Add support for Windows Server 2025

[MikeMcC399]

What would you like?

Add Windows Server 2025 to the documented list of supported operating systems

Why is this needed?

According to Microsoft's Windows Server major versions by servicing option

• Windows Server 2025 was released for general availability on Nov 1, 2024
• Windows Server 2022 continues under "Mainstream support" until Oct 13, 2026
• Windows Server 2019 has already reached the "Mainstream support end date"

Other

• GitHub Actions offers a Windows Server 2025 runner

See https://github.blog/changelog/2024-12-19-windows-server-2025-is-now-in-public-preview/

[jennifer-shehane]

@MikeMcC399 Are you aware of anything functionally that is preventing Cypress from working on Windows Server 2025?

[MikeMcC399]

@jennifer-shehane

Are you aware of anything functionally that is preventing Cypress from working on Windows Server 2025?

I don't know of any real long-term show-stoppers, although I imagine it would be convenient to have CircleCI able to provide a runner for testing before declaring on-going support.

Windows Server 2025 support by Cypress

Barriers to support

No Windows Server 2025 machine image available for CircleCI - see CircleCI machine images and Windows Server 2025?

Known issues running core Cypress 13.17.0

According to high level smoke tests: none

Factors affecting documentation / examples

• npm module start-server-and-test is not compatible with Windows Server 2025 - see Error: spawn wmic.exe ENOENT on Windows Server 2025 bahmutov/start-server-and-test#398 - no response from maintainer so far

[MikeMcC399]

GitHub Actions shows

• Windows Server 2025 will be Generally Available in GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps from 2025-04-08 actions/runner-images#11742

[MikeMcC399]

• Windows Server 2025 is now generally available as a GitHub Actions Runner Image and Cypress tests run successfully on this OS in https://github.com/cypress-io/github-action

• PR Add Windows 2025 to supported OS list cypress-documentation#6142 proposes to add Cypress support for this OS version