diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-runner/index.test.js b/test/fixtures/test-runner/default-behavior/index.test.js
similarity index 100%
rename from test/fixtures/test-runner/index.test.js
rename to test/fixtures/test-runner/default-behavior/index.test.js
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-runner/node_modules/test-nm.js b/test/fixtures/test-runner/default-behavior/node_modules/test-nm.js
similarity index 100%
rename from test/fixtures/test-runner/node_modules/test-nm.js
rename to test/fixtures/test-runner/default-behavior/node_modules/test-nm.js
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-runner/random.test.mjs b/test/fixtures/test-runner/default-behavior/random.test.mjs
similarity index 100%
rename from test/fixtures/test-runner/random.test.mjs
rename to test/fixtures/test-runner/default-behavior/random.test.mjs
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-runner/subdir/subdir_test.js b/test/fixtures/test-runner/default-behavior/subdir/subdir_test.js
similarity index 100%
rename from test/fixtures/test-runner/subdir/subdir_test.js
rename to test/fixtures/test-runner/default-behavior/subdir/subdir_test.js
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-runner/test/random.cjs b/test/fixtures/test-runner/default-behavior/test/random.cjs
similarity index 100%
rename from test/fixtures/test-runner/test/random.cjs
rename to test/fixtures/test-runner/default-behavior/test/random.cjs
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-runner/test/skip_by_name.cjs b/test/fixtures/test-runner/default-behavior/test/skip_by_name.cjs
similarity index 100%
rename from test/fixtures/test-runner/test/skip_by_name.cjs
rename to test/fixtures/test-runner/default-behavior/test/skip_by_name.cjs
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-runner-cli.js b/test/parallel/test-runner-cli.js
index 496f53e23ea3a6..9401401aa9f09d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-runner-cli.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-runner-cli.js
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ const testFixtures = fixtures.path('test-runner');
 {
   // Default behavior. node_modules is ignored. Files that don't match the
   // pattern are ignored except in test/ directories.
-  const args = ['--test', testFixtures];
-  const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, args);
+  const args = ['--test'];
+  const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, args, { cwd: join(testFixtures, 'default-behavior') });
 
   assert.strictEqual(child.status, 1);
   assert.strictEqual(child.signal, null);
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ const testFixtures = fixtures.path('test-runner');
 
 {
   // Same but with a prototype mutation in require scripts.
-  const args = ['--require', join(testFixtures, 'protoMutation.js'), '--test', testFixtures];
-  const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, args);
+  const args = ['--require', join(testFixtures, 'protoMutation.js'), '--test'];
+  const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, args, { cwd: join(testFixtures, 'default-behavior') });
 
   const stdout = child.stdout.toString();
   assert.match(stdout, /ok 1 - this should pass/);
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ const testFixtures = fixtures.path('test-runner');
 
 {
   // Searches node_modules if specified.
-  const args = ['--test', join(testFixtures, 'node_modules')];
+  const args = ['--test', join(testFixtures, 'default-behavior/node_modules')];
   const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, args);
 
   assert.strictEqual(child.status, 1);
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ const testFixtures = fixtures.path('test-runner');
 {
   // The current directory is used by default.
   const args = ['--test'];
-  const options = { cwd: testFixtures };
+  const options = { cwd: join(testFixtures, 'default-behavior') };
   const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, args, options);
 
   assert.strictEqual(child.status, 1);
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ const testFixtures = fixtures.path('test-runner');
   // Test combined stream outputs
   const args = [
     '--test',
-    'test/fixtures/test-runner/index.test.js',
+    'test/fixtures/test-runner/default-behavior/index.test.js',
     'test/fixtures/test-runner/nested.js',
     'test/fixtures/test-runner/invalid-tap.js',
   ];
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ const testFixtures = fixtures.path('test-runner');
   const args = ['--no-warnings',
                 '--experimental-loader', 'data:text/javascript,',
                 '--require', fixtures.path('empty.js'),
-                '--test', join(testFixtures, 'index.test.js')];
+                '--test', join(testFixtures, 'default-behavior', 'index.test.js')];
   const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, args);
 
   assert.strictEqual(child.stderr.toString(), '');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-runner-exit-code.js b/test/parallel/test-runner-exit-code.js
index d177ec438bdd45..8eeebc21d31753 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-runner-exit-code.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-runner-exit-code.js
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
   assert.strictEqual(child.status, 0);
   assert.strictEqual(child.signal, null);
 
