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*Prepared 2.4.0 is out!*

• Conditionally ignore tests
• Better exception handling around fixtures
<https://prepared.opensavvy.dev/news/2026/02/14/v2.4.0.html>

A comment for `Ignored.If` states:
&gt; However, some test runners (e.g., TestBalloon) crash when a suite is declared that contains no tests at all.
That's misleading. TestBalloon is intentionally refusing to accept an empty test suite, ensuring that users don't accidentally miss tests.

Rewording: <https://gitlab.com/opensavvy/groundwork/prepared/-/merge_requests/212>

If that doesn't meet your needs, there is <https://infix-de.github.io/testBalloon/latest/api/testBalloon-framework-core/de.infix.testBalloon.framework.core/-test-config/-permit/-suite-without-children/index.html|an experimental API to change the behavior>. But as always with experimental APIs, it would be good to know why you'd prefer it that way.

I added `Ignored.If` because I think that's the best solution here: it communicates to TestBalloon that there _are_ tests, but I don't want to execute them. This still leaves the "empty suite" warning in place, which I do believe is helpful

If it's a TestBalloon test suite which contains tests, but they are all disabled, that should just work nicely without any extra configuration.