Fixture File Reuse Causing Test Failures in Cypress Test Suite

[TauqeerK18]

Current behavior

I'm encountering an issue with reusing fixture files across multiple test cases within the same Cypress test suite. When attempting to use the same fixture file in different test cases, the third test case fails due to conflicts arising from fixture file reuse.

Desired behavior

All test cases must pass.

Test code to reproduce

describe("Test Cypress fixture file", () => {
    beforeEach(() => {
        cy.visit("https://test.com/");
        cy.wait(2000);
    });

    afterEach(() => {
        cy.clearCookies();
    })

    it("upload the file - test 1", () => {
        cy.xpath("//div[@id='utility']").click();
        cy.wait(2000);
        cy.fixture('Mytest.pdf', null).as('testFile');
        cy.xpath(
            "//label[@class='relative my-10 h-[45px] w-[276px]  cursor-pointer rounded-lg bg-cta-primary py-2 text-center text-xl font-semibold text-white md:block md:text-lg md:font-semibold lg:hidden']"
          ).selectFile('@testFile');
        cy.wait(2000);

        cy.xpath("//img[@alt='success']").should("be.visible");
    });

    it("upload the file - test 2", () => {
        cy.xpath("//div[@id='utility']").click();
        cy.wait(2000);
        cy.fixture('test.pdf', null).as('testFile');
        cy.xpath(
            "//label[@class='relative my-10 h-[45px] w-[276px]  cursor-pointer rounded-lg bg-cta-primary py-2 text-center text-xl font-semibold text-white md:block md:text-lg md:font-semibold lg:hidden']"
          ).selectFile('@testFile');
        cy.wait(2000);

        cy.xpath("//img[@alt='success']").should("be.visible");
    });

    it("upload the file - test 3", () => {
        cy.xpath("//div[@id='utility']").click();
        cy.wait(2000);
        cy.fixture('Mytest.pdf', null).as('testFile');
        cy.xpath(
            "//label[@class='relative my-10 h-[45px] w-[276px]  cursor-pointer rounded-lg bg-cta-primary py-2 text-center text-xl font-semibold text-white md:block md:text-lg md:font-semibold lg:hidden']"
          ).selectFile('@testFile');
        cy.wait(2000);

        cy.xpath("//img[@alt='success']").should("be.visible");
    });

})

It fails on selectFile() action, as the same fixture file is used two times in the same test suite.

Cypress Version

13.3.1

Node version

v18.17.1

Operating System

MacOS Sonoma 14

Debug Logs

xpath//label[@class='relative my-10 h-[45px] w-[276px] cursor-pointer rounded-lg bg-cta-primary py-2 text-center text-xl font-semibold text-white md:block md:text-lg md:font-semibold lg:hidden']
5
selectFile@testFile
6
wait2000

Other

No response

[jennifer-shehane]

@TauqeerK18 What is the error you are seeing? Does the problem you're seeing sound like this existing issue? #4716