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# Enhanced Outcomes
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Enhanced Outcomes refers to the addition of new control outcomes to the InSpec vocabulary.
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## Test Outcomes vs. Control Outcomes
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It is essential to understand that Enhanced Outcomes refers to new **control outcomes**, the results of running a control.
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The results of running a test, a `describe block` are determined by RSpec and are limited to `Pass`, `Fail`, and `Skip`.
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Test outcomes are much more difficult to extend than control outcomes.
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## New Control Outcomes
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Enhanced Outcomes adds three new control outcomes to the existing `Pass`, `Fail`, and `Skip` outcomes.
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### Error
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In the first iteration of Enhanced Outcomes, the Error outcome is detected:
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* if the message of any test includes the text "Control source error" OR
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* the result of any test includes a backtrace
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Then the entire control should be marked `Error`.
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Additional means of detecting error may be developed in the future.
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Error's abbreviation is `ERR`. Error's UI color assignment is `Indigo`.
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### Not Applicable
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If the control is not in `Error` and the impact of the control is `0.0`, then the control's outcome is `Not Applicable`.
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Not Applicable's abbreviation is `N/A`. Not Applicable's UI color assignment is `Sky Blue`.
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### Not Reviewed
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If the control is not in `Error` or `Not Applicable`, and all test results are `Skipped`, then the control outcome is `Not Reviewed`.
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Not Reviewed replaces `Skipped` as a control outcome.
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Not Reviewed's abbreviation is `N/R`. Not Reviewed's UI color assignment is `Amber`.
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## The `--enhanced-outcomes` option
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A new CLI option will be introduced for `inspec exec`, `inspec shell`, and `inspec schema` that controls the Enhanced Outcomes functionality.
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### InSpec 5
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In InSpec 5.x, a user must request the enhanced outcomes functionality explicitly by adding the `--enhanced-outcomes` option.
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### InSpec 6
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In InSpec 6.x, --enhanced-outcomes will default to `true`. A user may request disabling the enhanced outcomes functionality by adding the `--no-enhanced-outcomes` option.
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