diff --git a/nodejs/src/cdp/services/messaging/email.service.test.ts b/nodejs/src/cdp/services/messaging/email.service.test.ts
index 7c3cd05338a0..456ffcc500cb 100644
--- a/nodejs/src/cdp/services/messaging/email.service.test.ts
+++ b/nodejs/src/cdp/services/messaging/email.service.test.ts
@@ -1140,6 +1140,10 @@ describe('EmailService', () => {
             expect(result.error).toBeUndefined()
             expect(result.metrics.map((m) => m.metric_name)).toEqual(['email_missing_recipient'])
             expect(result.skipped).toBe(true)
+            expect(result.emailSendResult).toEqual({
+                status: 'skipped',
+                reason: expect.stringContaining('the recipient has no email address'),
+            })
             expect(invocation.state.vmState?.stack).toEqual([{ success: false }])
         })
 
diff --git a/nodejs/src/cdp/services/messaging/email.service.ts b/nodejs/src/cdp/services/messaging/email.service.ts
index ff83d8746de4..0f6f513a0572 100644
--- a/nodejs/src/cdp/services/messaging/email.service.ts
+++ b/nodejs/src/cdp/services/messaging/email.service.ts
@@ -492,10 +492,10 @@ export class EmailService {
             // so record a skip with its own metric instead of an `email_failed`. Otherwise one project
             // with bad data inflates the platform send failure rate.
             if (!params.to?.email?.trim()) {
-                addLog(
-                    'warn',
+                const skipReason =
                     'Skipping send: the recipient has no email address. Add a filter so only people with an email address reach this step.'
-                )
+                addLog('warn', skipReason)
+                result.emailSendResult = { status: 'skipped', reason: skipReason }
                 if (!isTest) {
                     result.metrics.push({
                         team_id: invocation.teamId,