Question: how to check if isolate failed or not?

if isolate fail, then it returns back the input equation. But if solve failed to solve for the variable in question, it returns either NULL or empty list, or empty set (depending on the input). So it is easy to check if it failed or not.

How does one check that isolate failed? Should I check the left side of what isolate returns is the variable I am solving for? For an example,

sol:=isolate(-2*y-cos(y)+x+sin(x)-_C1 = 0,y)

returns back -2*y-cos(y)+x+sin(x)-_C1 = 0

Is the following the correct way to check if isolate solved the equation or not:

sol:=isolate(-2*y-cos(y)+x+sin(x)-_C1 = 0,y);
if lhs(sol)=y then
   print("it solved it. Soltion is ",sol);
else
   print("Failed to solve it. Try solve command now ");
fi;

Just wanted to make sure as help for isolate does not mention anything about what happens if isolate can't solve the equation.

Maple 2022.1