diff --git a/test/no-validate-leaksan.txt b/test/no-validate-leaksan.txt
index ced62fed9913..32a677be1b1f 100644
--- a/test/no-validate-leaksan.txt
+++ b/test/no-validate-leaksan.txt
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ test/cli/install/bun-install-security-provider.test.ts
 test/js/node/test/parallel/test-tls-fast-writing.js
 test/js/bun/sqlite/sqlite.test.js
 test/regression/issue/12250.test.ts
+# `bun test --bail` exits with a bare exit(1), so the VM teardown is skipped and
+# LeakSanitizer aborts the child with 134 after several seconds (#32183).
+test/regression/issue/26851.test.ts
 test/js/bun/test/parallel/test-http-10177-response.write-with-non-ascii-latin1-should-not-cause-duplicated-character-or-segfault.ts
 test/cli/install/minimum-release-age.test.ts
 
diff --git a/test/regression/issue/26851.test.ts b/test/regression/issue/26851.test.ts
index c3a07909788e..691a5b2da34e 100644
--- a/test/regression/issue/26851.test.ts
+++ b/test/regression/issue/26851.test.ts
@@ -1,77 +1,105 @@
+// https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/26851
+// `bun test --bail --reporter=junit --reporter-outfile=<file>` must still write
+// the JUnit file when --bail stops the run.
 import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
-import { bunEnv, bunExe, tempDir } from "harness";
+import { bunEnv, bunExe, normalizeBunSnapshot, tempDir } from "harness";
 import { join } from "path";
 
-test("--bail writes JUnit reporter outfile", async () => {
-  using dir = tempDir("bail-junit", {
-    "fail.test.ts": `
-      import { test, expect } from "bun:test";
-      test("failing test", () => { expect(1).toBe(2); });
-    `,
-  });
+const passing = (name: string) =>
+  `import { test, expect } from "bun:test";\ntest(${JSON.stringify(name)}, () => { expect(1).toBe(1); });\n`;
+const failing = (name: string) =>
+  `import { test, expect } from "bun:test";\ntest(${JSON.stringify(name)}, () => { expect(1).toBe(2); });\n`;
+
+// The hostname and the time attributes differ per run. Everything else is stable.
+function normalizeJUnit(xml: string) {
+  return xml.replace(/ time="[^"]*"/g, ' time="<time>"').replace(/ hostname="[^"]*"/g, ' hostname="<hostname>"');
+}
 
-  const outfile = join(String(dir), "results.xml");
+// The reporter adds a <properties> block to each testsuite when one of these is set.
+const env = { ...bunEnv };
+for (const key of [
+  "GITHUB_RUN_ID",
+  "GITHUB_SERVER_URL",
+  "GITHUB_REPOSITORY",
+  "GITHUB_SHA",
+  "CI_JOB_URL",
+  "CI_COMMIT_SHA",
+  "GIT_SHA",
+]) {
+  delete env[key];
+}
 
+async function runBailWithJUnit(dir: string, args: string[]) {
+  const outfile = join(dir, "results.xml");
   await using proc = Bun.spawn({
-    cmd: [bunExe(), "test", "--bail", "--reporter=junit", `--reporter-outfile=${outfile}`, "fail.test.ts"],
-    env: bunEnv,
-    cwd: String(dir),
+    cmd: [bunExe(), "test", "--bail", "--reporter=junit", `--reporter-outfile=${outfile}`, ...args],
+    env,
+    cwd: dir,
     stdout: "pipe",
     stderr: "pipe",
   });
+  const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+  return { stdout, stderr, exitCode, xml: normalizeJUnit(await Bun.file(outfile).text()) };
+}
 
-  const exitCode = await proc.exited;
+// Each test spawns its own `bun test` child in its own tempDir, so they run concurrently.
+test.concurrent("--bail writes JUnit reporter outfile", async () => {
+  using dir = tempDir("bail-junit", {
+    "fail.test.ts": failing("failing test") + passing("after the failure"),
+  });
 
-  // The test should fail and bail
-  expect(exitCode).not.toBe(0);
+  const { stdout, stderr, exitCode, xml } = await runBailWithJUnit(String(dir), ["fail.test.ts"]);
 
-  // The JUnit report file should still be written despite bail
-  const file = Bun.file(outfile);
-  expect(await file.exists()).toBe(true);
+  expect(normalizeBunSnapshot(stdout)).toBe("bun test <version> (<revision>)");
+  expect(stderr).toContain("(fail) failing test");
+  expect(stderr).not.toContain("after the failure");
+  expect(stderr).toContain("Ran 1 test across 1 file.");
+  expect(stderr).toContain("Bailed out after 1 failure");
+  expect(exitCode).toBe(1);
 
