"Error creating WebGL context" using cypress/browsers:24.13.0

[alohasick]

Description

On upgrading my CI E2E test job configuration to use cypress/browsers:24.13.0 as a base image, I started to see WebGL errors related to failing to create context. I couldn't reproduce the WebGL errors manually, they were reproduced when running automated tests with Cypress.

When using cypress/browsers:24.12.0 no issues are observed.

Some example stacktraces (these are from cypress-terminal-report plugin):

      cons:error ✘  THREE.WebGLRenderer: A WebGL context could not be created. Reason: ,
                    Could not create a WebGL context, VENDOR = 0xffff, DEVICE = 0xffff, Sandboxed = no, Optimus = no, AMD switchable = no, Reset notification strategy = 0x0000, ErrorMessage = BindToCurrentSequence failed: .
                    Time: 1770213402331
      cons:error ✘  THREE.WebGLRenderer: A WebGL context could not be created. Reason: ,
                    Could not create a WebGL context, VENDOR = 0xffff, DEVICE = 0xffff, Sandboxed = no, Optimus = no, AMD switchable = no, Reset notification strategy = 0x0000, ErrorMessage = BindToCurrentSequence failed: .
                    Time: 1770213402332
      cons:error ✘  THREE.WebGLRenderer: Error creating WebGL context.
                    Time: 1770213402368
      cons:error ✘  Error: Error creating WebGL context.
                        at new oU (http://localhost:4200/_next/static/chunks/9d78c252-9aa5e9308532cdca.js:186:120629)
                        at eB (http://localhost:4200/_next/static/chunks/343.3ee5bf0a875b4be5.js:1:94015)
                        at Object.configure (http://localhost:4200/_next/static/chunks/343.3ee5bf0a875b4be5.js:1:94707)
                        at http://localhost:4200/_next/static/chunks/5844.5739be0bf97cd117.js:446:6514
                        at aW (http://localhost:4200/_next/static/chunks/1dd3208c-cf913922ee49401d.js:1:73242)
                        at aH (http://localhost:4200/_next/static/chunks/1dd3208c-cf913922ee49401d.js:1:73302)
                        at aY (http://localhost:4200/_next/static/chunks/1dd3208c-cf913922ee49401d.js:1:73741)
                        at a9 (http://localhost:4200/_next/static/chunks/1dd3208c-cf913922ee49401d.js:1:84630)
                        at aY (http://localhost:4200/ ...
                    Time: 1770213402370

Versions

• Cypress: 14.5.3
• Cypress/browsers tag: 24.13.0
• Chrome version used on browsers container: 144.0.7559.132-1

[MikeMcC399]

@alohasick

You say that you have no issues with cypress/browsers:24.12.0 and that the next highest version cypress/browsers:24.13.0 throws WebGLRenderer errors.

You are using Cypress 14.5.3 which was released in July 2025.

Image	Last published	Debian	Node.js
cypress/browsers:24.12.0	Jan 6, 2026	13.2	v24.12.0
cypress/browsers:24.13.0	Feb 3, 2026	13.3	v24.13.0

I don't think that this repo will be able to solve your issue, as its responsibility is only to bundled the available components together.

If you can provide a reproducible example of the failure, not just an excerpt from the logs, we can take a look.

You may want to look if you have some older dependencies in your app that might have compatibility issues.

Also you could browse through previous issue reports on https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues regarding WebGL to see if you recognize any similarities.

[MikeMcC399]

This repo can only influence the building of Cypress Docker images, not the functionality in Cypress.

If you believe that there is a bug in Cypress I would suggest that you repost your problem to the Cypress issue list https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues and provide enough information so that the Cypress.io team would be able to reproduce your problem.

Closing, as there is no further action that can be taken here.