The cause:
There in the Arquillian-core 1.1.7.Final have been changed the workflow of events and the moment when the status of a test is set
For more information see:
https://github.com/arquillian/arquillian-core/commit/606b4b29a3a561bc0ea6ed2f4883f7e37fa5153c
ARQ-1818

This change is not reflected there in the arquillian-recorder project - this causes that the screenshot is not taken when test fails:
https://github.com/arquillian/arquillian-recorder/blob/master/arquillian-recorder-screenshooter-base/arquillian-recorder-screenshooter-impl-base/src/main/java/org/arquillian/extension/recorder/screenshooter/impl/ScreenshooterLifecycleObserver.java#L96