diff --git a/grafana-plugin/package.json b/grafana-plugin/package.json
index 2474ab4722..b90163977d 100644
--- a/grafana-plugin/package.json
+++ b/grafana-plugin/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "test:e2e:watch": "yarn test:e2e --ui",
     "test:e2e-expensive:watch": "yarn test:e2e-expensive --ui",
     "test:e2e:gen": "yarn playwright codegen http://localhost:3000",
-    "e2e-show-report": "yarn playwright show-report",
+    "e2e-show-report": "yarn playwright show-report --port 31000",
     "generate-types": "cd ./src/network/oncall-api/types-generator && yarn generate",
     "watch": "NODE_ENV=development webpack -w -c ./webpack.config.ts --env development",
     "sign": "npx --yes @grafana/sign-plugin@latest",
diff --git a/grafana-plugin/pkg/plugin/sync.go b/grafana-plugin/pkg/plugin/sync.go
index 249a10f532..72a1c6f636 100644
--- a/grafana-plugin/pkg/plugin/sync.go
+++ b/grafana-plugin/pkg/plugin/sync.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/log"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ func (a *App) doSync(ctx context.Context, forceSend bool) {
 		var cacheAlreadyLocked *SyncCacheAlreadyLocked
 		if errors.As(err, &cacheAlreadyLocked) {
 			log.DefaultLogger.Info("Skipping sync", "message", err)
-		} else {
+		} else if err != nil {
 			log.DefaultLogger.Error("Error making sync request", "error", err)
 		}
 	}()
@@ -175,6 +176,17 @@ func (a *App) makeSyncRequest(ctx context.Context, forceSend bool) error {
 	}
 	defer res.Body.Close()
 
+	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.DefaultLogger.Error("failed to read response body", "error", err, "status", res.StatusCode)
+		} else {
+			log.DefaultLogger.Error("sync not ok", "status", res.StatusCode, "message", string(bodyBytes))
+		}
+	} else {
+		log.DefaultLogger.Info("sync ok", "status", res.StatusCode)
+	}
+
 	a.lastOnCallSync = onCallSync
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/grafana-plugin/playwright.config.ts b/grafana-plugin/playwright.config.ts
index 21b75543da..a0aa9d6bb1 100644
--- a/grafana-plugin/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/grafana-plugin/playwright.config.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,16 @@ export default defineConfig({
   /* Maximum time all the tests can run for. */
   globalTimeout: 20 * 60 * 1_000, // 20 minutes
 
-  reporter: [['html', { open: IS_CI ? 'never' : 'always' }]],
+  reporter: [
+    [
+      'html',
+      {
+        open: IS_CI ? 'never' : 'always',
+        port: 31000, // explicitly specify a port for k8s port forwarding to avoid clashes with Incident and IRM
+      },
+    ],
+    ['list', { printSteps: true }],
+  ],
 
   /* Maximum time one test can run for. */
   timeout: 60_000,