diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/supplements/har/har.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/supplements/har/har.ts
index 2e003b9bbe..82389c19fb 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/supplements/har/har.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/supplements/har/har.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ export type Response = {
   headersSize: number;
   bodySize: number;
   _transferSize: number;
+  _failureText?: string
 };
 
 export type Cookie = {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/supplements/har/harTracer.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/supplements/har/harTracer.ts
index 07cfdf84ee..4233f1744b 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/supplements/har/harTracer.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/supplements/har/harTracer.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ export class HarTracer {
       eventsHelper.addEventListener(this._context, BrowserContext.Events.Page, (page: Page) => this._ensurePageEntry(page)),
       eventsHelper.addEventListener(this._context, BrowserContext.Events.Request, (request: network.Request) => this._onRequest(request)),
       eventsHelper.addEventListener(this._context, BrowserContext.Events.RequestFinished, ({ request, response }) => this._onRequestFinished(request, response).catch(() => {})),
+      eventsHelper.addEventListener(this._context, BrowserContext.Events.RequestFailed, request => this._onRequestFailed(request)),
       eventsHelper.addEventListener(this._context, BrowserContext.Events.Response, (response: network.Response) => this._onResponse(response)),
       eventsHelper.addEventListener(this._context.fetchRequest, APIRequestContext.Events.Request, (event: APIRequestEvent) => this._onAPIRequest(event)),
       eventsHelper.addEventListener(this._context.fetchRequest, APIRequestContext.Events.RequestFinished, (event: APIRequestFinishedEvent) => this._onAPIRequestFinished(event)),
@@ -264,6 +265,17 @@ export class HarTracer {
     }));
   }
 
+  private async _onRequestFailed(request: network.Request) {
+    const harEntry = this._entryForRequest(request);
+    if (!harEntry)
+      return;
+
+    if (request._failureText !== null)
+      harEntry.response._failureText = request._failureText;
+    if (this._started)
+      this._delegate.onEntryFinished(harEntry);
+  }
+
   private _storeResponseContent(buffer: Buffer | undefined, content: har.Content) {
     if (!buffer) {
       content.size = 0;
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/networkResourceDetails.tsx b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/networkResourceDetails.tsx
index 37126fe988..77b03a5452 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/networkResourceDetails.tsx
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/ui/networkResourceDetails.tsx
@@ -106,16 +106,26 @@ export const NetworkResourceDetails: React.FunctionComponent<{
   if (charset)
     contentType = charset[1];
 
-  return <div
-    className={'network-request ' + (selected ? 'selected' : '')} onClick={() => setSelected(index)}>
-    <Expandable expanded={expanded} setExpanded={setExpanded} style={{ width: '100%' }} title={
-      <div className='network-request-title'>
+  const renderTitle = () => {
+    if (resource.response._failureText) {
+      return <div className='network-request-title'>
+        <div className={'network-request-title-status status-failure'}>{resource.response._failureText}</div>
+        <div className='network-request-title-method'>{resource.request.method}</div>
+        <div className='network-request-title-url'>{resource.request.url}</div>
+      </div>;
+    } else {
+      return <div className='network-request-title'>
         <div className={'network-request-title-status ' + formatStatus(resource.response.status)}>{resource.response.status}</div>
         <div className='network-request-title-method'>{resource.request.method}</div>
         <div className='network-request-title-url'>{resourceName}</div>
         <div className='network-request-title-content-type'>{contentType}</div>
-      </div>
-    } body={
+      </div>;
+    }
+  };
+
+  return <div
+    className={'network-request ' + (selected ? 'selected' : '')} onClick={() => setSelected(index)}>
+    <Expandable expanded={expanded} setExpanded={setExpanded} style={{ width: '100%' }} title={ renderTitle() } body={
       <div className='network-request-details'>
         <div className='network-request-details-header'>URL</div>
         <div className='network-request-details-url'>{resource.request.url}</div>
diff --git a/tests/tracing.spec.ts b/tests/tracing.spec.ts
index c4291eec10..e575f69825 100644
--- a/tests/tracing.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/tracing.spec.ts
@@ -205,6 +205,17 @@ test('should collect sources', async ({ context, page, server }, testInfo) => {
   expect(sourceFile).toEqual(thisFile);
 });
 
+test('should record network failures', async ({ context, page, server }, testInfo) => {
+  await context.tracing.start({ snapshots: true });
+  await page.route('**/*', route => route.abort('connectionaborted'));
+  await page.goto(server.EMPTY_PAGE).catch(e => {});
+  await context.tracing.stop({ path: testInfo.outputPath('trace1.zip') });
+
+  const { events } = await parseTrace(testInfo.outputPath('trace1.zip'));
+  const requestEvent = events.find(e => e.type === 'resource-snapshot' && !!e.snapshot.response._failureText);
+  expect(requestEvent).toBeTruthy();
+});
+
 test('should not stall on dialogs', async ({ page, context, server }) => {
   await context.tracing.start({ screenshots: true, snapshots: true });
   await page.goto(server.EMPTY_PAGE);