diff --git a/ginkgo_t_dsl.go b/ginkgo_t_dsl.go
index 17073145f..28447ffdd 100644
--- a/ginkgo_t_dsl.go
+++ b/ginkgo_t_dsl.go
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ type FullGinkgoTInterface interface {
 	Fi(indentation uint, format string, args ...any) string
 	Fiw(indentation uint, maxWidth uint, format string, args ...any) string
 
+	//Generates a formatted string version of the current spec's timeline
+	RenderTimeline() string
+
 	GinkgoRecover()
 	DeferCleanup(args ...any)
 
diff --git a/internal/testingtproxy/testing_t_proxy.go b/internal/testingtproxy/testing_t_proxy.go
index 92acc0a00..73e265565 100644
--- a/internal/testingtproxy/testing_t_proxy.go
+++ b/internal/testingtproxy/testing_t_proxy.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/formatter"
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/internal"
+	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/reporters"
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/types"
 )
 
@@ -185,6 +186,9 @@ func (t *ginkgoTestingTProxy) Fi(indentation uint, format string, args ...any) s
 func (t *ginkgoTestingTProxy) Fiw(indentation uint, maxWidth uint, format string, args ...any) string {
 	return t.f.Fiw(indentation, maxWidth, format, args...)
 }
+func (t *ginkgoTestingTProxy) RenderTimeline() string {
+	return reporters.RenderTimeline(t.report(), false)
+}
 func (t *ginkgoTestingTProxy) GinkgoRecover() {
 	t.ginkgoRecover()
 }
diff --git a/internal/testingtproxy/testingtproxy_test.go b/internal/testingtproxy/testingtproxy_test.go
index 35dbe497e..22a3e9242 100644
--- a/internal/testingtproxy/testingtproxy_test.go
+++ b/internal/testingtproxy/testingtproxy_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package testingtproxy_test
 import (
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
+	"time"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
@@ -301,18 +302,47 @@ var _ = Describe("Testingtproxy", func() {
 		Ω(string(buf.Contents())).Should(Equal("  hi 3\n"))
 	})
 
-	It("can provides a correctly configured Ginkgo Formatter", func() {
+	It("can provide a correctly configured Ginkgo Formatter", func() {
 		Ω(t.F("{{blue}}%d{{/}}", 3)).Should(Equal("3"))
 	})
 
-	It("can printf to the GinkgoWriter", func() {
+	It("can provide a correctly configured Ginkgo Formatter, with indentation", func() {
 		Ω(t.Fi(1, "{{blue}}%d{{/}}", 3)).Should(Equal("  3"))
 	})
 
-	It("can println to the GinkgoWriter", func() {
+	It("can provide a correctly configured Ginkgo Formatter, with indentation and width constraints", func() {
 		Ω(t.Fiw(1, 5, "{{blue}}%d{{/}} a number", 3)).Should(Equal("  3 a\n  number"))
 	})
 
+	It("can render the timeline of the current spec", func() {
+		cl := types.NewCustomCodeLocation("cl")
+		reportToReturn.CapturedGinkgoWriterOutput = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP"
+		reportToReturn.SpecEvents = append(reportToReturn.SpecEvents, types.SpecEvent{
+			TimelineLocation: types.TimelineLocation{Offset: 5, Order: 1},
+			SpecEventType:    types.SpecEventNodeStart,
+			Message:          "The Test",
+			CodeLocation:     cl,
+			NodeType:         types.NodeTypeIt,
+		})
+		reportToReturn.SpecEvents = append(reportToReturn.SpecEvents, types.SpecEvent{
+			TimelineLocation: types.TimelineLocation{Offset: 10, Order: 3},
+			SpecEventType:    types.SpecEventNodeEnd,
+			Message:          "The Test",
+			CodeLocation:     cl,
+			NodeType:         types.NodeTypeIt,
+			Duration:         time.Second,
+		})
+		reportToReturn.State = types.SpecStateFailed
+		reportToReturn.Failure = types.Failure{
+			Message:          "The Failure",
+			FailureNodeType:  types.NodeTypeIt,
+			Location:         cl,
+			TimelineLocation: types.TimelineLocation{Offset: 10, Order: 2},
+		}
+
+		Ω(t.RenderTimeline()).Should(Equal("ABCDE\n> Enter \x1b[1m[It]\x1b[0m The Test \x1b[38;5;243m- cl @ 01/01/01 00:00:00\x1b[0m\nFGHIJ\n\x1b[38;5;9m[FAILED] The Failure\x1b[0m\n\x1b[38;5;9mIn \x1b[1m[It]\x1b[0m\x1b[38;5;9m at: \x1b[1mcl\x1b[0m \x1b[38;5;243m@ 01/01/01 00:00:00\x1b[0m\n< Exit \x1b[1m[It]\x1b[0m The Test \x1b[38;5;243m- cl @ 01/01/01 00:00:00 (1s)\x1b[0m\nKLMNOP"))
+	})
+
 	It("can provide GinkgoRecover", func() {
 		Ω(recoverCall).Should(BeFalse())
 		t.GinkgoRecover()
diff --git a/reporters/junit_report.go b/reporters/junit_report.go
index ca98609d0..592d7f614 100644
--- a/reporters/junit_report.go
+++ b/reporters/junit_report.go
@@ -344,8 +344,12 @@ func failureDescriptionForUnstructuredReporters(spec types.SpecReport) string {
 }
 
 func systemErrForUnstructuredReporters(spec types.SpecReport) string {
+	return RenderTimeline(spec, true)
+}
+
+func RenderTimeline(spec types.SpecReport, noColor bool) string {
 	out := &strings.Builder{}
-	NewDefaultReporter(types.ReporterConfig{NoColor: true, VeryVerbose: true}, out).emitTimeline(0, spec, spec.Timeline())
+	NewDefaultReporter(types.ReporterConfig{NoColor: noColor, VeryVerbose: true}, out).emitTimeline(0, spec, spec.Timeline())
 	return out.String()
 }