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Abort a running test

Stop a verification run that is in progress. The Stop action aborts the entire run, not a single test, so use it when you need to halt all tests currently running or queued.

Prerequisites

  • You must have a Test Services role that allows you to run tests. (No additional privilege is needed to stop a run beyond what is needed to start one.)
  • A run must be in progress. (The System Status reads Running.)

Stop the run​

You can stop the run from either the home page or the Execution Details page.

  1. Open the home page or the Execution Details page.

  2. Click Stop, then click Yes in the Stop test execution dialog to confirm.

    The System Status changes to Aborting. Test Services stops the running and pending tests as soon as it can, so the run may take a short time to finish stopping.

  3. Wait for the System Status to return to Ready.

    When it does, the abort is complete and you can start a new run.

note

There is no way to stop a single test. To stop one test, you abort the whole run.

What happens when you abort​

Aborting changes the status of each test according to where it was in the run.

  • Tests that were Running or Pending change to Aborting, then Aborted, and show a result of Not available because they produced no report.
  • Tests that already finished stay Completed and keep their result of Passed or Failed. Their reports remain available to download and view.
  • Test Services still produces a Summary report for the run, with an overall result of Aborted. The report names the user who performed the abort.

For the meaning of each result value, see Test result statuses.

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