diff --git a/.azure-pipelines-templates/configure.yml b/.azure-pipelines-templates/configure.yml
index 9169a050eba0..3d69ee02c1f6 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines-templates/configure.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines-templates/configure.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ jobs:
       - checkout: self
         clean: true
       - script: |
+          set -ex
           echo "Determine if any code has changed."
           if git diff --ignore-submodules=dirty --quiet origin/${SYSTEM_PULLREQUEST_TARGETBRANCH:-origin/main} -- ':!doc' ':!*.md' ':!scripts/azure_deployment'; then
             echo " - Documentation change only"
diff --git a/.azure-pipelines-templates/deploy_aci.yml b/.azure-pipelines-templates/deploy_aci.yml
index 31cfe1dc602b..aea955b32b1b 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines-templates/deploy_aci.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines-templates/deploy_aci.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         fetchTags: true
 
       - script: |
+          set -ex
           env
         name: print_env
         displayName: "Print Environment Variables"
diff --git a/.azure-pipelines-templates/scan_build.yml b/.azure-pipelines-templates/scan_build.yml
index b7016b6552e3..a01fe97209c8 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines-templates/scan_build.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines-templates/scan_build.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 steps:
   - script: |
+      set -ex
       mkdir build
       cd build
       ../scripts/scan-build.sh
diff --git a/.azure-pipelines-templates/trace_validation.yml b/.azure-pipelines-templates/trace_validation.yml
index ba2173d3fb2c..e5c178e75b0c 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines-templates/trace_validation.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines-templates/trace_validation.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ steps:
     displayName: "Install TLA dependencies"
 
   - script: |
-      set -x
+      set -ex
       cd tla/
       JSON=../build/replicate.ndjson ./tlc.sh Traceccfraft.tla 2>&1
       JSON=../build/election.ndjson ./tlc.sh Traceccfraft.tla 2>&1