# cy2 - Deprecated

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Cypress introduced a breaking change in version 12. Please use`cypress-cloud`  integration package. 

cy2 is deprecated.
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`cy2` is an [NPM package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/cy2) that Integrates Cypress with alternative cloud services like Sorry Cypress or Currents by setting the environment variable `CYPRESS_API_URL.`

The command passes down to cypress all the CLI flags, so you can just use it instead of `cypress`

```bash
$ npm install -g cy2

$ export CYPRESS_API_URL="https://sorry.yourdomain.com/"
$ cy2 run --record --key XXX --parallel --ci-build-id `date +%s`
```

* Running the command above will invoke your default cypress version with the flags you've provided. It will also modify the internal cypress configuration to use a different API URL.
* If no URL is provided, it will use the default `cypress` package configuration
* On Windows set `CYPRESS_API_URL` in the CMD shell with `set CYPRESS_API_URL=https://sorry.yourdomain.com/` (Don't use quotes (`"`) because the Windows CMD takes them literally unlike the Linux shells)

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MacOS Ventura users:

Running \`cy2\` in an interactive shell can fail with `EPERM: operation not permitted` unless you need to explicitly allow the shell app to modify other applications.

Add the shell app of your choice to the allowed list.

**Mac OS Settings > Privacy and Security > App Management**

<img src="/files/c7GjxcnR511KgATjVGZB" alt="cy2 EPERM - adding shell to App Management allowed list" data-size="original">
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