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CypressError: cy.visit() failed

cy.visit() failed to load the target URL. The server may be unreachable, or the response status code indicates an error.

Common Causes

  1. 1Development server is not running
  2. 2URL is incorrect or port is wrong
  3. 3Server returned a non-2xx status code (e.g., 500)
  4. 4CORS issues preventing the page from loading
  5. 5baseUrl in cypress.config is misconfigured

How to Fix

Configure baseUrl in cypress.config

// cypress.config.ts
export default defineConfig({
  e2e: {
    baseUrl: 'http://localhost:3000',
  },
});

Set the baseUrl so cy.visit('/path') resolves correctly.

Allow non-2xx responses

cy.visit('/admin', { failOnStatusCode: false });

Prevents Cypress from failing when the server returns error status codes.

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