diff --git a/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js b/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js
index 72ad5c19d..c6566805f 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-cli/src/runner/run-single-request.js
@@ -224,18 +224,12 @@ const runSingleRequest = async function (
 
         preRequestTestResults = result?.results || [];
       } catch (error) {
+        // Pre-request errors are treated as request errors (we return early with status: 'error'), not as failures. Unlike post-response and test script errors, we do not add a synthetic fail and continue.
         console.error('Pre-request script execution error:', error);
+        console.log(chalk.red(stripExtension(relativeItemPathname)) + chalk.dim(` (${error.message})`));
 
         // Extract partial results from the error (tests that passed before the error)
-        const partialResults = error?.partialResults?.results || [];
-        preRequestTestResults = [
-          ...partialResults,
-          {
-            status: 'fail',
-            description: 'Pre-Request Script Error',
-            error: error.message || 'An error occurred while executing the pre-request script.'
-          }
-        ];
+        preRequestTestResults = error?.partialResults?.results || [];
 
         // Preserve nextRequestName if it was set before the error
         if (error?.partialResults?.nextRequestName !== undefined) {
@@ -248,6 +242,35 @@ const runSingleRequest = async function (
         }
 
         logResults(preRequestTestResults, 'Pre-Request Tests');
+
+        // Pre-request script error: execution didn't complete (request never sent). Return early so we don't run the HTTP request, post-response script, assertions, or tests.
+        return {
+          test: {
+            filename: relativeItemPathname
+          },
+          request: {
+            method: request.method,
+            url: request.url,
+            headers: request.headers,
+            data: request.data
+          },
+          response: {
+            status: 'error',
+            statusText: null,
+            headers: null,
+            data: null,
+            url: null,
+            responseTime: 0
+          },
+          error: error?.message || 'An error occurred while executing the pre-request script.',
+          status: 'error',
+          assertionResults: [],
+          testResults: [],
+          preRequestTestResults,
+          postResponseTestResults: [],
+          nextRequestName: nextRequestName,
+          shouldStopRunnerExecution
+        };
       }
     }
 
@@ -734,7 +757,8 @@ const runSingleRequest = async function (
           {
             status: 'fail',
             description: 'Post-Response Script Error',
-            error: error.message || 'An error occurred while executing the post-response script.'
+            error: error.message || 'An error occurred while executing the post-response script.',
+            isScriptError: true
           }
         ];
 
@@ -803,7 +827,8 @@ const runSingleRequest = async function (
           {
             status: 'fail',
             description: 'Test Script Error',
-            error: error.message || 'An error occurred while executing the test script.'
+            error: error.message || 'An error occurred while executing the test script.',
+            isScriptError: true
           }
         ];
 
diff --git a/packages/bruno-common/src/runner/runner-summary.ts b/packages/bruno-common/src/runner/runner-summary.ts
index 3e99e676f..13f448a1d 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-common/src/runner/runner-summary.ts
+++ b/packages/bruno-common/src/runner/runner-summary.ts
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ export const getRunnerSummary = (results: T_RunnerRequestExecutionResult[]): T_R
   for (const result of results || []) {
     const { status, testResults, assertionResults, preRequestTestResults, postResponseTestResults } = result;
     totalRequests += 1;
-    totalTests += Number(testResults?.length) || 0;
+    totalTests += Number(testResults?.filter((r) => !r.isScriptError).length) || 0;
     totalAssertions += Number(assertionResults?.length) || 0;
-    totalPreRequestTests += Number(preRequestTestResults?.length) || 0;
-    totalPostResponseTests += Number(postResponseTestResults?.length) || 0;
+    totalPreRequestTests += Number(preRequestTestResults?.filter((r) => !r.isScriptError).length) || 0;
+    totalPostResponseTests += Number(postResponseTestResults?.filter((r) => !r.isScriptError).length) || 0;
 
     if (status === 'skipped') {
       skippedRequests += 1;
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ export const getRunnerSummary = (results: T_RunnerRequestExecutionResult[]): T_R
 
     let anyFailed = false;
     for (const testResult of testResults || []) {
+      if (testResult.isScriptError) {
+        anyFailed = true;
+        continue;
+      }
       if (testResult.status === 'pass') {
         passedTests += 1;
       } else {
@@ -59,6 +63,10 @@ export const getRunnerSummary = (results: T_RunnerRequestExecutionResult[]): T_R
       }
     }
     for (const postResponseTestResult of postResponseTestResults || []) {
+      if (postResponseTestResult.isScriptError) {
+        anyFailed = true;
+        continue;
+      }
       if (postResponseTestResult.status === 'pass') {
         passedPostResponseTests += 1;
       } else {
diff --git a/packages/bruno-common/src/runner/types/index.ts b/packages/bruno-common/src/runner/types/index.ts
index 1b696ba12..0d9b40eb5 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-common/src/runner/types/index.ts
+++ b/packages/bruno-common/src/runner/types/index.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type T_TestPassResult = {
   status: string;
   description: string;
   uid?: string;
+  isScriptError?: boolean;
 };
 
 type T_TestFailResult = {
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ type T_TestFailResult = {
   description: string;
   error: string;
   uid?: string;
+  isScriptError?: boolean;
 };
 
 type T_TestResult = T_TestPassResult | T_TestFailResult;