diff --git a/includes/default-variables.yml b/includes/default-variables.yml
index 13e8811ba36b2958b46f0ff4858987f341afe314..6fedaa93d294205909a9eb1b03a87903c8d95b89 100644
--- a/includes/default-variables.yml
+++ b/includes/default-variables.yml
@@ -28,3 +28,11 @@ variables:
   # workaround for job failures due to forge being slow to respond when uploading artifacts
   GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT: "0"
   GIT_HTTP_LOW_SPEED_TIME: "60"
+  # set to DEBUG for more expressive logs
+  IVAS_CI_PYTHON_LOG_LEVEL: "INFO"
+  # default names for make build log files
+  MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT: "make-build-log"
+  MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_FLOAT_REF: "make-build-log-float-ref"
+  MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_FLOAT_REF_MERGE_SOURCE: "make-build-log-float-ref-merge-source"
+  MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_MERGE_TARGET: "make-build-log-merge-target"
+  MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DUT: "make-build-log-dut"
diff --git a/main-basop.yml b/main-basop.yml
index 68696efc39bdd91a7cb0e7a51770df9cb0bdbb46..38a7c899303e8cd99640d40dca0f90860f7bd96a 100644
--- a/main-basop.yml
+++ b/main-basop.yml
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ workflow:
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/basop/build-binaries.sh float-ref-merge-source
 
     - exit_code_target=0
-    - python3 -m pytest $TEST_SUITE -v --update_ref 1 --create_ref -n auto --ref_encoder_path $MERGE_TARGET_ENCODER_PATH --ref_decoder_path $MERGE_TARGET_DECODER_PATH > $PYTEST_LOG_TARGET_BRANCH || exit_code_target=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest $TEST_SUITE --update_ref 1 --create_ref -n auto --ref_encoder_path $MERGE_TARGET_ENCODER_PATH --ref_decoder_path $MERGE_TARGET_DECODER_PATH > $PYTEST_LOG_TARGET_BRANCH || exit_code_target=$?
 
     - exit_code=0
     - rm -rf .pytest_cache || true
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ workflow:
 
     ### ----- run pytest for branch (dut) first -----
     # create float reference outputs with corresponding branch
-    - python3 -m pytest $TEST_SUITE -v --update_ref 1 $enc_stats_arg $enc_dmx_arg --create_ref -n auto --ref_encoder_path $MERGE_SOURCE_FLOAT_REF_ENCODER_PATH --ref_decoder_path $MERGE_SOURCE_FLOAT_REF_DECODER_PATH || exit_code=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest $TEST_SUITE --update_ref 1 $enc_stats_arg $enc_dmx_arg --create_ref -n auto --ref_encoder_path $MERGE_SOURCE_FLOAT_REF_ENCODER_PATH --ref_decoder_path $MERGE_SOURCE_FLOAT_REF_DECODER_PATH || exit_code=$?
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/basop/overwrite-pytest-cache-with-artifact.sh
     # create dut outputs
     - python3 -m pytest --tb=no -q $TEST_SUITE --keep_files --create_cut --html=$HTML_REPORT_BRANCH --self-contained-html --junit-xml=$XML_REPORT_BRANCH $comp_args --dut_encoder_path $DUT_ENCODER_PATH --dut_decoder_path $DUT_DECODER_PATH -n auto --testcase_timeout $testcase_timeout || true
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ workflow:
 
     ### ----- run pytest for merge target now -----
     # create float reference outputs with corresponding branch
-    - python3 -m pytest $TEST_SUITE -v --update_ref 1 $enc_stats_arg $enc_dmx_arg --create_ref -n auto --ref_encoder_path $REF_ENCODER_PATH --ref_decoder_path $REF_DECODER_PATH || exit_code=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest $TEST_SUITE --update_ref 1 $enc_stats_arg $enc_dmx_arg --create_ref -n auto --ref_encoder_path $REF_ENCODER_PATH --ref_decoder_path $REF_DECODER_PATH || exit_code=$?
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/basop/overwrite-pytest-cache-with-artifact.sh
     # create merge-target outputs
     - python3 -m pytest --tb=no -q $TEST_SUITE --keep_files --create_cut --html=$HTML_REPORT_MAIN --self-contained-html --junit-xml=$XML_REPORT_MAIN $comp_args --dut_encoder_path $MERGE_TARGET_ENCODER_PATH --dut_decoder_path $MERGE_TARGET_DECODER_PATH -n auto --testcase_timeout $testcase_timeout || true
@@ -742,8 +742,8 @@ workflow:
 
     ### run pytest
     - exit_code=0
-    - python3 -m pytest --tb=no $TEST_SUITE -v --create_cut --html=report-ref.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-ref.xml $comp_args -n auto --testcase_timeout $testcase_timeout --dut_encoder_path $REF_ENCODER_PATH --dut_decoder_path $REF_DECODER_PATH  --compare_to_input || exit_code=$?
-    - python3 -m pytest --tb=no $TEST_SUITE -v --create_cut --html=report-dut.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-dut.xml $comp_args -n auto --testcase_timeout $testcase_timeout --dut_encoder_path $DUT_ENCODER_PATH --dut_decoder_path $DUT_DECODER_PATH --compare_to_input || exit_code=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest --tb=no $TEST_SUITE --create_cut --html=report-ref.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-ref.xml $comp_args -n auto --testcase_timeout $testcase_timeout --dut_encoder_path $REF_ENCODER_PATH --dut_decoder_path $REF_DECODER_PATH  --compare_to_input || exit_code=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest --tb=no $TEST_SUITE --create_cut --html=report-dut.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-dut.xml $comp_args -n auto --testcase_timeout $testcase_timeout --dut_encoder_path $DUT_ENCODER_PATH --dut_decoder_path $DUT_DECODER_PATH --compare_to_input || exit_code=$?
     - zero_errors_ref=$(cat report-junit-ref.xml | grep -c 'errors="0"') || true
     - zero_errors_dut=$(cat report-junit-dut.xml | grep -c 'errors="0"') || true
     - python3 scripts/parse_xml_report.py report-junit-ref.xml report-ref.csv
@@ -1143,6 +1143,7 @@ renderer-pytest-on-merge-request:
       - $REPORT_XML
       - $REPORT_HTML
       - $REPORT_CSV
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "pytest renderer results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -1194,7 +1195,7 @@ ivas-pytest-on-merge-request:
 
