Add option to throw on failure

src/Format.ps1

@@ -188,3 +188,20 @@ function Format-Type ([Type]$Value) {
 
     [string]$Value
 }
+
+function Join-And ($Items, $Threshold = 2) {
+
+    if ($null -eq $items -or $items.count -lt $Threshold) {
+        $items -join ', '
+    }
+    else {
+        $c = $items.count
+        ($items[0..($c - 2)] -join ', ') + ' and ' + $items[-1]
+    }
+}
+
+function Add-SpaceToNonEmptyString ([string]$Value) {
+    if ($Value) {
+        " $Value"
+    }
+}

src/Main.ps1

@@ -1204,28 +1204,39 @@ function Invoke-Pester {
                 $run
             }
 
-            # exit with exit code if we fail and even if we succeed, othwerise we could inherit
-            # exit code of some other app end exit with it's exit code instead with ours
-            $failedCount = $run.FailedCount + $run.FailedBlocksCount + $run.FailedContainersCount
-            if ($PesterPreference.Run.Exit.Value -and 0 -ne $failedCount) {
-                # exit with the number of failed tests when there are any
-                # and the exit preference is set. This will fail the run in CI
-                # when any tests failed.
-                exit $failedCount
-            }
-            else {
-                # just set exit code but don't fail when the option is not set
-                # or when there are no failed tests, to ensure that we can run
-                # multiple successful runs of Invoke-Pester in a row.
-                $global:LASTEXITCODE = $failedCount
-            }
         }
         catch {
-            Write-ErrorToScreen $_
+            Write-ErrorToScreen $_ -Throw:$PesterPreference.Run.Throw.Value
             if ($PesterPreference.Run.Exit.Value) {
                 exit -1
             }
         }
+
+        # exit with exit code if we fail and even if we succeed, othwerise we could inherit
+        # exit code of some other app end exit with it's exit code instead with ours
+        $failedCount = $run.FailedCount + $run.FailedBlocksCount + $run.FailedContainersCount
+        if ($PesterPreference.Run.Throw.Value -and 0 -ne $failedCount) {
+            $messages = combineNonNull @(
+                $(if (0 -lt $run.FailedCount) { "$($run.FailedCount) test$(if (1 -lt $run.FailedCount) { "s" }) failed" })
+                $(if (0 -lt $run.FailedBlocksCount) { "$($run.FailedBlocksCount) block$(if (1 -lt $run.FailedBlocksCount) { "s" }) failed" })
+                $(if (0 -lt $run.FailedContainersCount) { "$($run.FailedContainersCount) container$(if (1 -lt $run.FailedContainersCount) { "s" }) failed" })
+            )
+            throw "Pester run failed, because $(Join-And $messages)"
+        }
+
+        if ($PesterPreference.Run.Exit.Value -and 0 -ne $failedCount) {
+            # exit with the number of failed tests when there are any
+            # and the exit preference is set. This will fail the run in CI
+            # when any tests failed.
+            exit $failedCount
+        }
+        else {
+            # just set exit code but don't fail when the option is not set
+            # or when there are no failed tests, to ensure that we can run
+            # multiple successful runs of Invoke-Pester in a row.
+            $global:LASTEXITCODE = $failedCount
+        }
+
     }
 }
 

src/Pester.Runtime.ps1

@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ function Invoke-Block ($previousBlock) {
                     $block.OwnPassed = $result.Success
                     $block.StandardOutput = $result.StandardOutput
 
-                    $block.ErrorRecord = $result.ErrorRecord
+                    $block.ErrorRecord.AddRange($result.ErrorRecord)
                     if ($PesterPreference.Debug.WriteDebugMessages.Value) {
                         Write-PesterDebugMessage -Scope Runtime "Finished executing body of block $Name"
                     }
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ function Invoke-TestItem {
                 }
 
                 $Test.StandardOutput = $result.StandardOutput
-                $Test.ErrorRecord = $result.ErrorRecord
+                $Test.ErrorRecord.AddRange($result.ErrorRecord)
             }
         }
 