-  child = spawnSync(process.execPath, ['--test', fixtures.path('test-runner', 'subdir', 'subdir_test.js')]);
+  child = spawnSync(process.execPath, [
+    '--test',
+    fixtures.path('test-runner', 'default-behavior', 'subdir', 'subdir_test.js'),
+  ]);
   assert.strictEqual(child.status, 0);
   assert.strictEqual(child.signal, null);
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-runner-inspect.mjs b/test/parallel/test-runner-inspect.mjs
index bdff1ce7ceb84f..20c4cdf354451b 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-runner-inspect.mjs
+++ b/test/parallel/test-runner-inspect.mjs
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ common.skipIfInspectorDisabled();
 tmpdir.refresh();
 
 {
-  const child = new NodeInstance(['--test', '--inspect-brk=0'], undefined, fixtures.path('test-runner/index.test.js'));
+  const child = new NodeInstance(
+    ['--test', '--inspect-brk=0'],
+    undefined,
+    fixtures.path('test-runner/default-behavior/index.test.js')
+  );
 
   let stdout = '';
   let stderr = '';
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-runner-run.mjs b/test/parallel/test-runner-run.mjs
index b5c41b8ae925de..aebc1b74fead9b 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-runner-run.mjs
+++ b/test/parallel/test-runner-run.mjs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('require(\'node:test\').run', { concurrency: true }, () => {
   });
 
   it('should succeed with a file', async () => {
-    const stream = run({ files: [join(testFixtures, 'test/random.cjs')] });
+    const stream = run({ files: [join(testFixtures, 'default-behavior/test/random.cjs')] });
     stream.on('test:fail', common.mustNotCall());
     stream.on('test:pass', common.mustCall(1));
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@ describe('require(\'node:test\').run', { concurrency: true }, () => {
   });
 
   it('should run same file twice', async () => {
-    const stream = run({ files: [join(testFixtures, 'test/random.cjs'), join(testFixtures, 'test/random.cjs')] });
+    const stream = run({
+      files: [
+        join(testFixtures, 'default-behavior/test/random.cjs'),
+        join(testFixtures, 'default-behavior/test/random.cjs'),
+      ]
+    });
     stream.on('test:fail', common.mustNotCall());
     stream.on('test:pass', common.mustCall(2));
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
@@ -68,7 +73,9 @@ describe('require(\'node:test\').run', { concurrency: true }, () => {
   });
 
   it('should be piped with dot', async () => {
-    const result = await run({ files: [join(testFixtures, 'test/random.cjs')] }).compose(dot).toArray();
+    const result = await run({
+      files: [join(testFixtures, 'default-behavior/test/random.cjs')]
+    }).compose(dot).toArray();
     assert.deepStrictEqual(result, [
       '.',
       '\n',
@@ -77,7 +84,9 @@ describe('require(\'node:test\').run', { concurrency: true }, () => {
 
   it('should be piped with spec', async () => {
     const specReporter = new spec();
-    const result = await run({ files: [join(testFixtures, 'test/random.cjs')] }).compose(specReporter).toArray();
+    const result = await run({
+      files: [join(testFixtures, 'default-behavior/test/random.cjs')]
+    }).compose(specReporter).toArray();
     const stringResults = result.map((bfr) => bfr.toString());
     assert.match(stringResults[0], /this should pass/);
     assert.match(stringResults[1], /tests 1/);
@@ -85,7 +94,9 @@ describe('require(\'node:test\').run', { concurrency: true }, () => {
   });
 
   it('should be piped with tap', async () => {
-    const result = await run({ files: [join(testFixtures, 'test/random.cjs')] }).compose(tap).toArray();
+    const result = await run({
+      files: [join(testFixtures, 'default-behavior/test/random.cjs')]
+    }).compose(tap).toArray();
     assert.strictEqual(result.length, 13);
     assert.strictEqual(result[0], 'TAP version 13\n');
     assert.strictEqual(result[1], '# Subtest: this should pass\n');
@@ -103,7 +114,10 @@ describe('require(\'node:test\').run', { concurrency: true }, () => {
   });
 
