diff --git a/packages/driver/src/cypress/runner.js b/packages/driver/src/cypress/runner.js
index c77a4e8b872b..ab8f6a6625c8 100644
--- a/packages/driver/src/cypress/runner.js
+++ b/packages/driver/src/cypress/runner.js
@@ -832,7 +832,6 @@ const create = (specWindow, mocha, Cypress, cy) => {
   }
 
   // hold onto the _runnables for faster lookup later
-  let _stopped = false
   let _test = null
   let _tests = []
   let _testsById = {}
@@ -932,8 +931,13 @@ const create = (specWindow, mocha, Cypress, cy) => {
 
       return _runner.run((failures) => {
         // if we happen to make it all the way through
-        // the run, then just set _stopped to true here
-        _stopped = true
+        // the run, then just set _runner.stopped to true here
+        _runner.stopped = true
+
+        // remove all the listeners
+        // so no more events fire
+        // since a test failure may 'leak' after a run completes
+        _runner.removeAllListeners()
 
         // TODO this functions is not correctly
         // synchronized with the 'end' event that
@@ -1183,11 +1187,11 @@ const create = (specWindow, mocha, Cypress, cy) => {
     },
 
     stop () {
-      if (_stopped) {
+      if (_runner.stopped) {
         return
       }
 
-      _stopped = true
+      _runner.stopped = true
 
       // abort the run
       _runner.abort()
@@ -1200,7 +1204,7 @@ const create = (specWindow, mocha, Cypress, cy) => {
 
       // remove all the listeners
       // so no more events fire
-      return _runner.removeAllListeners()
+      _runner.removeAllListeners()
     },
 
     getDisplayPropsForLog: $Log.getDisplayProps,
diff --git a/packages/runner/cypress/integration/reporter.hooks.spec.js b/packages/runner/cypress/integration/reporter.hooks.spec.js
index 9b58c767b7e1..90ea52a664c0 100644
--- a/packages/runner/cypress/integration/reporter.hooks.spec.js
+++ b/packages/runner/cypress/integration/reporter.hooks.spec.js
@@ -119,4 +119,35 @@ describe('hooks', function () {
       })
     })
   })
+
+  // https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/8189
+  it('can rerun without timeout error leaking into next run (due to run restart)', () => {
+    runIsolatedCypress(() => {
+      const top = window.parent
+
+      top.count = top.count || 0
+
+      Cypress.config('defaultCommandTimeout', 50)
+      afterEach(function () {
+        assert(true, `run ${top.count}`)
+      })
+
+      describe('s1', () => {
+        it('foo', () => {
+          cy.once('test:after:run', () => {
+            if (!top.count) {
+              requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+                window.parent.eventManager.reporterBus.emit('runner:restart')
+              })
+            }
+
+            top.count++
+          })
+        })
+      })
+    })
+
+    // wait until spec has run twice (due to one reload)
+    cy.window().its('count').should('eq', 2)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/runner/cypress/support/helpers.js b/packages/runner/cypress/support/helpers.js
index a1d0d0c39f13..5ecabd962046 100644
--- a/packages/runner/cypress/support/helpers.js
+++ b/packages/runner/cypress/support/helpers.js
@@ -188,9 +188,14 @@ function createCypress () {
             })
           })
 
-          cy.spy(cy.state('window').console, 'log').as('console_log')
-          cy.spy(cy.state('window').console, 'error').as('console_error')
-
+          // TODO: clean this up, sinon doesn't like wrapping things multiple times
+          // and this catches that error
+          try {
+            cy.spy(cy.state('window').console, 'log').as('console_log')
+            cy.spy(cy.state('window').console, 'error').as('console_error')
+          } catch (_e) {
+            // console was already wrapped, noop
+          }
           onInitializedListeners.forEach((fn) => fn(autCypress))
           onInitializedListeners = []