before() function is executed twice (doubled) in two tests in one test suite

[gustawx]

Current behavior

I have a simple test where I do a log in and next I send a http request. What happens is that before() function is executed twice (is doubled) before two tests in this test suite - so overall it runs 4 times.

Observation:

1. When I run this test from Cypress runner (UI), it fails ALWAYS for the first time after opening the runner, next runs are fine
2. Because first runs always fail - in the pipeline or when running from cli it always fails
3. In the second test in this test suite I log in in UI and despite the fact that the domain is the same as baseUrl, test is restarted and state is lost, e.g. variables "lose" it's values! - this is causing test to fail
4. The fact that before is executed twice per test seems to be irrelevant with the fact that it's being executed in two tests in this test suite because even if I run the test for the second time (so it passes and test doesn't restart) before is executed twice before first test

screenshot on first run:

next run:

Desired behavior

1. before executed only once and before one test
2. test not restarted
3. state not lost

Test code to reproduce

due to company policy I can't paste the code but it's pretty simple:
test suite:

• test 1: send some API requests
• test 2: log in in UI and next send API request

in e2e.ts I defined common before() function

Cypress Version

13.17.0

Node version

v20.14.0

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise - 10.0.19045 Build 19045

Debug Logs

Other

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