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Run Cypress E2E tests, analyze failures including screenshots, and stress test for flakiness

metabase By metabase schedule Updated 5/4/2026

name: e2e-test description: Run Cypress E2E tests, analyze failures including screenshots, and stress test for flakiness disable-model-invocation: false

Run Cypress E2E test: $ARGUMENTS

Edition selection

Default: MB_EDITION=oss — runs without enterprise tokens, simpler and faster.

Only use MB_EDITION=ee when the user explicitly asks to write or run an enterprise test.

For MB_EDITION=ee: These tokens must be exported in the shell before starting Claude Code:

  • CYPRESS_MB_ALL_FEATURES_TOKEN — all features (most EE tests need this)
  • CYPRESS_MB_PRO_SELF_HOSTED_TOKEN — pro self-hosted (permissions, SSO, sandboxing)
  • CYPRESS_MB_STARTER_CLOUD_TOKEN — starter plan (rarely needed)
  • CYPRESS_MB_PRO_CLOUD_TOKEN — pro cloud (rarely needed)

NEVER echo, print, or log token values. Only check if they are set:

echo "ALL_FEATURES: ${CYPRESS_MB_ALL_FEATURES_TOKEN:+set}" && echo "PRO_SELF_HOSTED: ${CYPRESS_MB_PRO_SELF_HOSTED_TOKEN:+set}" && echo "STARTER: ${CYPRESS_MB_STARTER_CLOUD_TOKEN:+set}" && echo "PRO_CLOUD: ${CYPRESS_MB_PRO_CLOUD_TOKEN:+set}"

If tokens are missing, tell the user: "EE tokens are not set. Either export them and restart Claude Code, or add MB_EDITION=oss to run OSS-only tests."

Looking up duration without running

If the user asks "how long does this test take" / "what's the timing" — do not run it. Read e2e/support/timings.json, which holds the latest CI duration (in ms) per spec. Match on the spec path (entries are stored as ../test/scenarios/...). Per-it() granularity is not recorded there; for that you'd need the Cypress JSON reporter, which requires running the spec.

Running

First check if snapshots exist:

ls e2e/snapshots/default.sql 2>/dev/null && echo "snapshots exist" || echo "snapshots missing"

If snapshots exist, skip regeneration for speed:

MB_EDITION=oss CYPRESS_VIDEO=false CYPRESS_RETRIES=0 CYPRESS_GUI=false GENERATE_SNAPSHOTS=false bun test-cypress $ARGUMENTS

If snapshots are missing (first run), let the runner generate them:

MB_EDITION=oss CYPRESS_VIDEO=false CYPRESS_RETRIES=0 CYPRESS_GUI=false bun test-cypress $ARGUMENTS

When running enterprise tests, replace MB_EDITION=oss with MB_EDITION=ee in the commands above.

If $ARGUMENTS is empty, ask the user which spec to run.

If the user provides a test name or fuzzy name instead of a spec path, find the spec file:

find e2e/test/scenarios -name "*FUZZY_NAME*.cy.spec.*" -type f

Then run with --spec "path/to/matched.cy.spec.js".

To filter by test name, use the GREP env var (not --env grep=, which breaks on commas):

GREP="test name here" MB_EDITION=oss bun test-cypress --spec path/to/spec.js

Stress test (flaky detection)

When the user asks to verify a test is not flaky:

MB_EDITION=oss bin/e2e-stress-test $ARGUMENTS

Set E2E_STRESS_RUNS=N for more iterations (default: 5). Stops on first failure and prints screenshot paths. Read those screenshots to analyze the failure.

Analyzing failures

When tests fail:

  1. Read the screenshot for each failure — paths are printed in Cypress output under (Screenshots), typically at cypress/screenshots/<spec-name>/<test-name> (failed).png
  2. Read the error message and code frame from the console output
  3. Identify the root cause: is it a test bug, a product bug, or a timing issue?
  4. Suggest a fix with specific code changes
Install via CLI
npx skills add https://github.com/metabase/metabase --skill e2e-test
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