feat: add --fail-hook-affected-tests option to report skipped tests as failed

lib/cli/run-option-metadata.js

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ const TYPES = (exports.types = {
     "diff",
     "dry-run",
     "exit",
+    "fail-hook-affected-tests",
     "pass-on-failing-test-suite",
     "fail-zero",
     "forbid-only",

lib/cli/run.js

@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ exports.builder = (yargs) =>
         description: "Not fail test run if tests were failed",
         group: GROUPS.RULES,
       },
+      "fail-hook-affected-tests": {
+        description:
+          "Report tests as failed when affected by hook failures (before/beforeEach)",
+        group: GROUPS.RULES,
+      },
       "fail-zero": {
         description: "Fail test run if no test(s) encountered",
         group: GROUPS.RULES,

lib/mocha.js

@@ -838,6 +838,20 @@ Mocha.prototype.dryRun = function (dryRun) {
   return this;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Reports tests as failed when they are skipped due to a hook failure.
+ *
+ * @public
+ * @see [CLI option](../#-fail-hook-affected-tests)
+ * @param {boolean} [failHookAffectedTests=true] - Whether to fail tests affected by hook failures.
+ * @return {Mocha} this
+ * @chainable
+ */
+Mocha.prototype.failHookAffectedTests = function (failHookAffectedTests) {
+  this.options.failHookAffectedTests = failHookAffectedTests !== false;
+  return this;
+};
+
 /**
  * Fails test run if no tests encountered with exit-code 1.
  *
@@ -966,6 +980,7 @@ Mocha.prototype.run = function (fn) {
     cleanReferencesAfterRun: this._cleanReferencesAfterRun,
     delay: options.delay,
     dryRun: options.dryRun,
+    failHookAffectedTests: options.failHookAffectedTests,
     failZero: options.failZero,
   });
   createStatsCollector(runner);

lib/runner.js

@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ class Runner extends EventEmitter {
    * @param {boolean} [opts.delay] - Whether to delay execution of root suite until ready.
    * @param {boolean} [opts.dryRun] - Whether to report tests without running them.
    * @param {boolean} [opts.failZero] - Whether to fail test run if zero tests encountered.
+   * @param {boolean} [opts.failHookAffectedTests] - Whether to fail all tests affected by hook failures.
    */
   constructor(suite, opts = {}) {
     super();
@@ -441,6 +442,71 @@ Runner.prototype.checkGlobals = function (test) {
   }
 };
 
+/**
+ * Create an error object for a test that was skipped due to a hook failure.
+ * Handles cases where the thrown value is not an Error object.
+ *
+ * @private
+ * @param {string} hookTitle - The title of the failed hook
+ * @param {*} hookError - The error from the failed hook (may not be an Error object)
+ * @returns {Error} The error object for the skipped test
+ */
+function createHookSkipError(hookTitle, hookError) {
+  // Handle falsy or undefined exceptions
+  if (!hookError) {
+    hookError = createInvalidExceptionError(
+      'Hook "' + hookTitle + '" failed with falsy or undefined exception.',
+      hookError
+    );
+  }
+  // Convert non-Error objects to Error
+  else if (!isError(hookError)) {
+    hookError = thrown2Error(hookError);
+  }
+
+  var errorMessage =
+    'Test skipped due to failure in "' + hookTitle + '": ' + hookError.message;
+  var testError = new Error(errorMessage);
+  testError.stack = hookError.stack;
+  return testError;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Fail all tests that are affected by a hook failure.
+ * This is used when the `failHookAffectedTests` option is enabled.
+ *
+ * @private
+ * @param {Suite} suite - The suite containing the affected tests
+ * @param {Error} hookError - The error from the failed hook
+ * @param {string} hookTitle - The title of the failed hook
+ */
+Runner.prototype.failAffectedTests = function (suite, hookError, hookTitle) {
+  if (!this._opts.failHookAffectedTests) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  var self = this;
+  var testError = createHookSkipError(hookTitle, hookError);
+
+  // Recursively fail all tests in this suite and its child suites
+  function failTestsInSuite(s) {
+    s.tests.forEach(function (test) {
+      // Only fail tests that haven't been executed yet
+      if (!test.state) {
+        test.state = STATE_FAILED;
+        self.failures++;
+        self.emit(constants.EVENT_TEST_BEGIN, test);
+        self.emit(constants.EVENT_TEST_FAIL, test, testError);
+        self.emit(constants.EVENT_TEST_END, test);
+      }
+    });
+
+    s.suites.forEach(failTestsInSuite);
+  }
+
+  failTestsInSuite(suite);
+};
+
 /**
  * Fail the given `test`.
  *
@@ -583,6 +649,28 @@ Runner.prototype.hook = function (name, fn) {
         }
       } else if (err) {
         self.fail(hook, err);
+        // If failHookAffectedTests is enabled, mark affected tests as failed
+        if (self._opts.failHookAffectedTests) {
+          if (name === HOOK_TYPE_BEFORE_ALL) {
+            self.failAffectedTests(self.suite, err, hook.title);
+          } else if (name === HOOK_TYPE_BEFORE_EACH) {
+            // Fail the current test
+            if (self.test && !self.test.state) {
+              var testError = createHookSkipError(hook.title, err);
+
+              self.test.state = STATE_FAILED;
+              self.failures++;
+              self.emit(constants.EVENT_TEST_BEGIN, self.test);
+              self.emit(constants.EVENT_TEST_FAIL, self.test, testError);
+              self.emit(constants.EVENT_TEST_END, self.test);
+            }
+            // Store the hook error info for remaining tests
+            self._failedBeforeEachHook = {
+              error: err,
+              title: hook.title,
+            };
+          }
+        }
         // stop executing hooks, notify callee of hook err
         return fn(err);
       }
@@ -734,10 +822,37 @@ Runner.prototype.runTests = function (suite, fn) {
   var tests = suite.tests.slice();
   var test;
 
