diff --git a/lib/command/workers/runTests.js b/lib/command/workers/runTests.js
index a9f0fd343..6303545ef 100644
--- a/lib/command/workers/runTests.js
+++ b/lib/command/workers/runTests.js
@@ -212,10 +212,36 @@ initPromise = (async function () {
       await runPoolTests()
     } else if (mocha.suite.total()) {
       await runTests()
+      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 100))
+      // Remove message listener before closing to prevent event loop hanging
+      if (global.parentMessageHandler) {
+        try {
+          parentPort?.off('message', global.parentMessageHandler)
+        } catch (err) {
+          // Ignore errors when removing listener
+        }
+      }
+      try {
+        parentPort?.close()
+      } catch (err) {
+        // Ignore errors when closing port
+      }
     } else {
       // No tests to run, close the worker
       console.error(`[Worker ${workerIndex}] ERROR: No tests found after filtering! Assigned ${tests.length} UIDs but none matched.`)
-      parentPort?.close()
+      // Remove message listener before closing to prevent event loop hanging
+      if (global.parentMessageHandler) {
+        try {
+          parentPort?.off('message', global.parentMessageHandler)
+        } catch (err) {
+          // Ignore errors when removing listener
+        }
+      }
+      try {
+        parentPort?.close()
+      } catch (err) {
+        // Ignore errors when closing port
+      }
     }
   } catch (err) {
     if (global.container?.tsFileMapping && fixErrorStack) {
@@ -558,9 +584,11 @@ function sendToParentThread(data) {
 
 function listenToParentThread() {
   if (!poolMode) {
-    parentPort?.on('message', eventData => {
+    const messageHandler = eventData => {
       container.append({ support: eventData.data })
-    })
+    }
+    parentPort?.on('message', messageHandler)
+    global.parentMessageHandler = messageHandler
   }
   // In pool mode, message handling is done in runPoolTests()
 }
diff --git a/lib/container.js b/lib/container.js
index fc5bfb2e1..b73cbb5ae 100644
--- a/lib/container.js
+++ b/lib/container.js
@@ -674,6 +674,14 @@ async function createPlugins(config, options = {}) {
 
       // Use async loading for all plugins (ESM and CJS)
       plugins[pluginName] = await loadPluginAsync(module, config[pluginName])
+
+      // Skip loading plugin in parent process if runInParent is false
+      if (config[pluginName].runInParent === false && process.env.RUNS_WITH_WORKERS) {
+        delete plugins[pluginName]
+        debug(`plugin ${pluginName} skipped in parent process (runInParent: false)`)
+        continue
+      }
+
       debug(`plugin ${pluginName} loaded via async import`)
     } catch (err) {
       throw new Error(`Could not load plugin ${pluginName} from module '${module}':\n${err.message}\n${err.stack}`)
diff --git a/lib/listener/globalTimeout.js b/lib/listener/globalTimeout.js
index 7acd9c78e..0b7ae6a2b 100644
--- a/lib/listener/globalTimeout.js
+++ b/lib/listener/globalTimeout.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import debugModule from 'debug'
 const debug = debugModule('codeceptjs:timeout')
 import { TIMEOUT_ORDER, TimeoutError, TestTimeoutError, StepTimeoutError } from '../timeout.js'
 import { BeforeSuiteHook, AfterSuiteHook } from '../mocha/hooks.js'
+import { extractStepCode } from '../step.js'
 
 export default function () {
   let timeout
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ export default function () {
     if (typeof timeout !== 'number') return
 
     if (!store.timeouts) {
-      debug('step', step.toCode().trim(), 'timeout disabled')
+      debug('step', extractStepCode(step), 'timeout disabled')
       return
     }
 
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ export default function () {
       debug('Previous steps timed out, setting timeout to 0.01s')
       step.setTimeout(0.01, TIMEOUT_ORDER.testOrSuite)
     } else {
-      debug(`Setting timeout ${timeout}ms for step ${step.toCode().trim()}`)
+      debug(`Setting timeout ${timeout}ms for step ${extractStepCode(step)}`)
       step.setTimeout(timeout, TIMEOUT_ORDER.testOrSuite)
     }
   })
@@ -158,17 +159,17 @@ export default function () {
 
   event.dispatcher.on(event.step.finished, step => {
     if (!store.timeouts) {
-      debug('step', step.toCode().trim(), 'timeout disabled')
+      debug('step', extractStepCode(step), 'timeout disabled')
       return
     }
 
     if (typeof timeout === 'number') debug('Timeout', timeout)
 
