diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V10.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V10.md
index 66cc03efeaf67d..58493718689ec3 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V10.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V10.md
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ This release patches a [regression](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/28932)
 * \[[`3fab8be211`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3fab8be211)] - **test**: replace Google servers with localhost (Rich Trott) [#25694](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/25694)
 * \[[`7cceecfd52`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7cceecfd52)] - **test**: increase error information in test-cli-syntax-\* (Rich Trott) [#25021](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/25021)
 * \[[`92792f04be`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/92792f04be)] - **test**: split test-cli-syntax into multiple tests (Rich Trott) [#24922](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/24922)
-* \[[`fe8e07ddd9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fe8e07ddd9)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **test**: assert on client and server side seperately (Sam Roberts) [#25381](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/25381)
+* \[[`fe8e07ddd9`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fe8e07ddd9)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **test**: assert on client and server side separately (Sam Roberts) [#25381](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/25381)
 * \[[`26288c8ab7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/26288c8ab7)] - **test**: fix module loading error for AIX 7.1 (Richard Lau) [#25418](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/25418)
 * \[[`38c9d2bfea`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/38c9d2bfea)] - **test**: add missing tmpdir.refresh() in recently-added test (Rich Trott) [#25098](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/25098)
 * \[[`3eab58f3ed`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3eab58f3ed)] - **test,console**: add testing for monkeypatching of console stdio (Rich Trott) [#26561](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/26561)
@@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ This LTS release comes with 374 commits. This includes 165 which are test or ben
 * \[[`fad9d805ef`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/fad9d805ef)] - **test**: change order of assert.strictEquals arguments (Chuck Theobald) [#23600](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23600)
 * \[[`07c8a9e7a7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/07c8a9e7a7)] - **test**: fix assert equal order of arguments (David Jiang) [#23602](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23602)
 * \[[`591af98268`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/591af98268)] - **test**: fix order of assert args in client response domain test (Emily Kolar) [#23604](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23604)
-* \[[`ede9ce14d5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ede9ce14d5)] - **test**: re-order strictEqual paramater calls (Paul Tichonczuk) [#23607](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23607)
+* \[[`ede9ce14d5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ede9ce14d5)] - **test**: re-order strictEqual parameter calls (Paul Tichonczuk) [#23607](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23607)
 * \[[`61cf1cfb20`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/61cf1cfb20)] - **test**: fix assertions args order (Milton Sosa) [#23608](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23608)
 * \[[`7b2e7aa64e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7b2e7aa64e)] - **test**: fix parameters in test-repl.js (Israel Ortiz) [#23609](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23609)
 * \[[`f7f5c5c477`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f7f5c5c477)] - **test**: reverse arguments in assert.strictEqual (Vsevolod Geraskin) [#23613](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23613)
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V11.md b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V11.md
index 4106ddb17fc0ed..2cfb9569890b7e 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V11.md
+++ b/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V11.md
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ A fix for the following CVE is included in this release:
 * \[[`af6e439ad8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/af6e439ad8)] - **test**: enable marking of failing coverage tests (Michael Dawson) [#25671](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/25671)
 * \[[`6203d05a3c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/6203d05a3c)] - **test**: fix zlib-brotli output assumptions (Adam Majer) [#25697](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/25697)
 * \[[`77274d07d2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/77274d07d2)] - **test**: rewrite fs {f}utimes test file (Jeremiah Senkpiel) [#25656](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/25656)
-* \[[`29002ceb4e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/29002ceb4e)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **test**: assert on client and server side seperately (Sam Roberts) [#25381](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/25381)
+* \[[`29002ceb4e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/29002ceb4e)] - **(SEMVER-MINOR)** **test**: assert on client and server side separately (Sam Roberts) [#25381](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/25381)
 * \[[`c7dbb72530`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c7dbb72530)] - **test**: remove pummel/test-exec (Rich Trott) [#25722](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/25722)
 * \[[`4b2a1eadbd`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4b2a1eadbd)] - **test**: replace s\_client in test-https-ci-reneg-attack (Rich Trott) [#25720](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/25720)
 * \[[`7d682234a6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7d682234a6)] - **test**: remove unused uncaughtException handler (Anna Henningsen) [#25641](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/25641)
@@ -2861,7 +2861,7 @@ Fixes for the following CVEs are included in this release:
 * \[[`1c6a55146e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1c6a55146e)] - **test**: change order of assert.strictEquals arguments (Chuck Theobald) [#23600](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23600)
 * \[[`e345897f06`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e345897f06)] - **test**: fix assert equal order of arguments (David Jiang) [#23602](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23602)
 * \[[`d778f9e1f0`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d778f9e1f0)] - **test**: fix order of assert args in client response domain test (Emily Kolar) [#23604](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23604)
-* \[[`d08ac84aaa`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d08ac84aaa)] - **test**: re-order strictEqual paramater calls (Paul Tichonczuk) [#23607](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23607)
+* \[[`d08ac84aaa`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d08ac84aaa)] - **test**: re-order strictEqual parameter calls (Paul Tichonczuk) [#23607](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23607)
 * \[[`50a280acdb`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/50a280acdb)] - **test**: fix assertions args order (Milton Sosa) [#23608](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23608)
 * \[[`ff75d98479`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/ff75d98479)] - **test**: fix parameters in test-repl.js (Israel Ortiz) [#23609](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23609)
 * \[[`c160aacd20`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c160aacd20)] - **test**: reverse arguments in assert.strictEqual (Vsevolod Geraskin) [#23613](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23613)
diff --git a/lib/internal/main/test_runner.js b/lib/internal/main/test_runner.js
index fda47897da9f06..adafb1862ecc64 100644
--- a/lib/internal/main/test_runner.js
+++ b/lib/internal/main/test_runner.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ if (isUsingInspector() && options.isolation === 'process') {
 }
 
