diff --git a/test_reporting/junit_xml_parser.py b/test_reporting/junit_xml_parser.py
index 4ddd3d1d3e4..e29c588dc80 100644
--- a/test_reporting/junit_xml_parser.py
+++ b/test_reporting/junit_xml_parser.py
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@
 import defusedxml.ElementTree as ET
 
 
-TEST_REPORT_CLIENT_VERSION = (1, 0, 0)
+TEST_REPORT_CLIENT_VERSION = (1, 1, 0)
 
 MAXIMUM_XML_SIZE = 20e7  # 20MB
+MAXIMUM_SUMMARY_SIZE = 1024  # 1MB
 
 # Fields found in the testsuite/root section of the JUnit XML file.
 TESTSUITE_TAG = "testsuite"
@@ -264,25 +265,6 @@ def _validate_test_case(test_case):
                     f"\"{test_case.get('name', 'Name Not Found')}\""
                 )
 
-            # NOTE: "if failure" does not work with the ETree library.
-            failure = test_case.find("failure")
-            if failure is not None and failure.get("message") is None:
-                raise JUnitXMLValidationError(
-                    f"no message found for failure in \"{test_case.get('name')}\""
-                )
-
-            error = test_case.find("error")
-            if error is not None and error.get("message") is None:
-                raise JUnitXMLValidationError(
-                    f"no message found for error in \"{test_case.get('name')}\""
-                )
-
-            skipped = test_case.find("skipped")
-            if skipped is not None and skipped.get("message") is None:
-                raise JUnitXMLValidationError(
-                    f"no message found for skip in \"{test_case.get('name')}\""
-                )
-
     cases = root.findall(TESTCASE_TAG)
 
     for test_case in cases:
@@ -373,13 +355,18 @@ def _parse_test_case(test_case):
         # errored out during setup or teardown.
         if failure is not None:
             result["result"] = "failure"
+            summary = failure.get("message", "")
         elif skipped is not None:
             result["result"] = "skipped"
+            summary = skipped.get("message", "")
         elif error is not None:
             result["result"] = "error"
+            summary = error.get("message", "")
         else:
             result["result"] = "success"
+            summary = ""
 
+        result["summary"] = summary[:min(len(summary), MAXIMUM_SUMMARY_SIZE)]
         result["error"] = error is not None
 
         return feature, result
diff --git a/test_reporting/tests/test_junit_xml_parser.py b/test_reporting/tests/test_junit_xml_parser.py
index 80f04d30fa8..537c0234e31 100644
--- a/test_reporting/tests/test_junit_xml_parser.py
+++ b/test_reporting/tests/test_junit_xml_parser.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
             {
                 "classname": "acl.test_acl",
                 "result": "error",
+                "summary": "test machine broke",
                 "file": "acl/test_acl.py",
                 "line": "257",
                 "name": "test_acl",
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@
                 "line": "369",
                 "name": "test_acl_2",
                 "result": "skipped",
+                "summary": "test machine skipped",
                 "time": "0.0",
                 "error": False
             }
@@ -70,11 +72,13 @@
                 "name": "test_bgp_fact",
                 "time": "109.472",
                 "result": "success",
+                "summary": "",
                 "error": False
             },
             {
                 "classname": "bgp.test_bgp",
                 "result": "failure",
+                "summary": "test machine go brr",
                 "file": "bgp/test_bgp.py",
                 "line": "248",
                 "name": "test_bgp_speaker",
@@ -193,9 +197,6 @@ def test_invalid_junit_xml_metadata_errors(token, replacement, message):
     [
         ("classname", "hehe", ".* not found in test case .*"),
         ('name="test_acl"', "", '.* not found in test case "Name Not Found"'),
-        ('message="test machine go brr"', "", "no message found for failure .*"),
-        ('message="test machine broke"', "", "no message found for error .*"),
-        ('message="test machine skipped"', "", "no message found for skip .*"),
     ],
 )
 def test_invalid_junit_xml_test_case_errors(token, replacement, message):