If there are multiple spaces in error log, assert text log shows incorrect one, AssertionError correct one

[neminovno]

Current behavior

Noticed that should('include.text', myText) and should('contain.text', myText) fails with this in log sidebar:

assert expected '<div>' to contain text 'AAA, BBB', but the text was 'AAA, BBB some more text'

AssertionError
Timed out retrying after 10000ms: expected <div> to contain text 'AAA, BBB', but the text was 'AAA, BBB some more text'

and find out that first line is missing two spaces, while AssertionError line shows correctly two spaces within:

but the text was 'AAA,_SPACE__SPACE_BBB

The first line is wrong and misleading. I lost 20mins to find out why it fails.

Desired behavior

The first line message, the one starting with "assert", should be fixed to show correct text; with two spaces in this case.

Test code to reproduce

const getName = () => {
  const parser = new DOMParser();
  const stringWithTwoSpaces = '<div>Jane  Lane</div>';

  return parser.parseFromString(stringWithTwoSpaces, 'text/html');
};

cy.wrap({ name: getName })
  .invoke('name')
  .should('include.text', 'Jane Lane');

Cypress Version

13.6.6

Node version

20.11.0

Operating System

Win 10

Debug Logs

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Other

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