diff --git a/lib/galaxy/jobs/runners/pulsar.py b/lib/galaxy/jobs/runners/pulsar.py
index 5fa23cc1a16..18d758727df 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/jobs/runners/pulsar.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/jobs/runners/pulsar.py
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ class PulsarJobRunner(AsynchronousJobRunner):
         job_state = self._update_job_state_for_status(job_state, status)
         return job_state
 
-    def _update_job_state_for_status(self, job_state, pulsar_status):
+    def _update_job_state_for_status(self, job_state, pulsar_status, full_status=None):
         if pulsar_status == "complete":
             self.mark_as_finished(job_state)
             return None
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ class PulsarJobRunner(AsynchronousJobRunner):
             else:
                 message = LOST_REMOTE_ERROR
             if not job_state.job_wrapper.get_job().finished:
-                self.fail_job(job_state, message)
+                self.fail_job(job_state, message, full_status=full_status)
             return None
         if pulsar_status == "running" and not job_state.running:
             job_state.running = True
@@ -517,10 +517,15 @@ class PulsarJobRunner(AsynchronousJobRunner):
             log.exception("Job wrapper finish method failed")
             job_wrapper.fail("Unable to finish job", exception=True)
 
-    def fail_job(self, job_state, message=GENERIC_REMOTE_ERROR):
+    def fail_job(self, job_state, message=GENERIC_REMOTE_ERROR, full_status=None):
         """Seperated out so we can use the worker threads for it."""
         self.stop_job(self.sa_session.query(self.app.model.Job).get(job_state.job_wrapper.job_id))
-        job_state.job_wrapper.fail(getattr(job_state, "fail_message", message))
+        stdout = ""
+        stderr = ""
+        if full_status:
+            stdout = full_status.get("stdout", "")
+            stderr = full_status.get("stderr", "")
+        job_state.job_wrapper.fail(getattr(job_state, "fail_message", message), stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
 
     def check_pid(self, pid):
         try:
@@ -744,7 +749,7 @@ class PulsarMQJobRunner(PulsarJobRunner):
             job_id = full_status["job_id"]
             job, job_wrapper = self.app.job_manager.job_handler.job_queue.job_pair_for_id(job_id)
             job_state = self._job_state(job, job_wrapper)
-            self._update_job_state_for_status(job_state, full_status["status"])
+            self._update_job_state_for_status(job_state, full_status["status"], full_status=full_status)
         except Exception:
             log.exception("Failed to update Pulsar job status for job_id %s", job_id)
             raise
diff --git a/test/functional/tools/fail_writing_work_dir_file.xml b/test/functional/tools/fail_writing_work_dir_file.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe3005a764d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/tools/fail_writing_work_dir_file.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<tool id="fail_writing_work_dir_file" name="fail_writing_work_dir_file" version="0.1.0">
+    <command><![CDATA[
+        echo 'Some output' ;
+        #if not $failbool
+            echo 'Hello World' > 'foo.txt'
+        #end if
+    ]]></command>
+    <inputs>
+        <param name="failbool" type="boolean" label="The failure property" checked="false" />
+    </inputs>
+    <outputs>
+        <data name="out_file1" format="txt" from_work_dir="foo.txt" />
+    </outputs>
+    <help>
+    </help>
+</tool>
diff --git a/test/functional/tools/samples_tool_conf.xml b/test/functional/tools/samples_tool_conf.xml
index 930ee0c3502..a2b622c17eb 100644
--- a/test/functional/tools/samples_tool_conf.xml
+++ b/test/functional/tools/samples_tool_conf.xml
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
   <tool file="identifier_collection.xml" />
   <tool file="identifier_in_actions.xml" />
   <tool file="fail_identifier.xml" />
+  <tool file="fail_writing_work_dir_file.xml" />
   <tool file="tool_directory.xml" />
   <tool file="output_action_change_format.xml" />
   <tool file="collection_paired_test.xml" />