cypress: cypress.get(element) fails without waiting or retrying

Current behavior:

The cypress.get(element) function fails without waiting or retrying if the element is not visible on the page.

Desired behavior:

The cypress.get(element) function should wait and find the dom element in the page or timeout after the default timeout if the element is not visible in the page.

Steps to reproduce:

Non-working code:

describe('Starts a chat conversation', () => {
  describe('When visiting /chat ', () => {
    it('creates a new chat and the the chat bot starts sending messages', () => {
      cy.loginAs(clientWithMembership); // custom command that execute an http call

      const url = getChatUrl();
      cy.visit(url);
      cy.get('div[data-cy=chat-message-container]').should('have.length', 1); // Fails without waiting
    });
  });
});

Working code: (adding a wait before checking if the element exists)

describe('Starts a chat conversation', () => {
  describe('When visiting /chat ', () => {
    it('creates a new chat and the the chat bot starts sending messages', () => {
      cy.loginAs(clientWithMembership); // custom command that execute an http call

      const url = getChatUrl();
      cy.visit(url);
      cy.wait(3000);
      cy.get('div[data-cy=chat-message-container]').should('have.length', 1);
    });
  });
});

Versions

Cypress: 3.0.1 Mocha: 4.0.1 Browser: Chrome