JSON Report not generating if first step is not implemented

I’ve been trying to figure out why the report JSON doesn’t generate if the first step of a scenario is not implemented. The issue doesn’t happen when any other step is not implemented but the first one and it generates a report if the second step or so on is not implemented. The error is correct for the step definition not being implemented. I tried tracing the error to see when the report is being generated and intercepting it in the call phase of testing but to no luck. I also tried utilizing the step error and before step hook but that didn’t help out. Any information on how I can approach?

Reproduce the issue with a scenario whose first step is undefined, then compare it with a scenario where a later step is undefined. Trace the JSON report generation and the handling of the step-definition error through the test call phase and hooks. Done means the first unimplemented step produces the same JSON report behavior as later unimplemented steps.