diff --git a/test/e2e/internal/framework/dump.go b/test/e2e/internal/framework/dump.go
index 2b7c6284cf..5a7710f293 100644
--- a/test/e2e/internal/framework/dump.go
+++ b/test/e2e/internal/framework/dump.go
@@ -31,7 +31,25 @@ import (
 	"github.com/deckhouse/virtualization/test/e2e/internal/kubectl"
 )
 
-const d8vContainerPrefix = "d8v"
+const (
+	d8vContainerPrefix = "d8v"
+	// maxTestNameLen is the maximum length of the test name portion in a dump filename.
+	// Linux filesystems (ext4/xfs) limit filenames to 255 bytes. We reserve ~70 bytes
+	// for the "e2e_failed__" prefix, "__<namespace>__events.yaml" suffix, and directory path.
+	maxTestNameLen = 180
+	ellipsis       = "..."
+)
+
+// truncateTestName shortens s to at most maxLen bytes while keeping the text
+// human-readable: it preserves a prefix and a suffix separated by ellipsis.
+func truncateTestName(s string, maxLen int) string {
+	if len(s) <= maxLen {
+		return s
+	}
+	available := maxLen - len(ellipsis)
+	half := available / 2
+	return s[:half] + ellipsis + s[len(s)-(available-half):]
+}
 
 // SaveTestCaseDump dump some resources, logs and descriptions that may help in further diagnostic.
 //
@@ -72,7 +90,8 @@ func GetFormattedTestCaseFullText() string {
 		"`", "",
 		"'", "",
 	)
-	return replacer.Replace(strings.ToLower(CurrentSpecReport().FullText()))
+	result := replacer.Replace(strings.ToLower(CurrentSpecReport().FullText()))
+	return truncateTestName(result, maxTestNameLen)
 }
 
 // GetTMPDir returns the temporary directory used for the test case resource dump.