     ### prepare pytest
     # create references
-    - python3 -m pytest "$TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR"/"$PYTEST_SCRIPT" -v --update_ref 1
+    - python3 -m pytest "$TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR"/"$PYTEST_SCRIPT" --update_ref 1
 
     ### Run test using branch scripts and input
     - if [ $ref_using_target == 1 ]; then git checkout $source_branch_commit_sha; fi
@@ -1202,7 +1203,7 @@ ivas-pytest-on-merge-request:
     ### run pytest
     - exit_code=0
     - testcase_timeout=600
-    - python3 -m pytest "$TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR"/"$PYTEST_SCRIPT" -v --mld --ssnr --odg --html=$REPORT_HTML --self-contained-html --junit-xml=$REPORT_XML --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout || exit_code=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest "$TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR"/"$PYTEST_SCRIPT" --mld --ssnr --odg --html=$REPORT_HTML --self-contained-html --junit-xml=$REPORT_XML --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout || exit_code=$?
     - zero_errors=$(cat $REPORT_XML | grep -c 'errors="0"') || true
 
     - python3 scripts/parse_xml_report.py $REPORT_XML $REPORT_CSV
@@ -1220,6 +1221,7 @@ ivas-pytest-on-merge-request:
       - $REPORT_XML
       - $REPORT_HTML
       - $REPORT_CSV
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "pytest ivas results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -1293,6 +1295,7 @@ split-rendering-pytest-on-merge-request:
       - $REPORT_XML
       - $REPORT_HTML
       - $REPORT_CSV
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "pytest split rendering results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -1329,7 +1332,7 @@ split-rendering-pytest-on-merge-request:
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/basop/update-scripts-repo.sh
 
     - make clean
-    - make -j
+    - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     - python3 tests/create_short_testvectors.py --cut_len 1.0
     # TODO: run full test again once the custom binary files are supported
     - python3 -m pytest -k "not diff_from_rom and not test_binary_file" tests/hrtf_binary_loading --html=report.html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --self-contained-html
@@ -1337,6 +1340,7 @@ split-rendering-pytest-on-merge-request:
     paths:
       - report.html
       - report-junit.xml
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     when: always
     name: "$CI_JOB_NAME--$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ID--sha-$CI_COMMIT_SHA--hrtf-loading"
     expose_as: "logs-hrtf-loading"
@@ -1372,7 +1376,7 @@ split-rendering-pytest-on-merge-request:
     - exit_code2=0
     # set timeout for individual testcase runs to 60 seconds
     - testcase_timeout=60
-    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR -v --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --update_ref 1 --ref_encoder_path ./IVAS_cod --ref_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec_ref --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout || exit_code=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --update_ref 1 --ref_encoder_path ./IVAS_cod --ref_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec_ref --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout || exit_code=$?
     - zero_failures=$(cat report-junit.xml | grep -c 'failures="0"') || true
 
     - if [ $zero_failures != 1 ] && [ $non_interop_flag == 0 ]; then echo "Non-interop cases without non-interop flag encountered!"; exit $EXIT_CODE_FAIL; fi
@@ -1389,6 +1393,7 @@ split-rendering-pytest-on-merge-request:
     paths:
       - report-junit.xml
       - report.html
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "interop test results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -1404,7 +1409,7 @@ split-rendering-smoke-test:
   script:
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh
 
-    - make -j
+    - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     - testcase_timeout=10
     - python3 -m pytest -q -n auto -rA --tb=no --junit-xml=report-junit.xml tests/split_rendering/test_split_rendering.py --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout --html=report.html --self-contained-html
   artifacts:
@@ -1430,7 +1435,7 @@ rtpdump-test:
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/basop/update-scripts-repo.sh
 
-    - make -j
+    - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     - testcase_timeout=60
     - python3 -m pytest -q --tb=no -n auto -rA --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml tests/rtp/test_rtp.py --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout
   artifacts:
@@ -1440,6 +1445,7 @@ rtpdump-test:
     paths:
       - report-junit.xml
       - report.html
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "rtpdump pytest results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -1472,7 +1478,7 @@ renderer-smoke-test:
   script:
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/basop/update-scripts-repo.sh
-    - make -j IVAS_rend
+    - make -j IVAS_rend 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     - testcase_timeout=60
     - python3 -m pytest -q -n auto -rA --junit-xml=report-junit.xml tests/renderer_short/test_renderer.py --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout
   artifacts:
@@ -1496,8 +1502,8 @@ renderer-smoke-test:
   script:
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/basop/update-scripts-repo.sh
-    - cmake -B cmake-build -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCLANG=asan -DCOPY_EXECUTABLES_FROM_BUILD_DIR=true
-    - cmake --build cmake-build -- -j
+    - make clean
+    - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     - testcase_timeout=180
     - python3 -m pytest -q -n auto --tb=no --junit-xml=report-junit.xml tests/renderer_short/test_renderer.py --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout
 
