4.x: junitReporter doesn't record Before/After suite failures

[mirao]

In CodeceptJS 3.x there could be the "mocha-junit-reporter" configured in a CodeceptJS config in "mocha" section.
If the test failed in BeforeSuite(), Scenario() or AfterSuite() I could see the failure, typically in Jenkins's JUnit test result report plugin ✔️

For example:

---

In CodeceptJS 4.x, it was replaced by the plugin "junitReporter". It doesn't record any failure when the test fails in BeforeSuite() or AfterSuite() 🐛 . It records only Scenario() failures.

tests/My_test.ts:

Feature('My');

BeforeSuite(async ({ I }) => {
    I.say("Before Suite");
    throw new Error("Before Suite Error");
});

Scenario('test something',  ({ I }) => {
    I.amOnPage("https://example.com");
});

AfterSuite(async ({ I }) => {
    I.say("After Suite");
    throw new Error("After Suite Error");
});

codecept.conf.ts

import { setHeadlessWhen, setCommonPlugins } from "@codeceptjs/configure";
// turn on headless mode when running with HEADLESS=true environment variable
// export HEADLESS=true && npx codeceptjs run
setHeadlessWhen(process.env.HEADLESS);

// enable all common plugins https://github.com/codeceptjs/configure#setcommonplugins
setCommonPlugins();

export const config: CodeceptJS.MainConfig = {
  tests: "./tests/*_test.ts",
  output: "./output",
  helpers: {
    Playwright: {
      browser: "chromium",
      url: "http://localhost",
      show: true,
    },
  },
  include: {
    I: "./steps_file.ts",
  },
  noGlobals: true,
  plugins: {
    junitReporter: {
      enabled: true,
    },
  },
  name: "my",
  require: ["tsx/cjs"],
};

output:

mirao@rog:~/workspace/my$ codeceptjs run --verbose
***************************************
nodeInfo:  24.16.0
osInfo:  Linux 6.17 Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS 24.04.4 LTS (Noble Numbat)
cpuInfo:  (16) x64 AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core Processor
chromeInfo:  149.0.7827.155
edgeInfo:  "N/A"
firefoxInfo:  152.0
safariInfo:  N/A
playwrightBrowsers:  "chromium: 149.0.7827.55, firefox: 151.0, webkit: 26.5"
If you need more detailed info, just run this: npx codeceptjs info
***************************************
CodeceptJS v4.0.8 #StandWithUkraine
Using test root "/home/mirao/workspace/my"
Helpers: Playwright
Plugins: screenshot, junitReporter, retryFailedStep

My --
/home/mirao/workspace/my/tests/My_test.ts
    [1]  Starting recording promises
    Timeouts: 
 › [Session] Starting singleton browser session
  BeforeSuite()
    I say "Before Suite"
   Before Suite
    [1] Error | Error: Before Suite Error e => { const err = recorder.getAsyncErr() === null...
    [1] <teardown>  Stopping recording promises
  ✖ FAILED in 4ms

  AfterSuite()
    [2]  Starting recording promises
    I say "After Suite"
   After Suite
    [2] Error | Error: After Suite Error e => { const err = recorder.getAsyncErr() === null...
    [2] <teardown>  Stopping recording promises
  ✖ FAILED in 1ms


-- FAILURES:

  1) My
       "before all" hook: BeforeSuite for "test something":
     
  Before Suite Error
      at Context.<anonymous> (tests/My_test.ts:5:11)
      at promiseRetry.retries.retries (file:///home/mirao/workspace/my/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/mocha/asyncWrapper.js:162:20)
  
  
  ◯ File: file:///home/mirao/workspace/my/tests/My_test.ts
  

  2) My
       "after all" hook: AfterSuite for "test something":
     
  After Suite Error
      at Context.<anonymous> (tests/My_test.ts:14:11)
      at promiseRetry.retries.retries (file:///home/mirao/workspace/my/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/mocha/asyncWrapper.js:162:20)
      at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:104:5)
  
  
  ◯ File: file:///home/mirao/workspace/my/tests/My_test.ts
  


  FAIL  | 0 passed, 2 failed, 2 failedHooks   // 123ms
 › <junitReporter> JUnit report saved to /home/mirao/workspace/my/output/report.xml

output/report.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<testsuites name="CodeceptJS" tests="0" failures="0" skipped="0" errors="0" time="0.000" timestamp="2026-06-19T11:19:00.325Z"/>