Add throttle_response command for helping on sporadic failures

Author: jrafanie

cypress/support/commands/throttle_response.js

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Usage: cy.throttle_response(1000, 56);
+Cypress.Commands.add('throttle_response', (response_delay, throttle_kbps) => {
+  cy.intercept(
+    {
+      url: 'http://localhost:3000/**',
+      middleware: true,
+    },
+    (req) => {
+        req.on('response', (res) => {
+            // Add response delay and throttle network to simulate slower networks
+            res.setDelay(response_delay).setThrottle(throttle_kbps)
+        })
+    }
+  )
+});
+

cypress/support/e2e.js

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import './commands/gtl.js'
 import './commands/login.js'
 import './commands/menu.js'
 import './commands/toolbar.js'
+import './commands/throttle_response.js'
 
 // Assertions
 import './assertions/expect_rates_table.js';
@@ -65,3 +66,8 @@ Cypress.on('uncaught:exception', (err, runnable) => {
         return false;
     }
 });
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  // Global hook run once before each test
+  // cy.throttle_response(500, 56);
+})