@@ -1507,6 +1513,7 @@ renderer-smoke-test:
     when: always
     paths:
       - report-junit.xml
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "renderer asan pytest results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -1524,8 +1531,8 @@ renderer-smoke-test:
   script:
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/basop/update-scripts-repo.sh
-    - cmake -B cmake-build -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCLANG=msan -DCOPY_EXECUTABLES_FROM_BUILD_DIR=true
-    - cmake --build cmake-build -- -j
+    - make clean
+    - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     - testcase_timeout=180
     - python3 -m pytest -q -n auto --tb=no --junit-xml=report-junit.xml tests/renderer_short/test_renderer.py --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout
 
@@ -1535,6 +1542,7 @@ renderer-smoke-test:
     when: always
     paths:
       - report-junit.xml
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "renderer msan pytest results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -1554,7 +1562,7 @@ renderer-smoke-test:
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/basop/update-scripts-repo.sh
     - python3 scripts/basop_create_ignorelist_for_ubsan.py
-    - make -j CLANG=3 IGNORELIST=1
+    - make -j CLANG=3 IGNORELIST=1 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     - testcase_timeout=180
     - UBSAN_OPTIONS=suppressions=scripts/ubsan.supp,report_error_type=1,print_stacktrace=1,log_path=usan_log_catchall python3 -m pytest -q -n auto --tb=no --junit-xml=report-junit.xml tests/renderer_short/test_renderer.py --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout
     - grep_exit_code=0
@@ -1568,6 +1576,7 @@ renderer-smoke-test:
     when: always
     paths:
       - report-junit.xml
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "renderer usan pytest results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -1614,17 +1623,17 @@ renderer-smoke-test:
     - if [ $CLANG_NUM -eq 1 ]; then sanitizer_type="MemorySanitizer"; elif [ $CLANG_NUM -eq 2 ]; then sanitizer_type="AddressSanitizer"; elif [ $CLANG_NUM -eq 3 ]; then sanitizer_type="UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer"; else echo "Wrong CLANG_NUM $CLANG_NUM given!"; exit 1; fi
 
     - make clean
-    - make -j $make_args
+    - make -j $make_args 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
 
     # run encoder and decoder with 20ms renderer framesize first, use reference creation mode
-    - python3 -m pytest tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection $USE_LTV --param_file $SELF_TEST_PRM_FILE -v --update_ref 1 --html=report-20ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-20ms.xml --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout --ref_encoder_path ./IVAS_cod --ref_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec || exit_code20=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection $USE_LTV --param_file $SELF_TEST_PRM_FILE --update_ref 1 --html=report-20ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-20ms.xml --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout --ref_encoder_path ./IVAS_cod --ref_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec || exit_code20=$?
 
     # for 10ms and 5ms renderer framesize, we only need to run the decoder part as renderer framesize is a decoder-only option
     # set tolerance very high do ignore any BE differences due to the different renderer framesizes, those can appear due to the limiter being active
     # we are only interested in runtime errors from the sanitizers and ignore the diffs
     # TODO: was there for ivas-float-update, but not for main -> takes too long
-    # - python3 -m pytest tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection $USE_LTV --param_file $SELF_TEST_PRM_FILE -v --html=report-5ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-5ms.xml --dut_fr 5 --decoder_only --abs_tol 100000 || exit_code5=$?
-    # - python3 -m pytest tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection $USE_LTV --param_file $SELF_TEST_PRM_FILE -v --html=report-10ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-10ms.xml --dut_fr 10 --decoder_only --abs_tol 100000 || exit_code10=$?
+    # - python3 -m pytest tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection $USE_LTV --param_file $SELF_TEST_PRM_FILE --html=report-5ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-5ms.xml --dut_fr 5 --decoder_only --abs_tol 100000 || exit_code5=$?
+    # - python3 -m pytest tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection $USE_LTV --param_file $SELF_TEST_PRM_FILE --html=report-10ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-10ms.xml --dut_fr 10 --decoder_only --abs_tol 100000 || exit_code10=$?
 
     - if [ $exit_code20 -ne 0 ] || [ $exit_code10 -ne 0 ] || [ $exit_code5 -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
 
@@ -2046,7 +2055,7 @@ ivas-pytest-compare_ref-long-fx-fx-lev+10:
     -   make_args="$make_args IGNORELIST=1"
     - fi
     - make clean
-    - make -j $make_args
+    - make -j $make_args 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     - testcase_timeout_arg="--testcase_timeout $TESTCASE_TIMEOUT_LTV_SANITIZERS"
     # disable per-testcase timeout for msan to evaluate what is going on that it takes so long
     - if [[ $CLANG_NUM = 1 ]]; then
@@ -2054,7 +2063,7 @@ ivas-pytest-compare_ref-long-fx-fx-lev+10:
     - fi
 
     # NOTE: here we do not use the "DUT_..CODER_PATH" variables because we do not build via a script, but directly from the make file (which is done because of the "make_args" - no way to inject that into build-binaries.sh)
-    - python3 -m pytest $TEST_SUITE -v --tb=no --update_ref 1 --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml $testcase_timeout_arg --ref_encoder_path IVAS_cod --ref_decoder_path IVAS_dec
+    - python3 -m pytest $TEST_SUITE --tb=no --update_ref 1 --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml $testcase_timeout_arg --ref_encoder_path IVAS_cod --ref_decoder_path IVAS_dec
 
 ivas-pytest-msan:
   extends:
@@ -2083,6 +2092,7 @@ ivas-pytest-msan:
       - report-junit.xml
       - report.html
       - msan-errors.csv
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "Sanitizer selftest results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -2114,6 +2124,7 @@ ivas-pytest-asan:
       - report-junit.xml
       - report.html
       - asan-errors.csv
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "Sanitizer selftest results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -2145,6 +2156,7 @@ ivas-pytest-usan:
       - report-junit.xml
       - report.html
       - usan-errors.csv
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "Sanitizer selftest results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -2206,7 +2218,7 @@ test-long-self-test:
 
