[#BloombergLP-bsls-ProtocolTest_Status-fail] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bsls.adoc[bsls]::xref:BloombergLP/bsls/ProtocolTest_Status.adoc[ProtocolTest_Status]::fail :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Record a test failure by increasing the number of `failures` and setting the status of the last test to `false`. == Synopsis Declared in `<bsls_protocoltest.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- void fail(); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#