# Cypress 16: faster tests, starting with HTTP/2 support

DevFeed: [Cypress 16: faster tests, starting with HTTP/2 support](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/cypress-16-faster-tests-starting-with-http-2-support-12602.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.cypress.io/blog/cypress-16-faster-tests-starting-with-http2-support/>)

Published: 2026-09-01T17:28:34Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Cypress Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/cypress-blog.md>)

Topics: [Cypress](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cypress.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [HTTP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/http.md>), [Chromium](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chromium.md>), [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>), [Streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/streaming.md>), [Vite](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vite.md>)

Tags: [chromium](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chromium.md>), [ci](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci.md>), [cypress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cypress.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/streaming.md>), [tests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tests.md>), [vite](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vite.md>)

## AI overview

Cypress 16 improves end-to-end test performance with HTTP/2 support, zero-delay typing, faster visibility checks, retrying cookie and storage commands, and automatic memory management. The release also updates Node.js, Electron, and Chromium versions and removes Cypress.env() as part of its security work.

## Source excerpt

Cypress 16 goes after slow test suites from every angle: HTTP/2 support, zero-delay typing, faster visibility checks, retrying cookie commands, and automatic memory management. Most of it arrives without editing a single test. Here's what changed, why, and how to upgrade.