3 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
index 68b42305fdc..de861c42c4c 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
@@ -1600,6 +1600,9 @@ impl Config {
 
         config.verbose = cmp::max(config.verbose, flags.verbose as usize);
 
+        // Verbose flag is a good default for `rust.verbose-tests`.
+        config.verbose_tests = config.is_verbose();
+
         if let Some(install) = toml.install {
             let Install { prefix, sysconfdir, docdir, bindir, libdir, mandir, datadir } = install;
             config.prefix = prefix.map(PathBuf::from);
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/tests.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/tests.rs
index 219c5a6ec91..f54a5d3b512 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/tests.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/tests.rs
@@ -317,3 +317,12 @@ fn order_of_clippy_rules() {
 
     assert_eq!(expected, actual);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn verbose_tests_default_value() {
+    let config = Config::parse(Flags::parse(&["build".into(), "compiler".into()]));
+    assert_eq!(config.verbose_tests, false);
+
+    let config = Config::parse(Flags::parse(&["build".into(), "compiler".into(), "-v".into()]));
+    assert_eq!(config.verbose_tests, true);
+}
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/render_tests.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/render_tests.rs
index b8aebc28549..eb2c8254dc0 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/render_tests.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/render_tests.rs
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ struct Renderer<'a> {
     builder: &'a Builder<'a>,
     tests_count: Option<usize>,
     executed_tests: usize,
+    /// Number of tests that were skipped due to already being up-to-date
+    /// (i.e. no relevant changes occurred since they last ran).
+    up_to_date_tests: usize,
     terse_tests_in_line: usize,
 }
 
@@ -100,6 +103,7 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
             builder,
             tests_count: None,
             executed_tests: 0,
+            up_to_date_tests: 0,
             terse_tests_in_line: 0,
         }
     }
@@ -127,6 +131,12 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        if self.up_to_date_tests > 0 {
+            let n = self.up_to_date_tests;
+            let s = if n > 1 { "s" } else { "" };
+            println!("help: ignored {n} up-to-date test{s}; use `--force-rerun` to prevent this\n");
+        }
     }
 
     /// Renders the stdout characters one by one
@@ -149,6 +159,11 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
     fn render_test_outcome(&mut self, outcome: Outcome<'_>, test: &TestOutcome) {
         self.executed_tests += 1;
 
+        // Keep this in sync with the "up-to-date" ignore message inserted by compiletest.
+        if let Outcome::Ignored { reason: Some("up-to-date") } = outcome {
+            self.up_to_date_tests += 1;
+        }
+
         #[cfg(feature = "build-metrics")]
         self.builder.metrics.record_test(
             &test.name,