From 4a1dadd48f0490e238c8ceba9c3ef033d453852a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Fran=C3=A7ois?= <francois@beafrancois.fr>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 15:17:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] small improvment in error reporting in test process creation

---
 src/testium/interpreter/process.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/testium/interpreter/process.py b/src/testium/interpreter/process.py
index cf8ca2f..9107a78 100644
--- a/src/testium/interpreter/process.py
+++ b/src/testium/interpreter/process.py
@@ -350,6 +350,10 @@ Is the python exec path correct ?"""
                             res = {cmd: self.__cmds[cmd](**args)}
                         elif args is None:
                             res = {cmd: self.__cmds[cmd]()}
+                        else:
+                            raise ETUMRuntimeError("Test process control command malformed")
+                    except ETUMRuntimeError as e:
+                        res = (None, str(e))
                     except:
                         res = (None, "function unknown or call failed")
                 except: