I want to fail a test but it's not working

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Hi ,

I ‘m using robot framework version 3.2.1
I’m trying to fail the test by using in the end_keyword method this commnad BuiltIn().set_test_variable(’${TEST STATUS}’, step_status)

when i open the log in the web browser i see that the test passed

please advise

Thanks in advance,

Avi

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Hi Avi, welcome in Robot Framework Forum.

${TEST STATUS} is most likely read-only.

If you want to fail a test, use Fail keyword.

Regards

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Thanks Markus but now only in the console is see the errors but in the log the test pass!
you can see the log screenshot i’ve attached

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You seems to use a listener to fail it.
This would have been a vital information.
Please describe a bit more about your use case.

If you use a Listener V3 it should be possible to manipulate the result object of the keyword itself instead of calling a fail keyword or raise an error, what would be the same.
Because in this case your listener fails, not the test.

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i tried to use the prebotmodifer flag i thougt it might help instead of the listener . the listenser didnn’t work as mentioned)

like this :

‘’’’ robot.run(‘Tests\Common\infraTest.robot’, variable=‘sut:new_sut_test_example’, listener=‘Tools/PublisherListener.py’,prerebotmodifier=‘Tools/premodifier.py’)

‘’’’’’

I have a file called premodifier.py with visit_test and visit_suite methods but when debugging i can see that the debugger doesn’t enter this file

what am i doing wrong ?

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Hi Rene,

I use listener version 2 . i’m using the end_keyword method to fail the test .
i’ve attached a screenshot of the method

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You should have a look to the end_test of listener v3

i think you could use it.

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thanks

i want to fail a keyword ( i use the the keywords to represnt steps)
Thats why i’m using end_keyword and not end_test

Is it ok ?

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Yes.
In listener v3 you could manipulate the test result. Not a keyword result.

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yes i read about it now . what about to use the prebotmodifier , will it solve my problem ?

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Difficult to say.

My initial question would be: why is it not possible to fail the keyword itself?

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because it not failing the step in the log as you can see in the screenshot

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no i mean, why can not the keyword itself fail.
What is the “Use Case” of the listener.

Could you explain the problem a bit better?
I understand, that raising an Error in Listener does not Fail a step!
But this is how you try to fix your problem.
What was your problem?