dnscontrol/documentation/language-reference/top-level-functions/PANIC.md

name	parameters	parameter_types	ts_return
PANIC	message	message string	never

PANIC terminates the script and therefore DNSControl with an exit code of 1. This should be used if your script cannot gather enough information to generate records, for example when a HTTP request failed.

{% code title="dnsconfig.js" %}

PANIC("Something really bad has happened");

{% endcode %}