fix: wrap the tsx loader path in quotes (#32400)

* fix: allow for spaces to be present in the tsx loader path so node can discover the loader. We do this by wrapping the path in quotes

* chore: add rimraf to fix contributors on windows when cleaning the stderr-filtering package

Author: AtofStryker

.circleci/workflows.yml

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ windowsWorkflowFilters: &windows-workflow-filters
       - equal: [ develop, << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
       # use the following branch as well to ensure that v8 snapshot cache updates are fully tested
       - equal: [ 'update-v8-snapshot-cache-on-develop', << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
-      - equal: [ 'fix/set_fixed_gtk_version', << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
+      - equal: [ 'bugfix/tsx_loader_path', << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
       - matches:
           pattern: /^release\/\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/
           value: << pipeline.git.branch >>
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ commands:
           name: Set environment variable to determine whether or not to persist artifacts
           command: |
             echo "Setting SHOULD_PERSIST_ARTIFACTS variable"
-            echo 'if ! [[ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" != "develop" && "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" != "release/"* && "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" != "fix/set_fixed_gtk_version" ]]; then
+            echo 'if ! [[ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" != "develop" && "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" != "release/"* && "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" != "bugfix/tsx_loader_path" ]]; then
                 export SHOULD_PERSIST_ARTIFACTS=true
             fi' >> "$BASH_ENV"
   # You must run `setup_should_persist_artifacts` command and be using bash before running this command

cli/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ _Released 08/26/2025 (PENDING)_
 - Fixed an issue where Cypress would fail to run on GNOME if GTK 4 and GTK 2/3 were detected in the Electron process. Addresses [#32361](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/32361).
 - Fixed an issue where the open Studio button would incorrectly show for component tests. Addressed in [#32315](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/32315).
 - Fixed an issue where the TypeScript compiler wasn't being resolved correctly when `@cypress/webpack-batteries-included-preprocessor` was used as a standalone package. Fixes [#32338](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/32338).
+- Fixed an issue where `tsx` was not being loaded correctly into the Cypress configuration process due to spaces being present in the path. Fixes [#32398](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/32398).
 
 **Misc:**
 

packages/data-context/src/data/ProjectConfigIpc.ts

@@ -312,10 +312,11 @@ export class ProjectConfigIpc extends EventEmitter {
     /**
      * use --import for node versions
      * 20.6.0 and above for 20.x.x as --import is supported
-     * use --loader for node under 20.6.0 for 20.x.x
+     * use --loader for node under 20.6.0 for 20.x.x.
+     * NOTE: we need to use double quotes around the tsx path to account for paths with spaces or special characters.
      * @see https://tsx.is/dev-api/node-cli#node-js-cli
      */
-    let tsxLoader = this.nodeVersion && semver.lt(this.nodeVersion, '20.6.0') ? `--loader ${tsx}` : `--import ${tsx}`
+    let tsxLoader = this.nodeVersion && semver.lt(this.nodeVersion, '20.6.0') ? `--loader "${tsx}"` : `--import "${tsx}"`
 
     // If they've got TypeScript installed, we can use tsx for CommonJS and ESM.
     // @see https://tsx.is/dev-api/node-cli#node-js-cli

packages/data-context/test/unit/data/ProjectConfigIpc.spec.ts

@@ -85,14 +85,14 @@ describe('ProjectConfigIpc', () => {
                 // For node 20.5.1 and down, we need use the --loader flag
                 expect(forkSpy).to.have.been.calledWith(sinon.match.string, sinon.match.array, sinon.match({
                   env: {
-                    NODE_OPTIONS: sinon.match(/--loader .*cypress\/node_modules\/tsx\/dist\/loader.mjs/),
+                    NODE_OPTIONS: sinon.match(/--loader ".*cypress\/node_modules\/tsx\/dist\/loader.mjs"/),
                   },
                 }))
               } else {
                 // For node 20.6.0 and up, we need use the --import flag
                 expect(forkSpy).to.have.been.calledWith(sinon.match.string, sinon.match.array, sinon.match({
                   env: {
-                    NODE_OPTIONS: sinon.match(/--import .*cypress\/node_modules\/tsx\/dist\/loader.mjs/),
+                    NODE_OPTIONS: sinon.match(/--import ".*cypress\/node_modules\/tsx\/dist\/loader.mjs"/),
                   },
                 }))
               }

packages/stderr-filtering/package.json

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "yarn clean && tsc",
-    "clean": "rm -rf ./{dist,coverage}",
+    "clean": "rimraf -rf ./{dist,coverage}",
     "lint": "eslint",
     "test": "vitest",
     "watch": "tsc --watch"
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "@types/node": "^22.13.10",
     "@vitest/coverage-v8": "^3.0.9",
     "eslint": "^9.22.0",
+    "rimraf": "^6.0.1",
     "typescript": "^5.8.2",
     "vitest": "^3.0.9"
   },

yarn.lock

@@ -17239,12 +17239,12 @@ foreach@~2.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/foreach/-/foreach-2.0.5.tgz#0bee005018aeb260d0a3af3ae658dd0136ec1b99"
   integrity sha1-C+4AUBiusmDQo6865ljdATbsG5k=
 
