diff --git a/.github/scripts/ansible/roles/mvn_ec2_runner/tasks/run.yml b/.github/scripts/ansible/roles/mvn_ec2_runner/tasks/run.yml
index 13a0ac2aa03..dbeb5e508d1 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/ansible/roles/mvn_ec2_runner/tasks/run.yml
+++ b/.github/scripts/ansible/roles/mvn_ec2_runner/tasks/run.yml
@@ -13,13 +13,40 @@
   ignore_errors: yes
 
 - name: Run mvn command on the remote hosts
-  # Kill any currently running Java process from a previous (possibly aborted) run before starting the next.
-  shell: |
+  ansible.builtin.shell: |
+    set -o pipefail
     cd {{ kc_home }}
     ./mvnw {{ mvn_params }}
-  # Executing load run can be scheduled for hours. To prevent the test from failing when the SSH connection breaks, use asynchronous polling.
+  executable: /usr/bin/bash
+  # Tests can run for hours. To prevent the test from failing when the SSH connection breaks, use asynchronous polling.
   async: 86400
   poll: 10
   register: result
 
 - debug: var=result
+
+- name: Recursively find surefire-report directories
+  ansible.builtin.find:
+    file_type: directory
+    paths: "{{ kc_home }}"
+    patterns: "surefire-reports*"
+    recurse: true
+  register: output
+
+- debug: var=output
+
+- name: Create local results directories
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  file:
+    path: "{{ local_results_dir }}/{{ item.path | replace(kc_home, '') }}"
+    state: directory
+  with_items:
+    - "{{ output.files }}"
+
+- name: Copy surefire-report directories to localhost
+  synchronize:
+    src: "{{ item.path }}/"
+    dest: "{{ local_results_dir }}/{{ item.path | replace(kc_home, '') }}"
+    mode: pull
+  with_items:
+    - "{{ output.files }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fdf99bef4d4..c5fa9dcd698 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
       - id: conditional-stores
         run: |
           STORES="postgres, mysql, oracle, mssql, mariadb"
-          if [ $GITHUB_EVENT_NAME != "pull_request" ]; then
+          if [[ $GITHUB_EVENT_NAME != "pull_request" && -n "${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}" ]]; then
             STORES+=", aurora-postgres"
           fi
           echo "matrix=$(echo $STORES  | jq -Rc 'split(", ")')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -371,9 +371,14 @@ jobs:
           ./aws_ec2.sh requirements
           ./aws_ec2.sh create ${REGION}
           ./keycloak_ec2_installer.sh ${REGION} /tmp/keycloak.zip
-          ./mvn_ec2_runner.sh ${REGION} "clean install -DskipTests -Pdistribution"
-          ./mvn_ec2_runner.sh ${REGION} "clean install -DskipTests -pl testsuite/integration-arquillian/servers/auth-server/quarkus -Pauth-server-quarkus -Dmaven.build.cache.enabled=true"
-          ./mvn_ec2_runner.sh ${REGION} "test ${{ env.SUREFIRE_RETRY }} -Pauth-server-quarkus -Pdb-${{ matrix.db }} $PROPS -Dtest=$TESTS -pl testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base"
+          ./mvn_ec2_runner.sh ${REGION} "clean install -B -DskipTests -Pdistribution"
+          ./mvn_ec2_runner.sh ${REGION} "clean install -B -DskipTests -pl testsuite/integration-arquillian/servers/auth-server/quarkus -Pauth-server-quarkus -Dmaven.build.cache.enabled=true"
+          ./mvn_ec2_runner.sh ${REGION} "test -B ${{ env.SUREFIRE_RETRY }} -Pauth-server-quarkus -Pdb-${{ matrix.db }} $PROPS -Dtest=$TESTS -pl testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base 2>&1 | misc/log/trimmer.sh"
+
+          # Copy returned surefire-report directories to workspace root to ensure they're discovered
+          results=(files/keycloak/results/*)
+          rsync -a $results/* ../../../
+          rm -rf $results
 
       - name: Run base tests
         if: ${{ matrix.db != 'aurora-postgres' }}