Cypress. Why is my route alias not matching?

Question

My POST request to ocr/receipt is never matched. I've...

• created a route, matching **/ocr/**, specifying POST, and given it an alias.
• called wait() with a long timeout.

I can watch the request complete in the network pane while the wait spinner turns happily in the test pane. Why is Cypress not matching this route?

beforeEach(function () {
    cy.route('POST','**/ocr/**').as('ocr');
});
it('Création frais depuis le bouton « appareil photo »', function () {
    cy.get('.in-progress').first().click()
    cy.wait('@ocr', {'timeout':15000});
    cy.get('#grpChoices > :nth-child(1)').click();
});

Answer 1

Well who would have guessed. Method is case sensitive, and it only works in lower case. So...

route('post','**/ocr/**').as('ocr')

fixed it. The doc won't help you.

The other recurring reason for routes not triggering is if your app uses the fetch api. Fetch is not compatible with cypress.