https://download.cypress.io/desktop.json ID error HTTP 500

[MikeMcC399]

Description

Attempting to access https://download.cypress.io/desktop.json results in

{"error":"You must pass either an "anonymousId" or a "userId"."}

In the browser network tab, the response is showing HTTP 500 Internal Server Error

• https://www.cypressstatus.com/ shows no error
• https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/ shows no relevant issue

URL of Issue(s)

https://docs.cypress.io/app/references/advanced-installation#Download-URLs

Steps to replicate

1. View https://docs.cypress.io/app/references/advanced-installation#Download-URLs
2. Click on link https://download.cypress.io/desktop.json

Browser

• Google Chrome Version 131.0.6778.85 (Official Build) (64-bit)
• Mozilla Firefox 132.0.2 (64-bit)

Device

• PC
• Mac
• iPhone
• iPad
• Android Phone
• Android Tablet

Additional Information

This used to work.

[ryanthemanuel]

Thanks for pointing this out @MikeMcC399! There is a fix incoming in the cloud that will make that link work properly again. I'll keep this open until I can verify that it is working again.

[ryanthemanuel]

This is now working again. Navigating to https://download.cypress.io/desktop.json gives me:

{
  "name": "Cypress",
  "version": "13.16.0",
  "packages": {
    "mac": {
      "url": "https://cdn.cypress.io/desktop/13.16.0/darwin-x64/cypress.zip"
    },
    "linux64": {
      "url": "https://cdn.cypress.io/desktop/13.16.0/linux-x64/cypress.zip"
    },
    "darwin": {
      "url": "https://cdn.cypress.io/desktop/13.16.0/darwin-x64/cypress.zip"
    },
    "linux": {
      "url": "https://cdn.cypress.io/desktop/13.16.0/linux-x64/cypress.zip"
    },
    "darwin-x64": {
      "url": "https://cdn.cypress.io/desktop/13.16.0/darwin-x64/cypress.zip"
    },
    "darwin-arm64": {
      "url": "https://cdn.cypress.io/desktop/13.16.0/darwin-arm64/cypress.zip"
    },
    "linux-x64": {
      "url": "https://cdn.cypress.io/desktop/13.16.0/linux-x64/cypress.zip"
    },
    "linux-arm64": {
      "url": "https://cdn.cypress.io/desktop/13.16.0/linux-arm64/cypress.zip"
    },
    "win32-x64": {
      "url": "https://cdn.cypress.io/desktop/13.16.0/win32-x64/cypress.zip"
    }
  }
}