---
name: "Test2::Event::Bail"
section: "3perl"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl"
version: "5.44.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Test2::Event::Bail/3perl"
---

# Test2::Event::Bail(3perl)

Bailout!

## NAME

Test2::Event::Bail - Bailout!

## DESCRIPTION

The bailout event is generated when things go horribly wrong and you need to halt all testing in the current file.

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use Test2::API qw/context/;
    use Test2::Event::Bail;
    my $ctx = context();
    my $event = $ctx->bail('Stuff is broken');
```

## METHODS

Inherits from Test2::Event. Also defines:

- $reason = $e-\>reason

  The reason for the bailout.

## SOURCE

The source code repository for Test2 can be found at \<https://github.com/Test-More/test-more/\>.

## MAINTAINERS

- Chad Granum \<exodist@cpan.org\>

  ## AUTHORS

- Chad Granum \<exodist@cpan.org\>

  ## COPYRIGHT

Copyright Chad Granum \<exodist@cpan.org\>.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See \<https://dev.perl.org/licenses/\>