     ### build main (ref) binaries
     - make clean
-    - make -j
+    - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     - mv ./IVAS_cod ./IVAS_cod_ref
     - mv ./IVAS_dec ./IVAS_dec_ref
 
@@ -2216,18 +2228,17 @@ test-long-self-test:
 
     ### build branch binaries
     - make clean
-    - make -j
-
+    - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
 
     ### prepare pytest
 
     # create references
     - exit_code_ref=0
-    - python3 -m pytest tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection/test_param_file.py -v --update_ref 1 --param_file scripts/config/self_test_ltv.prm --use_ltv --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout || exit_code_ref=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection/test_param_file.py --update_ref 1 --param_file scripts/config/self_test_ltv.prm --use_ltv --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout || exit_code_ref=$?
 
     ### run pytest self-test using long test vectors
     - exit_code=0
-    - python3 -m pytest tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection/test_param_file.py -v --param_file scripts/config/self_test_ltv.prm --use_ltv --html=report-ltv.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-ltv.xml $comp_args --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout || exit_code=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection/test_param_file.py --param_file scripts/config/self_test_ltv.prm --use_ltv --html=report-ltv.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-ltv.xml $comp_args --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout || exit_code=$?
     - zero_errors=$(cat report-junit-ltv.xml | grep -c 'errors="0"') || true
 
     - if [ $zero_errors != 1 ]; then echo "Run errors encountered!"; exit $EXIT_CODE_FAIL; fi
@@ -2242,6 +2253,7 @@ test-long-self-test:
     paths:
       - report-junit-ltv.xml
       - report-ltv.html
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "test-long-self-test results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -2302,12 +2314,12 @@ coverage-test-on-main-scheduled:
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/basop/update-scripts-repo.sh
     # Build DuT binaries with GCOV
     - make clean >> /dev/null
-    - make GCOV=1 -j
+    - make GCOV=1 -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     - cp IVAS_rend IVAS_rend_ref # Copy to ensure instrumented renderer is run in ref creation call
 
     - testcase_timeout=$TESTCASE_TIMEOUT_LTV
     - exit_code=0
-    - python3 -m pytest --tb=no tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection tests/renderer_short --update_ref 1 -v --create_ref --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml -n auto --testcase_timeout $testcase_timeout --ref_encoder_path IVAS_cod --ref_decoder_path IVAS_dec || exit_code=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest --tb=no tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection tests/renderer_short --update_ref 1 --create_ref --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml -n auto --testcase_timeout $testcase_timeout --ref_encoder_path IVAS_cod --ref_decoder_path IVAS_dec || exit_code=$?
     - lcov -c -d obj -o coverage_enc_dec_rend.info # extract coverage
 
     # remove apps and lib_util files from coverage
@@ -2324,6 +2336,7 @@ coverage-test-on-main-scheduled:
       - coverage_enc_dec_rend.info
       - coverage_enc_dec_rend
       - report.html
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "Coverage result"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -2349,14 +2362,14 @@ be-2-evs-26444:
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/basop/update-scripts-repo.sh
     - sed -i".bak" "s/\(#define EVS_FLOAT\)/\/\/\1/" lib_com/options.h
-    - make -j  >> /dev/null
+    - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
 
     # copy over to never change the testvector dir
     - cp -r $EVS_BE_TEST_DIR_BASOP ./evs_be_test
     - mkdir -p ./evs_be_test/output/decoded ./evs_be_test/output/bitstreams
 
     - exit_code=0
-    - python3 -m pytest tests/test_26444.py -v --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml -n auto || exit_code=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest tests/test_26444.py --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml -n auto || exit_code=$?
     - if [ $exit_code -eq 1 ]; then echo "Differences encountered"; exit $EXIT_CODE_FAIL; fi
     - exit 0
     
@@ -2367,6 +2380,7 @@ be-2-evs-26444:
     paths:
       - report-junit.xml
       - report.html
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "EVS 26444 result"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -2411,13 +2425,13 @@ voip-be-on-merge-request:
   script:
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh
     - make clean
-    - make -j > build_log.txt
+    - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     - python3 -m pytest tests/test_be_for_jbm_neutral_dly_profile.py
   artifacts:
     when: always
     expire_in: "5 days"
     paths:
-      - build_log.txt
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
 
 check-be-between-renderer-framesizes:
   extends:
@@ -2432,16 +2446,16 @@ check-be-between-renderer-framesizes:
 
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/disable-limiter.sh
     - make clean
-    - make -j
+    - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
 
     - exit_code=0
     # NOTE: here we do not use the "DUT_..CODER_PATH" variables because we do not build via a script, but directly from the make file (which is done because of the "make_args" - no way to inject that into build-binaries.sh)
-    - python3 -m pytest tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection --tb=no -v --ref_encoder_path $REF_ENCODER_PATH --ref_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec --update_ref 1 --html=report-20ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-20ms.xml || exit_code=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection --tb=no --ref_encoder_path $REF_ENCODER_PATH --ref_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec --update_ref 1 --html=report-20ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-20ms.xml || exit_code=$?
 
