diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index d5641f6faa..9faaa2ac40 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -115,29 +115,25 @@ jobs:
     name: unit:${{ matrix.environment }}:${{ matrix.os }}
     needs: [pre_commit, setup, pixi_lock]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    if: needs.setup.outputs.code_change == 'true'
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.setup.outputs.matrix) }}
     timeout-minutes: 120
     steps:
       - uses: holoviz-dev/holoviz_tasks/pixi_install@v0
-        if: needs.setup.outputs.code_change == 'true'
         with:
           environments: ${{ matrix.environment }}
       - name: Check packages latest version
-        if: needs.setup.outputs.code_change == 'true'
         run: |
           pixi run -e ${{ matrix.environment }} check-latest-packages bokeh panel param datashader
       - name: Test Unit
-        if: needs.setup.outputs.code_change == 'true'
         run: |
           pixi run -e ${{ matrix.environment }} test-unit $COV
       - name: Test Examples
-        if: needs.setup.outputs.code_change == 'true'
         run: |
           pixi run -e ${{ matrix.environment }} test-example
       - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
-        if: needs.setup.outputs.code_change == 'true'
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -145,6 +141,7 @@ jobs:
     name: ui:${{ matrix.environment }}:${{ matrix.os }}
     needs: [pre_commit, setup, pixi_lock]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    if: needs.setup.outputs.code_change == 'true'
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -155,11 +152,9 @@ jobs:
       PANEL_LOG_LEVEL: info
     steps:
       - uses: holoviz-dev/holoviz_tasks/pixi_install@v0
-        if: needs.setup.outputs.code_change == 'true'
         with:
           environments: ${{ matrix.environment }}
       - name: Test UI
-        if: needs.setup.outputs.code_change == 'true'
         run: |
           # Create a .uicoveragerc file to set the concurrency library to greenlet
           # https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-python/issues/313
@@ -173,7 +168,6 @@ jobs:
           path: ./ui_screenshots
           if-no-files-found: ignore
       - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
-        if: needs.setup.outputs.code_change == 'true'
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -181,6 +175,7 @@ jobs:
     name: core:${{ matrix.environment }}:${{ matrix.os }}
     needs: [pre_commit, setup, pixi_lock]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    if: needs.setup.outputs.code_change == 'true'
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -189,14 +184,21 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 120
     steps:
       - uses: holoviz-dev/holoviz_tasks/pixi_install@v0
-        if: needs.setup.outputs.code_change == 'true'
         with:
           environments: ${{ matrix.environment }}
       - name: Check packages latest version
-        if: needs.setup.outputs.code_change == 'true'
         run: |
           pixi run -e ${{ matrix.environment }} check-latest-packages numpy pandas bokeh panel param
       - name: Test Unit
-        if: needs.setup.outputs.code_change == 'true'
         run: |
           pixi run -e ${{ matrix.environment }} test-unit
+
+  result_test_suite:
+    name: result:test
+    needs: [unit_test_suite, ui_test_suite, core_test_suite]
+    if: always()
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: check for failures
+        if: contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') || contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled')
+        run: echo job failed && exit 1