Unable to set domain via extraCookieOptions. Test suite failing with error message - Cookie has domain set to the public suffix "localhost" which is a special use domain

[sachinm]

Unit test failing with the error message:
Cookie has domain set to the public suffix "localhost"
which is a special use domain. To allow this, configure your CookieJar with {allowSpecialUseDomain:true, rejectPublicSuffixes: false}

Below is the component definition:
<CookieConsent
style={{
background: '#e2e3ef',
color: '#6b7286'
}}
location='bottom'
buttonText='Accept'
extraCookieOptions={{
domain:'.testing-cookieconsent.com'
}}>We use cookies to improve your website experience.

Full stack-trace of error msg in my react/typescript app:
Cookie has domain set to the public suffix "localhost"
which is a special use domain. To allow this, configure your CookieJar with {allowSpecialUseDomain:true, rejectPublicSuffixes: false}.
at Object.getPublicSuffix (node_modules/tough-cookie/lib/pubsuffix-psl.js:62:11)
at permuteDomain (node_modules/tough-cookie/lib/permuteDomain.js:38:28)
at MemoryCookieStore.findCookies (node_modules/tough-cookie/lib/memstore.js:99:21)
at MemoryCookieStore.findCookies (node_modules/tough-cookie/node_modules/universalify/index.js:5:67)
at CookieJar.getCookies (node_modules/tough-cookie/lib/cookie.js:1407:11)
at CookieJar.getCookies (node_modules/tough-cookie/node_modules/universalify/index.js:5:67)
at CookieJar.getCookieString (node_modules/tough-cookie/lib/cookie.js:1452:21)
at CookieJar.getCookieString (node_modules/tough-cookie/node_modules/universalify/index.js:5:67)
at CookieJar.getCookieStringSync (node_modules/tough-cookie/lib/cookie.js:1723:17)
at DocumentImpl.get cookie [as cookie] (node_modules/jsdom/lib/jsdom/living/nodes/Document-impl.js:860:28)
Anyone else run into this issue and suggest possible solution? thanks in advance

[dnekkalapu]

there is an active discussion going on here for various work arounds salesforce/tough-cookie#246

[Mastermindzh]

As pointed out by @dnekkalapu, this is not an issue with the library itself but rather with tough-cookie and a breaking change in their 4.1 version.

Good luck though!