Next.js Cypress Script Loading Time High TTFB (> 2 Seconds)

While running Cypress, Next.js takes significant time to load the following scripts

http://localhost:3000/_next/static/development/pages/model.js http://localhost:3000/_next/webpack-hmr

& it's blocking the beginning of my graphql query & data loading.

Cypress doesn't start running until about 2 seconds of page loading. I'm using Cypress network mocks, so it's never actually hitting the graphQL server. But that doesn't matter because the network request doesn't even start till later.