     - exit_code5=0
     - exit_code10=0
-    - python3 -m pytest tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection --tb=no -v --ref_encoder_path $REF_ENCODER_PATH --ref_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec --html=report-5ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-5ms.xml --dut_fr 5 --decoder_only || exit_code5=$?
-    - python3 -m pytest tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection --tb=no -v --ref_encoder_path $REF_ENCODER_PATH --ref_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec --html=report-10ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-10ms.xml --dut_fr 10 --decoder_only || exit_code10=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection --tb=no --ref_encoder_path $REF_ENCODER_PATH --ref_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec --html=report-5ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-5ms.xml --dut_fr 5 --decoder_only || exit_code5=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection --tb=no --ref_encoder_path $REF_ENCODER_PATH --ref_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec --html=report-10ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-10ms.xml --dut_fr 10 --decoder_only || exit_code10=$?
 
     - zero_errors5=$(cat report-junit-5ms.xml | grep -c 'errors="0"') || true
     - zero_errors10=$(cat report-junit-10ms.xml | grep -c 'errors="0"') || true
@@ -2468,6 +2482,7 @@ check-be-between-renderer-framesizes:
       - report-10ms.html
       - report-junit-20ms.xml
       - report-20ms.html
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     reports:
       junit:
         - report-junit-5ms.xml
@@ -2680,7 +2695,7 @@ ivas-conformance-linux:
   script:
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/basop/update-scripts-repo.sh
-    - make -j # To be substituted with reference platform build
+    - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/ivas-conformance.sh
 
   artifacts:
@@ -2699,6 +2714,7 @@ ivas-conformance-linux:
       - Readme_IVAS_ISAR_post_rend.txt
       - $COVERAGE_OUTPUT_FILE
       - $COVERAGE_OUTPUT_DIR
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "Draft IVAS conformance -- Linux"
     reports:
       junit: report-junit.xml
diff --git a/main-float.yml b/main-float.yml
index 75d74fa0e6bda65fef8e36665cd64701d5fe6b31..34a5260473fb7ea9eb8ec659bda0d90b103ca9be 100644
--- a/main-float.yml
+++ b/main-float.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ variables:
   COVERAGE_OUTPUT_FILE_LTV: "coverage-ltv.info"
   COVERAGE_OUTPUT_FILE_CONFORMANCE: "coverage-conformance.info"
   COVERAGE_OUTPUT_FILE_MERGED: "coverage-merged.info"
+  MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_REFERENCE: "make-build-log-ref"
 
 # This sets when pipelines are created. Jobs have more specific rules to restrict them.
 workflow:
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ workflow:
   - mkdir build
   - cd build
   - cmake ..
-  - make -j
+  - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
   - mv IVAS_cod ../IVAS_cod_test
   - mv IVAS_dec ../IVAS_dec_test
   - mv IVAS_rend ../IVAS_rend_test
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ workflow:
   - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/disable-debugging-macro.sh
   - cd build
   - cmake ..
-  - make -j
+  - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_REFERENCE
   - mv IVAS_cod ../IVAS_cod_ref
   - mv IVAS_dec ../IVAS_dec_ref
   - mv IVAS_rend ../IVAS_rend_ref
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ workflow:
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/copy-ltv-files-to-testv-dir.sh
     - make clean
-    - make -j CLANG=$CLANG_NUM
+    - make -j CLANG=$CLANG_NUM 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     - testcase_timeout=$SELFTEST_SANITY_TIMEOUT
     - export UBSAN_OPTIONS=suppressions=scripts/ubsan.supp,report_error_type=1,print_stacktrace=1
 
@@ -178,12 +179,12 @@ workflow:
     - if [ $CLANG_NUM -eq 1 ]; then sanitizer_type="MemorySanitizer"; elif [ $CLANG_NUM -eq 2 ]; then sanitizer_type="AddressSanitizer"; elif [ $CLANG_NUM -eq 3 ]; then sanitizer_type="UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer"; else echo "Wrong CLANG_NUM $CLANG_NUM given!"; exit 1; fi
 
     # run encoder and decoder with 20ms renderer framesize first, use reference creation mode
-    - python3 -m pytest tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection $USE_LTV --param_file $SELF_TEST_PRM_FILE -v --update_ref 1 --html=report-20ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-20ms.xml --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout --ref_encoder_path ./IVAS_cod --ref_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec || exit_code20=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection $USE_LTV --param_file $SELF_TEST_PRM_FILE --update_ref 1 --html=report-20ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-20ms.xml --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout --ref_encoder_path ./IVAS_cod --ref_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec || exit_code20=$?
     # for 10ms and 5ms renderer framesize, we only need to run the decoder part as renderer framesize is a decoder-only option
     # set tolerance very high do ignore any BE differences due to the different renderer framesizes, those can appear due to the limiter being active
     # we are only interested in runtime errors from the sanitizers and ignore the diffs
-    - python3 -m pytest tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection $USE_LTV --param_file $SELF_TEST_PRM_FILE -v --html=report-5ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-5ms.xml --dut_fr 5 --decoder_only --abs_tol 100000 || exit_code5=$?
-    - python3 -m pytest tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection $USE_LTV --param_file $SELF_TEST_PRM_FILE -v --html=report-10ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-10ms.xml --dut_fr 10 --decoder_only --abs_tol 100000 || exit_code10=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection $USE_LTV --param_file $SELF_TEST_PRM_FILE --html=report-5ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-5ms.xml --dut_fr 5 --decoder_only --abs_tol 100000 || exit_code5=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest tests/codec_be_on_mr_nonselection $USE_LTV --param_file $SELF_TEST_PRM_FILE --html=report-10ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-10ms.xml --dut_fr 10 --decoder_only --abs_tol 100000 || exit_code10=$?
 
