Occasionally, Cypress will exit with SIGABRT, SIGTERM, or SIGSEGV and a non-zero exit code when experimentalSourceRewriting is active.
Cypress exits with correct exit code.
This is due to an upstream bug in Electron that is definitely fixed with Electron 12, but may be backported to Electron 11/10: https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/23315
Hi @flotwig , Chrome fails with the same issue when the flag is active. Thanks.
Yes, this will exit with a SIG error on ALL browsers, not just Electron since we use Electron for the Cypress application itself.
cypress.json
{
"experimentalSourceRewriting": true
}
spec.js
it('SIG error', () => {
cy.visit("http://example.com")
})
The Test Runner unexpectedly exited via a exit event with signal SIGSEGV
Please search Cypress documentation for possible solutions:
https://on.cypress.io
Check if there is a GitHub issue describing this crash:
https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues
Consider opening a new issue.

hello all, I'm facing the same bug but without the experimentalSourceRewriting. I can't replicate on other machines but it's definitely happening so I'm sharing details in case others can repro. Here's the stack trace if useful:
Yarn 1.22.4
Node.js v14.8.0
cypress ^5.5.0
macOS "Big Sur"
Cypress config
{
"baseUrl": "http://localhost:3000",
"defaultCommandTimeout": 10000,
"integrationFolder": "cypress/e2e",
"projectId": "hei3da",
"retries": {
"runMode": 2,
"openMode": 0
},
"viewportHeight": 900,
"viewportWidth": 1400
}
Stack trace
Error: error:0900006e:PEM routines:OPENSSL_internal:NO_START_LINE
at Object.createSecureContext (_tls_common.js:129:17)
at Server.addContext (_tls_wrap.js:1407:32)
at /Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/lib/server.js:222:23
at tryCatcher (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/util.js:16:23)
at Promise._settlePromiseFromHandler (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:512:31)
at Promise._settlePromise (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:569:18)
at Promise._settlePromise0 (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:614:10)
at Promise._settlePromises (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:694:18)
at Promise._fulfill (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:638:18)
at Promise._settlePromise (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:582:21)
at Promise._settlePromise0 (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:614:10)
at Promise._settlePromises (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:694:18)
at Promise._fulfill (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:638:18)
at Promise._resolveCallback (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:432:57)
at Promise._settlePromiseFromHandler (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:524:17)
at Promise._settlePromise (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:569:18)
at Promise._settlePromise0 (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:614:10)
at Promise._settlePromises (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:694:18)
at Promise._fulfill (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:638:18)
at PromiseArray._resolve (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise_array.js:126:19)
at PromiseArray._promiseFulfilled (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise_array.js:144:14)
at PromiseArray._iterate (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise_array.js:114:31)
at PromiseArray.init [as _init] (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise_array.js:78:10)
at Promise._settlePromise (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:566:21)
at Promise._settlePromise0 (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:614:10)
at Promise._settlePromises (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:694:18)
at Promise._fulfill (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:638:18)
at PromiseArray._resolve (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise_array.js:126:19)
at PromiseArray._promiseFulfilled (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise_array.js:144:14)
at Promise._settlePromise (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:574:26)
at Promise._settlePromise0 (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:614:10)
at Promise._settlePromises (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:694:18)
at _drainQueueStep (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:138:12)
at _drainQueue (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:131:9)
at Async._drainQueues (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:147:5)
at Immediate.Async.drainQueues [as _onImmediate] (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:17:14)
at processImmediate (internal/timers.js:456:21)
{
library: 'PEM routines',
function: 'OPENSSL_internal',
reason: 'NO_START_LINE',
code: 'ERR_OSSL_PEM_NO_START_LINE'
}
Error: error:0900006e:PEM routines:OPENSSL_internal:NO_START_LINE
at Object.createSecureContext (_tls_common.js:129:17)
at Server.addContext (_tls_wrap.js:1407:32)
at /Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/lib/server.js:222:23
at tryCatcher (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/util.js:16:23)
at Promise._settlePromiseFromHandler (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:512:31)
at Promise._settlePromise (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:569:18)
at Promise._settlePromise0 (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:614:10)
at Promise._settlePromises (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:694:18)
at Promise._fulfill (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:638:18)
at Promise._settlePromise (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:582:21)
at Promise._settlePromise0 (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:614:10)
at Promise._settlePromises (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:694:18)
at Promise._fulfill (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:638:18)
at Promise._resolveCallback (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:432:57)
at Promise._settlePromiseFromHandler (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:524:17)
at Promise._settlePromise (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:569:18)
at Promise._settlePromise0 (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:614:10)
at Promise._settlePromises (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:694:18)
at Promise._fulfill (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:638:18)
at PromiseArray._resolve (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise_array.js:126:19)
at PromiseArray._promiseFulfilled (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise_array.js:144:14)
at PromiseArray._iterate (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise_array.js:114:31)
at PromiseArray.init [as _init] (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise_array.js:78:10)
at Promise._settlePromise (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:566:21)
at Promise._settlePromise0 (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:614:10)
at Promise._settlePromises (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:694:18)
at Promise._fulfill (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:638:18)
at PromiseArray._resolve (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise_array.js:126:19)
at PromiseArray._promiseFulfilled (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise_array.js:144:14)
at Promise._settlePromise (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:574:26)
at Promise._settlePromise0 (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:614:10)
at Promise._settlePromises (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:694:18)
at _drainQueueStep (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:138:12)
at _drainQueue (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:131:9)
at Async._drainQueues (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:147:5)
at Immediate.Async.drainQueues [as _onImmediate] (/Users/cezar/Library/Caches/Cypress/5.6.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/https-proxy/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:17:14)
at processImmediate (internal/timers.js:456:21)
The Test Runner unexpectedly exited via a exit event with signal SIGSEGV
Please search Cypress documentation for possible solutions:
https://on.cypress.io
Check if there is a GitHub issue describing this crash:
https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues
Consider opening a new issue.
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Platform: darwin (20.1.0)
Cypress Version: 5.6.0
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.
FWIW downgrading to v5.3.0 works. Seems something related to Electron/Chromium under the hood but didn't investigate further
hello all, I'm facing the same bug but without the
experimentalSourceRewriting. I can't replicate on other machines but it's definitely happening so I'm sharing details in case others can repro. Here's the stack trace if useful:
@cezaraugusto check other issues in this repo, there are other issues that occur w/o experimentalSourceRewriting #7048 #8865 This issue is specifically relating to experimentalSourceRewriting.
Most helpful comment
Yes, this will exit with a SIG error on ALL browsers, not just Electron since we use Electron for the Cypress application itself.
Reproducible example
cypress.jsonspec.jsError that displays after tests finish: