cannot get cy.session to work as a replacement for Cypress.Cookies.defaults({ preserve:

[tfaron]

In my current code I launch my application, login via username and password and once the app loads I run the following command which is called in the BEFORE block:

Cypress.Cookies.defaults({
preserve: ['auth-token', 'access-token', 'userData'],
})

In the BEFOREACH block I run 'cy.reload()' and this is making is so I only have to login once and just reload the browser before each test

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I am trying to do the same with cy.session() without success, trying multiple variations and also trying to use set/get cookies

I put the following code in BEFORE
Cypress.Commands.add('login', (username, password) => {
cy.visit('/login')
cy.get('[data-test=name]').type(username)
cy.get('[data-test=password]').type(password)
cy.get('form').contains('Log In').click()
cy.url().should('contain', '/login-successful')
})

In BEFOREEACH i call 'login()' and all I get is the login page displayed
If i call 'cy.refresh()' in beforeEach nothing is happening

I am clearly missing something or this is not working as expected.
Any suggestions on how to get this to work?

[jozso39]

I recommend turning off testIsolation to tests, you have to specify it on the top describe of the test:

describe(`your test`, { testIsolation: false }, () => {
		it(`this test or step`, () => {
			// test code
		});
	});
	

This way, the session will not be cleared between it-s.
There is another problem: the sessions will carry over to another tests. You just have to clear the session in the before hook.