diff --git a/datafusion/common/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/common/Cargo.toml
index c8ed7a034ccf..8842894b745f 100644
--- a/datafusion/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 avro = ["apache-avro"]
 default = []
 jit = ["cranelift-module"]
+optimizer_failed_rules = []
 pyarrow = ["pyo3", "arrow/pyarrow"]
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/datafusion/core/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/core/Cargo.toml
index 6512db0ae922..8eebb9adfd51 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ default = ["crypto_expressions", "regex_expressions", "unicode_expressions"]
 force_hash_collisions = []
 # Used to enable JIT code generation
 jit = ["datafusion-jit", "datafusion-row/jit"]
+optimizer_failed_rules = []
 pyarrow = ["pyo3", "arrow/pyarrow", "datafusion-common/pyarrow"]
 regex_expressions = ["datafusion-physical-expr/regex_expressions"]
 # Used to enable scheduler
diff --git a/datafusion/core/src/config.rs b/datafusion/core/src/config.rs
index e058f5c72bd4..0f9cfce342a5 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/src/config.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/src/config.rs
@@ -237,11 +237,17 @@ impl BuiltInConfigs {
                  to reduce the number of rows decoded.",
                 false,
             ),
+            // By default tests run with ignoring optimizer errors. To make errors visible need to run the project 
+            // with enabled 'optimizer_failed_rules' configuration
+            // cargo test --features "optimizer_failed_rules"   
             ConfigDefinition::new_bool(
                 OPT_OPTIMIZER_SKIP_FAILED_RULES,
                 "When set to true, the logical plan optimizer will produce warning \
                 messages if any optimization rules produce errors and then proceed to the next \
                 rule. When set to false, any rules that produce errors will cause the query to fail.",
+                #[cfg(feature = "optimizer_failed_rules")]
+                false,
+                #[cfg(not(feature = "optimizer_failed_rules"))]
                 true
             ),
              ConfigDefinition::new_u64(
diff --git a/datafusion/expr/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/expr/Cargo.toml
index d3b348c4bcb3..7c790f3f4a49 100644
--- a/datafusion/expr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/expr/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ name = "datafusion_expr"
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [features]
+optimizer_failed_rules = []
 
 [dependencies]
 ahash = { version = "0.8", default-features = false, features = ["runtime-rng"] }
diff --git a/datafusion/optimizer/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/optimizer/Cargo.toml
index e07d798caf8d..699ab7273abb 100644
--- a/datafusion/optimizer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/optimizer/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [features]
 default = ["unicode_expressions"]
+optimizer_failed_rules = []
 unicode_expressions = []
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/datafusion/physical-expr/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/physical-expr/Cargo.toml
index ba4dc0b036a9..ec5d70460938 100644
--- a/datafusion/physical-expr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/physical-expr/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 [features]
 crypto_expressions = ["md-5", "sha2", "blake2", "blake3"]
 default = ["crypto_expressions", "regex_expressions", "unicode_expressions"]
+optimizer_failed_rules = []
 regex_expressions = ["regex"]
 unicode_expressions = ["unicode-segmentation"]
 
diff --git a/datafusion/row/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/row/Cargo.toml
index 52e6e50c7e85..cb5d0b91a79a 100644
--- a/datafusion/row/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/row/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 [features]
 # Used to enable JIT code generation
 jit = ["datafusion-jit"]
+optimizer_failed_rules = []
 
 [dependencies]
 arrow = "25.0.0"
diff --git a/datafusion/sql/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/sql/Cargo.toml
index 4a88a01e31b0..9f6ad14cf41d 100644
--- a/datafusion/sql/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/sql/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [features]
 default = ["unicode_expressions"]
+optimizer_failed_rules = []
 unicode_expressions = []
 
 [dependencies]