     - if [ $exit_code20 -ne 0 ] || [ $exit_code10 -ne 0 ] || [ $exit_code5 -ne 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
   after_script:
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ workflow:
       - errors-20ms.csv
       - errors-10ms.csv
       - errors-5ms.csv
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "Sanitizer selftest results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -470,18 +472,18 @@ pytest-compare-20ms-and-5ms-rendering:
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/disable-limiter.sh
     - make clean
-    - make -j
+    - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     ### prepare pytest
     - cp IVAS_cod IVAS_cod_ref
     - cp IVAS_dec IVAS_dec_ref
     # create references
-    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR -v --update_ref 1
+    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR --update_ref 1
     ### run pytest
     - exit_code=0
     - exit_code5=0
     - exit_code10=0
-    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR -v --html=report-5ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-5ms.xml --dut_fr 5 --decoder_only || exit_code5=$?
-    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR -v --html=report-10ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-10ms.xml --dut_fr 10 --decoder_only || exit_code10=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR --html=report-5ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-5ms.xml --dut_fr 5 --decoder_only || exit_code5=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR --html=report-10ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-10ms.xml --dut_fr 10 --decoder_only || exit_code10=$?
     - zero_errors5=$(cat report-junit-5ms.xml | grep -c 'errors="0"') || true
     - zero_errors10=$(cat report-junit-10ms.xml | grep -c 'errors="0"') || true
     - zero_errors=1
@@ -501,6 +503,7 @@ pytest-compare-20ms-and-5ms-rendering:
       - report-5ms.html
       - report-junit-10ms.xml
       - report-10ms.html
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     reports:
       junit:
         - report-junit-5ms.xml
@@ -514,9 +517,9 @@ renderer-smoke-test:
   needs: ["build-codec-linux-clang-make"]
   stage: test
   script:
-    - make -j IVAS_rend
+    - make -j IVAS_rend 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     - testcase_timeout=60
-    - python3 -m pytest -q -n auto -rA --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --html=report.html tests/renderer/test_renderer.py --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout
+    - python3 -m pytest -q -n auto -rA --log-level ERROR --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --html=report.html tests/renderer/test_renderer.py --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout
   artifacts:
     name: "mr-$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID--sha-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA--job-$CI_JOB_NAME--results"
     expire_in: 1 week
@@ -524,6 +527,7 @@ renderer-smoke-test:
     paths:
       - report-junit.xml
       - report.html
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "renderer make pytest results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -632,6 +636,8 @@ renderer-pytest-on-merge-request:
     paths:
       - report-junit.xml
       - report.html
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_REFERENCE
     expose_as: "pytest renderer results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -645,9 +651,9 @@ split-rendering-smoke-test:
   needs: ["build-codec-linux-clang-make"]
   stage: test
   script:
-    - make -j
+    - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     - testcase_timeout=10
-    - python3 -m pytest -q -n auto -rA --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --html=report.html tests/split_rendering/test_split_rendering.py --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout
+    - python3 -m pytest -q -n auto -rA --log-level ERROR --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --html=report.html tests/split_rendering/test_split_rendering.py --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout
   artifacts:
     name: "mr-$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID--sha-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA--job-$CI_JOB_NAME--results"
     expire_in: 1 week
@@ -655,6 +661,7 @@ split-rendering-smoke-test:
     paths:
       - report-junit.xml
       - report.html
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "split rendering make pytest results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -668,7 +675,7 @@ split-rendering-voip-be-to-binaural:
   needs: ["build-codec-linux-clang-make"]
   stage: test
   script:
-    - make -j
+    - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     - testcase_timeout=30
     - python3 -m pytest -q -n auto -rA --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --html=report.html tests/split_rendering/test_voip_be_splitrend_vs_binaural.py --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout
   artifacts:
@@ -678,6 +685,7 @@ split-rendering-voip-be-to-binaural:
     paths:
       - report-junit.xml
       - report.html
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "VoIP split rendering vs BINAURAL make pytest results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -691,7 +699,7 @@ rtpdump-test:
   needs: ["build-codec-linux-clang-make"]
   stage: test
   script:
-    - make -j
+    - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     - testcase_timeout=15
     - python3 -m pytest -q --tb=no -n auto -rA --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml tests/rtp/test_rtp.py --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout
   artifacts:
@@ -701,6 +709,7 @@ rtpdump-test:
     paths:
       - report-junit.xml
       - report.html
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "rtpdump pytest results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -746,7 +755,7 @@ split-rendering-pytest-on-merge-request:
     - echo "Building reference codec at commit $target_commit"
 
     # build reference binaries
-    - make -j
+    - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_REFERENCE
     - mv IVAS_cod IVAS_cod_ref
     - mv IVAS_dec IVAS_dec_ref
     - mv IVAS_rend IVAS_rend_ref
@@ -763,7 +772,7 @@ split-rendering-pytest-on-merge-request:
     - git restore lib_com/options.h # Revert changes back before checking out another branch to avoid conflicts
     - git checkout $source_branch_commit_sha
     - make clean
-    - make -j
+    - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
 
     ### Run test using scripts and input from main
     - if [ $ref_using_main == 1 ]; then git restore lib_com/options.h; fi # Revert changes back before checking out another branch to avoid conflicts
@@ -785,6 +794,8 @@ split-rendering-pytest-on-merge-request:
     paths:
       - report-junit.xml
       - report.html
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_REFERENCE
     expose_as: "pytest split rendering results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -821,7 +832,7 @@ ivas-pytest-on-merge-request:
 
     ### prepare pytest
     # create references
-    - python3 -m pytest "$TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR"/"$PYTEST_SCRIPT" -v --update_ref 1
+    - python3 -m pytest "$TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR"/"$PYTEST_SCRIPT" --update_ref 1
 
