diff --git a/tests/ci/Makefile b/tests/ci/Makefile
index 8892b0860260..fed66e5cc317 100644
--- a/tests/ci/Makefile
+++ b/tests/ci/Makefile
@@ -1,210 +1,222 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2024 The FreeBSD Foundation
 #
 # This software was developed by Cybermancer Infosec <bofh@FreeBSD.org>
 # under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.
 #
 # Makefile for CI testing.
 #
 # User-driven targets:
 #  ci: Run CI tests. Currently only smoke tests are supported.
 #  ci-smokeit: Currently same as ci.
 #
 # Variables affecting the build process:
 #  TARGET/TARGET_ARCH: architecture of built release (default: same as build host)
 #  KERNELCONF: kernel configuration to use
 #  USE_QEMU: Use QEMU for testing rather than bhyve
 #
 
 WORLDDIR?=	${.CURDIR}/../..
 RELEASEDIR=	${WORLDDIR}/release
 MAKECONF?=	/dev/null
 SRCCONF?=	/dev/null
 _MEMORY!=sysctl -n hw.physmem 2>/dev/null
 PARALLEL_JOBS!=sysctl -n hw.ncpu 2>/dev/null || nproc 2>/dev/null
 TOTAL_MEMORY!=expr ${_MEMORY} / 1073741824
 KERNCONF?=	GENERIC
 LOCALBASE?=	/usr/local
 
 .if !defined(TARGET) || empty(TARGET)
 TARGET=		${MACHINE}
 .endif
 .if !defined(TARGET_ARCH) || empty(TARGET_ARCH)
 .if ${TARGET} == ${MACHINE}
 TARGET_ARCH=	${MACHINE_ARCH}
 .else
 TARGET_ARCH=	${TARGET}
 .endif
 .endif
 IMAKE=		${MAKE} TARGET=${TARGET} TARGET_ARCH=${TARGET_ARCH}
 
 .if defined(CROSS_TOOLCHAIN) || !empty(CROSS_TOOLCHAIN)
 CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PARAM=	"CROSS_TOOLCHAIN=${CROSS_TOOLCHAIN}"
 .endif
 
 # Define OSRELEASE by using newvers.sh
 .if !defined(OSRELEASE) || empty(OSRELEASE)
 .for _V in TYPE BRANCH REVISION
 . if !defined(${_V}) || empty(${_V})
 ${_V}!=	eval $$(awk '/^${_V}=/{print}' ${.CURDIR}/../../sys/conf/newvers.sh); echo $$${_V}
 . endif
 .endfor
 .for _V in ${TARGET_ARCH}
 .if !empty(TARGET:M${_V})
 OSRELEASE=	${TYPE}-${REVISION}-${BRANCH}-${TARGET}
 VOLUME_LABEL=	${REVISION:C/[.-]/_/g}_${BRANCH:C/[.-]/_/g}_${TARGET}
 .else
 OSRELEASE=	${TYPE}-${REVISION}-${BRANCH}-${TARGET}-${TARGET_ARCH}
 VOLUME_LABEL=	${REVISION:C/[.-]/_/g}_${BRANCH:C/[.-]/_/g}_${TARGET_ARCH}
 .endif
 .endfor
 .endif
 
