App::Prove::State::Result::Test(3pm) Perl Programmers Reference Guide App::Prove::State::Result::Test(3pm)

# [NAME](#NAME)

App::Prove::State::Result::Test - Individual test results.

# [VERSION](#VERSION)

Version 3.52

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The "prove" command supports a "--state" option that instructs it to store persistent state across runs. This module encapsulates the results for a single test.

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
    # Re-run failed tests
    $ prove --state=failed,save -rbv
```

# [METHODS](#METHODS)

## [Class Methods](#Class_Methods)

*"new"*

## [Instance Methods](#Instance_Methods)

*"name"*

The name of the test. Usually a filename.

*"elapsed"*

The total elapsed times the test took to run, in seconds from the epoch..

*"generation"*

The number for the "generation" of the test run. The first generation is 1 (one) and subsequent generations are 2, 3, etc.

*"last\_pass\_time"*

The last time the test program passed, in seconds from the epoch.

Returns "undef" if the program has never passed.

*"last\_fail\_time"*

The last time the test suite failed, in seconds from the epoch.

Returns "undef" if the program has never failed.

*"mtime"*

Returns the mtime of the test, in seconds from the epoch.

*"raw"*

Returns a hashref of raw test data, suitable for serialization by YAML.

*"result"*

Currently, whether or not the test suite passed with no 'problems' (such as TODO passed).

*"run\_time"*

The total time it took for the test to run, in seconds. If "Time::HiRes" is available, it will have finer granularity.

*"num\_todo"*

The number of tests with TODO directives.

*"sequence"*

The order in which this test was run for the given test suite result.

*"total\_passes"*

The number of times the test has passed.

*"total\_failures"*

The number of times the test has failed.

*"parser"*

The underlying parser object. This is useful if you need the full information for the test program.

2026-08-31 perl v5.44.0

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