diff --git a/.github/workflows/_test_pax.yaml b/.github/workflows/_test_pax.yaml
index b70e3c87a..e4f6bbfa7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_test_pax.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_test_pax.yaml
@@ -108,14 +108,24 @@ jobs:
               ${{ inputs.EXTRA_TEST_ARGS }}
           EOF
           )
+          echo "SLURM Partition Status"
+          sshx sinfo
 
           set +x
-          while sshx squeue -j $JOB | grep -q $JOB; do
-            echo "SLURM Job $JOB is still running."
+          while true; do 
+            sshx 'tail -f ${{ steps.meta.outputs.LOG_FILE }} 2>/dev/null || echo "[WARNING]: sbatch_output=${{ steps.meta.outputs.LOG_FILE }} not created yet"'
             sleep 15
-          done
+          done &
+          tail_pid=$!
 
-          echo "SLURM Job $JOB finished."
+          STATE=$(sshx "squeue -j $JOB -o '%T' --noheader 2>/dev/null")
+          while [[ -n "$STATE" ]]; do
+            STATE=$(sshx "squeue -j $JOB -o '%T' --noheader 2>/dev/null")
+            echo "$JOB is ${STATE:-n/a}"
+            sleep 15
+          done
+          echo "SLRUM Job $JOB finished."
+          kill $tail_pid
 
           # Gather job info
           SLURM_STATE=$(sshx sacct -j $JOB --format=State --parsable2 --noheader |& head -n 1)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_test_t5x.yaml b/.github/workflows/_test_t5x.yaml
index 4a4f9ab21..7e745b8d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_test_t5x.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_test_t5x.yaml
@@ -96,13 +96,24 @@ jobs:
               ${{ inputs.EXTRA_GIN_ARGS != '' && format('--additional-args "{0}"', inputs.EXTRA_GIN_ARGS) || '' }}
           EOF
           )
+          echo "SLURM Partition Status"
+          sshx sinfo
 
           set +x
-          while sshx squeue -j $JOB | grep -q $JOB; do
-            echo "SLURM Job $JOB is still running."
+          while true; do 
+            sshx 'tail -f ${{ steps.meta.outputs.LOG_FILE }} 2>/dev/null || echo "[WARNING]: sbatch_output=${{ steps.meta.outputs.LOG_FILE }} not created yet"'
+            sleep 15
+          done &
+          tail_pid=$!
+
+          STATE=$(sshx "squeue -j $JOB -o '%T' --noheader 2>/dev/null")
+          while [[ -n "$STATE" ]]; do
+            STATE=$(sshx "squeue -j $JOB -o '%T' --noheader 2>/dev/null")
+            echo "$JOB is ${STATE:-n/a}"
             sleep 15
           done
           echo "SLRUM Job $JOB finished."
+          kill $tail_pid
 
           # Gather job info
           SLURM_STATE=$(sshx sacct -j $JOB --format=State --parsable2 --noheader |& head -n 1)
@@ -219,13 +230,24 @@ jobs:
               ${{ inputs.EXTRA_GIN_ARGS != '' && format('--additional-args "{0}"', inputs.EXTRA_GIN_ARGS) || '' }}
           EOF
           )
+          echo "SLURM Partition Status"
+          sshx sinfo
 
           set +x
-          while sshx squeue -j $JOB | grep -q $JOB; do
-            echo "SLURM Job $JOB is still running."
+          while true; do 
+            sshx 'tail -f ${{ steps.meta.outputs.LOG_FILE }} 2>/dev/null || echo "[WARNING]: sbatch_output=${{ steps.meta.outputs.LOG_FILE }} not created yet"'
+            sleep 15
+          done &
+          tail_pid=$!
+
+          STATE=$(sshx "squeue -j $JOB -o '%T' --noheader 2>/dev/null")
+          while [[ -n "$STATE" ]]; do
+            STATE=$(sshx "squeue -j $JOB -o '%T' --noheader 2>/dev/null")
+            echo "$JOB is ${STATE:-n/a}"
             sleep 15
           done
           echo "SLRUM Job $JOB finished."
+          kill $tail_pid
 
           # Gather job info
           SLURM_STATE=$(sshx sacct -j $JOB --format=State --parsable2 --noheader |& head -n 1)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_test_te.yaml b/.github/workflows/_test_te.yaml
index 3f7d571b9..dfda1d0b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_test_te.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_test_te.yaml
@@ -152,13 +152,24 @@ jobs:
                      test_model_parallel_encoder.py'
           EOF
           )
+          echo "SLURM Partition Status"
+          sshx sinfo
 
           set +x
-          while sshx squeue -j $JOB | grep -q $JOB; do
-            echo "SLURM Job $JOB is still running."
+          while true; do 
+            sshx 'tail -f ${{ steps.meta.outputs.SLURM_LOG_FILE }} 2>/dev/null || echo "[WARNING]: sbatch_output=${{ steps.meta.outputs.SLURM_LOG_FILE }} not created yet"'
+            sleep 15
+          done &
+          tail_pid=$!
+
+          STATE=$(sshx "squeue -j $JOB -o '%T' --noheader 2>/dev/null")
+          while [[ -n "$STATE" ]]; do
+            STATE=$(sshx "squeue -j $JOB -o '%T' --noheader 2>/dev/null")
+            echo "$JOB is ${STATE:-n/a}"
             sleep 15
           done
           echo "SLRUM Job $JOB finished."
+          kill $tail_pid
           set -x
 
       - name: Retrieve training logs