spec reporter crash when --required file keep the process alive and timeout reached

[rluvaton]

Version

20.7.0

Platform

Darwin Razs-MacBook-Pro.local 23.0.0 Darwin Kernel Version 23.0.0: Fri Sep 15 14:41:43 PDT 2023; root:xnu-10002.1.13~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 arm64

Subsystem

test_runner

What steps will reproduce the bug?

1. clone https://github.com/rluvaton/spec-reporter-crash-when-timeout-created-in-required-hook
2. run npm test (this will run node --require ./setup.js ./run-tests.js)

How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?

always, you should have something that keeps the process up in the --required file

What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?

to not crash

What do you see instead?

crashing:

$ npm test

> [email protected] test
> node --require ./setup.js ./run-tests.js

✔ should get a (0.88675ms)
node:internal/test_runner/harness:40
      throw err;
      ^

TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "to" argument must be of type string. Received undefined
    at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:405:5)
    at validateString (node:internal/validators:162:11)
    at relative (node:path:1195:5)
    at SpecReporter._flush (node:internal/test_runner/reporter/spec:148:23)
    at SpecReporter.final [as _final] (node:internal/streams/transform:132:10)
    at callFinal (node:internal/streams/writable:707:12)
    at prefinish (node:internal/streams/writable:719:7)
    at finishMaybe (node:internal/streams/writable:729:5)
    at Writable.end (node:internal/streams/writable:641:5)
    at TestsStream.endFn (node:internal/streams/pipeline:430:11)
Emitted 'error' event on Readable instance at:
    at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:151:8)
    at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:116:3)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {
  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE'
}

Node.js v20.7.0

Additional information

No response

[rluvaton]

related to #49926