Cypress 15 beta build failure on Windows with VS2022

[MikeMcC399]

Current behavior

Building Cypress 15.0.0 beta from source on Windows 11 with Visual Studio 2022 fails rebuilding dependency registry-js from dependency @cypress/get-windows-proxy@1.6.2.

(It also fails with Visual Studio 2019.)

Desired behavior

It should be possible to build Cypress 15.0.0 beta from source on Windows 11 with Visual Studio 2022 without error.

• Cypress .node-version specifies the version of Node.js to be used with each version of Cypress.

• Node.js BUILDING > Supported toolchains specifies the supported version of Visual Studio

Cypress version	.node-version	Node.js BUILDING
14.15.0	20.18.1	Visual Studio >= 2019
15.0.0	22.15.1	Visual Studio >= 2022

Test code to reproduce

On Windows 11:

git clone --branch release/15.0.0 https://github.com/cypress-io
cd cypress-io
yarn

Cypress Version

15.0.0 beta 992f894

Node version

v22.15.1 according to https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/blob/release/15.0.0/.node-version

Operating System

Windows 11, 24H2

Debug Logs

warning Error running install script for optional dependency: "C:\\Users\\mikem\\github\\cypress-io\\cypress\\node_modules\\@cypress\\get-windows-proxy\\node_modules\\registry-js: Command failed.
Exit code: 1
Command: prebuild-install || node-gyp rebuild
Arguments:
Directory: C:\\Users\\mikem\\github\\cypress-io\\cypress\\node_modules\\@cypress\\get-windows-proxy\\node_modules\\registry-js
Output:
prebuild-install WARN install No prebuilt binaries found (target=22.15.1 runtime=node arch=x64 libc= platform=win32)

See also pipeline https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/github/cypress-io/cypress/72113/workflows/5cfbd530-041e-4fe7-bc2e-fada7e0e7748/jobs/2974389

"reinstall dependencies to work around cache issue (Windows only)"

Other

• Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022 (64-bit) Version 17.14.8
• Python 3.13.5

Relates also to

• Issue Yarn install fails building registry-js win32 binary get-windows-proxy#16
• PR chore: update contributing guide to contain needed dependencies for node-gyp #32007

[MikeMcC399]

Assessment

cypress/packages/server/package.json

Line 28 in 99950b7

"@cypress/get-windows-proxy": "1.6.2",

specifies @cypress/get-windows-proxy@1.6.2 which includes in its package.json

  "optionalDependencies": {
    "registry-js": "1.8.0"
  }

The minimum version required to support VS2022 is however registry-js@1.15.0

Recommendation

1. Review PR

   • fix(deps): update registry-js to 1.16.1 get-windows-proxy#17

     and supporting PRs

   • ci(deps): update circleci to cimg/node:22.17 get-windows-proxy#14

   • chore: migrate to default npmjs registry get-windows-proxy#15

     to bump the underlying use of registry-js from 1.8.0 to 1.16.1 (latest) in @cypress/get-windows-proxy.

2. Release a new version of @cypress/get-windows-proxy

3. Add the new version of @cypress/get-windows-proxy to packages/server/package.json

[MikeMcC399]

• The underlying issue in Yarn install fails building registry-js win32 binary get-windows-proxy#16 is now resolved.

• The next step is to release a new version: see Chore: release v1.6.3 get-windows-proxy#22

Intermediate test

After updating the develop (default) branch of https://github.com/cypress-io/get-windows-proxy with essential PRs, so that registry-js is updated from 1.8.0 to 1.16.1, test out updating packages/server/package.json using the unpublished @cypress/get-windows-proxy. Use the following environment:

Component	Version	Check with
Windows	11, 24H2	System
Node.js	22.15.1	node --version
yarn	1.22.22	yarn --version
Python	3.13.5	python3 --version
Visual Studio	Community 2022 - 17.14.8	About
Desktop development with C++

In packages/server/package.json replace

    "@cypress/get-windows-proxy": "1.6.2",

with

    "@cypress/get-windows-proxy": "https://github.com/cypress-io/get-windows-proxy",

git clone --branch release/15.0.0 https://github.com/cypress-io
cd cypress-io
git clean -xfd # if repeating
yarn

---

BEFORE

[5/6] Building fresh packages...
[-/39] ⠠ waiting...
[11/39] ⠠ registry-js
[26/39] ⠠ cpu-features
[-/39] ⠠ waiting...
warning Error running install script for optional dependency: "C:\\Users\\mikem\\github\\cypress-io\\cypress\\node_modules\\@cypress\\get-windows-proxy\\node_modules\\registry-js: Command failed.

AFTER

[5/6] Building fresh packages...
[6/6] Cleaning modules...

[MikeMcC399]

• PR chore(deps): update get-windows-proxy to 1.6.3 #32019 submitted

[MikeMcC399]

All tasks are now completed, PR #32019 is merged and https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/github/cypress-io/cypress/72157/workflows/52ea7ef9-13db-48cc-9598-2dcdfd9fb7ba/jobs/2977332 shows no error when building on Windows in CircleCI for release/15.0.0:

[5/6] Building fresh packages...
[6/6] Cleaning modules...

Local build with VS2019 or VS2022 succeeds.