Cypress / Quiz
Intercept or Be Intercepted
cy.intercept is the sharpest tool in the Cypress kit and the easiest to hold wrong. Route matching, stubbing, spying, and override order under fire.
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Format
- Quiz
- Points
- 150
- Estimate
- 10 min
// MISSION BRIEF
Your Mission
The network is where e2e determinism lives or dies. cy.intercept can spy, stub, rewrite, and fail requests on demand, if you register it at the right time with the right matcher.
Seven questions on interception mechanics. Speed bonus active.
// FIRST CONTACT
Battle teaser
A cy.intercept registered AFTER cy.visit never catches the app's initial GET /api/products. Why?
- AIntercepts only apply to requests issued after they are registered; the visit fired the request before the route existed
- Bcy.intercept cannot match GET requests, only mutations
- CThe fixture folder was not configured
- Dcy.visit disables interception for the first page load
Answers, scoring, hints, and the full battle stay sealed.
// SKILL TAGS
cypressnetwork-mockinge2e-testingweb