dnscontrol/docs/_functions/global/PANIC.md

name	parameters
PANIC	message

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.

{% capture example %}

PANIC("Something really bad has happened");

{% endcapture %}

{% include example.html content=example %}