try esbuild

cypress/cypress.config.js

@@ -1,25 +1,33 @@
 const dotenv = require('dotenv')
 const { defineConfig } = require('cypress');
-const browserify = require('@cypress/browserify-preprocessor');
+const createBundler = require("@bahmutov/cypress-esbuild-preprocessor");
 const {
   addCucumberPreprocessorPlugin,
 } = require('@badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor');
 const {
-  preprendTransformerToOptions,
-} = require('@badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor/browserify');
+  createEsbuildPlugin,
+} = require("@badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor/esbuild");
 
 // Test persistent(between commands) store
 const testStore = {}
 
 async function setupNodeEvents(on, config) {
+  // This is required for the preprocessor to be able to generate JSON reports after each run, and more,
   await addCucumberPreprocessorPlugin(on, config);
 
+  const bundler = createBundler({
+      plugins: [createEsbuildPlugin(config)],
+  })
+
   on(
-    'file:preprocessor',
-    browserify(preprendTransformerToOptions(config, browserify.defaultOptions)),
+    "file:preprocessor",
+    createBundler({
+      plugins: [createEsbuildPlugin(config)],
+      platform: 'node',
+    })
   );
 
-  on('task', {
+  /* on('task', {
     pushValue({ name, value }) {
       testStore[name] = value
       return true
@@ -28,7 +36,7 @@ async function setupNodeEvents(on, config) {
       console.log('getValue',name,testStore)
       return testStore[name]
     },
-  });
+  }); */
   
   return config;
 }

package.json

@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.28.0",
     "@babel/register": "^7.27.1",
     "@badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor": "^22.2.0",
+    "@bahmutov/cypress-esbuild-preprocessor": "^2.2.5",
     "@cucumber/cucumber": "12.1.0",
-    "@cypress/browserify-preprocessor": "^3.0.2",
     "@faker-js/faker": "9.9.0",
     "auto-changelog": "^2.5.0",
     "bcryptjs": "^3.0.2",