# phpman > perldoc > Test2::Event::Diag

## NAME
    [Test2::Event::Diag](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Test2%3A%3AEvent%3A%3ADiag/markdown) - Diag event type

## DESCRIPTION
    Diagnostics messages, typically rendered to STDERR.

## SYNOPSIS
        use [Test2::API](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Test2%3A%3AAPI/markdown) qw/context/;
        use [Test2::Event::Diag](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Test2%3A%3AEvent%3A%3ADiag/markdown);

        my $ctx = context();
        my $event = $ctx->diag($message);

## ACCESSORS
    $diag->message
        The message for the diag.

## SOURCE
    The source code repository for Test2 can be found at <http://github.com/Test-More/test-more/>.

## MAINTAINERS
    Chad Granum <<exodist@cpan.org>>

## AUTHORS
    Chad Granum <<exodist@cpan.org>>

## COPYRIGHT
    Copyright 2020 Chad Granum <<exodist@cpan.org>>.

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
    Perl itself.

    See <http://dev.perl.org/licenses/>