diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/worker.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/worker.ts
index 7928e0966f..0f34a16075 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/worker.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/worker.ts
@@ -103,8 +103,11 @@ async function gracefullyCloseAndExit() {
     if (workerIndex !== undefined)
       await stopProfiling(workerIndex);
   } catch (e) {
-    const payload: TeardownErrorsPayload = { fatalErrors: [serializeError(e)] };
-    process.send!({ method: 'teardownErrors', params: payload });
+    try {
+      const payload: TeardownErrorsPayload = { fatalErrors: [serializeError(e)] };
+      process.send!({ method: 'teardownErrors', params: payload });
+    } catch {
+    }
   }
   process.exit(0);
 }
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/workerRunner.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/workerRunner.ts
index 6556d0f351..4a3e0777dc 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/workerRunner.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/workerRunner.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import colors from 'colors/safe';
 import rimraf from 'rimraf';
 import util from 'util';
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
-import { serializeError } from './util';
+import { relativeFilePath, serializeError } from './util';
 import { TestBeginPayload, TestEndPayload, RunPayload, DonePayload, WorkerInitParams, StepBeginPayload, StepEndPayload, TeardownErrorsPayload } from './ipc';
 import { setCurrentTestInfo } from './globals';
 import { Loader } from './loader';
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ export class WorkerRunner extends EventEmitter {
   // This promise resolves once the single "run test group" call finishes.
   private _runFinished = new ManualPromise<void>();
   _currentTest: TestInfoImpl | null = null;
+  private _lastRunningTests: TestInfoImpl[] = [];
+  private _totalRunningTests = 0;
   // Dynamic annotations originated by modifiers with a callback, e.g. `test.skip(() => true)`.
   private _extraSuiteAnnotations = new Map<Suite, Annotation[]>();
   // Suites that had their beforeAll hooks, but not afterAll hooks executed.
@@ -84,11 +87,28 @@ export class WorkerRunner extends EventEmitter {
     await this._loadIfNeeded();
     await this._teardownScopes();
     if (this._fatalErrors.length) {
+      const diagnostics = this._createWorkerTeardownDiagnostics();
+      if (diagnostics)
+        this._fatalErrors.unshift(diagnostics);
       const payload: TeardownErrorsPayload = { fatalErrors: this._fatalErrors };
       this.emit('teardownErrors', payload);
     }
   }
 
+  private _createWorkerTeardownDiagnostics(): TestError | undefined {
+    if (!this._lastRunningTests.length)
+      return;
+    const count = this._totalRunningTests === 1 ? '1 test' : `${this._totalRunningTests} tests`;
+    let lastMessage = '';
+    if (this._lastRunningTests.length < this._totalRunningTests)
+      lastMessage = `, last ${this._lastRunningTests.length} tests were`;
+    const message = [
+      colors.red(`Worker teardown error. This worker ran ${count}${lastMessage}:`),
+      ...this._lastRunningTests.map(testInfo => formatTestTitle(testInfo._test, testInfo.project.name)),
+    ].join('\n');
+    return { message };
+  }
+
   private async _teardownScopes() {
     // TODO: separate timeout for teardown?
     const timeoutManager = new TimeoutManager(this._project.config.timeout);
@@ -268,6 +288,10 @@ export class WorkerRunner extends EventEmitter {
       return;
     }
 
+    this._totalRunningTests++;
+    this._lastRunningTests.push(testInfo);
+    if (this._lastRunningTests.length > 10)
+      this._lastRunningTests.shift();
     let didFailBeforeAllForSuite: Suite | undefined;
     let shouldRunAfterEachHooks = false;
 
@@ -539,3 +563,11 @@ function getSuites(test: TestCase | undefined): Suite[] {
   suites.reverse();  // Put root suite first.
   return suites;
 }
+
+function formatTestTitle(test: TestCase, projectName: string) {
+  // file, ...describes, test
+  const [, ...titles] = test.titlePath();
+  const location = `${relativeFilePath(test.location.file)}:${test.location.line}:${test.location.column}`;
+  const projectTitle = projectName ? `[${projectName}] › ` : '';
+  return `${projectTitle}${location} › ${titles.join(' › ')}`;
+}
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/fixture-errors.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/fixture-errors.spec.ts
index b6a57f5999..6004f2b67e 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/fixture-errors.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/fixture-errors.spec.ts
@@ -500,3 +500,35 @@ test('should handle fixture teardown error after test timeout and continue', asy
   expect(result.output).toContain('Timeout of 100ms exceeded');
   expect(result.output).toContain('Error: Oh my error');
 });
+
+test('should report worker fixture teardown with debug info', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    'a.spec.ts': `
+      const test = pwt.test.extend({
+        fixture: [ async ({ }, use) => {
+          await use();
+          await new Promise(() => {});
+        }, { scope: 'worker' } ],
+      });
+      for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++)
+        test('good' + i, async ({ fixture }) => {});
+    `,
+  }, { reporter: 'list', timeout: 1000 });
+  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
+  expect(result.passed).toBe(20);
+  expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain([
+    'Worker teardown error. This worker ran 20 tests, last 10 tests were:',
+    'a.spec.ts:12:9 › good10',
+    'a.spec.ts:12:9 › good11',
+    'a.spec.ts:12:9 › good12',
+    'a.spec.ts:12:9 › good13',
+    'a.spec.ts:12:9 › good14',
+    'a.spec.ts:12:9 › good15',
+    'a.spec.ts:12:9 › good16',
+    'a.spec.ts:12:9 › good17',
+    'a.spec.ts:12:9 › good18',
+    'a.spec.ts:12:9 › good19',
+    '',
+    'Timeout of 1000ms exceeded in fixtures teardown.',
+  ].join('\n'));
+});