# The Electron browser is being deprecated in Cypress

DevFeed: [The Electron browser is being deprecated in Cypress](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-electron-browser-is-being-deprecated-in-cypress-12615.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.cypress.io/blog/the-electron-browser-is-being-deprecated-in-cypress/>)

Published: 2026-07-10T15:15:58Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [Cypress](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cypress.md>), [Electron](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/electron.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [browsers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browsers.md>), [Chromium](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chromium.md>), [Continuous integration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/continuous-integration.md>)

Tags: [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [browsers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browsers.md>), [chrome](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chrome.md>), [chromium](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chromium.md>), [continuous-integration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/continuous-integration.md>), [cypress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cypress.md>), [edge](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/edge.md>), [firefox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firefox.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

## AI overview

Cypress is deprecating its bundled Electron browser starting with Cypress 16.0.0 and plans to remove it in a future major version. The article explains that tests can produce inconsistent results in Electron compared with users' installed browsers, and recommends moving local and CI runs to installed browsers such as Chrome for Testing, Chrome, Firefox, or Edge.

## Source excerpt

We're deprecating the Electron browser in Cypress, starting in Cypress 16.0.0, with removal in a future major version. After years of seeing inconsistent results between Electron and the browsers people actually use, we are standardizing on installed browsers for more reliable test results.