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# Unconditional Test Failures

Generate a failure immediately and unconditionally.

## Topics

### Unconditional Test Failures

[`XCTFail(_:file:line:)`](/documentation/XCTest/XCTFail(_:file:line:))

This function generates a failure immediately and unconditionally.

[`XCTFail`](/documentation/XCTest/XCTFail)

This function generates a failure immediately and unconditionally.


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