-  function hookErr(_, errSuite, after) {
+  function hookErr(err, errSuite, after) {
     // before/after Each hook for errSuite failed:
     var orig = self.suite;
 
+    // If failHookAffectedTests is enabled and this is a beforeEach failure,
+    // mark remaining tests as failed
+    if (
+      self._opts.failHookAffectedTests &&
+      !after &&
+      self._failedBeforeEachHook
+    ) {
+      // Fail all remaining tests in the suite
+      var remainingTests = tests.slice();
+      remainingTests.forEach(function (t) {
+        if (!t.state) {
+          var testError = createHookSkipError(
+            self._failedBeforeEachHook.title,
+            self._failedBeforeEachHook.error
+          );
+
+          t.state = STATE_FAILED;
+          self.failures++;
+          self.emit(constants.EVENT_TEST_BEGIN, t);
+          self.emit(constants.EVENT_TEST_FAIL, t, testError);
+          self.emit(constants.EVENT_TEST_END, t);
+        }
+      });
+      // Clear the stored hook info
+      delete self._failedBeforeEachHook;
+    }
+
     // for failed 'after each' hook start from errSuite parent,
     // otherwise start from errSuite itself
     self.suite = after ? errSuite.parent : errSuite;

test/integration/fixtures/hooks/before-each-hook-error-with-fail-affected.fixture.js

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+'use strict';
+
+describe('fails `beforeEach` hook', function () {
+  beforeEach(function () {
+    throw new Error('error in `beforeEach` hook');
+  });
+  it('test 1', function () {
+    // This should be reported as failed due to beforeEach hook failure
+  });
+  it('test 2', function () {
+    // This should be reported as failed due to beforeEach hook failure
+  });
+});
+describe('passes normally', function () {
+  it('test 3', function () {
+    // This should pass normally
+  });
+});

test/integration/fixtures/hooks/before-each-hook-throw-non-error.fixture.js

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+'use strict';
+
+describe('throws non-Error in `beforeEach` hook', function () {
+  describe('throws null', function () {
+    beforeEach(function () {
+      throw null;
+    });
+    it('test 1', function () {
+      // Should be reported as failed due to beforeEach hook failure
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('throws undefined', function () {
+    beforeEach(function () {
+      throw undefined;
+    });
+    it('test 2', function () {
+      // Should be reported as failed due to beforeEach hook failure
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('throws string', function () {
+    beforeEach(function () {
+      throw 'string error';
+    });
+    it('test 3', function () {
+      // Should be reported as failed due to beforeEach hook failure
+    });
+  });
+});

