chore: remove ts-node references and workarounds and replace them with tsx

Author: AtofStryker

docs/app/tooling/typescript-support.mdx

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ tests in TypeScript.
 
 ### Install TypeScript
 
-To use TypeScript with Cypress, you will need TypeScript 4.0+. If you do not
+To use TypeScript with Cypress, you will need TypeScript 5.0+. If you do not
 already have TypeScript installed as a part of your framework, you will need to
 install it:
 
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ with the following configuration:
 ```json title="tsconfig.json"
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "es5",
-    "lib": ["es5", "dom"],
+    "target": "es6",
+    "lib": ["es6", "dom"],
     "sourceMap": true,
     "types": ["cypress", "node"]
   },
@@ -94,23 +94,9 @@ If that does not work, try restarting the IDE.
 
 ### Processing your Cypress configuration and plugins
 
-Cypress needs to be able to transpile your Cypress configuration and plugins written in TypeScript in order to make them executable within Cypress's Node.js runtime. To do this, Cypress will attempt to read the user's TypeScript and project configuration to apply the correct TypeScript loader to Cypress's Node.js runtime.
+Under the hood, Cypress uses [tsx](https://tsx.is/) to parse and run the `cypress.config.ts` file.
 
-If your project is an `ESM` package (short for [ECMAScript Module](https://nodejs.org/api/esm.html#modules-ecmascript-modules)), Cypress attempts to apply the [ts-node/esm](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node?tab=readme-ov-file#esm) Node.js loader to resolve the Cypress configuration and plugins. `ESM` is determined by Cypress if you have the `type: "module"` key-value pair present inside your project's `package.json`.
-
-Otherwise, regular [ts-node](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node?tab=readme-ov-file#node-flags-and-other-tools) is required into Cypress's Node.js runtime.
-Since Node.js by itself can only interpret CommonJS files, Cypress attempts to make your TypeScript configuration compatible with Cypress' Node.js runtime.
-To do this, Cypress overrides the following configuration values found inside your project's `tsconfig.json`:
-
-```json
-{
-  "module": "commonjs",
-  "moduleResolution": "node",
-  "preserveValueImports": false
-}
-```
-
-This does not have an impact on your project or its TypeScript configuration settings. This override only happens within the context of the Cypress runtime.
+This allows Cypress to run your TypeScript configuration inside the Cypress runtime without being bound to limitations of Node or other loaders.
 
 ## Extending TypeScript Support
 
@@ -380,12 +366,13 @@ root `tsconfig.json` file.
 
 ## History
 
-| Version                                    | Changes                                                                                    |
-| ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
-| [13.0.0](/app/references/changelog#13-0-0) | Raised minimum required TypeScript version from 3.4+ to 4.0+                               |
-| [10.0.0](/app/references/changelog#10-0-0) | Update guide to cover TypeScript setup for component testing                               |
-| [5.0.0](/app/references/changelog#5-0-0)   | Raised minimum required TypeScript version from 2.9+ to 3.4+                               |
-| [4.4.0](/app/references/changelog#4-4-0)   | Added support for TypeScript without needing your own transpilation through preprocessors. |
+| Version                                    | Changes                                                                                                                                       |
+| ------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| [15.0.0](/app/references/changelog#15-0-0) | Raised minimum required TypeScript version from 4.0+ to 5.0+ and replaced `ts-node` with `tsx` to parse and run the `cypress.config.ts` file. |
+| [13.0.0](/app/references/changelog#13-0-0) | Raised minimum required TypeScript version from 3.4+ to 4.0+                                                                                  |
+| [10.0.0](/app/references/changelog#10-0-0) | Update guide to cover TypeScript setup for component testing                                                                                  |
+| [5.0.0](/app/references/changelog#5-0-0)   | Raised minimum required TypeScript version from 2.9+ to 3.4+                                                                                  |
+| [4.4.0](/app/references/changelog#4-4-0)   | Added support for TypeScript without needing your own transpilation through preprocessors.                                                    |
 
 ## See also