Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this video, the flake comes from the application slowly loading the data while the test is adding the first record. How would you fix it? Find the starting source code in the repo https://github.com/bahmutov/flaky-tes... branch "level6" If you like hands-on testing coding challenges, check out my Cypress/Playwright courses at https://cypress.tips/courses
In this video, the flake comes from the application slowly loading the data while the test is adding the first record. How would you fix it? Find the starting source code in the repo https://github.com/bahmutov/flaky-tes... branch "level6" If you like hands-on testing coding challenges, check out my Cypress/Playwright courses at https://cypress.tips/courses








![Escape Regular Expression Text When Using cy.contains Command
This video shows how to escape special characters like $, [], and ^ when creating regular expressions to use with cy.contains command. You can escape the characters yourself or use the Lodash method Cypress._.escapeRegExp bundled with Cypress to do it for you
const suffix = $/day
const regex = new RegExp(Cypress._.escapeRegExp(suffix))
cy.contains(regex).should(have.id, rate)
Find the full recipe at https://glebbahmutov.com/cypress-examples Escape Regular Expression Text When Using cy.contains Command](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hMzqiSUVGwA/mqdefault.jpg)

