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Test passes when Assert.fail is called and on other assertions that should fail.

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Issue

Truffle tests do not fail when I call Assert.fail("this should fail");

Steps to Reproduce

Write a test that calls Assert.fail(“this should fail”), and it won’t fail.

Expected Behavior

I expect the test to fail.

Actual Results

The test runs and passes

Environment

Operating System: Max OS X Catalina
Ethereum client: Truffle 5.1.11 default (ganache?)
Truffle version (truffle version): v5.1.11
node version (node --version): v10.16.3
npm version (npm --version): 6.13.4

Issue Analytics

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Created 4 years ago
Comments:10 (6 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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haltman-atcommented, Sep 21, 2021

@SidSethi Could you file a new issue, with more information, for the problem you’re encountering? Thanks!

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SidSethicommented, Sep 21, 2021

[solved - kind of]

Am still seeing this issue with: truffle version 5.4.11 node version 14.17.3 solc version 0.5.17 ganache-cli version 6.12.2

Do i need to do something else to get the above fix https://github.com/trufflesuite/truffle/pull/2826?

turns out this was actually an out of gas error on a transaction, but for whatever reason truffle displays it as Ambiguous event, possible interpretations 🤷‍♂️

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