When action in before() hook fails, the initial test displays as a failure in the Cypress console instead of the before() hook

[eraugradep]

Current behavior

When a cypress spec has a before() hook and it fails, the first it() displays as a fail.

Desired behavior

When a cypress spec has a before() hook and it fails, the before() hook displays as a fail and the first it() displays as skipped.

Tester would think there was a failure in test 1 instead of the prerequisite setup:

Test code to reproduce

describe('My First Test', () => {
  before(() => {
    expect(true).to.equal(false)
  })
  
  it('test #1', () => {
    cy.log('Test 1')
  })
  
  it('test #2', () => {
    cy.log('Test 2')
  })

})

Cypress Version

12.17.4

Node version

18.20.6

Operating System

Windows 11 Enterprise v22H2

Debug Logs

Other

No response

[jennifer-shehane]

This is expected behavior. We have to generate a test to insert the failure into to fail with this status.

[eraugradep]

I disagree, test #1 did not fail in the scenario above.