diff --git a/coderd/templateversions_test.go b/coderd/templateversions_test.go
index d06e68fabb368..2ca934e2d4085 100644
--- a/coderd/templateversions_test.go
+++ b/coderd/templateversions_test.go
@@ -308,11 +308,13 @@ func TestPatchCancelTemplateVersion(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
 			var err error
 			version, err = client.TemplateVersion(ctx, version.ID)
+			// job gets marked Failed when there is an Error; in practice we never get to Status = Canceled
+			// because provisioners report an Error when canceled. We check the Error string to ensure we don't mask
+			// other errors in this test.
+			t.Logf("got version %s | %s", version.Job.Error, version.Job.Status)
 			return assert.NoError(t, err) &&
-				// The job will never actually cancel successfully because it will never send a
-				// provision complete response.
-				assert.Empty(t, version.Job.Error) &&
-				version.Job.Status == codersdk.ProvisionerJobCanceling
+				strings.HasSuffix(version.Job.Error, "canceled") &&
+				version.Job.Status == codersdk.ProvisionerJobFailed
 		}, testutil.WaitShort, testutil.IntervalFast)
 	})
 }
diff --git a/coderd/workspacebuilds_test.go b/coderd/workspacebuilds_test.go
index 0ee810e3e3eda..2c32f9ac39b7a 100644
--- a/coderd/workspacebuilds_test.go
+++ b/coderd/workspacebuilds_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
 
+	"cdr.dev/slog"
+	"cdr.dev/slog/sloggers/slogtest"
 	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/audit"
 	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/coderdtest"
 	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/database"
@@ -412,7 +414,10 @@ func TestPatchCancelWorkspaceBuild(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("User is not allowed to cancel", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()
 
-		client := coderdtest.New(t, &coderdtest.Options{IncludeProvisionerDaemon: true})
+		// need to include our own logger because the provisioner (rightly) drops error logs when we shut down the
+		// test with a build in progress.
+		logger := slogtest.Make(t, &slogtest.Options{IgnoreErrors: true}).Leveled(slog.LevelDebug)
+		client := coderdtest.New(t, &coderdtest.Options{IncludeProvisionerDaemon: true, Logger: &logger})
 		owner := coderdtest.CreateFirstUser(t, client)
 		version := coderdtest.CreateTemplateVersion(t, client, owner.OrganizationID, &echo.Responses{
 			Parse: echo.ParseComplete,
diff --git a/scaletest/createworkspaces/run_test.go b/scaletest/createworkspaces/run_test.go
index b69297f622676..d5e96e22fcc83 100644
--- a/scaletest/createworkspaces/run_test.go
+++ b/scaletest/createworkspaces/run_test.go
@@ -163,8 +163,12 @@ func Test_Runner(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), testutil.WaitLong)
 		defer cancel()
 
+		// need to include our own logger because the provisioner (rightly) drops error logs when we shut down the
+		// test with a build in progress.
+		logger := slogtest.Make(t, &slogtest.Options{IgnoreErrors: true}).Leveled(slog.LevelDebug)
 		client := coderdtest.New(t, &coderdtest.Options{
 			IncludeProvisionerDaemon: true,
+			Logger:                   &logger,
 		})
 		user := coderdtest.CreateFirstUser(t, client)
 
@@ -251,14 +255,17 @@ func Test_Runner(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				return false
 			}
-			for _, build := range builds {
+			for i, build := range builds {
+				t.Logf("checking build #%d: %s | %s", i, build.Transition, build.Job.Status)
 				// One of the builds should be for creating the workspace,
 				if build.Transition != codersdk.WorkspaceTransitionStart {
 					continue
 				}
 
-				// And it should be either canceled or canceling
-				if build.Job.Status == codersdk.ProvisionerJobCanceled || build.Job.Status == codersdk.ProvisionerJobCanceling {
+				// And it should be either failed (Echo returns an error when job is canceled), canceling, or canceled.
+				if build.Job.Status == codersdk.ProvisionerJobFailed ||
+					build.Job.Status == codersdk.ProvisionerJobCanceling ||
+					build.Job.Status == codersdk.ProvisionerJobCanceled {
 					return true
 				}
 			}