fix: move @cypress/schematic npm registry query to https

[MikeMcC399]

• Closes @cypress/schematic installs literal Cypress version "latest" #32388

Additional details

@cypress/schematic was querying the npm registry registry.npmjs.org using the http protocol.

Since Oct 4, 2021, the npm registry requires TLS 1.2, see The npm registry is deprecating TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1. Attempting to use http does not meet this requirement.

The attempt to query the npm package record http://registry.npmjs.org/cypress was failing and instead Cypress installation fell back to using the literal version latest, also leaving this value in the updated package.json if ng add @cypress/schematic was invoked.

npm/cypress-schematic/src/schematics/utils/index.ts is updated to query the npm registry using https instead of http.

Steps to test

On Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS, execute:

git clone --branch issue-32388-schematic-http-registry-query https://github.com/MikeMcC399/cypress
cd cypress
n auto # or manually set Node.js to 22.15.1
npm install yarn@latest -g
yarn
cd ..
git clone --branch 32388-angular-20 https://github.com/MikeMcC399/cypress-test-tiny
cd cypress-test-tiny
cd angular-app
ng add ../../cypress/npm/cypress-schematic --e2e --component
npm why cypress
npx cypress info

Confirm that cypress shows a numerical version, not the literal text latest

$ npm why cypress
[email protected] dev
node_modules/cypress
  dev cypress@"15.0.0" from the root project

How has the user experience changed?

When following the instructions in npm/cypress-schematic > README > Adding E2E and Component Testing using ng add @cypress/schematic, Cypress is saved to the devDependencies key section of the package.json file with its exact latest version, for example:

    "cypress": "15.0.0"

instead of

    "cypress": "latest"

PR Tasks

• Have tests been added/updated? (existing tests do not check this aspect, they only check that Cypress / Angular works)
• [na] Has a PR for user-facing changes been opened in cypress-documentation? Only mentioned in https://docs.cypress.io/app/guides/migration/protractor-to-cypress and no changes necessary
• [na] Have API changes been updated in the type definitions?

[cypress-app-bot]

• Create a Draft Pull Request if your PR is not ready for review. Mark the PR as Ready for Review when you're ready for a Cypress team member to review the PR.

[MikeMcC399]

CI job npm-cypress-schematic is successful
https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/github/cypress-io/cypress/74214/workflows/96f181f9-666f-47bf-a09c-f54189e70667/jobs/3105408

[jennifer-shehane]

Manually check this - looks fine. Thanks! Previous tests passed on a commit before this.

[MikeMcC399]

@jennifer-shehane

I checked the released version https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cypress/schematic/v/4.1.2 and it is working as expected. 👍🏻 It's installing the explicit version [email protected], not just cypress@latest.

cd $(mktemp -d)
git clone --branch 32388-angular-20 https://github.com/MikeMcC399/cypress-test-tiny
cd cypress-test-tiny
cd angular-app
ng add @cypress/schematic --e2e --component
cat package.json | grep cypress

Logs

$ cd $(mktemp -d)
git clone --branch 32388-angular-20 https://github.com/MikeMcC399/cypress-test-tiny
cd cypress-test-tiny
cd angular-app
ng add @cypress/schematic --e2e --component
cat package.json | grep cypress
Cloning into 'cypress-test-tiny'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 12397, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (423/423), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (207/207), done.
remote: Total 12397 (delta 304), reused 285 (delta 212), pack-reused 11974 (from 3)
Receiving objects: 100% (12397/12397), 2.43 MiB | 2.78 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (11725/11725), done.
✔ Determining Package Manager
  › Using package manager: npm
✔ Searching for compatible package version
  › Found compatible package version: @cypress/[email protected].
✔ Loading package information from registry
✔ Confirming installation
✔ Installing package
CREATE cypress.config.ts (264 bytes)
CREATE cypress/tsconfig.json (139 bytes)
CREATE cypress/e2e/spec.cy.ts (142 bytes)
CREATE cypress/fixtures/example.json (85 bytes)
CREATE cypress/support/commands.ts (1377 bytes)
CREATE cypress/support/e2e.ts (649 bytes)
CREATE cypress/support/component-index.html (290 bytes)
CREATE cypress/support/component.ts (1123 bytes)
UPDATE package.json (1287 bytes)
UPDATE angular.json (3805 bytes)
✔ Packages installed successfully.
    "cypress:open": "cypress open",
    "cypress:run": "cypress run"
    "@cypress/schematic": "^4.1.2",
    "cypress": "15.1.0"