diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml
index 632950b01d13..2e87d767f5e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml
@@ -123,9 +123,12 @@ jobs:
     - setup
     - dev-build-push
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.compute-small) }}
-    if: |
-      (always() && ! cancelled()) &&
-      !contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') &&
-      !contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled')
+    if: ${{ always() }}
     steps:
-      - run: echo "build-artifacts succeeded"
+      - name: evaluate upstream job results
+        run: |
+          # exit 1 if failure or cancelled result for any upstream job
+          if printf '${{ toJSON(needs) }}' | grep -E -i '\"result\": \"(failure|cancelled)\"'; then
+            printf "Tests failed or workflow cancelled:\n\n${{ toJSON(needs) }}"
+            exit 1
+          fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-distros.yml b/.github/workflows/build-distros.yml
index a423030be5bf..6f5722a82ab9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-distros.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-distros.yml
@@ -138,9 +138,12 @@ jobs:
     - build-amd64
     - build-arm
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.compute-small) }}
-    if: |
-      (always() && ! cancelled()) &&
-      !contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') &&
-      !contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled')
+    if: ${{ always() }}
     steps:
-      - run: echo "build-distros succeeded"
+      - name: evaluate upstream job results
+        run: |
+          # exit 1 if failure or cancelled result for any upstream job
+          if printf '${{ toJSON(needs) }}' | grep -E -i '\"result\": \"(failure|cancelled)\"'; then
+            printf "Tests failed or workflow cancelled:\n\n${{ toJSON(needs) }}"
+            exit 1
+          fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/frontend.yml b/.github/workflows/frontend.yml
index bcce35da60d6..5eab231c65a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/frontend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/frontend.yml
@@ -133,9 +133,12 @@ jobs:
     - node-tests
     - ember-build-test
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.compute-small) }}
-    if: |
-      (always() && ! cancelled()) &&
-      !contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') &&
-      !contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled')
+    if: ${{ always() }}
     steps:
-      - run: echo "frontend succeeded"
+      - name: evaluate upstream job results
+        run: |
+          # exit 1 if failure or cancelled result for any upstream job
+          if printf '${{ toJSON(needs) }}' | grep -E -i '\"result\": \"(failure|cancelled)\"'; then
+            printf "Tests failed or workflow cancelled:\n\n${{ toJSON(needs) }}"
+            exit 1
+          fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml
index 6ac623887480..d15b874ef671 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml
@@ -405,9 +405,12 @@ jobs:
     - go-test-sdk-1-20
     - go-test-32bit
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.compute-small) }}
-    if: |
-      (always() && ! cancelled()) &&
-      !contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') &&
-      !contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled')
+    if: ${{ always() }}
     steps:
-      - run: echo "go-tests succeeded"
+      - name: evaluate upstream job results
+        run: |
+          # exit 1 if failure or cancelled result for any upstream job
+          if printf '${{ toJSON(needs) }}' | grep -E -i '\"result\": \"(failure|cancelled)\"'; then
+            printf "Tests failed or workflow cancelled:\n\n${{ toJSON(needs) }}"
+            exit 1
+          fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-integrations.yml b/.github/workflows/test-integrations.yml
index 515774acca8a..37423b567b87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-integrations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-integrations.yml
@@ -491,9 +491,12 @@ jobs:
     - generate-upgrade-job-matrices
     - upgrade-integration-test
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.compute-small) }}
-    if: |
-      (always() && ! cancelled()) &&
-      !contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') &&
-      !contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled')
+    if: ${{ always() }}
     steps:
-      - run: echo "test-integrations succeeded"
+      - name: evaluate upstream job results
+        run: |
+          # exit 1 if failure or cancelled result for any upstream job
+          if printf '${{ toJSON(needs) }}' | grep -E -i '\"result\": \"(failure|cancelled)\"'; then
+            printf "Tests failed or workflow cancelled:\n\n${{ toJSON(needs) }}"
+            exit 1
+          fi