From 1d3f34a9227a344718f9ebe18dd3a36506973ca4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nehemiah Abuga <121119072+nehemiah-abuga@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 13:03:56 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] exclude instagram link test

---
 cypress/e2e/ui/links.cy.js | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cypress/e2e/ui/links.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/ui/links.cy.js
index 63edb17051..13c10510af 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/ui/links.cy.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/ui/links.cy.js
@@ -4,12 +4,18 @@ import * as SITE_PAGES_DATA from "../../fixtures/site-pages.json"
 
 const sitePages = SITE_PAGES_DATA.sitePages
 
+const excludedlinks = [ "https://www.instagram.com/usagov/"]
+
+
 describe("Verify correct status code when user navigates links", { browser: 'chrome' }, () => {
   sitePages.forEach((sitePage) => {
     it(`Verify success status code response for links in ${sitePage.name} `, () => {
       cy.visit({ url: sitePage.route })
       cy.get("a[href]").each((link) => {
-        cy.request(link.prop("href"))
+        if (excludedlinks.indexOf(link.prop('href')) == -1) {
+          cy.request(link.prop("href"))
+        }
+       
       })
     })
   })