packages/Pester/tools/Functions/Assertions/Set-TestInconclusive.ps1
function New-InconclusiveErrorRecord ([string] $Message, [string] $File, [string] $Line, [string] $LineText) { $exception = New-Object Exception $Message $errorID = 'PesterTestInconclusive' $errorCategory = [Management.Automation.ErrorCategory]::InvalidResult # we use ErrorRecord.TargetObject to pass structured information about the error to a reporting system. $targetObject = @{Message = $Message; File = $File; Line = $Line; LineText = $LineText} $errorRecord = New-Object Management.Automation.ErrorRecord $exception, $errorID, $errorCategory, $targetObject return $errorRecord } function Set-TestInconclusive { <# .SYNOPSIS Set-TestInclusive used inside the It block will cause that the test will be considered as inconclusive. .DESCRIPTION If an Set-TestInconclusive is used inside It block, the test will always fails with an Inconclusive result. It's not a passed result, nor a failed result, but something in between � Inconclusive. It indicates that the results of the test could not be verified. .PARAMETER Message Value assigned to the Message parameter will be displayed in the the test result. .EXAMPLE Invoke-Pester Describe "Example" { It "Test what is inconclusive" { Set-TestInconclusive -Message "I'm inconclusive because I can." } } The test result. Describing Example [?] Test what is inconclusive 96ms I'm inconclusive because I can at line: 10 in C:\Users\<SOME_FOLDER>\Example.Tests.ps1 10: Set-TestInconclusive -Message "I'm inconclusive because I can" Tests completed in 408ms Tests Passed: 0, Failed: 0, Skipped: 0, Pending: 0, Inconclusive: 1 .LINK https://github.com/pester/Pester/wiki/Set%E2%80%90TestInconclusive #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [string] $Message ) Assert-DescribeInProgress -CommandName Set-TestInconclusive $lineText = $MyInvocation.Line.TrimEnd("`n") $line = $MyInvocation.ScriptLineNumber $file = $MyInvocation.ScriptName throw ( New-InconclusiveErrorRecord -Message $Message -File $file -Line $line -LineText $lineText) } |