Mark test steps as failed when tests fail

[Copilot]

When RPC integration tests fail, GitHub Actions shows "Action for Failure" as the failing step instead of the actual test step. This requires digging through logs to find the root cause.

Changes

• Test steps now exit with code 1 immediately when tests fail, marking them as the failure point
• Removed separate "Action for Failure" steps that were deferring failure attribution
• Added ::error:: annotations to test failure paths for better GitHub UI integration

Pattern

Before:

- name: Run RPC Integration Tests
  run: |
    if [ $test_exit_status -eq 0 ]; then
      echo "TEST_RESULT=success" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
    else
      echo "TEST_RESULT=failure" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
      # Step succeeds; failure shown later
    fi

- name: Action for Failure  # ← Shows as failing
  if: steps.test_step.outputs.TEST_RESULT != 'success'
  run: exit 1

After:

- name: Run RPC Integration Tests  # ← Shows as failing
  run: |
    if [ $test_exit_status -eq 0 ]; then
      echo "TEST_RESULT=success" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
    else
      echo "::error::Error detected during tests"
      echo "TEST_RESULT=failure" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
      exit 1
    fi

Affected workflows

• qa-rpc-integration-tests.yml
• qa-rpc-integration-tests-latest.yml
• qa-rpc-integration-tests-remote.yml
• qa-rpc-integration-tests-polygon.yml
• qa-rpc-integration-tests-gnosis.yml
• qa-rpc-performance-tests.yml

Cleanup steps continue to run via if: always() conditions.

Original prompt

make it so the step with the detected failure is marked as the cause. the workflow run shows "Action for Failure" as the failing step, but i have to dig around to find out it was actually "Run RPC Integration Tests" that failed.

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[anacrolix]

@copilot does this correctly handle that intermediate steps that come after the failure might need to run even in the case of failure?

[Copilot]

@copilot does this correctly handle that intermediate steps that come after the failure might need to run even in the case of failure?

Yes, this correctly handles intermediate steps. The key is that:

1. Critical cleanup steps use if: always() (Stop, Restore, Resume, Generate Summary)
2. Steps that depend on test execution use if: steps.test_step.outputs.test_executed == 'true'
3. All output variables are set before exit 1, so they're available to subsequent steps

For example in qa-rpc-integration-tests.yml:

# Line 121: Output set before exit
echo "test_executed=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
echo "TEST_RESULT=failure" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
exit 1  # Line 130

# Lines 133-155: Generate Summary runs via if: always()
# Lines 157-168: Stop RpcDaemon runs via if: always()  
# Lines 184-191: Upload results runs via if: steps.test_step.outputs.test_executed == 'true'

All cleanup, artifact upload, and result logging steps run correctly even when tests fail.

[anacrolix]

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