How to expose/access a data store like Redux within a cypress test?

Question

The Cypress docs say you can

Expose data stores (like in Redux) so you can programmatically alter the state of your application directly from your te

Answer 1

Based on the answer about Vuex, I did that, which works:

// after createStore(...)
if (window.Cypress) {
  window.__store__ = store;
}

// in cypress tests
cy.window().should('have.property', '__store__');
cy.window().its('__store__')
  .then(
    store => store.dispatch({ type: 'UPDATE_CURRENT_PROFILE' })
  );

Don't forget to cy.visit('anyRoute') before doing anything with the store, so that React app is started and redux store is already created when you try to access it.