     ### Run test using branch scripts and input
     - if [ $ref_using_main == 1 ]; then git checkout $source_branch_commit_sha; fi
@@ -829,7 +840,7 @@ ivas-pytest-on-merge-request:
     ### run pytest
     - exit_code=0
     - testcase_timeout=60
-    - python3 -m pytest "$TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR"/"$PYTEST_SCRIPT" -v --mld --ssnr --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout || exit_code=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest "$TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR"/"$PYTEST_SCRIPT" --mld --ssnr --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout || exit_code=$?
     - zero_errors=$(cat report-junit.xml | grep -c 'errors="0"') || true
 
     - *merge-request-comparison-check
@@ -844,6 +855,8 @@ ivas-pytest-on-merge-request:
     paths:
       - report-junit.xml
       - report.html
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_REFERENCE
     expose_as: "pytest ivas results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -877,7 +890,7 @@ ivas-interop-on-merge-request:
     - exit_code2=0
     # set timeout for individual testcase runs to 60 seconds
     - testcase_timeout=60
-    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR -v --mld --ssnr --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --update_ref 1 --ref_encoder_path ./IVAS_cod --ref_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec_ref --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout || exit_code=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR --mld --ssnr --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --update_ref 1 --ref_encoder_path ./IVAS_cod --ref_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec_ref --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout || exit_code=$?
     - zero_failures=$(cat report-junit.xml | grep -c 'failures="0"') || true
 
     - if [ $zero_failures != 1 ] && [ $non_interop_flag == 0 ]; then echo "Non-interop cases without non-interop flag encountered!"; exit $EXIT_CODE_FAIL; fi
@@ -894,6 +907,8 @@ ivas-interop-on-merge-request:
     paths:
       - report-junit.xml
       - report.html
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_REFERENCE
     expose_as: "interop test results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -924,14 +939,14 @@ evs-pytest-on-merge-request:
     ### prepare pytest
     # create references
     - testcase_timeout=60
-    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR/test_param_file.py -v --update_ref 1 --param_file scripts/config/self_test_evs.prm --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout
+    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR/test_param_file.py --update_ref 1 --param_file scripts/config/self_test_evs.prm --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout
 
     ### Run test using branch scripts and input
     - if [ $ref_using_main == 1 ]; then git checkout $source_branch_commit_sha; fi
 
     ### run pytest for EVS cases
     - exit_code=0
-    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR/test_param_file.py -v --param_file scripts/config/self_test_evs.prm --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-evs.xml --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout || exit_code=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR/test_param_file.py --param_file scripts/config/self_test_evs.prm --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-evs.xml --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout || exit_code=$?
     - zero_errors=$(cat report-junit-evs.xml | grep -c 'errors="0"') || true
 
     - *merge-request-comparison-check
@@ -946,6 +961,8 @@ evs-pytest-on-merge-request:
     paths:
       - report-junit-evs.xml
       - report.html
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_REFERENCE
     expose_as: "pytest evs results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -961,8 +978,13 @@ voip-be-on-merge-request:
   script:
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh
     - make clean
-    - make -j
+    - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     - python3 -m pytest tests/test_be_for_jbm_neutral_dly_profile.py
+  artifacts:
+    when: always
+    expire_in: "5 days"
+    paths:
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
 
 clang-format-check:
   extends:
@@ -1035,13 +1057,14 @@ check-bitexactness-hrtf-rom-and-file:
   script:
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh
     - cmake .
-    - make -j
+    - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     - python3 tests/create_short_testvectors.py --cut_len 1.0
     - python3 -m pytest tests/hrtf_binary_loading --html=report.html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --self-contained-html
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - report.html
       - report-junit.xml
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     when: always
     name: "$CI_JOB_NAME--$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ID--sha-$CI_COMMIT_SHA--hrtf-loading"
     expose_as: "logs-hrtf-loading"
@@ -1057,13 +1080,14 @@ check-bitexactness-ext-and-transport-format:
   script:
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh
     - cmake .
-    - make -j
+    - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     - python3 tests/create_short_testvectors.py --cut_len 1.0
     - python3 -m pytest tests/test_be_for_ext_outputs.py --html=report.html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --self-contained-html
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - report.html
       - report-junit.xml
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     when: always
     name: "$CI_JOB_NAME--$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ID--sha-$CI_COMMIT_SHA--ext-sanity-check"
     expose_as: "logs-ext-sanity-check"
@@ -1182,14 +1206,14 @@ be-2-evs-windows:
 #     - mv IVAS_dec_test IVAS_dec
 #     # create references
 #     - testcase_timeout=60
-#     - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR -v --update_ref 1 --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout
+#     - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR --update_ref 1 --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout
 #
 #     ### re-checkout the latest commit here, if ref_using_main is set
 #     - if [ $ref_using_main -eq 1 ]; then git checkout $latest_commit;fi
 #
 #     ### run pytest
 #     - exit_code=0
-#     - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR -v --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout || exit_code=$?
+#     - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout || exit_code=$?
 #     - if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ] && [ $non_be_flag == 0 ]; then echo "pytest run had failures and non-BE flag not present"; exit $EXIT_CODE_FAIL; fi
 #     - zero_errors=$(cat report-junit.xml | grep -c 'errors="0"') || true
 #     - if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ] && [ $zero_errors == 1 ]; then echo "pytest run had failures, but no errors and non-BE flag present"; exit $EXIT_CODE_NON_BE; fi
@@ -1394,7 +1418,7 @@ ivas-conformance-linux:
 
     # Create GCOV execs for coverage analysis
     - make clean
-    - make GCOV=1 -j
+    - make GCOV=1 -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
 
     - cp IVAS_cod testvec/bin
     - cp IVAS_dec testvec/bin
@@ -1431,6 +1455,7 @@ ivas-conformance-linux:
       - Readme_IVAS_ISAR_post_rend.txt
       - $COVERAGE_OUTPUT_FILE
       - $COVERAGE_OUTPUT_DIR
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "Draft IVAS conformance -- Linux"
     reports:
       junit: report-junit.xml
@@ -1483,11 +1508,11 @@ test-long-self-test:
     # create references
     - exit_code_ref=0
     - testcase_timeout=300
-    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR --use_ltv -v --update_ref 1 --param_file scripts/config/self_test_ltv.prm --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout || exit_code_ref=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR --use_ltv --update_ref 1 --param_file scripts/config/self_test_ltv.prm --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout || exit_code_ref=$?
 
