Junit xml report is empty in case of pre-request error in the script

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Hello
I am using Newman with junit reporter.
I am doing the following request
newman run collection_file_name -e environment_file_name --bail --reporters cli,junit
This generates a Junit XML file with the error.
Later a Jenkins pipeline reads these XML files.
However depending on the error, sometimes the XML file is “almost” empty.
If the error is in Tests section of the request and an assertion fails, the XML file has a content

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However, if the error is in pre-request script, the XML file does not contain information about the error:
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What can I do to have information about the error in the XML file also in the latter case?

Thanks in advance

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Hey, you ever find a solution for this? I am seeing the same behavior, would like “errors” in postman requests to result in a failed test in the junit report so that it will be surfaced better in Jenkins. Currently only surfaced in the console output.