diff --git a/selftest/suite_test.ok b/selftest/suite_test.ok
index fda77dc..30c6915 100644
--- a/selftest/suite_test.ok
+++ b/selftest/suite_test.ok
@@ -59,15 +59,30 @@
 tst hello_world.py:[LINENR]: two  [test_suite↪hello_world.py:[LINENR]]
 tst hello_world.py:[LINENR]: three  [test_suite↪hello_world.py:[LINENR]]
 tst hello_world.py:[LINENR] PASS  [test_suite↪hello_world.py]
-pass: all 1 tests passed.
+tst test_suite: PASS
+pass: all 6 tests passed (5 skipped).
 
 - a test with an error
 tst test_suite: Suite run start  [suite.py:[LINENR]]
 tst test_error.py:[LINENR] START  [test_suite↪test_error.py]  [suite.py:[LINENR]]
 tst test_error.py:[LINENR]: I am 'test_suite' / 'test_error.py:[LINENR]'  [test_suite↪test_error.py:[LINENR]]  [test_error.py:[LINENR]]
-tst test_error.py:[LINENR]: FAIL  [test_suite↪test_error.py:[LINENR]]  [suite.py:[LINENR]]
-tst test_error.py:[LINENR]: ERR: AssertionError:   [test_suite↪test_error.py:[LINENR]]  [test_error.py:[LINENR]: assert False]
-FAIL: 1 of 1 tests failed:
-  test_error.py
+tst test_error.py:[LINENR]: ERR: AssertionError:   [test_error.py:[LINENR]: assert False]
+tst test_error.py:[LINENR] FAIL (AssertionError)  [test_suite↪test_error.py]  [suite.py:[LINENR]]
+tst test_suite: FAIL  [suite.py:[LINENR]]
+
+- a test with a failure
+tst test_suite: Suite run start  [suite.py:[LINENR]]
+tst test_fail.py:[LINENR] START  [test_suite↪test_fail.py]  [suite.py:[LINENR]]
+tst test_fail.py:[LINENR]: I am 'test_suite' / 'test_fail.py:[LINENR]'  [test_suite↪test_fail.py:[LINENR]]  [test_fail.py:[LINENR]]
+tst test_fail.py:[LINENR] FAIL (EpicFail)  [test_suite↪test_fail.py]  [suite.py:[LINENR]]
+tst test_suite: FAIL  [suite.py:[LINENR]]
+
+- a test with a raised failure
+tst test_suite: Suite run start  [suite.py:[LINENR]]
+tst test_fail_raise.py:[LINENR] START  [test_suite↪test_fail_raise.py]  [suite.py:[LINENR]]
+tst test_fail_raise.py:[LINENR]: I am 'test_suite' / 'test_fail_raise.py:[LINENR]'  [test_suite↪test_fail_raise.py:[LINENR]]  [test_fail_raise.py:[LINENR]]
+tst test_fail_raise.py:[LINENR]: ERR: Failure: ('EpicFail', 'This failure is expected')  [test_fail_raise.py:[LINENR]: raise Failure('EpicFail', 'This failure is expected')]
+tst test_fail_raise.py:[LINENR] FAIL (EpicFail)  [test_suite↪test_fail_raise.py]  [suite.py:[LINENR]]
+tst test_suite: FAIL  [suite.py:[LINENR]]
 
 - graceful exit.
diff --git a/selftest/suite_test.py b/selftest/suite_test.py
index 315c683..16342c5 100755
--- a/selftest/suite_test.py
+++ b/selftest/suite_test.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 import os
 import _prep
-from osmo_gsm_tester import log, suite, config
+from osmo_gsm_tester import log, suite, config, report
 
 config.ENV_CONF = './suite_test'
 
@@ -22,13 +22,33 @@
 print('- run hello world test')
 s = suite.SuiteRun(None, 'test_suite', s_def)
 results = s.run_tests('hello_world.py')
-print(str(results))
+print(report.suite_to_text(s))
 
 log.style_change(src=True)
 #log.style_change(trace=True)
 print('\n- a test with an error')
 results = s.run_tests('test_error.py')
-print(str(results))
+output = report.suite_to_text(s)
+assert 'FAIL: [test_suite] 1 failed ' in output
+assert 'FAIL: [test_error.py]' in output
+assert "type:'AssertionError' message: AssertionError()" in output
+assert 'assert False' in output
+
+print('\n- a test with a failure')
+results = s.run_tests('test_fail.py')
+output = report.suite_to_text(s)
+assert 'FAIL: [test_suite] 1 failed ' in output
+assert 'FAIL: [test_fail.py]' in output
+assert "type:'EpicFail' message: This failure is expected" in output
+assert "test.set_fail('EpicFail', 'This failure is expected')" in output
+
+print('\n- a test with a raised failure')
+results = s.run_tests('test_fail_raise.py')
+output = report.suite_to_text(s)
+assert 'FAIL: [test_suite] 1 failed ' in output
+assert 'FAIL: [test_fail_raise.py]' in output
+assert "type:'EpicFail' message: This failure is expected" in output
+assert "raise Failure('EpicFail', 'This failure is expected')" in output
 
 print('\n- graceful exit.')
 # vim: expandtab tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4
diff --git a/selftest/suite_test/test_suite/test_fail.py b/selftest/suite_test/test_suite/test_fail.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6880c81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/selftest/suite_test/test_suite/test_fail.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+from osmo_gsm_tester.test import *
+
+print('I am %r / %r' % (suite.name(), test.name()))
+
+test.set_fail('EpicFail', 'This failure is expected')
diff --git a/selftest/suite_test/test_suite/test_fail_raise.py b/selftest/suite_test/test_suite/test_fail_raise.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a7b0b61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/selftest/suite_test/test_suite/test_fail_raise.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+from osmo_gsm_tester.test import *
+
+print('I am %r / %r' % (suite.name(), test.name()))
+
+raise Failure('EpicFail', 'This failure is expected')
diff --git a/selftest/trial_test.ok b/selftest/trial_test.ok
index 6ad39a9..7434a10 100644
--- a/selftest/trial_test.ok
+++ b/selftest/trial_test.ok
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 [TMP]/third
 - fetch trial dirs in order
 first
-['taken']
+['last_run', 'run.[TIMESTAMP]', 'taken']
 second
 third
 - no more trial dirs left