 .if exists(${.CURDIR}/tools/ci.conf) && !defined(CICONF)
 CICONF?=	${.CURDIR}/tools/ci.conf
 .endif
 SWAPSIZE?=	1g
 VMFS?=		ufs
 FORMAT=		raw
 CIIMAGE=	ci-${OSRELEASE}-${GITREV}-${KERNCONF}.${FORMAT}
 VMSIZE?=	6g
 CITYPE?=
 TEST_VM_NAME=	ci-${OSRELEASE}-${GITREV}-${KERNCONF}
 .if ${TOTAL_MEMORY} >= 16
 VM_MEM!=expr ${TOTAL_MEMORY} / 2
 .elif ${TOTAL_MEMORY} >=4
 VM_MEM=${TOTAL_MEMORY}
 .else
 echo "Please increase the memory to at least 4GB"
 exit 0
 .endif
 VM_MEM_SIZE?=${VM_MEM}g
 TIMEOUT_MS?=5400000
 TIMEOUT=$$((${TIMEOUT_MS} / 1000))
 TIMEOUT_EXPECT=$$((${TIMEOUT} - 60))
 TIMEOUT_VM=$$((${TIMEOUT_EXPECT} - 120))
 .if exists(${.CURDIR}/Makefile.${TARGET_ARCH})
 .	include "${.CURDIR}/Makefile.${TARGET_ARCH}"
 .endif
 .if ${TARGET_ARCH} != ${MACHINE_ARCH}
 .if ( ${TARGET_ARCH} != "i386" ) || ( ${MACHINE_ARCH} != "amd64" )
 QEMUSTATIC=/usr/local/bin/qemu-${QEMU_ARCH}-static
 QEMUTGT=portinstall-qemu
 .endif
 .endif
 QEMUTGT?=
 QEMU_DEVICES?=-device virtio-blk,drive=hd0
 QEMU_EXTRA_PARAM?=
 QEMU_MACHINE?=virt
 QEMUBIN=/usr/local/bin/qemu-system-${QEMU_ARCH}
 .if ${PARALLEL_JOBS} >= ${QEMU_MAX_CPU_COUNT}
 QEMU_CPU_COUNT=${QEMU_MAX_CPU_COUNT}
 .else
 QEMU_CPU_COUNT=${PARALLEL_JOBS}
 .endif
 .if ${VM_MEM} >= ${QEMU_MAX_MEM_SIZE}
 VM_MEM_SIZE=${QEMU_MAX_MEM_SIZE}g
 .else
 VM_MEM_SIZE=${VM_MEM}g
 .endif
 KLDVMMISLOADED!=kldload -q -n vmm 2>/dev/null && echo "1" || echo "0"
 .if ${KLDVMMISLOADED} == "0"
 USE_QEMU?=1
 .endif
 KLDFILEMONISLOADED!=kldload -q -n filemon 2>/dev/null && echo "1" || echo "0"
 .if ${KLDFILEMONISLOADED} == "1"
 METAMODE?=-DWITH_META_MODE
 .endif
 
 CLEANFILES=	${CIIMAGE} ci.img
 CLEANDIRS=	ci-buildimage
 
 portinstall: portinstall-pkg portinstall-qemu portinstall-expect portinstall-${TARGET_ARCH:tl} .PHONY
 
 portinstall-pkg: .PHONY
 .if !exists(/usr/local/sbin/pkg-static)
 	env ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=yes pkg bootstrap
 .endif
 
 portinstall-qemu: portinstall-pkg .PHONY
 .if !exists(/usr/local/bin/qemu-${TARGET_ARCH}-static)
 	env ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=yes pkg install emulators/qemu-user-static
 .endif
 .if !exists(/usr/local/bin/qemu-system-${QEMU_ARCH})
 	env ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=yes pkg install emulators/qemu@nox11
 .endif
 
 portinstall-expect: portinstall-pkg .PHONY
 .if !exists(/usr/local/bin/expect)
 	env ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=yes pkg install lang/expect
 .endif
 
 beforeclean: .PHONY
 	chflags -R noschg .
 
 .include <bsd.obj.mk>
 clean: beforeclean .PHONY
 
 ci-buildworld: .PHONY
-	${IMAKE} -j${PARALLEL_JOBS} -C ${WORLDDIR} ${METAMODE} ${CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PARAM} __MAKE_CONF=${MAKECONF} SRCCONF=${SRCCONF} buildworld
+	@echo "Building world for ${TARGET_ARCH}"
+	${IMAKE} -j${PARALLEL_JOBS} -C ${WORLDDIR} ${METAMODE} \
+		${CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PARAM} __MAKE_CONF=${MAKECONF} SRCCONF=${SRCCONF} \
+		buildworld > ${.CURDIR}/_.${TARGET_ARCH}.${.TARGET} 2>&1 || \
+		(echo "${.TARGET} failed, check _.${TARGET_ARCH}.${.TARGET} for details" ; false)
+
 
 ci-buildkernel: ci-buildworld-${TARGET_ARCH:tl} .PHONY
-	${IMAKE} -j${PARALLEL_JOBS} -C ${WORLDDIR} ${METAMODE} ${CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PARAM} __MAKE_CONF=${MAKECONF} SRCCONF=${SRCCONF} buildkernel
+	@echo "Building kenrel for ${TARGET_ARCH"}"
+	${IMAKE} -j${PARALLEL_JOBS} -C ${WORLDDIR} ${METAMODE} \
+		${CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PARAM} __MAKE_CONF=${MAKECONF} \
+		SRCCONF=${SRCCONF} buildkernel > ${.CURDIR}/_.${TARGET_ARCH}.${.TARGET} 2>&1 || \
+		(echo "${.TARGET} failed, check _.${TARGET_ARCH}.${.TARGET} for details" ; false)
 
