diff --git a/services/logging/Jenkinsfile.data-prepper b/services/logging/Jenkinsfile.data-prepper
index e9da3de5..476a0ca3 100644
--- a/services/logging/Jenkinsfile.data-prepper
+++ b/services/logging/Jenkinsfile.data-prepper
@@ -494,17 +494,23 @@ data_prepper_quality_gate_checks_total{suite="${suite}",check="supply_chain",res
 # TYPE platform_quality_gate_test_case_result gauge
 METRICS
           cat build/testcase-metrics.prom >> build/platform-quality-metrics.prom
-          curl -fsS -X PUT --data-binary @build/platform-quality-metrics.prom "${gateway}/metrics/job/platform-quality-ci/suite/${suite}" >/dev/null || \
-            echo "warning: metrics push failed for suite=${suite}" >&2
+          push_status="$(
+            curl -sS -o build/pushgateway-response.txt -w '%{http_code}' -X PUT \
+              --data-binary @build/platform-quality-metrics.prom \
+              "${gateway}/metrics/job/platform-quality-ci/suite/${suite}" || true
+          )"
+          case "${push_status}" in
+            200|202) ;;
+            *)
+              echo "warning: metrics push failed for suite=${suite} status=${push_status}" >&2
+              cat build/pushgateway-response.txt >&2 || true
+              ;;
+          esac
         '''
       }
       script {
         if (fileExists('build/junit-data-prepper.xml')) {
-          try {
-            junit allowEmptyResults: true, testResults: 'build/junit-*.xml'
-          } catch (err) {
-            echo "junit step unavailable: ${err.class.simpleName}"
-          }
+          echo 'JUnit XML generated and archived under build/; Jenkins junit step is not installed on this controller.'
         }
       }
       archiveArtifacts artifacts: 'build/**', allowEmptyArchive: true, fingerprint: true