cypress: "must only be invoked from the spec file or support file." errors using cy.selectFile() & cy.readFile()

Current behavior

Recently updated to Cypress 12.17.3 from 12.14 and are still getting “must only be invoked from the spec file or support file.” errors when using commands cy.selectFile(), cy.readFile() and cy.task().

Exactly the same behaviour as https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/27149

Desired behavior

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Test code to reproduce

cy.get('[data-cy="QA_Automation_Section_Zip-accordion-button"]').click()
cy.get('[data-cy="thumbnail-button-QA_Automation_Slide_Zip"]').click()
cy.get('[data-cy="upload-container"]').selectFile('cypress/fixtures/QA_Automation_Slide_Deploy.png', {force: true})

Cypress Version

12.17.3

Node version

18.16.1

Operating System

Windows 10.0.19045.3208

Debug Logs

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Other

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About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created a year ago
Reactions: 1
Comments: 18 (5 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

Hi everyone, i’m still experiencing the same issue too. It was working on cypress 12.14.0 but since not.

Cypress Version

12.17.3

Test code to reproduce:

  it('should upload a document', () => {
    cy.intercept('POST', '/property_documents').as('uploadDocuments');

    cy.getBySel('dataroom-document-title')
      .first()
      .click();

    cy.getBySel('file-item').should('not.exist');

    cy.get('#file-uploader-1')
      .selectFile({
        contents: 'cypress/fixtures/rooms.json',
        fileName: 'file.png',
      }, { force: true });

    cy.wait('@uploadDocuments').then(() => {
      cy.getBySel('file-item').should('exist');
      cy.getBySel('dataroom-document-checked').should('exist');
      cy.getBySel('dataroom-document-unchecked').should('have.length', 21);
    });
  });

Current behavior

jbarthe on Aug 9, 2023

HI @nagash77 I have the same problem as mentioned above. We updated our cypress from 10 to the newest version and for some reason, this line just stopped working:

uploadDocument() {
    cy.get(this.uploadDocumentsForm()).selectFile('cypress/fixtures/example.pdf', { force: true });
  }

I’m getting the same error: must only be invoked from the spec file or support file

bobilo-qa on Aug 9, 2023