 ci-buildimage: ${QEMUTGT} ci-buildkernel-${TARGET_ARCH:tl} .PHONY
+	@echo "Building ci image for ${TARGET_ARCH"}"
 	mkdir -p ${.OBJDIR}/${.TARGET}
 	env TARGET=${TARGET} TARGET_ARCH=${TARGET_ARCH} SWAPSIZE=${SWAPSIZE} \
 		QEMUSTATIC=${QEMUSTATIC} CITYPE=${CITYPE} \
 		${RELEASEDIR}/scripts/mk-vmimage.sh \
 		-C ${RELEASEDIR}/tools/vmimage.subr -d ${.OBJDIR}/${.TARGET} -F ${VMFS} \
 		-i ${.OBJDIR}/ci.img -s ${VMSIZE} -f ${FORMAT} \
-		-S ${WORLDDIR} -o ${.OBJDIR}/${CIIMAGE} -c ${CICONF}
+		-S ${WORLDDIR} -o ${.OBJDIR}/${CIIMAGE} -c ${CICONF} \
+		> ${.CURDIR}/_.${TARGET_ARCH}.${.TARGET} 2>&1 || \
+		(echo "${.TARGET} failed, check _.${TARGET_ARCH}.${.TARGET} for details" ; false)
 	touch ${.TARGET}
 
 ci-setsmokevar: .PHONY
 CITYPE=smoke
 
 ci-runtest: ci-buildimage-${TARGET_ARCH:tl} portinstall .PHONY
 .if ${MACHINE} == "amd64" && ( ${TARGET_ARCH} == "amd64" || ${TARGET_ARCH} == "i386" ) && ( !defined(USE_QEMU) || empty(USE_QEMU) )
 	/usr/sbin/bhyvectl --vm=${TEST_VM_NAME} --destroy || true
 	/usr/sbin/bhyveload -c stdio -m ${VM_MEM_SIZE} -d ${CIIMAGE} ${TEST_VM_NAME}
 	expect -c "set timeout ${TIMEOUT_EXPECT}; \
 		spawn /usr/bin/timeout -k 60 ${TIMEOUT_VM} /usr/sbin/bhyve \
 		-c ${PARALLEL_JOBS} -m ${VM_MEM_SIZE} -A -H -P \
 		-s 0:0,hostbridge \
 		-s 1:0,lpc \
 		-s 2:0,virtio-blk,${CIIMAGE} \
 		-l com1,stdio \
 		${TEST_VM_NAME}; \
 		expect { eof }"
 	/usr/sbin/bhyvectl --vm=${TEST_VM_NAME} --destroy
 .else
 	timeout -k 60 ${TIMEOUT_VM} ${QEMUBIN} \
 		-machine ${QEMU_MACHINE} \
 		-smp ${QEMU_CPU_COUNT} \
 		-m ${VM_MEM_SIZE} \
 		-nographic \
 		-no-reboot \
 		${QEMU_EXTRA_PARAM} \
 		-drive if=none,file=${CIIMAGE},format=raw,id=hd0 \
 		${QEMU_DEVICES}
 .endif
 
 ci-checktarget: .PHONY
 .if ${TARGET_ARCH} != "aarch64" && \
 	${TARGET_ARCH} != "amd64" && \
 	${TARGET_ARCH} != "armv7" && \
 	${TARGET_ARCH} != "powerpc64" && \
 	${TARGET_ARCH} != "powerpc64le" && \
 	${TARGET_ARCH} != "riscv64"
 	@false
 .ERROR:
 	@echo "Error: ${TARGET_ARCH} is not supported on ${TYPE} ${REVISION} ${BRANCH}"
 .endif
 
 ci-smokeit: ci-setsmokevar ci-checktarget .WAIT ci-runtest-${TARGET_ARCH:tl} .PHONY
 
 ci: ci-smokeit .PHONY
 
 .include "${RELEASEDIR}/Makefile.inc1"