Getting "Error: Pattern mochawesome-report/*.json matched no report files" error only when test running in github action

[KrupalVaghasiya]

I am able to merge and generate reports in my local but when I am running mt test into GitHub action through error ERROR: Failed to merge reports. I never used GitHub action before so maybe I have made a mistake. Any suggestions are welcome.

Here is my cypress.json file

{
  "reporter": "cypress-mochawesome-reporter",
  "reporterOptions": {
    "reportDir": "cypress/Reports",
    "charts": true,
    "overwrite": false,
    "html": false,
    "json": true,
    "reportPageTitle": "Legrande Cypress",
    "reportFilename": "Legrande Cypress Test Report",
    "embeddedScreenshots": true,
    "inlineAssets": true
  },
  "defaultCommandTimeout": 30000,
  "retries": {
    "runMode": 1,
    "openMode": 1
  },
  "video": false,
  "scrollBehavior": "nearest",
  "chromeWebSecurity": false,
}

Here is my package.json file.

{
  "name": "cypressautomation",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
    "delete:reportFolder": "rm -rf mochawesome-report/",
    "test:cli": "npm run delete:reportFolder && cypress run",
    "merge:reports": "mochawesome-merge mochawesome-report/*.json > cypress-combined-report.json",
    "create:html:report": "npm run merge:reports && marge --reportDir TestReport cypress-combined-report.json",
    "cy:run": "cypress run",
    "record-test": "cypress run --record --key ######################"
  },
  "reporter": "cypress-mochawesome-reporter",
  "reporterOptions": {
    "reportDir": "cypress/Reports",
    "charts": true,
    "reportPageTitle": "My Test Suite",
    "embeddedScreenshots": true,
    "inlineAssets": true
  },
  "video": false,
  "author": "weblylab",
  "license": "ISC",
  "devDependencies": {
    "cypress": "^9.5.0",
    "cypress-file-upload": "^5.0.2",
    "cypress-mochawesome-reporter": "^2.2.0",
    "cypress-slack-reporter": "^1.2.1",
    "cypress-xpath": "^1.6.1",
    "faker": "^5.5.3",
    "i": "^0.3.6",
    "mocha": "^8.4.0",
    "mochawesome": "^6.2.2",
    "mochawesome-merge": "^4.2.0",
    "mochawesome-report-generator": "^5.2.0",
    "tsconfig-paths": "^3.9.0"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@auth0/auth0-spa-js": "^1.13.6",
    "@types/bluebird": "^3.5.33",
    "@types/lodash": "^4.14.168",
    "chai": "^4.3.0",
    "cypress-iframe": "^1.0.1",
    "cypress-skip-test": "^1.0.0",
    "delay": "^5.0.0",
    "Faker": "^0.7.2",
    "lodash": "^4.17.21",
    "moment": "^2.29.1",
    "resolve-url": "^0.2.1",
    "save": "^2.4.0",
    "source-map-resolve": "^0.6.0",
    "urix": "^0.1.0",
    "xlsx": "^0.17.0"
  }
}

And here is my cypress.yml file that I used for GitHub action.

name: GitHub Actions Demo
on:
  schedule:
  - cron: "0 0 * * *"
  push:
    branches:
      - 'master'

jobs:
 cypress-test:
  name: Run on windows
  runs-on: windows-latest
  steps: 
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2

    - name: Install dependencies
      run: |
        npm install
        npm install --dev
        npm run record-test

    - name: Copy execution test screenshots
      run: |
        mkdir public
        cp -r cypress/screenshots public/screenshots
    
    - name: Merge test reports
      run: npm run merge:reports

    - name: Generate HTML reports
      run: npm run create:html:report

I am getting the below error for merging reports. In my local machine, it working fine.

[sshkap]

The very same happens with dockerized setup.

[gagneet]

Did you try to change the
"reportDir": "cypress/Reports",

to the mochawesome-report ("reportDir": "cypress/reports/mochawesome-report",)

[damosull]

I'm seeing this also.

When I run the tests locally (npx cypress run), the JSON files are being stored in cypress/reports/.jsons:

Then the index.html is being generated based on them.

However, when I run with Github Actions, I get this failure in the logs:

Start generate report process
Read and merge jsons from "/home/runner/work/cypress/cypress/cypress/reports/html/.jsons"
Media folder "/home/runner/work/cypress/cypress/cypress/screenshots" not found, nothing to copy
Copy media folder from "/home/runner/work/cypress/cypress/cypress/videos" to "/home/runner/work/cypress/cypress/cypress/reports/html/videos"
An error was thrown in your plugins file while executing the handler for the after:run event.

The error we received was:

Error: Pattern /home/runner/work/cypress/cypress/cypress/reports/html/.jsons/*.json matched no report files

Here are my configurations for reference:

cypress.config.js:

const { defineConfig } = require("cypress");

module.exports = defineConfig({
  e2e: {
    setupNodeEvents(on, config) {
      require("cypress-mochawesome-reporter/plugin")(on);
    },
    baseUrl: "https://the-internet.herokuapp.com/",
  },
  reporter: "cypress-mochawesome-reporter",
  reporterOptions: {
    charts: true,
    reportPageTitle: "My HTML Test Report",
  },
});

.github/workflows/main.yml:

name: Cypress Tests

on: [push]

jobs:
  cypress-run:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Run Cypress Tests
        uses: cypress-io/github-action@v5
        with:
          start: npm test

package.json:

{
  "name": "cypress",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "cypress run"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "cypress": "^12.17.2",
    "cypress-mochawesome-reporter": "^3.5.1"
  }
}

[shashibhushanvirajaji]

I am facing this issue when executing the tests in parallel, other wise the tests are running properly.

[windyliu1118]

Anyone can give some comments on this issue? I encountered this issue as well.

[darioprinc]

hello guys, it's not exactly a solution, but I found a workaround. parallel runs automatically record to Cypress Cloud, no need for additional mochawesome reporting in my case. it's possible to conditionally disable Cypress Mochawesome Reporter. something like:

const isRecorded = settings.record === true;

if (isRecorded) {
  process.env.DISABLE_CYPRESS_MOCHAWESOME_REPORTER = 'true';
}

hope it helps someone 👍