 options.globPatterns = ArrayPrototypeSlice(process.argv, 1);
+options.cwd = process.cwd();
 
 debug('test runner configuration:', options);
 run(options).on('test:summary', (data) => {
diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/lcov.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/lcov.js
index 698913d79dec02..1aa39cfafa0efa 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/lcov.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/lcov.js
@@ -68,15 +68,21 @@ class LcovReporter extends Transform {
         // Taken is either '-' if the basic block containing the branch was
         // never executed or a number indicating how often that branch was
         // taken.
-        for (let j = 0; j < file.branches.length; j++) {
-          lcov += `BRDA:${file.branches[j].line},${j},0,${file.branches[j].count}\n`;
+        // Build a set of lines that are included (non-ignored lines).
+        const includedLines = new Set(file.lines.map((l) => l.line));
+        // Filter out branches that lead to ignored lines.
+        const filteredBranches = file.branches.filter(
+          (b) => includedLines.has(b.line)
+        );
+        for (let j = 0; j < filteredBranches.length; j++) {
+          lcov += `BRDA:${filteredBranches[j].line},${j},0,${filteredBranches[j].count}\n`;
         }
 
         // Branch coverage summaries are stored in two lines:
         // ## BRF:\<number of branches found\>
         // ## BRH:\<number of branches hit\>
-        lcov += `BRF:${file.totalBranchCount}\n`;
-        lcov += `BRH:${file.coveredBranchCount}\n`;
+        lcov += `BRF:${filteredBranches.length}\n`;
+        lcov += `BRH:${filteredBranches.filter((b) => b.count > 0).length}\n`;
 
         // Then there is a list of execution counts for each instrumented line
         // (i.e. a line which resulted in executable code):
diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js
index df2c85bdaed8de..3d45aadaf18b96 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ function getRunArgs(path, { forceExit,
 
   if (path === kIsolatedProcessName) {
     ArrayPrototypePush(runArgs, '--test');
-    ArrayPrototypePushApply(runArgs, ArrayPrototypeSlice(process.argv, 1));
+    ArrayPrototypePushApply(runArgs, suppliedArgs);
   } else {
     ArrayPrototypePush(runArgs, path);
   }
@@ -621,11 +621,14 @@ function run(options = kEmptyObject) {
     functionCoverage = 0,
     execArgv = [],
     argv = [],
-    cwd = process.cwd(),
+    cwd,
     rerunFailuresFilePath,
     env,
   } = options;
 
+  // For backward compatibility, use process.cwd() if cwd is not provided
+  if (cwd === undefined) cwd = process.cwd();
+
   if (files != null) {
     validateArray(files, 'options.files');
   }