How to stop the test running if one of the 'it' sections fails?

Question

My test suite contains several 'it' sections within the 'describe'.

If one of the 'it' sections fails (e.g. if it can't find an element) - it jumps straight to the next 'it' section and carries on the test.

If an 'it' section fails I just want the test to stop running and be marked as a fail.

How do you do this?

That's what's *supposed* to happen. The `describe` defines a suite of related *but separate* tests, if they actually depend on one another (i.e. need to be run in a particular order) they should be a single `it` spec. — jonrsharpe, Sep 21 '20 at 13:36
Jasmine has an option to stop immediately after a fail: https://stackoverflow.com/a/31809311/9741277 — leun4m, Sep 21 '20 at 13:36
@jonrsharpe. That makes sense. Unfortunately I have inherited these tests. The 'it' sections are used as paragraphs to make the test more readable. Is there anyway I can cause the failure of one of the 'its' to end the whole 'describe'. Basically if an element is not found I want the whole suite to stop running. — Matt, Sep 21 '20 at 13:43
Well then this might be what you are searching for (the `bail`-flag) https://stackoverflow.com/a/13959934/9741277 — leun4m, Sep 21 '20 at 14:07
Does this answer your question? [Skip subsequent Mocha tests from spec if one fails](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13954531/skip-subsequent-mocha-tests-from-spec-if-one-fails) — jonrsharpe, Sep 22 '20 at 08:59

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 21 '20 at 16:24

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The solution to this was to use the bail flag within the mochaOpts section of wdio.conf as shown here:

mochaOpts: {
    bail: true
},

Thanks to @leun4m for this answer

edited Sep 21 '20 at 16:24

jonrsharpe

answered Sep 21 '20 at 14:35

Matt

WebdriverIO has a 'bail' option as well (https://webdriver.io/docs/options.html#bail). But it does note that some extra configuration may be needed, which is where this answer might be best. – Kevin Lamping Sep 22 '20 at 16:16

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