How to make test get FAIL status, not ERROR except using browser.expect

[Pieras2]

Hi.

Each time I call methods like:

• waitForElementVisible with parameter abortOnAssertionFailure "true"
• this.assert.fail()
• browser.verify / assert.fail()
  ... the test ends with test error in summary while I wish it was test fail.

In case test is reported as "failed" and not an "error", I see such a view on Azure DevOps (the expected one with fails listed):

Unfortunately waitForElementVisible make test error not test failure, even I switch abortOnAssertionFailure to "false" and call in its callback await this.assert.fail() I still get test error instead of fail :(

• my tests are async/await and all methods I write return promises, user PageObjects and sections.

How to make item not present (waitForElement...) be a test fail not an error?
Or how to call fail on my own (e.g. as a result of api call in callback)

I am using NW ver 1.4.3.