AWS CodeBuild - Cypress do not access binary files

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Hi there!

I am very happy if someone is able to help me on this topic as I am stuck since several hours on this problem...

We want to run cypress tests on AWS CodePipeline. Therefore, we use AWS CodeBuild to install cypress and run the tests. We use AWS CDK to deploy codePipeline and codeBuild.

For now CodeBuild is able to fetch and install the npm packages correctly. We use own AWS CodeArtifact but are linked to public npm.
However, it seems that npm is not correctly installing cypress. When we want to start cypress, it says that the binary is not accessible. For some research we noticed that the binary is not installed within the npm cache or binary directory.

We tried different ways to change binary directory with the provided env var, but this also seems not to work. Does anyone have an idea about this topic?

[Container] 2022/07/26 15:21:05 Running command export CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY=$PWD/cy-cache-here
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63 |  
64 | [Container] 2022/07/26 15:21:05 Running command export CYPRESS_CACHE_FOLDER=$PWD/cy-cache-here
65 |  
66 | [Container] 2022/07/26 15:21:05 Running command npm install cypress -g
67 |  
68 | added 165 packages in 7s
69 |  
70 | 27 packages are looking for funding
71 | run `npm fund` for details
72 |  
73 | [Container] 2022/07/26 15:21:13 Running command npm list
74 | src@ /codebuild/output/src701371698/src
75 | ├── @angular/[email protected]
76 | ├── @types/[email protected]
77 | ├── @types/[email protected]
78 | ├── [email protected]
79 | ├── [email protected]
80 | ├── [email protected]
81 | ├── [email protected]
82 | ├── [email protected]
83 | ├── [email protected]
84 | ├── [email protected]
85 | ├── [email protected]
86 | ├── [email protected]
87 | ├── [email protected]
88 | ├── [email protected]
89 | ├── [email protected]
90 | ├── [email protected]
91 | ├── [email protected]
92 | ├── [email protected]
93 | ├── [email protected]
94 | ├── [email protected]
95 | └── [email protected]
96 |  
97 |  
98 | [Container] 2022/07/26 15:21:14 Running command pwd
99 | /codebuild/output/src701371698/src
100 |  
101 | [Container] 2022/07/26 15:21:14 Running command npx cypress install --force
102 | Note: Overriding Cypress cache directory to: /codebuild/output/src701371698/src/cy-cache-here
103 |  
104 | Previous installs of Cypress may not be found.
105 |  
106 | ⚠ Warning: Forcing a binary version different than the default.
107 |  
108 | The CLI expected to install version: 10.3.1
109 |  
110 | Instead we will install version: /codebuild/output/src701371698/src/cy-cache-here
111 |  
112 | These versions may not work properly together.
113 |  
114 | Installing Cypress (version: /codebuild/output/src701371698/src/cy-cache-here)
115 |  
116 | [STARTED] Task without title.
117 |  
118 | [Container] 2022/07/26 15:21:14 Running command ls $PWD/cy-cache-here
119 |  
120 | [Container] 2022/07/26 15:21:14 Running command npx cypress run --record --parallel --browser $CY_BROWSER --ci-build-id $CODEBUILD_INITIATOR  --spec "$CY_SPEC"--env grepTags="$CY_TAG"
121 |  
122 | ⚠ Warning: It looks like you're passing --spec a space-separated list of arguments:
123 |  
124 | "--env grepTags="
125 |  
126 | This will work, but it's not recommended.
127 |  
128 | If you are trying to pass multiple arguments, separate them with commas instead:
129 | cypress run --spec arg1,arg2,arg3
130 |  
131 | The most common cause of this warning is using an unescaped glob pattern. If you are
132 | trying to pass a glob pattern, escape it using quotes:
133 | cypress run --spec "**/*.spec.js"
134 |  
135 | The cypress npm package is installed, but the Cypress binary is missing.
136 |  
137 | We expected the binary to be installed here: /codebuild/output/src701371698/src/cy-cache-here/10.3.1/Cypress/Cypress
138 |  
139 | Reasons it may be missing:
140 |  
141 | - You're caching 'node_modules' but are not caching this path: /root/.cache/Cypress
142 | - You ran 'npm install' at an earlier build step but did not persist: /root/.cache/Cypress
143 |  
144 | Properly caching the binary will fix this error and avoid downloading and unzipping Cypress.
145 |  
146 | Alternatively, you can run 'cypress install' to download the binary again.
147 |  
148 | https://on.cypress.io/not-installed-ci-error
149 |  
150 | ----------
151 |  
152 | Platform: linux-x64 (Ubuntu - 20.04)
153 | Cypress Version: 10.3.1

Thanks in advance!