Say I have CI tests running via GitHub actions. The program I test has a module that checks whether its input parameters are valid. Hence, I run a test where I intentionally provide improper input parameters, so the program catches this and exits with an error (exit 1).
Problem: I want GitHub Actions to mark this test as success. I am aware of continue-on-error: true for a run. Still, this will mark any failed run as success, no matter whether my program exits intentionally with an error due to improper input parameters (as described above), or because there is a bug in my code which then should actually return a failed CI test. So far I am manually inspecting the Actions logs but there must be an automated way to catch this.
Any ideas?