Switching back and forth between URLs in Cypress

[kepstein23]

I'm working on testing an experiment where I should be able to go back and forth between two participants (using 2 different unique URLs) and the app should remember where each participant was in the experiment. The current flow of my test is player1 logs in, views the instructions, clicks next, then moves to a game loading screen (this is because they're waiting on a second player to join). Cypress then visits the player2 url, logs in, clicks next on the instructions, and then both player 1 and 2 should be taken to a discussion screen, but both players end up stuck on game loading. This doesn't happen in my browser, only in cypress, so I'm thinking it has to do with how cypress manages data synchronously vs asynchronously or with cypress' lack of ability to maintain two tabs at once. Does anyone have insight or suggestions for a workaround? Cypress test is below.

it("first then second", () => {
    const randomPlayerKey1 = Math.floor(Math.random() * 1e13);
    const randomPlayerKey2 = Math.floor(Math.random() * 1e13);
    const url1 = `http://localhost:3000/?playerKey=${randomPlayerKey1}`
    const url2 = `http://localhost:3000/?playerKey=${randomPlayerKey2}`

    cy.visit(`http://localhost:3000/?playerKey=${Math.floor(Math.random() * 1e13)}`);
    cy.visit(url1);
    //consent
    cy.contains("Do you consent to participate in this experiment?");
    cy.contains("This experiment is part of a scientific project. Your decision to participate in this experiment is entirely voluntary. There are no known or anticipated risks to participating in this experiment. There is no way for us to identify you. The only information we will have, in addition to your responses, is the timestamps of your interactions with our site. The results of our research may be presented at scientific meetings or published in scientific journals. Clicking on the \"I AGREE\" button indicates that you are at least 18 years of age, and agree to participate voluntary.");
    cy.get('button').contains('I AGREE').click();
    // Login
    cy.contains("Enter your Player Identifier");
    cy.get('input').click().type('bob');
    cy.get('button').contains("Enter").click();        
    // Instruction one
    cy.contains("Instruction One");
    cy.get('button').contains("Next").click({force: true});    
    cy.contains("Game loading");
    // cy.get('button').contains("New Player").invoke('removeAttr', 'target').click({force: true});

    cy.visit(`http://localhost:3000/?playerKey=${Math.floor(Math.random() * 1e13)}`);
    cy.visit(url2);
    cy.contains("Do you consent to participate in this experiment?");
    cy.contains("This experiment is part of a scientific project. Your decision to participate in this experiment is entirely voluntary. There are no known or anticipated risks to participating in this experiment. There is no way for us to identify you. The only information we will have, in addition to your responses, is the timestamps of your interactions with our site. The results of our research may be presented at scientific meetings or published in scientific journals. Clicking on the \"I AGREE\" button indicates that you are at least 18 years of age, and agree to participate voluntary.");
    cy.get('button').contains('I AGREE').click();
    // Login
    cy.contains("Enter your Player Identifier");
    cy.get('input').click().type('player2');
    cy.get('button').contains("Enter").click();        
    // Instruction one
    cy.contains("Instruction One");
    cy.get('button').contains("Next").click({force: true});
    cy.visit(url1);
    cy.wait(1000);
    cy.contains("Your deliberation topic is:");
    // Discussion
    cy.get('iframe')
    // cy.contains("Your deliberation topic is:");
    // cy.contains("Join meeting");
    cy.wait(6000);

    //Exit Survey
    cy.contains("On a scale of zero to ten, how likely are you to recommend our product to a friend or colleague?");
    cy.contains("5").click();
    cy.contains("What do you miss and what was disappointing in your experience with us?");
    cy.get('#sq_103i').click().type("NA");
    cy.get("#sv-nav-complete > div > input").click();


    //finished screen
    cy.contains("Thank you for your feedback.");

})