test/integration/fixtures/hooks/before-hook-error-with-fail-affected.fixture.js

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+'use strict';
+
+describe('fails `before` hook', function () {
+  before(function () {
+    throw new Error('error in `before` hook');
+  });
+  it('test 1', function () {
+    // This should be reported as failed due to before hook failure
+  });
+  it('test 2', function () {
+    // This should be reported as failed due to before hook failure
+  });
+});
+describe('passes normally', function () {
+  it('test 3', function () {
+    // This should pass normally
+  });
+});

test/integration/fixtures/hooks/before-hook-throw-non-error.fixture.js

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+'use strict';
+
+describe('throws non-Error in `before` hook', function () {
+  describe('throws null', function () {
+    before(function () {
+      throw null;
+    });
+    it('test 1', function () {
+      // Should be reported as failed due to before hook failure
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('throws undefined', function () {
+    before(function () {
+      throw undefined;
+    });
+    it('test 2', function () {
+      // Should be reported as failed due to before hook failure
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('throws string', function () {
+    before(function () {
+      throw 'string error';
+    });
+    it('test 3', function () {
+      // Should be reported as failed due to before hook failure
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('throws number', function () {
+    before(function () {
+      throw 42;
+    });
+    it('test 4', function () {
+      // Should be reported as failed due to before hook failure
+    });
+  });
+});

test/integration/hook-err.spec.js

@@ -267,6 +267,93 @@ describe("hook error handling", function () {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("--fail-hook-affected-tests", function () {
+    describe("error in `before` hook", function () {
+      it("should fail all affected tests", function (done) {
+        runMochaJSON(
+          "hooks/before-hook-error-with-fail-affected",
+          ["--fail-hook-affected-tests"],
+          (err, res) => {
+            if (err) {
+              return done(err);
+            }
+            expect(res, "to have failed")
+              .and("to have failed test count", 3)
+              .and("to have failed test", '"before all" hook for "test 1"')
+              .and("to have failed test", "test 1")
+              .and("to have failed test", "test 2")
+              .and("to have passed test count", 1)
+              .and("to have passed test", "test 3");
+            done();
+          },
+        );
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe("error in `beforeEach` hook", function () {
+      it("should fail all affected tests", function (done) {
+        runMochaJSON(
+          "hooks/before-each-hook-error-with-fail-affected",
+          ["--fail-hook-affected-tests"],
+          (err, res) => {
+            if (err) {
+              return done(err);
+            }
+            expect(res, "to have failed")
+              .and("to have failed test count", 3)
+              .and("to have failed test", '"before each" hook for "test 1"')
+              .and("to have failed test", "test 1")
+              .and("to have failed test", "test 2")
+              .and("to have passed test count", 1)
+              .and("to have passed test", "test 3");
+            done();
+          },
+        );
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe("non-Error thrown in `before` hook", function () {
+      it("should handle null, undefined, and other non-Error values", function (done) {
+        runMochaJSON(
+          "hooks/before-hook-throw-non-error",
+          ["--fail-hook-affected-tests"],
+          (err, res) => {
+            if (err) {
+              return done(err);
+            }
+            expect(res, "to have failed")
+              .and("to have failed test count", 8) // 4 hooks + 4 affected tests
+              .and("to have failed test", "test 1")
+              .and("to have failed test", "test 2")
+              .and("to have failed test", "test 3")
+              .and("to have failed test", "test 4");
+            done();
+          },
+        );
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe("non-Error thrown in `beforeEach` hook", function () {
+      it("should handle null, undefined, and other non-Error values", function (done) {
+        runMochaJSON(
+          "hooks/before-each-hook-throw-non-error",
+          ["--fail-hook-affected-tests"],
+          (err, res) => {
+            if (err) {
+              return done(err);
+            }
+            expect(res, "to have failed")
+              .and("to have failed test count", 6) // 3 hooks + 3 affected tests
+              .and("to have failed test", "test 1")
+              .and("to have failed test", "test 2")
+              .and("to have failed test", "test 3");
+            done();
+          },
+        );
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   function run(fnPath, outputFilter) {
     return (done) =>
       runMocha(fnPath, ["--reporter", "dot"], (err, res) => {