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kathleennaughton opened this issue May 15, 2025 · 2 comments
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cy.selectFile() not finding file when executing github action #31726

kathleennaughton opened this issue May 15, 2025 · 2 comments
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Current behavior

My tests are failing with the following error when executing in github action (these pass on local execution):

CypressError: cy.selectFile("/home/runner/work/qa-cypress/qa-cypress/cypress/downloads/PersonalTaxReturn.jpg") failed because the file does not exist at the following path:

/home/runner/work/qa-cypress/qa-cypress/cypress/downloads/PersonalTaxReturn.jpg

I have verified that this file exists in my github runner image:
Run echo "Absolute path to cypress/downloads:"
Absolute path to cypress/downloads:

/home/runner/work/qa-cypress/qa-cypress/cypress/downloads
total [6](**REDACTED ****)80
drwxr-xr-x 2 runner docker   4096 May 15 1[7](https:**REDACTED ****):35 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 runner docker   4096 May 15 17:35 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 runner docker   614[8](https:**REDACTED ****) May 15 17:35 .DS_Store
-rw-r--r-- 1 runner docker 173527 May 15 17:35 BankStatement3Month.pdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 runner docker 173527 May 15 17:35 BankStatement6Month.pdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 runner docker 14132[9](**REDACTED ****) May 15 17:35 BusinessTaxReturn.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 runner docker  38719 May 15 17:35 GovermentID.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 runner docker 141329 May 15 17:35 PersonalTaxReturn.jpg

Please correct this issue.

Desired behavior

cy.selectFile() works in github action the same as in local exeuction

Test code to reproduce

 it.only("can add note to uploaded file", () => {
    const filePath = `${Cypress.config("fileServerFolder")}/cypress/downloads/PersonalTaxReturn.jpg`;
    cy.get("input[type=file]").first().selectFile(filePath, {
      force: true,
    }); // force: true is needed to bypass the hidden input field
    cy.wait(1000); // wait for the file to upload
    
    // clean up the uploaded file by removing it
    cy.get(removeIcon).contains(localizedString("Remove")).click();
    cy.wait(2000);
    // Verify that all remove buttons are gone
    cy.get(removeIcon).contains(localizedString("Remove")).should("not.exist");
  });

Cypress Version

14.3.2

Node version

23.11.1

Operating System

Download action repository 'cypress-io/github-action@v6'

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@kathleennaughton I believe you may need to provide a path relative to the Cypress project root. The docs specify this:




If given a path, .selectFile() will search for the file relative to the project root and attach the file exactly as it exists on disk.




https://docs.cypress.io/api/commands/selectfile#From-a-file-on-disk

      		
    

  





        


            

            
            

              
            

        

      


      

            
  
  

    
  
    
    

  

  

  


    












      

  
            

    

      
    

    


      

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@jennifer-shehane I have tried relative and absolute path and get the same result:


For sanity's sake, have yml step to list path and files:

Absolute path:

/home/runner/work/qa-cypress/qa-cypress/cypress/downloads

total 680

drwxr-xr-x 2 runner docker   4096 May 20 22:01 .

drwxr-xr-x 7 runner docker   4096 May 20 22:01 ..

-rw-r--r-- 1 runner docker   6148 May 20 22:01 .DS_Store

-rw-r--r-- 1 runner docker 173527 May 20 22:01 BankStatement3Month.pdf

-rw-r--r-- 1 runner docker 173527 May 20 22:01 BankStatement6Month.pdf

-rw-r--r-- 1 runner docker 141329 May 20 22:01 BusinessTaxReturn.jpg

-rw-r--r-- 1 runner docker  38719 May 20 22:01 GovermentID.jpg

-rw-r--r-- 1 runner docker 141329 May 20 22:01 PersonalTaxReturn.jpg


Test with relative path:

CypressError: cy.selectFile("cypress/downloads/BankStatement3Month.pdf") failed because the file does not exist at the following path:

/home/runner/work/qa-cypress/qa-cypress/cypress/downloads/BankStatement3Month.pdf


Test with that uses ${Cypress.config("fileServerFolder")}/cypress/downloads/PersonalTaxReturn.jpg

for doc path:

CypressError: cy.selectFile("/home/runner/work/qa-cypress/qa-cypress/cypress/downloads/PersonalTaxReturn.jpg") failed because the file does not exist at the following path:


/home/runner/work/qa-cypress/qa-cypress/cypress/downloads/PersonalTaxReturn.jpg


From what I can see, my runner image has the files and the path is the same with either relative or absolute defined in tests.


The image info:

Operating System

Ubuntu

22.04.5

LTS

Runner Image

Image: ubuntu-22.04

Version: 20250511.1.0


Please advise if I am missing something that I'm not seeing or what next steps should be.

      		
    

  





        


            

            
            

              
            

        

      


      

            
  
  

    
  
    
    

  

  

  


    
















  
  

    

      

  





  




  
  

              

  
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