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Fix "cy.visit() succeeded, but commands are timing out" error example #6157

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12 changes: 6 additions & 6 deletions docs/app/references/error-messages.mdx
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Expand Up @@ -498,18 +498,18 @@ as-is:
```javascript
it('navigates to docs.cypress.io', () => {
cy.visit('http://localhost:3000')
cy.visit('https://docs.cypress.io') // visit a different superdomain
cy.visit('https://docs.cypress.io') // visit a different domain
})
```

However, when the newly visited URL is not considered the same superdomain, the
However, when the newly visited URL is not considered the same domain, the
[`cy.origin()`](/api/commands/origin) command **must** be used to interact with
the newly visited domain. The following test is incorrect:

```javascript
it('navigates to docs.cypress.io and runs additional commands', () => {
cy.visit('http://localhost:3000')
cy.visit('https://docs.cypress.io') // visit a different superdomain
cy.visit('https://docs.cypress.io') // visit a different domain
cy.get('h1').should('contain', 'Why Cypress?') // fails
})
```
Expand All @@ -525,10 +525,10 @@ In order to fix this, our `cy.get()` command **must** be wrapped with the
[`cy.origin()`](/api/commands/origin) command, like so:

```javascript
it('navigates to example.cypress.io and runs additional commands', () => {
it('navigates to docs.cypress.io and runs additional commands', () => {
cy.visit('http://localhost:3000')
cy.visit('https://example.cypress.io') // visit a different superdomain
cy.origin('https://example.cypress.io', () => {
cy.visit('https://docs.cypress.io') // visit a different domain
cy.origin('https://docs.cypress.io', () => {
cy.get('h1').should('contain', 'Why Cypress?') // now succeeds!
})
})
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