diff --git a/src/bun.js/test/jest.zig b/src/bun.js/test/jest.zig
index 62bfe422294c..0900c90ecda3 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/test/jest.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/test/jest.zig
@@ -396,9 +396,17 @@ pub fn formatLabel(globalThis: *JSGlobalObject, label: string, function_args: []
                 const var_path = label[var_start..var_end];
                 const value = try function_args[0].getIfPropertyExistsFromPath(globalThis, bun.String.init(var_path).toJS(globalThis));
                 if (!value.isEmptyOrUndefinedOrNull()) {
-                    var formatter = jsc.ConsoleObject.Formatter{ .globalThis = globalThis, .quote_strings = true };
-                    defer formatter.deinit();
-                    bun.handleOom(list.writer().print("{}", .{value.toFmt(&formatter)}));
+                    // For primitive strings, use toString() to avoid adding quotes
+                    // This matches Jest's behavior (https://github.com/jestjs/jest/issues/7689)
+                    if (value.isString()) {
+                        const owned_slice = try value.toSliceOrNull(globalThis);
+                        defer owned_slice.deinit();
+                        bun.handleOom(list.appendSlice(owned_slice.slice()));
+                    } else {
+                        var formatter = jsc.ConsoleObject.Formatter{ .globalThis = globalThis, .quote_strings = true };
+                        defer formatter.deinit();
+                        bun.handleOom(list.writer().print("{}", .{value.toFmt(&formatter)}));
+                    }
                     idx = var_end;
                     continue;
                 }
diff --git a/src/cli/Arguments.zig b/src/cli/Arguments.zig
index 1d4bea63b869..c5719586196b 100644
--- a/src/cli/Arguments.zig
+++ b/src/cli/Arguments.zig
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ pub fn parse(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, ctx: Command.Context, comptime cmd: C
             if (timeout_ms.len > 0) {
                 ctx.test_options.default_timeout_ms = std.fmt.parseInt(u32, timeout_ms, 10) catch {
                     Output.prettyErrorln("<r><red>error<r>: Invalid timeout: \"{s}\"", .{timeout_ms});
+                    Output.flush();
                     Global.exit(1);
                 };
             }
@@ -468,11 +469,13 @@ pub fn parse(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, ctx: Command.Context, comptime cmd: C
             if (bail.len > 0) {
                 ctx.test_options.bail = std.fmt.parseInt(u32, bail, 10) catch |e| {
                     Output.prettyErrorln("<r><red>error<r>: --bail expects a number: {s}", .{@errorName(e)});
+                    Output.flush();
                     Global.exit(1);
                 };
 
                 if (ctx.test_options.bail == 0) {
                     Output.prettyErrorln("<r><red>error<r>: --bail expects a number greater than 0", .{});
+                    Output.flush();
                     Global.exit(1);
                 }
             } else {
diff --git a/src/cli/test_command.zig b/src/cli/test_command.zig
index 28c11d2bba1f..7d3bf10cbcae 100644
--- a/src/cli/test_command.zig
+++ b/src/cli/test_command.zig
@@ -929,6 +929,7 @@ pub const CommandLineReporter = struct {
                 if (this.summary().fail == this.jest.bail) {
                     this.printSummary();
                     Output.prettyError("\nBailed out after {d} failure{s}<r>\n", .{ this.jest.bail, if (this.jest.bail == 1) "" else "s" });
+                    Output.flush();
                     Global.exit(1);
                 }
             },
diff --git a/test/cli/test/bun-test.test.ts b/test/cli/test/bun-test.test.ts
index c462bdfaf487..4724d1052bd8 100644
--- a/test/cli/test/bun-test.test.ts
+++ b/test/cli/test/bun-test.test.ts
@@ -951,8 +951,8 @@ describe("bun test", () => {
           `,
         });
 
-        expect(stderr).toContain('"fs" module > has $method');
-        expect(stderr).toContain('"path" module > has $method');
+        expect(stderr).toContain("fs module > has $method");
+        expect(stderr).toContain("path module > has $method");
         expect(stderr).toContain("2 pass");
       });
 
@@ -976,8 +976,8 @@ describe("bun test", () => {
           `,
         });
 
-        expect(stderr).toContain('(pass) user "john_doe" age 30 active true');
-        expect(stderr).toContain('(pass) user "jane_smith" age 25 active false');
+        expect(stderr).toContain("(pass) user john_doe age 30 active true");
+        expect(stderr).toContain("(pass) user jane_smith age 25 active false");
         expect(stderr).toContain("2 pass");
       });
 
@@ -1027,8 +1027,8 @@ describe("bun test", () => {
           `,
         });
 
-        expect(stderr).toContain('(pass) "Alice" from "NYC"');
-        expect(stderr).toContain('(pass) "Bob" from "LA"');
+        expect(stderr).toContain("(pass) Alice from NYC");
+        expect(stderr).toContain("(pass) Bob from LA");
         expect(stderr).toContain("2 pass");
       });
 
@@ -1056,8 +1056,8 @@ describe("bun test", () => {
           `,
         });
 
-        expect(stderr).toContain('(pass) first user is "Alice"');
-        expect(stderr).toContain('(pass) first user is "Carol"');
+        expect(stderr).toContain("(pass) first user is Alice");
+        expect(stderr).toContain("(pass) first user is Carol");
         expect(stderr).toContain("2 pass");
       });
 
@@ -1085,9 +1085,9 @@ describe("bun test", () => {
           `,
         });
 
-        expect(stderr).toContain('"underscore"');
-        expect(stderr).toContain('"dollar"');
-        expect(stderr).toContain('"mix"');
+        expect(stderr).toContain("underscore");
+        expect(stderr).toContain("dollar");
+        expect(stderr).toContain("mix");
         expect(stderr).toContain("$123invalid");
         expect(stderr).toContain("$hasdash");
         expect(stderr).toContain("$hasspace");
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ describe("bun test", () => {
           `,
         });
 
-        expect(stderr).toContain('First user: "Alice" with tag: "admin"');
+        expect(stderr).toContain("First user: Alice with tag: admin");
       });
 
       test("handles missing properties gracefully", () => {
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ function runTest({
     const { stderr, exitCode } = spawnSync({
       cwd,
       cmd: [bunExe(), "test", ...args],
-      env: { ...bunEnv, ...env },
+      env: { ...bunEnv, AGENT: "0", ...env },
       stderr: "pipe",
       stdout: "ignore",
     });