--- title: The Electron browser is being deprecated in Cypress description: Cypress is deprecating the bundled Electron browser starting with Cypress 16.0.0, with full removal planned in a future major version. The decision stems from... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-electron-browser-is-being-deprecated-in-cypress-t9hobog5t twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Electron browser is being deprecated in Cypress | daily.dev og:description: Cypress is deprecating the bundled Electron browser starting with Cypress 16.0.0, with full removal planned in a future major version. The decision stems from... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-electron-browser-is-being-deprecated-in-cypress-t9hobog5t og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/t9HoBOG5T.png og:image:alt: The Electron browser is being deprecated in Cypress og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [cypress](https://daily.dev/sources/cypress) [Read post](https://api.daily.dev/r/t9HoBOG5T) # [The Electron browser is being deprecated in Cypress](https://api.daily.dev/r/t9HoBOG5T "Go to post") Cypress is deprecating the bundled Electron browser starting with Cypress 16.0.0, with full removal planned in a future major version. The decision stems from three core issues: Electron's Chromium version lags behind stable Chrome, Electron behaves differently from real browsers causing hard-to-debug test discrepancies, and security updates are delayed through the Electron release chain. Teams are advised to migrate to installed browsers like Chrome for Testing. The post provides a step-by-step migration guide covering how to install a supported browser, set a defaultBrowser in config, update CI pipelines, switch Docker images, and remove all Electron-specific code and environment variables. Chrome for Testing is recommended as the preferred test browser due to its pinned versioning, no auto-update behavior, and automation-friendly design. 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