From ffc5899bad5f84a1772584987b2dec3ca259d78a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: spencer-tb <spencer.tb@ethereum.org>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 19:45:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] cmd/evm: always include error field in JSON output

---
 cmd/evm/reporter.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cmd/evm/reporter.go b/cmd/evm/reporter.go
index f6249e1843..d1e327932c 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/reporter.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/reporter.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ type testResult struct {
 	Pass  bool         `json:"pass"`
 	Root  *common.Hash `json:"stateRoot,omitempty"`
 	Fork  string       `json:"fork"`
-	Error string       `json:"error,omitempty"`
+	Error string       `json:"error"`
 	State *state.Dump  `json:"state,omitempty"`
 	Stats *execStats   `json:"benchStats,omitempty"`
 }