src/csharp/Pester/RunConfiguration.cs

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public class RunConfiguration : ConfigurationSection
         private ContainerInfoArrayOption _container;
         private StringOption _testExtension;
         private BoolOption _exit;
+        private BoolOption _throw;
         private BoolOption _passThru;
         private BoolOption _skipRun;
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ public RunConfiguration(IDictionary configuration) : this()
                 Container = configuration.GetArrayOrNull<ContainerInfo>(nameof(Container)) ?? Container;
                 TestExtension = configuration.GetObjectOrNull<string>(nameof(TestExtension)) ?? TestExtension;
                 Exit = configuration.GetValueOrNull<bool>(nameof(Exit)) ?? Exit;
+                Throw = configuration.GetValueOrNull<bool>(nameof(Throw)) ?? Throw;
                 PassThru = configuration.GetValueOrNull<bool>(nameof(PassThru)) ?? PassThru;
                 SkipRun = configuration.GetValueOrNull<bool>(nameof(SkipRun)) ?? SkipRun;
             }
@@ -59,7 +61,8 @@ public RunConfiguration() : base("Run configuration.")
             ScriptBlock = new ScriptBlockArrayOption("ScriptBlocks containing tests to be executed.", new ScriptBlock[0]);
             Container = new ContainerInfoArrayOption("ContainerInfo objects containing tests to be executed.", new ContainerInfo[0]);
             TestExtension = new StringOption("Filter used to identify test files.", ".Tests.ps1");
-            Exit = new BoolOption("Exit with non-zero exit code when the test run fails.", false);
+            Exit = new BoolOption("Exit with non-zero exit code when the test run fails. When used together with Throw, throwing an exception is preferred.", false);
+            Throw = new BoolOption("Throw an exception when test run fails. When used together with Exit, throwing an exception is preferred.", false);
             PassThru = new BoolOption("Return result object to the pipeline after finishing the test run.", false);
             SkipRun = new BoolOption("Runs the discovery phase but skips run. Use it with PassThru to get object populated with all tests.", false);
         }
@@ -160,6 +163,22 @@ public BoolOption Exit
             }
         }
 
+        public BoolOption Throw
+        {
+            get { return _throw; }
+            set
+            {
+                if (_throw == null)
+                {
+                    _throw = value;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    _throw = new BoolOption(_throw, value.Value);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         public BoolOption PassThru
         {
             get { return _passThru; }

src/functions/Output.ps1

@@ -761,7 +761,8 @@ function Write-ErrorToScreen {
     param (
         [Parameter(Mandatory)]
         $Err,
-        [string] $ErrorMargin
+        [string] $ErrorMargin,
+        [switch] $Throw
     )
 
     $multipleErrors = 1 -lt $Err.Count
@@ -780,7 +781,12 @@ function Write-ErrorToScreen {
     }
 
     $withMargin = ($out -split [Environment]::NewLine) -replace '(?m)^', $ErrorMargin -join [Environment]::NewLine
-    & $SafeCommands['Write-Host'] -ForegroundColor $ReportTheme.Fail "$withMargin"
+    if ($Throw) {
+        throw $withMargin
+    }
+    else {
+        & $SafeCommands['Write-Host'] -ForegroundColor $ReportTheme.Fail "$withMargin"
+    }
 }
 
 function Write-BlockToScreen {

src/functions/assertions/HaveParameter.ps1

@@ -30,24 +30,6 @@ function Should-HaveParameter (
         throw "The ParameterName can't be empty"
     }
 
-    #region HelperFunctions
-    function Join-And ($Items, $Threshold = 2) {
-
-        if ($null -eq $items -or $items.count -lt $Threshold) {
-            $items -join ', '
-        }
-        else {
-            $c = $items.count
-            ($items[0..($c - 2)] -join ', ') + ' and ' + $items[-1]
-        }
-    }
-
-    function Add-SpaceToNonEmptyString ([string]$Value) {
-        if ($Value) {
-            " $Value"
-        }
-    }
-
     function Get-ParameterInfo {
         param(
             [Parameter( Mandatory = $true )]

tst/Pester.RSpec.ts.ps1

@@ -1533,4 +1533,59 @@ i -PassThru:$PassThru {
         }
 
     }
+
+    b "Pester can throw on failed run" {
+        dt "Exception is thrown" {
+
+            $sb1 = {
+                Describe "d1" {
+                    It "i1" {
+                        1 | Should -Be 0
+                    }
+
+                    It "i2" {
+                        1 | Should -Be 0
+                    }
+                }
+
+                Describe "d2" {
+                    BeforeAll {
+                        throw "fail block in Run"
+                    }
+
+                    It "i3" {
+                        1 | Should -Be 1
+                    }
+                }
+
+                Describe "d3" {
+                    throw "fail block in Discovery"
+                }
+            }
+
+            $sb2 = {
+                throw "fail container"
+            }
+
+
+            $result = try {
+                $c = @{
+                    Run = @{
+                        ScriptBlock = $sb1, $sb2
+                        PassThru = $true
+                        Throw = $true
+                    }
+                }
+
+                Invoke-Pester -Configuration $c
+            }
+            catch {
+                $err = $_
+            }
+
+            # result should be passed before throwing
+            $result | Verify-NotNull
+            $err | Verify-Equal "Pester run failed, because 3 tests failed, 1 block failed and 2 containers failed"
+        }
+    }
 }