Windows runner skips commands after failing command but reports job success

GitLab CI/CD
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We are running Gitlab 16.3.4 in a Kubernetes cluster. Runners are configured to spawn new ones if I understand it correctly.

This is my .gitlab-ci.yml:

stages:
    - run

run:
    stage: run
    image: mcr.microsoft.com/windows/servercore:ltsc2022
    tags:
        - windows
    script:
        - this should fail because it does not exist
        - Write-Host "hello world"

Clearly the first script command fails. The second command will not be executed but the status of the job itself is “succeeded”. I don’t get why.

This is the pipeline log:

Skipping Git submodules setup
Executing "step_script" stage of the job script
$ this should fail because it does not exist
powershell : this : The term 'this' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, 
function, 
At C:\scripts-295-33766\terminate_with_json_script.ps1:7 char:1
+ powershell -File $Path
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (this : The term...let, function,  
   :String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError
 
script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path 
was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At C:\scripts-295-33766\step_script.ps1:259 char:1
+ this should fail because it does not exist
+ ~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (this:String) [], CommandNotFoun 
   dException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
 
Cleaning up project directory and file based variables
Job succeeded

Any ideas?