diff --git a/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/enrich.go b/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/enrich.go
index 57c5fe5a5a2..162bd3f5727 100644
--- a/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/enrich.go
+++ b/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/enrich.go
@@ -76,22 +76,13 @@ func (je *journeyEnricher) enrich(event *beat.Event, se *SynthEvent, fields StdS
 			je.checkGroup = makeUuid()
 			je.journey = se.Journey
 			je.start = event.Timestamp
-		case "journey/end":
+		case "journey/end", "cmd/status":
 			je.end = event.Timestamp
 		}
 	} else {
 		event.Timestamp = time.Now()
 	}
 
-	eventext.MergeEventFields(event, common.MapStr{
-		"event": common.MapStr{
-			"type": se.Type,
-		},
-		"monitor": common.MapStr{
-			"check_group": je.checkGroup,
-		},
-	})
-
 	// Id and name differs for inline and suite monitors
 	// - We use the monitor id and name for inline journeys ignoring the
 	//   autogenerated `inline`journey id and name.
@@ -104,10 +95,14 @@ func (je *journeyEnricher) enrich(event *beat.Event, se *SynthEvent, fields StdS
 		name = fmt.Sprintf("%s - %s", name, je.journey.Name)
 	}
 	eventext.MergeEventFields(event, common.MapStr{
+		"event": common.MapStr{
+			"type": se.Type,
+		},
 		"monitor": common.MapStr{
-			"id":   id,
-			"name": name,
-			"type": fields.Type,
+			"check_group": je.checkGroup,
+			"id":          id,
+			"name":        name,
+			"type":        fields.Type,
 		},
 	})
 
@@ -139,7 +134,6 @@ func (je *journeyEnricher) enrichSynthEvent(event *beat.Event, se *SynthEvent) e
 		// when an `afterAll` hook fails, for example, we don't wan't to include
 		// a summary in the cmd/status event.
 		if !je.journeyComplete {
-			je.end = event.Timestamp
 			return je.createSummary(event)
 		}
 	case "journey/end":
@@ -186,17 +180,27 @@ func (je *journeyEnricher) createSummary(event *beat.Event) error {
 		down = 0
 	}
 
+	// Incase of syntax errors or incorrect runner options, the Synthetics
+	// runner would exit immediately with exitCode 1 and we do not set the duration
+	// to inform the journey never ran
+	if !je.start.IsZero() {
+		eventext.MergeEventFields(event, common.MapStr{
+			"monitor": common.MapStr{
+				"duration": common.MapStr{
+					"us": int64(je.end.Sub(je.start) / time.Microsecond),
+				},
+			},
+		})
+	}
 	eventext.MergeEventFields(event, common.MapStr{
 		"url": je.urlFields,
+		"event": common.MapStr{
+			"type": "heartbeat/summary",
+		},
 		"synthetics": common.MapStr{
 			"type":    "heartbeat/summary",
 			"journey": je.journey,
 		},
-		"monitor": common.MapStr{
-			"duration": common.MapStr{
-				"us": int64(je.end.Sub(je.start) / time.Microsecond),
-			},
-		},
 		"summary": common.MapStr{
 			"up":   up,
 			"down": down,
diff --git a/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/enrich_test.go b/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/enrich_test.go
index 140ec86bdec..e8a874ec3aa 100644
--- a/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/enrich_test.go
+++ b/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/enrich_test.go
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ func TestJourneyEnricher(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name     string
 		isInline bool
-		se       []*SynthEvent
 	}{
 		{
 			name:     "suite monitor",
@@ -406,3 +405,96 @@ func TestNoSummaryOnAfterHook(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCreateSummaryEvent(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		je       *journeyEnricher
+		expected common.MapStr
+		wantErr  bool
+	}{{
+		name: "completed without errors",
+		je: &journeyEnricher{
+			journey:         &Journey{},
+			start:           time.Now(),
+			end:             time.Now().Add(10 * time.Microsecond),
+			journeyComplete: true,
+		},
+		expected: common.MapStr{
+			"monitor.duration.us": int64(10),
+			"summary": common.MapStr{
+				"down": 0,
+				"up":   1,
+			},
+		},
+		wantErr: false,
+	}, {
+		name: "completed with error",
+		je: &journeyEnricher{
+			journey:         &Journey{},
+			start:           time.Now(),
+			end:             time.Now().Add(10 * time.Microsecond),
+			journeyComplete: true,
+			errorCount:      1,
+			firstError:      fmt.Errorf("journey errored"),
+		},
+		expected: common.MapStr{
+			"monitor.duration.us": int64(10),
+			"summary": common.MapStr{
+				"down": 1,
+				"up":   0,
+			},
+		},
+		wantErr: true,
+	}, {
+		name: "started, but exited without running steps",
+		je: &journeyEnricher{
+			journey:         &Journey{},
+			start:           time.Now(),
+			end:             time.Now().Add(10 * time.Microsecond),
+			journeyComplete: false,
+		},
+		expected: common.MapStr{
+			"monitor.duration.us": int64(10),
+			"summary": common.MapStr{
+				"down": 0,
+				"up":   1,
+			},
+		},
+		wantErr: true,
+	}, {
+		name: "syntax error - exited without starting",
+		je: &journeyEnricher{
+			journey:         &Journey{},
+			end:             time.Now().Add(10 * time.Microsecond),
+			journeyComplete: false,
+			errorCount:      1,
+		},
+		expected: common.MapStr{
+			"summary": common.MapStr{
+				"down": 1,
+				"up":   0,
+			},
+		},
+		wantErr: true,
+	}}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			e := &beat.Event{}
+			err := tt.je.createSummary(e)
+			if tt.wantErr {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+			} else {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+			common.MergeFields(tt.expected, common.MapStr{
+				"url":                common.MapStr{},
+				"event.type":         "heartbeat/summary",
+				"synthetics.type":    "heartbeat/summary",
+				"synthetics.journey": Journey{},
+			}, true)
+			testslike.Test(t, lookslike.Strict(lookslike.MustCompile(tt.expected)), e.Fields)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/synthtypes.go b/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/synthtypes.go
index 6a2bc8515f9..3fe625ef286 100644
--- a/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/synthtypes.go
+++ b/x-pack/heartbeat/monitors/browser/synthexec/synthtypes.go
@@ -163,5 +163,4 @@ func (j Journey) ToMap() common.MapStr {
 		"name": j.Name,
 		"id":   j.Id,
 	}
-
 }