feat: add CYPRESS_SKIP_VERIFY option to suppress verification

cli/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ _Released 7/16/2024_
 - Replaced `json-lint` with `json-parse-even-better-errors`. This removes the [CVE-2021-23358](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23358) vulnerability being reported in security scans. Addresses [#28207](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/28207).
 - Updated `minimatch` from `3.0.4` to `3.1.2`. Addressed in [#29821](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/29821).
 
+**Misc:**
+
+- Added `CYPRESS_NO_VERIFY` flag to enable suppression of Cypress verification checks. Addresses [#22243](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/22243)
+
 ## 13.13.0
 
 _Released 7/01/2024_

cli/lib/tasks/verify.js

@@ -258,8 +258,13 @@ const start = (options = {}) => {
     force: false,
     welcomeMessage: true,
     smokeTestTimeout: VERIFY_TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_MS,
+    skipVerify: util.getEnv('CYPRESS_SKIP_VERIFY') || 'false',
   })
 
+  if (options.skipVerify === 'true') {
+    return Promise.resolve()
+  }
+
   if (options.dev) {
     return runSmokeTest('', options)
   }

cli/test/lib/tasks/verify_spec.js

@@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ context('lib/tasks/verify', () => {
     expect(newVerifyInstance.VERIFY_TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_MS).to.eql(DEFAULT_VERIFY_TIMEOUT)
   })
 
+  it('returns early when `CYPRESS_SKIP_VERIFY` is set to true', () => {
+    process.env.CYPRESS_SKIP_VERIFY = 'true'
+    delete require.cache[require.resolve(`${lib}/tasks/verify`)]
+    const newVerifyInstance = require(`${lib}/tasks/verify`)
+
+    return newVerifyInstance.start().then((result) => {
+      expect(result).to.eq(undefined)
+    })
+  })
+
   it('logs error and exits when no version of Cypress is installed', () => {
     return verify
     .start()