diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_build.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_build.yaml
index f35eeb4b..0a678945 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_build.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
         run: pnpm dependencies:check
 
       - name: Build and test
-        run: pnpm --workspace-concurrency=1 build:prod
+        run: pnpm -r --no-bail --workspace-concurrency=1 --stream --if-present build:prod
 
       - name: Upload Playwright Artifacts
         if: failure()
diff --git a/packages/dual-editor/playwright.config.ts b/packages/dual-editor/playwright.config.ts
index 30bfa316..28a6e8d6 100644
--- a/packages/dual-editor/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/packages/dual-editor/playwright.config.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ export default defineConfig({
     timeout: 30000,
   },
   use: {
+    screenshot: "only-on-failure",
+    video: "retain-on-failure",
+    trace: "retain-on-failure",
     baseURL: "http://localhost:6008",
     permissions: ["clipboard-read", "clipboard-write"],
   },
diff --git a/packages/open-workflow-diagram-editor/playwright.config.ts b/packages/open-workflow-diagram-editor/playwright.config.ts
index 587044ab..3de2b220 100644
--- a/packages/open-workflow-diagram-editor/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/packages/open-workflow-diagram-editor/playwright.config.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ export default defineConfig({
   },
 
   use: {
+    screenshot: "only-on-failure",
+    video: "retain-on-failure",
+    trace: "retain-on-failure",
     baseURL: "http://localhost:6006",
   },
 
diff --git a/packages/open-workflow-diagram-editor/tests-e2e/validation-error.spec.ts b/packages/open-workflow-diagram-editor/tests-e2e/validation-error.spec.ts
index 98aeab8c..6359a364 100644
--- a/packages/open-workflow-diagram-editor/tests-e2e/validation-error.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/open-workflow-diagram-editor/tests-e2e/validation-error.spec.ts
@@ -70,4 +70,6 @@ test("a nested task's error marks the child node, not its container", async ({ p
   await expect(errors).toBeVisible();
   await expect(errors.getByText("must have required property 'endpoint'")).toBeVisible();
   await expect(errors.locator(".dec-sidebar-error-field")).toHaveText("with");
+
+  expect(true, "Intentional failure to verify Playwright artifacts for #524").toBe(false);
 });
diff --git a/packages/text-editor/playwright.config.ts b/packages/text-editor/playwright.config.ts
index e7274047..2d2b2f8e 100644
--- a/packages/text-editor/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/packages/text-editor/playwright.config.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ export default defineConfig({
   },
 
   use: {
+    screenshot: "only-on-failure",
+    video: "retain-on-failure",
+    trace: "retain-on-failure",
     baseURL: "http://localhost:6007",
     permissions: ["clipboard-read", "clipboard-write"],
   },
diff --git a/packages/text-editor/tests-e2e/text-editor.spec.ts b/packages/text-editor/tests-e2e/text-editor.spec.ts
index f83ec018..dbad98d5 100644
--- a/packages/text-editor/tests-e2e/text-editor.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/text-editor/tests-e2e/text-editor.spec.ts
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ test.describe("TextEditor JSON", () => {
       await page.keyboard.press("ControlOrMeta+v");
 
       await expect(monacoContainer.locator(".squiggly-warning").first()).not.toBeVisible();
+
+      expect(true, "Intentional failure to verify Playwright artifacts for #524").toBe(false);
     });
   });
 });