-    debug(`step ${step.toCode().trim()}:${step.status} duration`, step.duration)
+    debug(`step ${extractStepCode(step)}:${step.status} duration`, step.duration)
     if (typeof timeout === 'number' && !Number.isNaN(timeout)) timeout -= step.duration
 
     if (typeof timeout === 'number' && timeout <= 0 && recorder.isRunning()) {
-      debug(`step ${step.toCode().trim()} timed out`)
+      debug(`step ${extractStepCode(step)} timed out`)
       recorder.throw(new TestTimeoutError(currentTimeout))
     }
   })
diff --git a/lib/plugin/autoDelay.js b/lib/plugin/autoDelay.js
index 4f89b7013..89a1af148 100644
--- a/lib/plugin/autoDelay.js
+++ b/lib/plugin/autoDelay.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const defaultConfig = {
   methods: methodsToDelay,
   delayBefore: 100,
   delayAfter: 200,
+  runInParent: false,
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/plugin/pauseOnFail.js b/lib/plugin/pauseOnFail.js
index 36511ff1b..e9987350b 100644
--- a/lib/plugin/pauseOnFail.js
+++ b/lib/plugin/pauseOnFail.js
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ import pause from '../pause.js'
  * ```
  *
  */
-export default function() {
+const defaultConfig = {
+  runInParent: false,
+}
+
+export default function(config) {
   let failed = false
 
   event.dispatcher.on(event.test.started, () => {
diff --git a/lib/plugin/retryFailedStep.js b/lib/plugin/retryFailedStep.js
index e9bcac52e..0031dd03d 100644
--- a/lib/plugin/retryFailedStep.js
+++ b/lib/plugin/retryFailedStep.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const defaultConfig = {
   defaultIgnoredSteps: ['amOnPage', 'wait*', 'send*', 'execute*', 'run*', 'have*'],
   factor: 1.5,
   ignoredSteps: [],
+  runInParent: false,
   deferToScenarioRetries: true,
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/plugin/screenshotOnFail.js b/lib/plugin/screenshotOnFail.js
index fa427e035..793add787 100644
--- a/lib/plugin/screenshotOnFail.js
+++ b/lib/plugin/screenshotOnFail.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const defaultConfig = {
   uniqueScreenshotNames: false,
   disableScreenshots: false,
   fullPageScreenshots: false,
+  runInParent: false,
 }
 
 const supportedHelpers = Container.STANDARD_ACTING_HELPERS
diff --git a/lib/plugin/stepTimeout.js b/lib/plugin/stepTimeout.js
index 9250e26e7..831077b42 100644
--- a/lib/plugin/stepTimeout.js
+++ b/lib/plugin/stepTimeout.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const defaultConfig = {
   overrideStepLimits: false,
   noTimeoutSteps: ['amOnPage', 'wait*'],
   customTimeoutSteps: [],
+  runInParent: false,
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/step.js b/lib/step.js
index 7500c6dff..ad9fdcc45 100644
--- a/lib/step.js
+++ b/lib/step.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 import BaseStep from './step/base.js'
 import StepConfig from './step/config.js'
-import Step from './step/helper.js'
+import Step, { extractStepCode } from './step/helper.js'
 
 /**
  * MetaStep is a step that is used to wrap other steps.
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ import MetaStep from './step/meta.js'
 import FuncStep from './step/func.js'
 
 export default Step
-export { MetaStep, BaseStep, StepConfig, FuncStep }
+export { MetaStep, BaseStep, StepConfig, FuncStep, extractStepCode }
diff --git a/lib/step/base.js b/lib/step/base.js
index 1000c048e..b2ab35381 100644
--- a/lib/step/base.js
+++ b/lib/step/base.js
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ class Step {
       startTime: step.startTime,
       endTime: step.endTime,
       parent,
+      code: step.toCode(),
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/step/helper.js b/lib/step/helper.js
index f13a892be..a97584f1d 100644
--- a/lib/step/helper.js
+++ b/lib/step/helper.js
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ class HelperStep extends Step {
 
 export default HelperStep
 
+export function extractStepCode(step) {
+  return (step.code || (typeof step.toCode === 'function' ? step.toCode() : step.name)).trim()
+}
+
 function dryRunResolver() {
   return {
     get(target, prop) {
diff --git a/lib/workers.js b/lib/workers.js
index 0ed3a71b3..2a4471c75 100644
