diff --git a/packages/driver/test/cypress/integration/commands/xhr_spec.coffee b/packages/driver/test/cypress/integration/commands/xhr_spec.coffee
index e33ac3b0e32e..bf79dfbb34f9 100644
--- a/packages/driver/test/cypress/integration/commands/xhr_spec.coffee
+++ b/packages/driver/test/cypress/integration/commands/xhr_spec.coffee
@@ -1204,58 +1204,6 @@ describe "src/cy/commands/xhr", ->
           response: {}
         })
 
-    it "accepts matcher option", ->
-      matcher = () => true
-      response = { foo: true }
-
-      cy.route({
-        matcher,
-        response,
-      }).then ->
-        @expectOptionsToBe({
-          matcher,
-          status: 200,
-          response
-        })
-
-    it "throws an error when matcher option is not a function", ->
-      cy.route({
-        matcher: 'foo',
-      });
-      cy.on "fail", (err) -> expect(err.message).to.eq(
-        "cy.route() was called with an invalid matcher option: matcher must be a Function that returns a Boolean."
-      )
-
-    it "passes both xhr and options arguments to matcher option function", ->
-      cy
-      .window()
-      .then (win) ->
-        options = {
-          matcher: (xhr, _options) =>
-            expect(xhr instanceof win.XMLHttpRequest).to.be.true
-            expect(_options.matcher).to.eq(options.matcher)
-            expect(_options.response).to.eq(options.response)
-          response: 'foo',
-        }
-        cy
-          .route(options)
-          .window().then (win) ->
-            win.$.get("/foo")
-
-    it "ignores url when matcher option is present", ->
-      cy
-        .route({
-          url: "/bar"
-          matcher: (xhr, options) => /foo/.test(xhr.url)
-          response: 'foo',
-        }).as("getFoo")
-        .window().then (win) ->
-          win.$.get("/bar").catch((response) -> expect(response.status == 404))
-        .window().then (win) ->
-          win.$.get("/foo")
-        .wait("@getFoo").then (xhr) ->
-          expect(xhr.responseBody).to.eq 'foo'
-
     ## FIXME
     it.skip "can explicitly done() in onRequest function from options", (done) ->
       cy
@@ -1384,6 +1332,77 @@ describe "src/cy/commands/xhr", ->
         url: /foo/
         respond: false
 
+    describe "matcher option", ->
+      it "accepts matcher option", ->
+        matcher = () => true
+        response = { foo: true }
+
+        cy.route({
+          matcher,
+          response,
+        }).then ->
+          @expectOptionsToBe({
+            matcher,
+            status: 200,
+            response
+          })
+
+      it "passes both xhr and options arguments to matcher option function", ->
+        cy
+        .window()
+        .then (win) ->
+          options = {
+            matcher: (xhr, _options) =>
+              expect(xhr instanceof win.XMLHttpRequest).to.be.true
+              expect(_options.matcher).to.eq(options.matcher)
+              expect(_options.response).to.eq(options.response)
+            response: 'foo',
+          }
+          cy
+            .route(options)
+            .window().then (win) ->
+              win.$.get("/foo")
+
+      it "receives request body in matcher", ->
+        options = {
+          matcher: (xhr) =>
+            debugger
+            expect(xhr.body).to.eq('baz')
+        }
+
+        cy
+          .route(options)
+          .window().then (win) ->
+            win.$.post("/foo", "baz")
+
+      it "ignores url when matcher option is present", ->
+        cy
+          .route({
+            url: "/bar"
+            matcher: (xhr, options) => /foo/.test(xhr.url)
+            response: 'foo',
+          }).as("getFoo")
+          .window().then (win) ->
+            win.$.get("/bar").catch((response) -> expect(response.status == 404))
+          .window().then (win) ->
+            win.$.get("/foo")
+          .wait("@getFoo").then (xhr) ->
+            expect(xhr.responseBody).to.eq 'foo'
+
+      it "ignores url when matcher option is present", ->
+        cy
+          .route({
+            url: "/bar"
+            matcher: (xhr, options) => /foo/.test(xhr.url)
+            response: 'foo',
+          }).as("getFoo")
+          .window().then (win) ->
+            win.$.get("/bar").catch((response) -> expect(response.status == 404))
+          .window().then (win) ->
+            win.$.get("/foo")
+          .wait("@getFoo").then (xhr) ->
+            expect(xhr.responseBody).to.eq 'foo'
+
     describe "deprecations", ->
       beforeEach ->
         @warn = cy.spy(window.top.console, "warn")
@@ -1494,6 +1513,14 @@ describe "src/cy/commands/xhr", ->
 
         cy.route(getUrl)
 
+      it "fails when matcher option is not a function", ->
+        cy.route({
+          matcher: 'foo',
+        })
+
+        cy.on "fail", (err) ->
+          expect(err.message).to.eq "cy.route() was called with an invalid matcher option: matcher must be a Function that returns a Boolean."
+
       it "fails when functions reject", (done) ->
         error = new Error