-  const xml = await file.text();
-  expect(xml).toContain("<?xml");
-  expect(xml).toContain("<testsuites");
-  expect(xml).toContain("</testsuites>");
-  expect(xml).toContain("failing test");
+  expect(xml).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+    <testsuites name="bun test" tests="1" assertions="1" failures="1" skipped="0" time="<time>">
+      <testsuite name="fail.test.ts" file="fail.test.ts" tests="1" assertions="1" failures="1" skipped="0" time="<time>" hostname="<hostname>">
+        <testcase name="failing test" classname="" time="<time>" file="fail.test.ts" line="2" assertions="1">
+          <failure type="AssertionError" message="expect(received).toBe(expected)&#10;&#10;Expected: 2&#10;Received: 1&#10;">AssertionError: expect(received).toBe(expected)&#10;&#10;Expected: 2&#10;Received: 1&#10;&#10;      at fail.test.ts:2:40&#10;</failure>
+        </testcase>
+      </testsuite>
+    </testsuites>
+    "
+  `);
 });
 
-test("--bail writes JUnit reporter outfile with multiple files", async () => {
+test.concurrent("--bail writes JUnit reporter outfile with multiple files", async () => {
+  // Discovery order is sorted by name: a_pass runs, b_fail bails, c_never is never loaded.
   using dir = tempDir("bail-junit-multi", {
-    "a_pass.test.ts": `
-      import { test, expect } from "bun:test";
-      test("passing test", () => { expect(1).toBe(1); });
-    `,
-    "b_fail.test.ts": `
-      import { test, expect } from "bun:test";
-      test("another failing test", () => { expect(1).toBe(2); });
-    `,
-  });
-
-  const outfile = join(String(dir), "results.xml");
-
-  await using proc = Bun.spawn({
-    cmd: [bunExe(), "test", "--bail", "--reporter=junit", `--reporter-outfile=${outfile}`],
-    env: bunEnv,
-    cwd: String(dir),
-    stdout: "pipe",
-    stderr: "pipe",
+    "a_pass.test.ts": passing("passing test"),
+    "b_fail.test.ts": failing("another failing test"),
+    "c_never.test.ts": passing("never runs"),
   });
 
-  const exitCode = await proc.exited;
-
-  // The test should fail and bail
-  expect(exitCode).not.toBe(0);
+  const { stdout, stderr, exitCode, xml } = await runBailWithJUnit(String(dir), []);
 
-  // The JUnit report file should still be written despite bail
-  const file = Bun.file(outfile);
-  expect(await file.exists()).toBe(true);
+  expect(normalizeBunSnapshot(stdout)).toBe("bun test <version> (<revision>)");
+  expect(stderr).toContain("(pass) passing test");
+  expect(stderr).toContain("(fail) another failing test");
+  expect(stderr).not.toContain("never runs");
+  expect(stderr).toContain("Ran 2 tests across 2 files.");
+  expect(stderr).toContain("Bailed out after 1 failure");
+  expect(exitCode).toBe(1);
 
-  const xml = await file.text();
-  expect(xml).toContain("<?xml");
-  expect(xml).toContain("<testsuites");
-  expect(xml).toContain("</testsuites>");
-  // Both the passing and failing tests should be recorded
-  expect(xml).toContain("passing test");
-  expect(xml).toContain("another failing test");
+  expect(xml).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+    <testsuites name="bun test" tests="2" assertions="2" failures="1" skipped="0" time="<time>">
+      <testsuite name="a_pass.test.ts" file="a_pass.test.ts" tests="1" assertions="1" failures="0" skipped="0" time="<time>" hostname="<hostname>">
+        <testcase name="passing test" classname="" time="<time>" file="a_pass.test.ts" line="2" assertions="1" />
+      </testsuite>
+      <testsuite name="b_fail.test.ts" file="b_fail.test.ts" tests="1" assertions="1" failures="1" skipped="0" time="<time>" hostname="<hostname>">
+        <testcase name="another failing test" classname="" time="<time>" file="b_fail.test.ts" line="2" assertions="1">
+          <failure type="AssertionError" message="expect(received).toBe(expected)&#10;&#10;Expected: 2&#10;Received: 1&#10;">AssertionError: expect(received).toBe(expected)&#10;&#10;Expected: 2&#10;Received: 1&#10;&#10;      at b_fail.test.ts:2:48&#10;</failure>
+        </testcase>
+      </testsuite>
+    </testsuites>
+    "
+  `);
 });