Why does npm fail 'Exit status 1' at the end of the test run, if there is a single test that fails assert

[ElmaCat]

When I run the test suite and all tests execute correctly. I set up one tests intentionally to fail the assert as expected.
In the console log I can see all test results but after the results I also see the error. When I remove the failing scenario, the npm error does not appear.

Gauge version: 1.1.8
"taiko": "1.2.2"

The pipeline is also failing because of this.

[NivedhaSenthil]

That is the default behavior of npm, it propagates the exit code