cy.writeFile() must only be invoked from the spec file or support file. for earlier used files is working fine, but in new spec file it is throwing error

[SairamNewron]

Current behavior

Unable to use writefile in new spec file , but works fine in old spec files

Desired behavior

No response

Test code to reproduce

..................................................... 
 jsonUpdateFalse(fs) {
        let filepath = "cypress/fixtures/HRManagementInputData.json"
        cy.fixture("HRManagementInputData.json").then((data) => {
            const existingData = data
            // Modify the existing data
            existingData[0].Shift_master_flag = 'false';

            // Convert modified data back to JSON string
            const updatedJsonString = JSON.stringify(existingData, null, 2);
            console.log(updatedJsonString)
            // Write the updated JSON string to the file
           cy.writeFile(filepath,updatedJsonString)
        })
    }
.............................................
[
    {
        "Shift_master_flag": "false",
        "create_shift": [
            "Full_Shift"
        ]
    }
]
.........................................

import shiftMasterEntity from "../../../../../../Pages/Entity/Settings/D_HR_Management/a_HR_Master/ShiftMaster/shiftMasterEntity";

  shiftMaster.jsonUpdateFalse(fs);

Cypress Version

13.7.1

Node version

20.9

Operating System

windows 64

Debug Logs

17
writeFilecypress/fixtures/HRManagementInputData.json
CypressError
cy.writeFile() must only be invoked from the spec file or support file.

Other

No response

[jennifer-shehane]

@SairamNewron Could you provide a full example that we could run and see the error? Thanks.

[SairamNewron]

@jennifer-shehane , I observe that , the same spec file used in direct in e2e folder , it is not throwing error for cy.writefile(), but when i keep spec file in sub folders like fourth or fifth level sub - sub folder , it started throwing error for new spec ,may be the cy.writefile is not recognizing the imported js file as supported file / unable to call cy.writefile if spec file is in sub folders (it is getting failed when i used the same method in command.js).

it seems issue is with spec file location in folder structure

folder structure used for POM module is as follows

cypress > e2e / pages / main menu / sub menu / module / sub module / page.js cypress > e2e / testscripts / main menu / sub menu / module / sub module / test.cy.js

issue in import (only for cy.writefile) import shiftMasterEntity from "../../../../../../Pages/Entity/Settings/D_HR_Management/a_HR_Master/ShiftMaster/shiftMasterEntity";

no issue in the following import same file (only for cy.writefile)

import shiftMasterEntity from '../../../Pages/Entity/Settings/D_HR_Management/a_HR_Master/ShiftMaster/shiftMasterEntity';

[SairamNewron]

The issue still exist for one spec file , what I have used, but it is working fine in new spec files

[juanpaflo]

@SairamNewron could this be related to the path of the file being too long? It is just a thought.

Example (I know it is not the full path): "../../../../../../Pages/Entity/Settings/D_HR_Management/a_HR_Master/ShiftMaster/shiftMasterEntity" Has 98 characters "../../../Pages/Entity/Settings/D_HR_Management/a_HR_Master/ShiftMaster/shiftMasterEntity" Has 89 characters

Maybe the first path exceeds whatever the maximum limit is.

[SairamNewron]

I don't know the exact reason for this, but this is not working only in single spec file , all the previous and new files are working fine , I am unable to reproduce the issue