Cypress generates outdated code for Google Authenticator - google-authentication

Question

Starting cypress ui test between (20..30) or (50..60) second of the minute causes wrong Google 2 factor token generation. It generates prevoious token.
Here is my token generation function:
function getToken () {
const totp = require('totp-generator');
const token = totp('2CQQGPPYFE7JPJAX');
return token;
}
Here is how i get token before using it:
let token = getToken()
It looks like the token is generated on the beginning of the test (even if the call is in the middle of the test), and token is outdated at the time of it's usage, because new period has started.

Answer 1

Avoid hard waits
I would use an element on the page instead of a millisecond wait.
describe('check the tokens', function()
{
// First test
it('cy.window() - get the global window object', () => { cy.viewport(500, 780)
cy.visit('https://site.domain',)
cy.get('input[name=email]').type('email#server.io')
cy.get('input[name=password]').focus().type('qwerty123')
cy.get('.Button').click()
// Now lets wait on an object that appears on the page
// when ready to input the token
cy.get(<someElement>).then(()=>{
let token = getToken();
console.log('first token: ' + token);
})
})
//Second test
it('cy.window() - get the global window object', () => { cy.viewport(500, 780)
cy.visit('https://site.domain',)
cy.get('input[name=email]').type('email#server.io')
cy.get('input[name=password]').focus().type('qwerty123')
cy.get('.Button').click()
// Now lets wait on an object that appears on the page
// when ready to input the token
cy.get(<someOtherElement>).then(()=>{
let token = getToken();
console.log('second token: '+ token);
});
})
})
function getToken () {
const totp = require('totp-generator');
const token = totp('2CQQGPPYFE7JPJAX');
return token;
}
More advanced
Even better than waiting on an element would be waiting on a network event or method to be called... https://docs.cypress.io/api/commands/wait.html#Alias

Answer 2

Does this work for you?
Use promise function.
describe('check the tokens', function()
{
// on 25 seconds
it('Test first token ',()=> {
cy.wait(25000).then(()=>{
let token = getToken();
console.log('first token: ' + token);
})
})
// on 55 seconds
it('Test second token', ()=>{
cy.wait(30000).then(()=>{
let token = getToken();
console.log('second token: '+ token);
});
})
})
function getToken () {
const totp = require('totp-generator');
const token = totp('2CQQGPPYFE7JPJAX');
return token;
}