failed execution breaks all other tests

[fczuardi]

K6 documentation recommends the use of k6 chaijs for handling errors, using the describe function.

However it does not work with tests that uses exec.command, a failed command execution exits k6 run as well :(

steps to reproduce

// mytest.js
import { describe} from "https://jslib.k6.io/k6chaijs/4.3.4.3/index.js";
import { check } from 'k6'
import exec from 'k6/x/exec';

export function setup (){}
export function teardown (){}
export default function(){

  describe("1", (t) => {
    check(1, {"1 === 1": n => n ===1}) 
  })
  describe("2", (t) => {
    check(1, {"1 === 1": n => n ===1}) 
    let out = exec.command("ls", ["non_existent_file"])
  })
  describe("3", (t) => {
    check(1, {"1 === 1": n => n ===1}) 
  })
}

expected behavior

• one failed test wrapped in a "describe" dont interrupt the whole test suite

actual behavior

$ k6 version
k6 v0.45.1 ((devel), go1.20.5, linux/amd64)
Extensions:
  github.com/grafana/xk6-exec v0.3.0, k6/x/exec [js]

$ k6 run mytest.js 

          /\      |‾‾| /‾‾/   /‾‾/   
     /\  /  \     |  |/  /   /  /    
    /  \/    \    |     (   /   ‾‾\  
   /          \   |  |\  \ |  (‾)  | 
  / __________ \  |__| \__\ \_____/ .io

  execution: local
     script: mytest.js
     output: -

  scenarios: (100.00%) 1 scenario, 1 max VUs, 10m30s max duration (incl. graceful stop):
           * default: 1 iterations for each of 1 VUs (maxDuration: 10m0s, gracefulStop: 30s)

INFO[0015] 2023/10/31 11:48:12 exit status 2 on command: ls non_existent_file 

[fczuardi]

Even with a regular try/catch block this fails:

import { check } from 'k6'
import exec from 'k6/x/exec';

export function setup (){}
export function teardown (){}
export default function(){
  check(1, {"1 === 1": n => n === 1}) 
  check(2, {"2 === 2": n => n === 2}) 
  try {
    let out = exec.command("ls", ["non_existent_file"])
    //should be the same behavior as
    //throw new Error('My error message')
  } catch(e) {
    console.log(e.message)
  }
  check(3, {"3 === 3": n => n === 3}) 
}

[fczuardi]

maybe duplicate or similar than #12