diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_run_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_run_workflow.yml
index 9928b2ead1..dac8469fab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_run_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_run_workflow.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,15 @@ jobs:
       run:
         shell: bash
     steps:
+      - name: Set Job Context
+        run: |
+          echo "JOB_NAME=${{ github.job }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "JOB_STATUS=started" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "GITHUB_WORKFLOW=${{ github.workflow }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "GITHUB_RUN_ID=${{ github.run_id }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "GITHUB_REPOSITORY=${{ github.repository }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "GITHUB_ACTOR=${{ github.actor }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       # This default behavior will check out the push and pull_request code correctly.
       - name: Checkout push code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -167,12 +176,9 @@ jobs:
           cd /$TMP_DIR/ci_test
           # Check the last 5 lines for 'failed' or 'error:' (case-insensitive)
           if tail -n 5 "$TMP_OUTPUT" | grep -iE 'failed|error:'; then
-            echo "Test failed"
-            cat /tmp/ci_test/run/cesm.log*
-            exit 911
-          else
-            echo "Test passed"
+            exit 911 # Test failed
           fi
+          echo "JOB_STATUS=${{ job.status }}"
 
       - name: Upload logs to GitHub artifacts when the CI test fails
         if: failure() 
@@ -223,4 +229,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Extract the netCDF output files from CIRRUS storage
         if: env.GENERATE_BASELINE != 'true'
         run: |
-          aws s3 --no-verify-ssl --endpoint-url $AWS_ENDPOINT_URL sync s3://stormspeed/baselines/${{ matrix.runner }}/${{ matrix.compset }}_${{ matrix.res }}_${{ matrix.compiler }}_${{ matrix.dycore }}/ /$TMP_DIR/ci_test/baselines/ --region $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION --exclude "*" --include "*cam.h0a*.nc" --include "*cam.h0i*.nc" --include "*cam.i*.nc"
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+          aws s3 --no-verify-ssl --endpoint-url $AWS_ENDPOINT_URL sync s3://stormspeed/baselines/${{ matrix.runner }}/${{ matrix.compset }}_${{ matrix.res }}_${{ matrix.compiler }}_${{ matrix.dycore }}/ /$TMP_DIR/ci_test/baselines/ --region $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION --exclude "*" --include "*cam.h0a*.nc" --include "*cam.h0i*.nc" --include "*cam.i*.nc"