Continuing Test Execution After a Failed Verification in Nightwatch

In automated testing, it is often necessary to record a failure while allowing the remaining test scripts to continue executing. In Nightwatch, this can be achieved by using client.verify rather than client.assert , which does not abort the test run.

The following example checks whether the body element of the home page is visible. If the element is found, the verification point is set to false, causing the test report to show a failure but the script proceeds:

home.waitForElementVisible('@body', 3000, true, function(result) {
  if (result.value) {
    // Test report will show failure, but execution continues
    client.verify.equal(result.value, false);
  } else {
    // Verification passed
    console.log('Pass');
  }
});

Note that using client.assert.equal would interrupt execution:

client.assert.equal(result.value, false);

This approach ensures that failures are logged without stopping the test flow, which is useful for comprehensive test suites.