-foreground-child@^3.1.0:
-  version "3.1.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/foreground-child/-/foreground-child-3.1.1.tgz#1d173e776d75d2772fed08efe4a0de1ea1b12d0d"
-  integrity sha512-TMKDUnIte6bfb5nWv7V/caI169OHgvwjb7V4WkeUvbQQdjr5rWKqHFiKWb/fcOwB+CzBT+qbWjvj+DVwRskpIg==
+foreground-child@^3.1.0, foreground-child@^3.3.1:
+  version "3.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/foreground-child/-/foreground-child-3.3.1.tgz#32e8e9ed1b68a3497befb9ac2b6adf92a638576f"
+  integrity sha512-gIXjKqtFuWEgzFRJA9WCQeSJLZDjgJUOMCMzxtvFq/37KojM1BFGufqsCy0r4qSQmYLsZYMeyRqzIWOMup03sw==
   dependencies:
-    cross-spawn "^7.0.0"
+    cross-spawn "^7.0.6"
     signal-exit "^4.0.1"
 
 forever-agent@~0.6.1:
@@ -18028,6 +18028,18 @@ glob@^10.2.2, glob@^10.3.10, glob@^10.3.12, glob@^10.3.3, glob@^10.3.7, glob@^10
     package-json-from-dist "^1.0.0"
     path-scurry "^1.11.1"
 
+glob@^11.0.0:
+  version "11.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/glob/-/glob-11.0.3.tgz#9d8087e6d72ddb3c4707b1d2778f80ea3eaefcd6"
+  integrity sha512-2Nim7dha1KVkaiF4q6Dj+ngPPMdfvLJEOpZk/jKiUAkqKebpGAWQXAq9z1xu9HKu5lWfqw/FASuccEjyznjPaA==
+  dependencies:
+    foreground-child "^3.3.1"
+    jackspeak "^4.1.1"
+    minimatch "^10.0.3"
+    minipass "^7.1.2"
+    package-json-from-dist "^1.0.0"
+    path-scurry "^2.0.0"
+
 glob@^7.0.0, glob@^7.0.3, glob@^7.0.5, glob@^7.0.6, glob@^7.1.1, glob@^7.1.2, glob@^7.1.3, glob@^7.1.4, glob@^7.1.6, glob@^7.2.0:
   version "7.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/glob/-/glob-7.2.3.tgz#b8df0fb802bbfa8e89bd1d938b4e16578ed44f2b"
@@ -20489,6 +20501,13 @@ jackspeak@^3.1.2:
   optionalDependencies:
     "@pkgjs/parseargs" "^0.11.0"
 
+jackspeak@^4.1.1:
+  version "4.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jackspeak/-/jackspeak-4.1.1.tgz#96876030f450502047fc7e8c7fcf8ce8124e43ae"
+  integrity sha512-zptv57P3GpL+O0I7VdMJNBZCu+BPHVQUk55Ft8/QCJjTVxrnJHuVuX/0Bl2A6/+2oyR/ZMEuFKwmzqqZ/U5nPQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@isaacs/cliui" "^8.0.2"
+
 jake@^10.8.5:
   version "10.8.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jake/-/jake-10.8.5.tgz#f2183d2c59382cb274226034543b9c03b8164c46"
@@ -22113,10 +22132,10 @@ lru-cache@^10.0.0, lru-cache@^10.0.1, lru-cache@^10.2.0, lru-cache@^10.2.2:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-10.4.3.tgz#410fc8a17b70e598013df257c2446b7f3383f119"
   integrity sha512-JNAzZcXrCt42VGLuYz0zfAzDfAvJWW6AfYlDBQyDV5DClI2m5sAmK+OIO7s59XfsRsWHp02jAJrRadPRGTt6SQ==
 
-lru-cache@^11.0.2:
-  version "11.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-11.0.2.tgz#fbd8e7cf8211f5e7e5d91905c415a3f55755ca39"
-  integrity sha512-123qHRfJBmo2jXDbo/a5YOQrJoHF/GNQTLzQ5+IdK5pWpceK17yRc6ozlWd25FxvGKQbIUs91fDFkXmDHTKcyA==
+lru-cache@^11.0.0, lru-cache@^11.0.2:
+  version "11.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-11.1.0.tgz#afafb060607108132dbc1cf8ae661afb69486117"
+  integrity sha512-QIXZUBJUx+2zHUdQujWejBkcD9+cs94tLn0+YL8UrCh+D5sCXZ4c7LaEH48pNwRY3MLDgqUFyhlCyjJPf1WP0A==
 
 lru-cache@^4.0.1:
   version "4.1.5"
@@ -25642,6 +25661,14 @@ path-scurry@^1.11.1, path-scurry@^1.6.1:
     lru-cache "^10.2.0"
     minipass "^5.0.0 || ^6.0.2 || ^7.0.0"
 
+path-scurry@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-scurry/-/path-scurry-2.0.0.tgz#9f052289f23ad8bf9397a2a0425e7b8615c58580"
+  integrity sha512-ypGJsmGtdXUOeM5u93TyeIEfEhM6s+ljAhrk5vAvSx8uyY/02OvrZnA0YNGUrPXfpJMgI1ODd3nwz8Npx4O4cg==
+  dependencies:
+    lru-cache "^11.0.0"
+    minipass "^7.1.2"
+
 path-to-regexp@0.1.10:
   version "0.1.10"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-to-regexp/-/path-to-regexp-0.1.10.tgz#67e9108c5c0551b9e5326064387de4763c4d5f8b"
@@ -27828,6 +27855,14 @@ rimraf@^4.4.1:
   dependencies:
     glob "^9.2.0"
 
+rimraf@^6.0.1:
+  version "6.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rimraf/-/rimraf-6.0.1.tgz#ffb8ad8844dd60332ab15f52bc104bc3ed71ea4e"
+  integrity sha512-9dkvaxAsk/xNXSJzMgFqqMCuFgt2+KsOFek3TMLfo8NCPfWpBmqwyNn5Y+NX56QUYfCtsyhF3ayiboEoUmJk/A==
+  dependencies:
+    glob "^11.0.0"
+    package-json-from-dist "^1.0.0"
+
 ripemd160@=2.0.1:
   version "2.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ripemd160/-/ripemd160-2.0.1.tgz#0f4584295c53a3628af7e6d79aca21ce57d1c6e7"