# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. # Licensed under the MIT License. Describe 'Command error handling in general' -Tag 'CI' { BeforeAll { $pwsh = [PowerShell]::Create() $pwsh.AddScript(@' function ThrowTerminatingError { [CmdletBinding()] param() $ex = [System.ArgumentException]::new('terminating-exception') $er = [System.Management.Automation.ErrorRecord]::new($ex, 'ThrowTerminatingError:error', 'InvalidArgument', $null) $PSCmdlet.ThrowTerminatingError($er) Write-Verbose -Verbose "verbose-message" } function ErrorActionStop { [CmdletBinding()] param() Get-Command NonExist -ErrorAction Stop Write-Verbose -Verbose "verbose-message" } function ThrowException { [CmdletBinding()] param() throw 'throw-exception' Write-Verbose -Verbose "verbose-message" } function WriteErrorAPI { [CmdletBinding()] param() $ex = [System.ArgumentException]::new('arg-exception') $er = [System.Management.Automation.ErrorRecord]::new($ex, 'WriteErrorAPI:error', 'InvalidArgument', $null) $PSCmdlet.WriteError($er) Write-Verbose -Verbose "verbose-message" } function WriteErrorCmdlet { [CmdletBinding()] param() Write-Error 'write-error-cmdlet' Write-Verbose -Verbose "verbose-message" } function MethodInvocationThrowException { [CmdletBinding()] param() ## This method call throws exception. $iss = [initialsessionstate]::Create() $iss.ImportPSModule($null) Write-Verbose -Verbose "verbose-message" } function ExpressionThrowException { [CmdletBinding()] param() 1/0 ## throw exception. Write-Verbose -Verbose "verbose-message" } '@).Invoke() function RunCommand { param( [string] $Command, [ValidateSet('Continue', 'Ignore', 'SilentlyContinue', 'Stop')] [string] $ErrorAction ) $pwsh.Commands.Clear() $pwsh.Streams.ClearStreams() $pwsh.AddCommand($command).AddParameter('ErrorAction', $ErrorAction).Invoke() } function RunScript { param([string] $Script) $pwsh.Commands.Clear() $pwsh.Streams.ClearStreams() $pwsh.AddScript($Script).Invoke() } function GetLastError { $pwsh.Commands.Clear() $pwsh.AddCommand('Get-Error').Invoke() } function ClearDollarError { $pwsh.Commands.Clear() $pwsh.AddScript('$Error.Clear()').Invoke() } } AfterAll { $pwsh.Dispose() } Context 'Terminating error' { It "'ThrowTerminatingError' should always stop execution even when the error action is ''" -TestCases @( @{ ErrorAction = 'Continue' } @{ ErrorAction = 'Ignore' } @{ ErrorAction = 'SilentlyContinue' } ) { param ($ErrorAction) $failure = $null try { RunCommand -Command 'ThrowTerminatingError' -ErrorAction $ErrorAction } catch { $failure = $_ } $failure | Should -Not -BeNullOrEmpty $failure.Exception | Should -BeOfType 'System.Management.Automation.MethodInvocationException' $failure.Exception.InnerException | Should -BeOfType 'System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException' $failure.Exception.InnerException.InnerException | Should -BeOfType 'System.ArgumentException' $failure.Exception.InnerException.InnerException.Message | Should -BeExactly 'terminating-exception' $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -HaveCount 0 } It "'-ErrorAction Stop' should always stop execution even when the error action is ''" -TestCases @( @{ ErrorAction = 'Continue' } @{ ErrorAction = 'Ignore' } @{ ErrorAction = 'SilentlyContinue' } ) { param ($ErrorAction) $failure = $null try { RunCommand -Command 'ErrorActionStop' -ErrorAction $ErrorAction } catch { $failure = $_ } $failure | Should -Not -BeNullOrEmpty $failure.Exception | Should -BeOfType 'System.Management.Automation.MethodInvocationException' $failure.Exception.InnerException | Should -BeOfType 'System.Management.Automation.ActionPreferenceStopException' $failure.Exception.InnerException.ErrorRecord.FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should -BeExactly 'CommandNotFoundException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetCommandCommand' $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -HaveCount 0 } It "'throw' statement should stop execution when running with the default error action ('Continue')" { $failure = $null