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fix: exclude skipped tests from fail-fast#545

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fix: exclude skipped tests from fail-fast#545
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What type of PR is this?

/kind bug

What this PR does / why we need it:

Skipped tests (via t.Skip() or skip-assessment regex) were incorrectly triggering fail-fast behavior. This happened because when t.Skip() is called, it causes early function exit, leaving the shouldFailNow variable set to true.

This PR tracks the skip state using defer to capture internalT.Skipped() after the subtest completes, then excludes skipped assessments from the fail-fast condition.

Changes:

  • Added wasSkipped variable to track if an assessment was skipped
  • Used defer to capture skip state (necessary because t.Skip() exits early)
  • Modified fail-fast condition to: !wasSkipped && (shouldFailNow || (e.cfg.FailFast() && t.Failed()))
  • Added comprehensive unit tests covering various skip + fail-fast scenarios

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:

Fixes #472

Special notes for your reviewer:

A previous attempt to fix this issue was made in #473 but was closed. This implementation takes a different approach:

Does this PR introduce a user-facing change?

Fixed fail-fast mode incorrectly stopping test execution when assessments are skipped via t.Skip() or skip-assessment regex.

Fixed skipped assessments incorrectly triggering fail-fast mode.

Additional documentation e.g., Usage docs, etc.:

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Skipped tests (via t.Skip or skip-assessment regex) were incorrectly
triggering fail-fast behavior because the shouldFailNow variable
remained true when t.Skip() caused early function exit.

Track skip state using defer to capture internalT.Skipped() after
subtest completion, then exclude skipped assessments from the
fail-fast condition.
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This looks good. Please any documentation update if behavior has changed.

Document that tests skipped via t.Skip() or --skip-assessment regex
do not trigger fail-fast behavior, allowing subsequent assessments
and features to continue executing normally.
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/lgtm

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/test pull-e2e-framework-test

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