Issue #12624: It is now possible to fail after the first failure when
running in verbose mode (`-v` or `-W`), by using the `--failfast`
(or `-G`) option to regrtest. This is useful with long test suites
such as test_io or test_subprocess.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f6a222d..c7e917e 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@
Tests
-----
+- Issue #12624: It is now possible to fail after the first failure when
+ running in verbose mode (``-v`` or ``-W``), by using the ``--failfast``
+ (or ``-G``) option to regrtest. This is useful with long test suites
+ such as test_io or test_subprocess.
+
- Issue #12587: Correct faulty test file and reference in test_tokenize.
(Patch by Robert Xiao)