diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
index 6f90f2df7bf8..a5a82926346f 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
@@ -797,8 +797,11 @@ export class Vitest {
   async close() {
     if (!this.closingPromise) {
       this.closingPromise = (async () => {
+        const teardownProjects = [...this.projects]
+        if (!teardownProjects.includes(this.coreWorkspaceProject))
+          teardownProjects.push(this.coreWorkspaceProject)
         // do teardown before closing the server
-        for await (const project of [...this.projects].reverse())
+        for await (const project of teardownProjects.reverse())
           await project.teardownGlobalSetup()
 
         const closePromises: unknown[] = this.projects.map(w => w.close().then(() => w.server = undefined as any))
diff --git a/test/workspaces/globalTest.ts b/test/workspaces/globalTest.ts
index f42631c2a19e..58d9233401cc 100644
--- a/test/workspaces/globalTest.ts
+++ b/test/workspaces/globalTest.ts
@@ -24,14 +24,17 @@ export function setup({ provide }: GlobalSetupContext) {
   }
 }
 
+let teardownCalled = false
+
 export async function teardown() {
+  teardownCalled = true
   const results = JSON.parse(await readFile('./results.json', 'utf-8'))
 
   try {
     assert.ok(results.success)
-    assert.equal(results.numTotalTestSuites, 11)
-    assert.equal(results.numTotalTests, 12)
-    assert.equal(results.numPassedTests, 12)
+    assert.equal(results.numTotalTestSuites, 28)
+    assert.equal(results.numTotalTests, 29)
+    assert.equal(results.numPassedTests, 29)
 
     const shared = results.testResults.filter((r: any) => r.name.includes('space_shared/test.spec.ts'))
 
@@ -42,3 +45,10 @@ export async function teardown() {
     process.exit(1)
   }
 }
+
+process.on('beforeExit', () => {
+  if (!teardownCalled) {
+    console.error('teardown was not called')
+    process.exitCode = 1
+  }
+})