   it('should skip tests not matching testNamePatterns - RegExp', async () => {
-    const result = await run({ files: [join(testFixtures, 'test/skip_by_name.cjs')], testNamePatterns: [/executed/] })
+    const result = await run({
+      files: [join(testFixtures, 'default-behavior/test/skip_by_name.cjs')],
+      testNamePatterns: [/executed/]
+    })
       .compose(tap)
       .toArray();
     assert.strictEqual(result[2], 'ok 1 - this should be skipped # SKIP test name does not match pattern\n');
@@ -111,16 +125,37 @@ describe('require(\'node:test\').run', { concurrency: true }, () => {
   });
 
   it('should skip tests not matching testNamePatterns - string', async () => {
-    const result = await run({ files: [join(testFixtures, 'test/skip_by_name.cjs')], testNamePatterns: ['executed'] })
+    const result = await run({
+      files: [join(testFixtures, 'default-behavior/test/skip_by_name.cjs')],
+      testNamePatterns: ['executed']
+    })
       .compose(tap)
       .toArray();
     assert.strictEqual(result[2], 'ok 1 - this should be skipped # SKIP test name does not match pattern\n');
     assert.strictEqual(result[5], 'ok 2 - this should be executed\n');
   });
 
-  it('should stop watch mode when abortSignal aborts', async () => {
+  it('should emit "test:watch:drained" event on watch mode', async () => {
     const controller = new AbortController();
-    const result = await run({ files: [join(testFixtures, 'test/random.cjs')], watch: true, signal: controller.signal })
+    await run({
+      files: [join(testFixtures, 'default-behavior/test/random.cjs')],
+      watch: true,
+      signal: controller.signal,
+    }).on('data', function({ type }) {
+      if (type === 'test:watch:drained') {
+        controller.abort();
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('AbortSignal', () => {
+    it('should stop watch mode when abortSignal aborts', async () => {
+      const controller = new AbortController();
+      const result = await run({
+        files: [join(testFixtures, 'default-behavior/test/random.cjs')],
+        watch: true,
+        signal: controller.signal
+      })
       .compose(async function* (source) {
         for await (const chunk of source) {
           if (chunk.type === 'test:pass') {
@@ -130,17 +165,74 @@ describe('require(\'node:test\').run', { concurrency: true }, () => {
         }
       })
       .toArray();
-    assert.deepStrictEqual(result, ['this should pass']);
-  });
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(result, ['this should pass']);
+    });
 
-  it('should emit "test:watch:drained" event on watch mode', async () => {
-    const controller = new AbortController();
-    await run({ files: [join(testFixtures, 'test/random.cjs')], watch: true, signal: controller.signal })
-      .on('data', function({ type }) {
-        if (type === 'test:watch:drained') {
-          controller.abort();
+    it('should abort when test succeeded', async () => {
+      const stream = run({
+        files: [
+          fixtures.path(
+            'test-runner',
+            'aborts',
+            'successful-test-still-call-abort.js'
+          ),
+        ],
+      });
+
+      let passedTestCount = 0;
+      let failedTestCount = 0;
+
+      let output = '';
+      for await (const data of stream) {
+        if (data.type === 'test:stdout') {
+          output += data.data.message.toString();
         }
+        if (data.type === 'test:fail') {
+          failedTestCount++;
+        }
+        if (data.type === 'test:pass') {
+          passedTestCount++;
+        }
+      }
+
+      assert.match(output, /abort called for test 1/);
+      assert.match(output, /abort called for test 2/);
+      assert.strictEqual(failedTestCount, 0, new Error('no tests should fail'));
+      assert.strictEqual(passedTestCount, 2);
+    });
+
+    it('should abort when test failed', async () => {
+      const stream = run({
+        files: [
+          fixtures.path(
+            'test-runner',
+            'aborts',
+            'failed-test-still-call-abort.js'
+          ),
+        ],
       });
+
+      let passedTestCount = 0;
+      let failedTestCount = 0;
+
+      let output = '';
+      for await (const data of stream) {
+        if (data.type === 'test:stdout') {
+          output += data.data.message.toString();
+        }
+        if (data.type === 'test:fail') {
+          failedTestCount++;
+        }
+        if (data.type === 'test:pass') {
+          passedTestCount++;
+        }
+      }
+
+      assert.match(output, /abort called for test 1/);
+      assert.match(output, /abort called for test 2/);
+      assert.strictEqual(passedTestCount, 0, new Error('no tests should pass'));
+      assert.strictEqual(failedTestCount, 2);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('sharding', () => {