

Cypress Version

12.1.0

Node version

16.14.2

Operating System

Windows 11

Debug Logs

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Other

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[jmitchell-figure]

I have had to deal with contains finding multiple before so can't speak on why it was working for you previously, but a simple .first() or using regex will work https://docs.cypress.io/api/commands/contains#Syntax

[emilyrohrbough]

@SkubisMilo This appears to be a regression from 12.0.1 to 12.0.2. I was able to reproduce with the following example:

    it('issue ', () => {
      cy.visit('https://example.cypress.io')
      cy.get('a').contains('next').click()
    })

In 12.0.1 - passes
In 12.0.2 - fails with cy.click() can only be called on a single element. Your subject contained 3 elements. Pass { multiple: true } if you want to serially click each element.[Learn more](https://on.cypress.io/click)

.contains() should be returning the first matched subject: https://docs.cypress.io/api/commands/contains#Only-the-first-matched-element-will-be-returned.

[BlueWinds]

Tracked this down - basically we're running into a problem when .contains() is passed multiple subjects that match the filter (but no child element of any of the subjects does).

Opened a PR to fix it, should go out in the next patch release.

[SkubisMilo]

@BlueWinds thanks for looking at this problem. I hope that your fix resolve this problem :).

[bondar-artem]

I have also had problems because of this issue. Hoping for the fix to be released soon.

[cypress-bot]

Released in 12.3.0.

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