"dbt run"- what happens when a test fails?

[ronifintech]

Hi,

If I run “dbt run” with a few models to be deployed and a couple of tests.
What happens when a test fails? does it mean nothing gets committed?

[fabrice.etanchaud]

Hi @ronifintech , soory for such a delay…
there is no such thing at time being like a mixed run+test.
If you are interested in, please read my comment at the end of this discussion :

State of testing in dbt

Hi all ! As a former software engineer, I met something called “design by contract”. The idea, proposed by Bertrand Meyer (another French citizen, sorry ;-)), implemented in the Eiffel language, is taken from Hoare’s triples, and I wonder how it could be used to validate a model. I’d like to take a little time to explain myself, and ask you to question the idea heartly ! Folks in the Eiffel world use this every day, and this reduces heavily the need for unit tests that can only test for presen…

IMHO this should be envisioned and prototyped, as dbt is from the start an incredible software engineer tool, and design by contract is one of the major development in software engineering.

I would be very pleased to have your feedback on this concept applied to dbt !

Best,Fabrice