diff --git a/defaults/severities.yaml b/defaults/severities.yaml
index 61f1bd7059..b7a83444ea 100644
--- a/defaults/severities.yaml
+++ b/defaults/severities.yaml
@@ -143,3 +143,4 @@ CommitLogCheckErrorEvent: ERROR
 ValidatorEvent: ERROR
 ScrubValidationErrorEvent: ERROR
 FailedResultEvent: ERROR
+HDRFileMissed: ERROR
diff --git a/sdcm/sct_events/loaders.py b/sdcm/sct_events/loaders.py
index 6278c42fd4..6c088eff27 100644
--- a/sdcm/sct_events/loaders.py
+++ b/sdcm/sct_events/loaders.py
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ def msgfmt(self):
         return fmt
 
 
+class HDRFileMissed(SctEvent):
+    def __init__(self, message: str, severity=Severity.NORMAL):
+        super().__init__(severity=severity)
+
+        self.message = message
+
+
 class CassandraStressEvent(StressEvent):
     ...
 
diff --git a/sdcm/stress_thread.py b/sdcm/stress_thread.py
index c54f0148dc..7d366ec153 100644
--- a/sdcm/stress_thread.py
+++ b/sdcm/stress_thread.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 from sdcm.sct_events import Severity
 from sdcm.utils.common import FileFollowerThread, get_data_dir_path, time_period_str_to_seconds, SoftTimeoutContext
 from sdcm.utils.user_profile import get_profile_content, replace_scylla_qa_internal_path
-from sdcm.sct_events.loaders import CassandraStressEvent, CS_ERROR_EVENTS_PATTERNS, CS_NORMAL_EVENTS_PATTERNS
+from sdcm.sct_events.loaders import CassandraStressEvent, CS_ERROR_EVENTS_PATTERNS, CS_NORMAL_EVENTS_PATTERNS, HDRFileMissed
 from sdcm.stress.base import DockerBasedStressThread
 from sdcm.utils.docker_remote import RemoteDocker
 from sdcm.utils.remote_logger import SSHLoggerBase
@@ -82,11 +82,32 @@ def __init__(self, node: BaseNode, remote_log_file: str, target_log_file: str):
     def _logger_cmd_template(self) -> str:
         return f"tail -f {self._remote_log_file}"
 
+    def validate_and_collect_hdr_file(self):
+        """
+        Validate that HDR file exists on the SCT runner.
+        If it does not exist check if the file was created on the loader.
+        If the HDR file found on the loader, try to copy to the runner.
+        If the file is missed even on the loader - print error event.
+        """
+        if os.path.exists(self._target_log_file):
+            return
+
+        LOGGER.debug("'%s' file is not found on the runner. Try to find it on the loader %s",
+                     self._target_log_file, self._node.name)
+        result = self._node.remoter.run(f"test -f {self._remote_log_file}", ignore_status=True)
+        if not result.ok:
+            HDRFileMissed(message=f"'{self._remote_log_file}' HDR file was not created on the loader {self._node.name}",
+                          severity=Severity.ERROR).publish()
+
+        LOGGER.debug("The '%s' file found on the loader %s", self._remote_log_file, self._node.name)
+        self._node.remoter.receive_files(src=self._remote_log_file, dst=self._target_log_file)
+
     def __enter__(self):
         self.start()
         return self
 
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        self.validate_and_collect_hdr_file()
         self.stop()