diff --git a/.github/workflows/js-css-lint-test.yml b/.github/workflows/js-css-lint-test.yml
index ea8538edeeb..36f1113ab36 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/js-css-lint-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/js-css-lint-test.yml
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ jobs:
     name: JS Tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 20
+    env:
+      JEST_RESULTS_FILE: jest-results.json
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
@@ -88,8 +90,11 @@ jobs:
         run: npm i -w assets -w storybook -w tests/js --include-workspace-root
       - name: Jest Tests
         id: test-js
-        run: npm run test:js
+        run: npm run test:js -- -- --json --outputFile=../../${{ env.JEST_RESULTS_FILE }}
         continue-on-error: true
+      - name: Check for catastrophic suite failures
+        id: check-catastrophic
+        run: bash tests/js/bin/check-catastrophic-jest-failures.sh "${{ env.JEST_RESULTS_FILE }}"
       - name: Jest Tests (Retry Failures 1)
         id: test-js-retry-1
         run: npm run test:js -- -- --onlyFailures
@@ -103,3 +108,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Jest Tests (Retry Failures 3)
         run: npm run test:js -- -- --onlyFailures
         if: steps.test-js-retry-2.outcome == 'failure'
+      - name: Clean up Jest results file
+        run: |
+          if [ -f ${{ env.JEST_RESULTS_FILE }} ]; then
+            rm -f ${{ env.JEST_RESULTS_FILE }}
+          fi
diff --git a/assets/js/modules/ads/components/notifications/AdsModuleSetupCTABanner.test.js b/assets/js/modules/ads/components/notifications/AdsModuleSetupCTABanner.test.js
index a32fe20bdf5..7bd2b296b7f 100644
--- a/assets/js/modules/ads/components/notifications/AdsModuleSetupCTABanner.test.js
+++ b/assets/js/modules/ads/components/notifications/AdsModuleSetupCTABanner.test.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 const mockShowTooltip = jest.fn();
-jest.mock( '../../../../components/AdminMenuTooltip', () => ( {
+jest.mock( '../../../../components/AdminScreenTooltip', () => ( {
 	__esModule: true,
 	default: jest.fn(),
 	useShowTooltip: jest.fn( () => mockShowTooltip ),
diff --git a/assets/js/modules/adsense/components/dashboard/AdBlockingRecoverySetupCTAWidget.test.js b/assets/js/modules/adsense/components/dashboard/AdBlockingRecoverySetupCTAWidget.test.js
index 291b739a867..2d7c7b57491 100644
--- a/assets/js/modules/adsense/components/dashboard/AdBlockingRecoverySetupCTAWidget.test.js
+++ b/assets/js/modules/adsense/components/dashboard/AdBlockingRecoverySetupCTAWidget.test.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ const mockTrackEvent = jest.spyOn( tracking, 'trackEvent' );
 mockTrackEvent.mockImplementation( () => Promise.resolve() );
 
 const mockShowTooltip = jest.fn();
-jest.mock( '../../../../components/AdminMenuTooltip', () => ( {
+jest.mock( '../../../../components/AdminScreenTooltip', () => ( {
 	__esModule: true,
 	default: jest.fn(),
 	useShowTooltip: jest.fn( () => mockShowTooltip ),
diff --git a/assets/js/modules/adsense/components/dashboard/AdSenseConnectCTAWidget.test.js b/assets/js/modules/adsense/components/dashboard/AdSenseConnectCTAWidget.test.js
index 486b00a772d..b34e4b88602 100644
--- a/assets/js/modules/adsense/components/dashboard/AdSenseConnectCTAWidget.test.js
+++ b/assets/js/modules/adsense/components/dashboard/AdSenseConnectCTAWidget.test.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 const mockShowTooltip = jest.fn();
-jest.mock( '../../../../components/AdminMenuTooltip', () => ( {
+jest.mock( '../../../../components/AdminScreenTooltip', () => ( {
 	__esModule: true,
 	default: jest.fn(),
 	useShowTooltip: jest.fn( () => mockShowTooltip ),
diff --git a/assets/js/modules/analytics-4/components/audience-segmentation/dashboard/AudienceSegmentationSetupCTABanner.test.js b/assets/js/modules/analytics-4/components/audience-segmentation/dashboard/AudienceSegmentationSetupCTABanner.test.js
index b727683dedf..a3bdd63dc16 100644
--- a/assets/js/modules/analytics-4/components/audience-segmentation/dashboard/AudienceSegmentationSetupCTABanner.test.js
+++ b/assets/js/modules/analytics-4/components/audience-segmentation/dashboard/AudienceSegmentationSetupCTABanner.test.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 const mockShowTooltip = jest.fn();
-jest.mock( '../../../../../components/AdminMenuTooltip', () => ( {
+jest.mock( '../../../../../components/AdminScreenTooltip', () => ( {
 	__esModule: true,
 	default: jest.fn(),
 	useShowTooltip: jest.fn( () => mockShowTooltip ),
diff --git a/tests/js/bin/check-catastrophic-jest-failures.sh b/tests/js/bin/check-catastrophic-jest-failures.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b45fb606eda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/js/bin/check-catastrophic-jest-failures.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Detect "catastrophic" Jest failures (runtime error test suites / missing results file)
+# Usage: check-catastrophic-jest-failures.sh [results-json-path]
+# Default results JSON filename: jest-results.json (looked for in current working directory).
+# Exits non‑zero if a catastrophic condition is detected so CI can abort early.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+RESULTS_FILE="${1:-jest-results.json}"
+
+if [ ! -f "$RESULTS_FILE" ]; then
+  echo "❌ Catastrophic Jest failure: no $RESULTS_FILE produced (possible crash or misconfiguration)." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Try jq if available for resilience against weird formatting; fallback to node require.
+if command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  NUM_RUNTIME_ERRORS=$(jq -r '.numRuntimeErrorTestSuites // 0' "$RESULTS_FILE")
+else
+  NUM_RUNTIME_ERRORS=$(node -e "const f=require('./${RESULTS_FILE}');console.log(f.numRuntimeErrorTestSuites||0);")
+fi
+
+if [ "${NUM_RUNTIME_ERRORS}" -gt 0 ]; then
+  echo "❌ Catastrophic Jest failure: ${NUM_RUNTIME_ERRORS} test suite(s) had runtime errors (syntax/dependency issues). Aborting without retries." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "No catastrophic suite failures detected. Proceeding to potential retries for normal test failures."
+exit 0