diff --git a/ginkgo/internal/profiles_and_reports.go b/ginkgo/internal/profiles_and_reports.go
index 8e16d2bb0..1d4116e7a 100644
--- a/ginkgo/internal/profiles_and_reports.go
+++ b/ginkgo/internal/profiles_and_reports.go
@@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ func FinalizeProfilesAndReportsForSuites(suites TestSuites, cliConfig types.CLIC
 		}
 		switch suite.State {
 		case TestSuiteStateFailedToCompile:
-			report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons = append(report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons, suite.CompilationError.Error())
+			report.AddSpecialSuiteFailureReasons(suite.CompilationError.Error())
 		case TestSuiteStateFailedDueToTimeout:
-			report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons = append(report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons, TIMEOUT_ELAPSED_FAILURE_REASON)
+			report.AddSpecialSuiteFailureReasons(TIMEOUT_ELAPSED_FAILURE_REASON)
 		case TestSuiteStateSkippedDueToPriorFailures:
-			report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons = append(report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons, PRIOR_FAILURES_FAILURE_REASON)
+			report.AddSpecialSuiteFailureReasons(PRIOR_FAILURES_FAILURE_REASON)
 		case TestSuiteStateSkippedDueToEmptyCompilation:
-			report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons = append(report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons, EMPTY_SKIP_FAILURE_REASON)
+			report.AddSpecialSuiteFailureReasons(EMPTY_SKIP_FAILURE_REASON)
 			report.SuiteSucceeded = true
 		}
 
diff --git a/internal/suite.go b/internal/suite.go
index a3c9e6bf1..a0352be75 100644
--- a/internal/suite.go
+++ b/internal/suite.go
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ func (suite *Suite) runSpecs(description string, suiteLabels Labels, suitePath s
 		for {
 			groupedSpecIdx, err := nextIndex()
 			if err != nil {
-				suite.report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons = append(suite.report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons, fmt.Sprintf("Failed to iterate over specs:\n%s", err.Error()))
+				suite.report.AddSpecialSuiteFailureReasons(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to iterate over specs:\n%s", err.Error()))
 				suite.report.SuiteSucceeded = false
 				break
 			}
@@ -490,12 +490,12 @@ func (suite *Suite) runSpecs(description string, suiteLabels Labels, suitePath s
 		}
 
 		if suite.config.FailOnPending && specs.HasAnySpecsMarkedPending() {
-			suite.report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons = append(suite.report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons, "Detected pending specs and --fail-on-pending is set")
+			suite.report.AddSpecialSuiteFailureReasons("Detected pending specs and --fail-on-pending is set")
 			suite.report.SuiteSucceeded = false
 		}
 
 		if suite.config.FailOnEmpty && specs.CountWithoutSkip() == 0 {
-			suite.report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons = append(suite.report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons, "Detected no specs ran and --fail-on-empty is set")
+			suite.report.AddSpecialSuiteFailureReasons("Detected no specs ran and --fail-on-empty is set")
 			suite.report.SuiteSucceeded = false
 		}
 	}
@@ -506,13 +506,13 @@ func (suite *Suite) runSpecs(description string, suiteLabels Labels, suitePath s
 
 	interruptStatus := suite.interruptHandler.Status()
 	if interruptStatus.Interrupted() {
-		suite.report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons = append(suite.report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons, interruptStatus.Cause.String())
+		suite.report.AddSpecialSuiteFailureReasons(interruptStatus.Cause.String())
 		suite.report.SuiteSucceeded = false
 	}
 	suite.report.EndTime = time.Now()
 	suite.report.RunTime = suite.report.EndTime.Sub(suite.report.StartTime)
 	if !suite.deadline.IsZero() && suite.report.EndTime.After(suite.deadline) {
-		suite.report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons = append(suite.report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons, "Suite Timeout Elapsed")
+		suite.report.AddSpecialSuiteFailureReasons("Suite Timeout Elapsed")
 		suite.report.SuiteSucceeded = false
 	}
 
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ func (suite *Suite) runBeforeSuite(numSpecsThatWillBeRun int) {
 		suite.reporter.WillRun(suite.currentSpecReport)
 		suite.runSuiteNode(beforeSuiteNode)
 		if suite.currentSpecReport.State.Is(types.SpecStateSkipped) {
-			suite.report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons = append(suite.report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons, "Suite skipped in BeforeSuite")
+			suite.report.AddSpecialSuiteFailureReasons("Suite skipped in BeforeSuite")
 			suite.skipAll = true
 		}
 		suite.processCurrentSpecReport()
diff --git a/types/types.go b/types/types.go
index aae69b04c..7df4d2a57 100644
--- a/types/types.go
+++ b/types/types.go
@@ -72,17 +72,21 @@ type PreRunStats struct {
 
 // Add is used by Ginkgo's parallel aggregation mechanisms to combine test run reports form individual parallel processes
 // to form a complete final report.
-func (report Report) Add(other Report) Report {
-	report.SuiteSucceeded = report.SuiteSucceeded && other.SuiteSucceeded
+func (report *Report) Add(other Report) Report {
+	newReport := *report
+	newReport.SuiteSucceeded = report.SuiteSucceeded && other.SuiteSucceeded
 
 	if other.StartTime.Before(report.StartTime) {
-		report.StartTime = other.StartTime
+		newReport.StartTime = other.StartTime
 	}
 
 	if other.EndTime.After(report.EndTime) {
-		report.EndTime = other.EndTime
+		newReport.EndTime = other.EndTime
 	}
 
+	newReport.RunTime = newReport.EndTime.Sub(newReport.StartTime)
+
+	// combine specialSuiteFailureReasons without duplicates
 	specialSuiteFailureReasons := []string{}
 	reasonsLookup := map[string]bool{}
 	for _, reasons := range [][]string{report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons, other.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons} {
@@ -93,18 +97,22 @@ func (report Report) Add(other Report) Report {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons = specialSuiteFailureReasons
-	report.RunTime = report.EndTime.Sub(report.StartTime)
+	newReport.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons = specialSuiteFailureReasons
 
+	// combine reports
 	reports := make(SpecReports, len(report.SpecReports)+len(other.SpecReports))
 	copy(reports, report.SpecReports)
 	offset := len(report.SpecReports)
 	for i := range other.SpecReports {
 		reports[i+offset] = other.SpecReports[i]
 	}
+	newReport.SpecReports = reports
+
+	return newReport
+}
 
-	report.SpecReports = reports
-	return report
+func (report *Report) AddSpecialSuiteFailureReasons(reason string) {
+	report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons = append(report.SpecialSuiteFailureReasons, reason)
 }
 
 // SpecReport captures information about a Ginkgo spec.