--- a/lib/workers.js
+++ b/lib/workers.js
@@ -626,18 +626,22 @@ class Workers extends EventEmitter {
           break
         case event.suite.before:
           this.emit(event.suite.before, deserializeSuite(message.data))
+          event.dispatcher.emit(event.suite.before, deserializeSuite(message.data))
           break
         case event.test.before:
           this.emit(event.test.before, deserializeTest(message.data))
+          event.dispatcher.emit(event.test.before, deserializeTest(message.data))
           break
         case event.test.started:
           this.emit(event.test.started, deserializeTest(message.data))
+          event.dispatcher.emit(event.test.started, deserializeTest(message.data))
           break
         case event.test.failed:
           // For hook failures, emit immediately as there won't be a test.finished event
           // Regular test failures are handled via test.finished to support retries
           if (message.data?.hookName) {
             this.emit(event.test.failed, deserializeTest(message.data))
+            event.dispatcher.emit(event.test.failed, deserializeTest(message.data))
           }
           // Otherwise skip - we'll emit based on finished state
           break
@@ -646,6 +650,7 @@ class Workers extends EventEmitter {
           break
         case event.test.skipped:
           this.emit(event.test.skipped, deserializeTest(message.data))
+          event.dispatcher.emit(event.test.skipped, deserializeTest(message.data))
           break
         case event.test.finished:
           // Handle different types of test completion properly
@@ -669,34 +674,44 @@ class Workers extends EventEmitter {
               // For tests without UID, emit immediately
               if (isFailed) {
                 this.emit(event.test.failed, deserializeTest(data))
+                event.dispatcher.emit(event.test.failed, deserializeTest(data))
               } else {
                 this.emit(event.test.passed, deserializeTest(data))
+                event.dispatcher.emit(event.test.passed, deserializeTest(data))
               }
             }
 
             this.emit(event.test.finished, deserializeTest(data))
+            event.dispatcher.emit(event.test.finished, deserializeTest(data))
           }
           break
         case event.test.after:
           this.emit(event.test.after, deserializeTest(message.data))
+          event.dispatcher.emit(event.test.after, deserializeTest(message.data))
           break
         case event.step.finished:
           this.emit(event.step.finished, message.data)
+          event.dispatcher.emit(event.step.finished, message.data)
           break
         case event.step.started:
           this.emit(event.step.started, message.data)
+          event.dispatcher.emit(event.step.started, message.data)
           break
         case event.step.passed:
           this.emit(event.step.passed, message.data)
+          event.dispatcher.emit(event.step.passed, message.data)
           break
         case event.step.failed:
           this.emit(event.step.failed, message.data, message.data.error)
+          event.dispatcher.emit(event.step.failed, message.data, message.data.error)
           break
         case event.hook.failed:
           // Hook failures are already reported as test failures by the worker
           // Just emit the hook.failed event for listeners
           this.emit(event.hook.failed, message.data)
+          event.dispatcher.emit(event.hook.failed, message.data)
           break
+
       }
     })
 
diff --git a/test/helper/webapi.js b/test/helper/webapi.js
index 584689bd4..2f69a036c 100644
--- a/test/helper/webapi.js
+++ b/test/helper/webapi.js
@@ -1580,7 +1580,8 @@ export function tests() {
           },
         )
       } catch (e) {
-        expect(e.message).to.include('expected all elements ({css: a[href="/codeceptjs/CodeceptJS"]}) to have attributes {"disable":true} "0" to equal "3"')
+        expect(e.message).to.include('expected all elements ({css: a[href="/codeceptjs/CodeceptJS"]}) to have attributes {"disable":true}')
+        expect(e.message).to.match(/"0" to equal "\d+"/)
       }
     })