How to stop a jenkins pipeline build when tests fail - and mark it unstable

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So I have a multi stage pipeline build.

One of those stages run pytest - a subsequent stage picks up the test result.

As it stands because there are test failures pytest returns a non zero exit code causing jenkins to stop at that step and mark the build failed (red)

If I don't return the none zero exit code the build is marked unstable as there are failing tests.

However, the build is not stopped at that point.

Now what I want to do is to be able to stop the build at that point so I don't call any subsequent stages after a test failure... but not have the build marked failed. I do however want the post stage to still run and then have the build marked unstable (as there was not an error but only a test failure).

Ideally I'd like a pipeline command "stopBuild(unstable)" or something like that.

The "fail build on test failure" is nice because it stops the build - i.e. does not run any subsequent stages. I want this behaviour when I detect a test has failed as well.

Default behaviour when a test failure is detected is to continue running the build.

I don't really want to have to add another stage to stop subsequent stages from running... and I certainly don't want to have to put a filter in any subsequent stage.

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1 Answers

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You can add when under your following stages, this way, all stages after your test stage will be skipped.

E.g.:

stage('Example') {
            when {
                expression {currentBuild.result != 'UNSTABLE'}
            }
            steps {
                echo 'Test passed so i\'m running'
            }
        }