diff --git a/superset-frontend/playwright/reporters/cypress-style-reporter.ts b/superset-frontend/playwright/reporters/cypress-style-reporter.ts
index 3582c8ca9df..05aa5be04f7 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/playwright/reporters/cypress-style-reporter.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/playwright/reporters/cypress-style-reporter.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ interface FileResult {
   bufferedOutput: string[];
   duration: number;
   started: boolean;
+  hasPromotedResults: boolean;
 }
 
 interface Colors {
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ export default class CypressStyleReporter implements Reporter {
           bufferedOutput: [],
           duration: 0,
           started: false,
+          hasPromotedResults: false,
         });
         this.fileOrder.push(fileKey);
       }
@@ -226,6 +228,7 @@ export default class CypressStyleReporter implements Reporter {
       for (const [testId, pending] of file.pendingResults) {
         if (!file.results.has(testId)) {
           file.results.set(testId, pending);
+          file.hasPromotedResults = true;
         }
       }
     }
@@ -435,7 +438,8 @@ export default class CypressStyleReporter implements Reporter {
       let passing = 0;
       let failing = 0;
       let skippedCount = 0;
-      const wasInterrupted = file.results.size < file.totalExpected;
+      const wasInterrupted =
+        file.hasPromotedResults || file.results.size < file.totalExpected;
 
       for (const r of file.results.values()) {
         if (r.outcome === 'expected' || r.outcome === 'flaky') passing += 1;
@@ -445,7 +449,7 @@ export default class CypressStyleReporter implements Reporter {
 
       const tests = file.results.size;
       totalSpecs += 1;
-      if (failing > 0) failedSpecs += 1;
+      if (failing > 0 && !wasInterrupted) failedSpecs += 1;
       totalSkipped += skippedCount;
 
       const marker = wasInterrupted
diff --git a/superset-frontend/spec/reporters/cypress-style-reporter.test.ts b/superset-frontend/spec/reporters/cypress-style-reporter.test.ts
index ce24fc6fa18..9376dfa7cd5 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/spec/reporters/cypress-style-reporter.test.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/spec/reporters/cypress-style-reporter.test.ts
@@ -859,6 +859,42 @@ test('footer counts failed specs, not individual failed tests', () => {
   expect(output).not.toContain('2 of 4 failed');
 });
 
+test('promoted retry results keep spec marked as interrupted in summary', () => {
+  const reporter = new CypressStyleReporter();
+  const t1 = mockTest({
+    id: '1',
+    title: 'fails once',
+    file: 'tests/promoted.spec.ts',
+    retries: 2,
+    outcome: 'unexpected',
+  });
+
+  reporter.onBegin(mockConfig, mockSuite([t1]));
+
+  // First attempt fails (non-terminal: retry 0 !== retries 2)
+  reporter.onTestEnd(
+    t1,
+    mockResult({
+      status: 'failed',
+      retry: 0,
+      duration: 1000,
+      errors: [{ message: 'first fail' }],
+    }),
+  );
+
+  // Run interrupted before retry 1 — onEnd promotes pending result
+  reporter.onEnd({ status: 'interrupted' } as any);
+
+  const output = getStdout();
+  // Per-file box: promoted result shown with interrupted label
+  expect(output).toContain('✗ fails once');
+  expect(output).toContain('1 of 1 (interrupted)');
+  // Footer: "Run was interrupted", NOT "1 of 1 failed"
+  // (the failure is transient — test never exhausted its retries)
+  expect(output).toContain('interrupted');
+  expect(output).not.toContain('1 of 1 failed');
+});
+
 test('interrupted test with retries is treated as terminal, not dropped', () => {
   const reporter = new CypressStyleReporter();
   const t1 = mockTest({