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fix: handleInvalidTarget breaks the removeAttribute function (#26206) #33051

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add test for #26206
SteffenDE Dec 2, 2025
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fix: handleInvalidTarget breaks the removeAttribute function (#26206)
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fix linter and move comment
SteffenDE Dec 3, 2025
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Merge branch 'develop' into pr/33051
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add changelog entry
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14 changes: 14 additions & 0 deletions packages/driver/cypress/e2e/issues/26206.cy.js
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// https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/26206
describe('issue 26206', () => {
beforeEach(() => {
cy.visit('fixtures/issue-26206.html')
})

it('removeAttribute works for non-target attributes after handleInvalidTarget', () => {
// After clicking an anchor with target="_top", the handleInvalidTarget function
// patches the element's removeAttribute. The bug was that removeAttribute
// would not work for attributes other than 'target'.
cy.get('#link').click()
cy.get('#result').should('have.text', 'removed')
})
})
18 changes: 18 additions & 0 deletions packages/driver/cypress/fixtures/issue-26206.html
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
</head>
<body>
<script>
function removeNonTargetAttribute(e) {
e.target.removeAttribute('data-bar')
document.getElementById('result').innerHTML = e.target.hasAttribute('data-bar') ? 'has-attribute' : 'removed'
}
</script>

<div>
<a href="#" id="link" target="_top" data-bar="baz" onclick="removeNonTargetAttribute(event)">link</a>
<div id="result"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion packages/driver/src/cy/top_attr_guards.ts
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Expand Up @@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ export function handleInvalidTarget (el: HTMLFormElement | HTMLAnchorElement) {
targetValue = ''

// We're not using `$elements.callNativeMethod` here because it disallows `removeAttribute`.
return removeAttribute.call(this, k)
}
return removeAttribute.call(this, k)
}

if (!targetDescriptor) {
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