Throw-may-not-terminate

Throw may not terminate

The help about_throw tells:

The Throw keyword causes a terminating error. You can use the Throw keyword
to stop the processing of a command, function, or script.

This is often true but not always. If, perhaps due to a mistake, the current error action preference is "SilentlyContinue" or "Ignore" (v3+) then throw does not terminate, unless it is called from a try block.

Scripts

• Test-1.not.terminating.ps1 shows the issue, throw does not terminate.
• Test-2.terminating.ps1 shows that Write-Error -ErrorAction Stop may be more reliable.
• Test-3.but.ps1 shows that throw in the test 1 starts to terminate if it is called from a try block.

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• Be Careful With "Throw" Statements