fix: catch errors thrown within describe

PR-URL: nodejs/node#43729
Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
(cherry picked from commit 3aec7da5c6fcbedffdb034a9b7f6b60958b88d93)

lib/internal/test_runner/test.js

@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ class Test extends AsyncResource {
     if (this.endTime < this.startTime) {
       this.endTime = hrtime()
     }
+    if (this.startTime == null) this.startTime = this.endTime
 
     // The test has run, so recursively cancel any outstanding subtests and
     // mark this test as failed if any subtests failed.
@@ -462,7 +463,11 @@ class Suite extends Test {
   constructor (options) {
     super(options)
 
-    this.runInAsyncScope(this.fn)
+    try {
+      this.buildSuite = this.runInAsyncScope(this.fn)
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.fail(new ERR_TEST_FAILURE(err, kTestCodeFailure))
+    }
     this.fn = () => {}
     this.finished = true // Forbid adding subtests to this suite
   }
@@ -472,9 +477,14 @@ class Suite extends Test {
   }
 
   async run () {
+    try {
+      await this.buildSuite
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.fail(new ERR_TEST_FAILURE(err, kTestCodeFailure))
+    }
     this.parent.activeSubtests++
     this.startTime = hrtime()
-    const subtests = this.skipped ? [] : this.subtests
+    const subtests = this.skipped || this.error ? [] : this.subtests
     await ArrayPrototypeReduce(subtests, async (prev, subtest) => {
       await prev
       await subtest.run()

test/message/test_runner_desctibe_it.js

@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ it('async throw fail', async () => {
   throw new Error('thrown from async throw fail')
 })
 
+it('async skip fail', async (t) => {
+  t.skip()
+  throw new Error('thrown from async throw fail')
+})
+
 it('async assertion fail', async () => {
   // Make sure the assert module is handled.
   assert.strictEqual(true, false)
@@ -301,3 +306,13 @@ describe('subtest sync throw fails', () => {
     throw new Error('thrown from subtest sync throw fails at second')
   })
 })
+
+describe('describe sync throw fails', () => {
+  it('should not run', () => {})
+  throw new Error('thrown from describe')
+})
+
+describe('describe async throw fails', async () => {
+  it('should not run', () => {})
+  throw new Error('thrown from describe')
+})