- Added ability to record videos in headed Electron mode and enhanced cache list with last‑access timestamps.
- Fixed numerous bugs such as HTTPS slowdown, Firefox detection, plugin race conditions, spec file handling, TypeScript type errors, and improved logs, ANSI error colors, and UI cues.
- Updated core dependencies (Chrome, Electron, ffmpeg, minimist) and replaced the deprecated request library with cypress‑io/request.
4.2.0
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