diff --git a/Sources/Testing/Issues/Issue+Recording.swift b/Sources/Testing/Issues/Issue+Recording.swift
index b79e94269..b03217280 100644
--- a/Sources/Testing/Issues/Issue+Recording.swift
+++ b/Sources/Testing/Issues/Issue+Recording.swift
@@ -92,6 +92,34 @@ extension Issue {
     let issue = Issue(kind: .unconditional, severity: severity, comments: Array(comment), sourceContext: sourceContext)
     return issue.record()
   }
+  
+  /// Record an issue when a running test fails unexpectedly.
+  ///
+  /// - Parameters:
+  ///   - comment: A comment describing the expectation.
+  ///   - severity: The severity of the issue.
+  ///   - sourceLocation: The source location to which the issue should be
+  ///     attributed.
+  ///   - kind: The kind of the issue.
+  ///
+  /// - Returns: The issue that was recorded.
+  ///
+  /// Use this function if, while running a test, an issue occurs that cannot be
+  /// represented as an expectation (using the ``expect(_:_:sourceLocation:)``
+  /// or ``require(_:_:sourceLocation:)-5l63q`` macros.)
+  @_spi(Experimental)
+  @_spi(ForToolsIntegrationOnly)
+  @discardableResult public static func record(
+    kind: Kind = .unconditional,
+    comment: Comment? = nil,
+    severity: Severity = .error,
+    sourceLocation: SourceLocation = #_sourceLocation
+  ) -> Self {
+    let sourceContext = SourceContext(backtrace: .current(), sourceLocation: sourceLocation)
+    let issue = Issue(kind: kind, severity: severity, comments: Array(comment), sourceContext: sourceContext)
+    return issue.record()
+  }
+
 }
 
 // MARK: - Recording issues for errors
diff --git a/Tests/TestingTests/IssueTests.swift b/Tests/TestingTests/IssueTests.swift
index cc0a7acf5..5c861f13a 100644
--- a/Tests/TestingTests/IssueTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/TestingTests/IssueTests.swift
@@ -985,6 +985,25 @@ final class IssueTests: XCTestCase {
 
     await fulfillment(of: [errorCaught, apiMisused, expectationFailed], timeout: 0.0)
   }
+  
+  func testIssueRecordKinds() async throws {
+    var configuration = Configuration()
+    let apiMisused = expectation(description: "API misused")
+    configuration.eventHandler = { event, _ in
+      guard case let .issueRecorded(issue) = event.kind else {
+        return
+      }
+      if case .apiMisused = issue.kind {
+        apiMisused.fulfill()
+      }
+      
+    }
+    await Test {
+      Issue.record(kind: .apiMisused, comment: "My comment")
+    }.run(configuration: configuration)
+    
+    await fulfillment(of: [apiMisused], timeout: 0.0)
+  }
 
   @__testing(semantics: "nomacrowarnings")
   func testErrorCheckingWithRequire_ResultValueIsNever_VariousSyntaxes() throws {