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+# 09 February 2026
+
+## Attendees
+
+* Alex Vespa [@vespa7](https://github.com/vespa7)
+* Ethan Arrowood [@Ethan-Arrowood](https://github.com/Ethan-Arrowood)
+* Jacob Smith [@JakobJingleheimer](https://github.com/JakobJingleheimer) (chair)
+* Jordan Harband [@ljharb](https://github.com/ljharb)
+* Pietro Marchini [@pmarchini](https://github.com/pmarchini)
+
+## Topics
+
+* test_runner: run afterEach for runtime t.skip() [nodejs/node#61525](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/61525)
+  * concern: `testCtx.skip` skips the test from which it is invoked dynamically, while `test.skip` creates a skipped test (test with option skip: true) 
+  * concern that this is uncommon (tape etc to not behave like this).
+* standardising test runner design
+  * https://github.com/WinterTC55/proposal-minimum-common-api/issues/32
+  * https://github.com/WinterTC55/proposal-minimum-common-api/issues/68
+* [doc(proposal): `expectFailure` label and/or matcher](https://github.com/nodejs/test-runner/pull/10)
+* [doc(proposal): un/break `--test`](https://github.com/nodejs/test-runner/pull/13)
+
+## Outcomes
+
+* ~Initially general agreement that `t.skip()`'s behaviour is wrong (likely an accident/bug/mistake, which the docs seem to support).~
+  * Further investigation found this behaviour
+    * exists in others (including [mocha](https://mochajs.org/declaring/inclusive-tests/#_top))
+    * was intended: https://nodejs.org/docs/v24.13.0/api/test.html#contextskipmessage
+* General agreement that it would be good to standardise node's test-runner at the WinterTC55 level, if we can, but might be a very uphill battle. Perhaps better to audit our and others' design and adjust (and then take that to WinterTC).
+* https://github.com/nodejs/test-runner/pull/10 ready to approve
+* Un/break `--test`
+  * option 3
+    * leave `--watch` as-is
+      * in `test` mode, its value (`--watch` only enables watch mode)
+    * support `--watch-path` in test mode
+    * only `--test` N-times 1-to-1 with arg list, making it position-independent
+
+## Todos
+
+* Finish discussion of `t.skip()`.
+* Jordan to find & share his audit of test runner features to use as base-point.
+* Jacob to incorporate "option 3" to https://github.com/nodejs/test-runner/pull/13 and tag team for review.