try { RunCommand -Command 'ThrowException' -ErrorAction 'Continue' } catch { $failure = $_ } $failure | Should -Not -BeNullOrEmpty $failure.Exception | Should -BeOfType 'System.Management.Automation.MethodInvocationException' $failure.Exception.InnerException | Should -BeOfType 'System.Management.Automation.RuntimeException' $failure.Exception.InnerException.Message | Should -BeExactly 'throw-exception' $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -HaveCount 0 } <# The 'throw' statement is special, in that it can be suppressed by '-ErrorAction SilentlyContinue/Ignore' #> It "'throw' statement doesn't stop execution when the error action is ''" -TestCases @( @{ ErrorAction = 'Ignore' } @{ ErrorAction = 'SilentlyContinue' } ) { param ($ErrorAction) $failure = $null try { RunCommand -Command 'ThrowException' -ErrorAction $ErrorAction } catch { $failure = $_ } $failure | Should -BeNullOrEmpty $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -HaveCount 1 $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -BeExactly 'verbose-message' ## The suppressed 'throw' exception is not written to the error stream, not sure why but it's the current behavior. $pwsh.Streams.Error | Should -HaveCount 0 ## The suppressed 'throw' exception is kept in '$Error' $err = GetLastError $err | Should -Not -BeNullOrEmpty $err.FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should -BeExactly 'throw-exception' } It "'throw' statement should stop execution with the error action '' when it's wrapped in 'try/catch'" -TestCases @( @{ ErrorAction = 'Ignore' } @{ ErrorAction = 'SilentlyContinue' } ) { param ($ErrorAction) RunScript -Script "try { ThrowException -ErrorAction $ErrorAction } catch { Write-Debug -Debug `$_.FullyQualifiedErrorId }" $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -HaveCount 0 $pwsh.Streams.Debug | Should -HaveCount 1 $pwsh.Streams.Debug | Should -BeExactly 'throw-exception' } It "'throw' statement should stop execution with the error action '' when it's accompanied by 'trap' statement" -TestCases @( @{ ErrorAction = 'Ignore' } @{ ErrorAction = 'SilentlyContinue' } ) { param ($ErrorAction) RunScript -Script "trap { Write-Debug -Debug `$_.FullyQualifiedErrorId; continue } ThrowException -ErrorAction $ErrorAction" $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -HaveCount 0 $pwsh.Streams.Debug | Should -HaveCount 1 $pwsh.Streams.Debug | Should -BeExactly 'throw-exception' } } Context 'Non-terminating error' { It "'WriteErrorAPI' doesn't stop execution with the default error action ('Continue')" { RunCommand -Command 'WriteErrorAPI' -ErrorAction Continue $pwsh.Streams.Error | Should -HaveCount 1 $pwsh.Streams.Error[0].Exception.Message | Should -BeExactly 'arg-exception' $pwsh.Streams.Error[0].FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should -BeExactly 'WriteErrorAPI:error,WriteErrorAPI' $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -HaveCount 1 $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -BeExactly 'verbose-message' } It "'WriteErrorAPI' doesn't stop execution with the error action 'Ignore' and the error doesn't get logged in `$Error" { ClearDollarError RunCommand -Command 'WriteErrorAPI' -ErrorAction Ignore $pwsh.Streams.Error | Should -HaveCount 0 $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -HaveCount 1 $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -BeExactly 'verbose-message' $lastErr = GetLastError $lastErr | Should -BeNullOrEmpty } It "'WriteErrorAPI' doesn't stop execution with the error action 'SilentlyContinue' and the error gets logged in `$Error" { ClearDollarError RunCommand -Command 'WriteErrorAPI' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue $pwsh.Streams.Error | Should -HaveCount 0 $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -HaveCount 1 $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -BeExactly 'verbose-message' $lastErr = GetLastError $lastErr | Should -Not -BeNullOrEmpty $lastErr.Exception.Message | Should -BeExactly 'arg-exception' $lastErr.FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should -BeExactly 'WriteErrorAPI:error,WriteErrorAPI' } It "'WriteErrorCmdlet' doesn't stop execution with the default error action ('Continue')" { RunCommand -Command 'WriteErrorCmdlet' -ErrorAction Continue $pwsh.Streams.Error | Should -HaveCount 1 $pwsh.Streams.Error[0].Exception.Message | Should -BeExactly 'write-error-cmdlet' $pwsh.Streams.Error[0].FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should -BeExactly 'Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,WriteErrorCmdlet' $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -HaveCount 1 $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -BeExactly 'verbose-message' } It "'WriteErrorCmdlet' doesn't stop execution with the error action 'Ignore' and the error doesn't get logged in `$Error" { ClearDollarError RunCommand -Command 'WriteErrorCmdlet' -ErrorAction Ignore $pwsh.Streams.Error | Should -HaveCount 0 $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -HaveCount 1 $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -BeExactly 'verbose-message' $lastErr = GetLastError $lastErr | Should -BeNullOrEmpty } It "'WriteErrorCmdlet' doesn't stop execution with the error action 'SilentlyContinue' and the error gets logged in `$Error" { ClearDollarError RunCommand -Command 'WriteErrorCmdlet' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue $pwsh.Streams.Error | Should -HaveCount 0 $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -HaveCount 1 $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -BeExactly 'verbose-message' $lastErr = GetLastError $lastErr | Should -Not -BeNullOrEmpty $lastErr.Exception.Message | Should -BeExactly 'write-error-cmdlet' $lastErr.FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should -BeExactly 'Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,WriteErrorCmdlet' } } Context 'Exception thrown from the method invocation or expression' { #region MethodInvocationThrowException It "'MethodInvocationThrowException' emits non-terminating error with the default error action ('Continue')" { RunCommand -Command 'MethodInvocationThrowException' -ErrorAction 'Continue' $pwsh.Streams.Error | Should -HaveCount 1 $pwsh.Streams.Error[0].FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should -BeExactly 'ArgumentNullException' $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -HaveCount 1 $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -BeExactly 'verbose-message' } It "'MethodInvocationThrowException' emits no error with the error action ''" -TestCases @( @{ ErrorAction = 'Ignore' } @{ ErrorAction = 'SilentlyContinue' } ) { param ($ErrorAction) RunCommand -Command 'MethodInvocationThrowException' -ErrorAction $ErrorAction $pwsh.Streams.Error | Should -HaveCount 0 $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -HaveCount 1 $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -BeExactly 'verbose-message' ## The suppressed exception is kept in '$Error' $err = GetLastError $err | Should -Not -BeNullOrEmpty $err.FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should -BeExactly 'ArgumentNullException' } It "'MethodInvocationThrowException' emits terminating error with the error action 'Stop'" { $failure = $null try { RunCommand -Command 'MethodInvocationThrowException' -ErrorAction Stop } catch { $failure = $_ } $failure | Should -Not -BeNullOrEmpty $failure.Exception | Should -BeOfType 'System.Management.Automation.MethodInvocationException' $failure.Exception.InnerException | Should -BeOfType 'System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException' $failure.Exception.InnerException.InnerException.InnerException | Should -BeOfType 'System.ArgumentNullException' $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -HaveCount 0 } It "'MethodInvocationThrowException' emits terminating error with the error action '' when it's wrapped in 'try/catch'" -TestCases @( @{ ErrorAction = 'Continue' } @{ ErrorAction = 'Ignore' } @{ ErrorAction = 'SilentlyContinue' } ) { param ($ErrorAction) RunScript -Script "try { MethodInvocationThrowException -ErrorAction $ErrorAction } catch { Write-Debug -Debug `$_.Exception.InnerException.GetType().FullName }" $pwsh.Streams.Error | Should -HaveCount 0 $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -HaveCount 0 $pwsh.Streams.Debug | Should -HaveCount 1 $pwsh.Streams.Debug | Should -BeExactly 'System.ArgumentNullException' } It "'MethodInvocationThrowException' emits terminating error with the error action '' when it's accompanied by 'trap' statement" -TestCases @( @{ ErrorAction = 'Continue' } @{ ErrorAction = 'Ignore' } @{ ErrorAction = 'SilentlyContinue' } ) { param ($ErrorAction) RunScript -Script "trap { Write-Debug -Debug `$_.Exception.InnerException.GetType().FullName; continue } MethodInvocationThrowException -ErrorAction $ErrorAction" $pwsh.Streams.Error | Should -HaveCount 0 $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -HaveCount 0 $pwsh.Streams.Debug | Should -HaveCount 1 $pwsh.Streams.Debug | Should -BeExactly 'System.ArgumentNullException' } #endregion #region ExpressionThrowException It "'ExpressionThrowException' emits non-terminating error with the default error action ('Continue')" { RunCommand -Command 'ExpressionThrowException' -ErrorAction 'Continue' $pwsh.Streams.Error | Should -HaveCount 1 $pwsh.Streams.Error[0].Exception.InnerException | Should -BeOfType 'System.DivideByZeroException' $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -HaveCount 1 $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -BeExactly 'verbose-message' } It "'ExpressionThrowException' emits no error with the error action ''" -TestCases @( @{ ErrorAction = 'Ignore' } @{ ErrorAction = 'SilentlyContinue' } ) { param ($ErrorAction) RunCommand -Command 'ExpressionThrowException' -ErrorAction $ErrorAction $pwsh.Streams.Error | Should -HaveCount 0 $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -HaveCount 1 $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -BeExactly 'verbose-message' ## The suppressed exception is kept in '$Error' $err = GetLastError $err | Should -Not -BeNullOrEmpty $err.Exception.InnerException | Should -BeOfType 'System.DivideByZeroException' } It "'ExpressionThrowException' emits terminating error with the error action 'Stop'" { $failure = $null try { RunCommand -Command 'ExpressionThrowException' -ErrorAction Stop } catch { $failure = $_ } $failure | Should -Not -BeNullOrEmpty $failure.Exception | Should -BeOfType 'System.Management.Automation.MethodInvocationException' $failure.Exception.InnerException | Should -BeOfType 'System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException' $failure.Exception.InnerException.InnerException.InnerException | Should -BeOfType 'System.DivideByZeroException' $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -HaveCount 0 } It "'ExpressionThrowException' emits terminating error with the error action '' when it's wrapped in 'try/catch'" -TestCases @( @{ ErrorAction = 'Continue' } @{ ErrorAction = 'Ignore' } @{ ErrorAction = 'SilentlyContinue' } ) { param ($ErrorAction) RunScript -Script "try { ExpressionThrowException -ErrorAction $ErrorAction } catch { Write-Debug -Debug `$_.Exception.InnerException.GetType().FullName }" $pwsh.Streams.Error | Should -HaveCount 0 $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -HaveCount 0 $pwsh.Streams.Debug | Should -HaveCount 1 $pwsh.Streams.Debug | Should -BeExactly 'System.DivideByZeroException' } It "'ExpressionThrowException' emits terminating error with the error action '' when it's accompanied by 'trap' statement" -TestCases @( @{ ErrorAction = 'Continue' } @{ ErrorAction = 'Ignore' } @{ ErrorAction = 'SilentlyContinue' } ) { param ($ErrorAction) RunScript -Script "trap { Write-Debug -Debug `$_.Exception.InnerException.GetType().FullName; continue } ExpressionThrowException -ErrorAction $ErrorAction" $pwsh.Streams.Error | Should -HaveCount 0 $pwsh.Streams.Verbose | Should -HaveCount 0 $pwsh.Streams.Debug | Should -HaveCount 1 $pwsh.Streams.Debug | Should -BeExactly 'System.DivideByZeroException' } #endregion } }