Printing output to terminal from 'cypress run'

Question

I'd like to print arbitrary outputs to the terminal per each test after calling cypress run. The outputs should appear regardless of each test's success/failure. I've followed the instructions from dozens of online answers - nothing worked for me.

I'm using Cypress 8.7.0. Thanks!

It would be helpful if you could add a few online answers you have tried. — jjhelguero, Apr 05 '22 at 17:35
A few examples: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52070262/cypress-pipe-console-log-and-command-log-to-output https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55303738/cypress-how-to-print-tested-apps-console-errors-into-terminal-output https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/3199 Not sure how this helps though. — nozik, Apr 08 '22 at 07:39

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 01 '22 at 15:42

It's pretty much what @nozik linked to. In your cypress.config.js add:

module.exports = defineConfig({
  e2e: {
    setupNodeEvents(on, config) {
      on('task', {
        log(message) {
          // Then to see the log messages in the terminal
          //   cy.task("log", "my message");
          console.log(message +'\n\n');
          return null;
        },
      });
    },
  },
});

which can then be called in your tests with:

    cy.task('log', 'Display some logging');

Printing output to terminal from 'cypress run'

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