     ### run pytest self-test using long test vectors
     - exit_code=0
-    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR --use_ltv -v --mld --ssnr --param_file scripts/config/self_test_ltv.prm --html=report-ltv.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-ltv.xml --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout || exit_code=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR --use_ltv --mld --ssnr --param_file scripts/config/self_test_ltv.prm --html=report-ltv.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-ltv.xml --testcase_timeout=$testcase_timeout || exit_code=$?
     - zero_errors=$(cat report-junit-ltv.xml | grep -c 'errors="0"') || true
 
     - if [ $zero_errors != 1 ]; then echo "Run errors encountered!"; exit $EXIT_CODE_FAIL; fi
@@ -1519,9 +1544,9 @@ check-clipping:
   script:
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/enable-debugging-macro.sh
-    - make -j
+    - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     - tests/scale_pcm.py ./scripts/testv/ $SCALE_FACTOR # Default: 3.162 (+10 dB). Can be set in manual trigger.
-    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR -v --update_ref 1 --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --ref_encoder_path ./IVAS_cod --ref_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec
+    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR --update_ref 1 --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --ref_encoder_path ./IVAS_cod --ref_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec
     - python3 scripts/parse_xml_report.py report-junit.xml report.csv --clipping
   artifacts:
     name: "check-clipping--sha-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA--results"
@@ -1531,6 +1556,7 @@ check-clipping:
       - report-junit.xml
       - report.html
       - report.csv
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "check-clipping results"
     reports:
       junit:
@@ -1548,10 +1574,10 @@ test-branch-vs-input-passthrough:
       - 123
   script:
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh
-    - make -j
+    - make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
 
     - exit_code=0
-    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR -v --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --compare_to_input --mld --ssnr --odg || exit_code=$?
+    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR --html=report.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit.xml --compare_to_input --mld --ssnr --odg || exit_code=$?
     - zero_errors=$(cat report-junit.xml | grep -c 'errors="0"') || true
     - python3 scripts/parse_xml_report.py report-junit.xml report.csv
     - if [ $zero_errors != 1 ]; then echo "Run errors encountered!"; exit $EXIT_CODE_FAIL; fi
@@ -1566,6 +1592,7 @@ test-branch-vs-input-passthrough:
       - report-junit.xml
       - report.html
       - report.csv
+      - $MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT
     expose_as: "test-branch-vs-input-passthrough results"
     reports:
       junit:
diff --git a/snippets/basop/build-binaries.sh b/snippets/basop/build-binaries.sh
index 7a0f23ba81f55a1eebafe18311e06fd9ae73aeda..64ecc54e75f7bfc19095210ca0a354cf622d30fa 100755
--- a/snippets/basop/build-binaries.sh
+++ b/snippets/basop/build-binaries.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ float-ref)
   ivas_rend_filename="./$REF_RENDERER_PATH_FOR_BUILD_DO_NOT_MODIFY"
   isar_post_rend_filename="./$REF_POST_RENDERER_PATH_FOR_BUILD_DO_NOT_MODIFY"
   commit_file="$FLOAT_REF_COMMIT_FILE"
+  make_log_file="$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_FLOAT_REF"
   ;;
 float-ref-merge-source)
   ref_to_check_out="$MERGE_SOURCE_FLOAT_REF_COMMIT"
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ float-ref-merge-source)
   ivas_rend_filename="./$MERGE_SOURCE_FLOAT_REF_RENDERER_PATH_FOR_BUILD_DO_NOT_MODIFY"
   isar_post_rend_filename="./$MERGE_SOURCE_FLOAT_REF_POST_RENDERER_PATH_FOR_BUILD_DO_NOT_MODIFY"
   commit_file="$MERGE_SOURCE_FLOAT_REF_COMMIT_FILE"
+  make_log_file="$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_FLOAT_REF_MERGE_SOURCE"
   ;;
 merge-target)
   ref_to_check_out="$MERGE_TARGET_COMMIT"
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ merge-target)
   ivas_rend_filename="./$MERGE_TARGET_RENDERER_PATH_FOR_BUILD_DO_NOT_MODIFY"
   isar_post_rend_filename="./$MERGE_TARGET_POST_RENDERER_PATH_FOR_BUILD_DO_NOT_MODIFY"
   commit_file="$MERGE_TARGET_COMMIT_FILE"
+  make_log_file="$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_MERGE_TARGET"
   ;;
 dut)
   ref_to_check_out="$CI_COMMIT_SHA"
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ dut)
   ivas_rend_filename="./$DUT_RENDERER_PATH_FOR_BUILD_DO_NOT_MODIFY"
   isar_post_rend_filename="./$DUT_POST_RENDERER_PATH_FOR_BUILD_DO_NOT_MODIFY"
   commit_file="$CUT_COMMIT_FILE"
+  make_log_file="$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DUT"
   ;;
 *)
   echo "Error: invalid mode: $mode"
@@ -73,7 +77,7 @@ git checkout "$ref_to_check_out"
 bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/basop/activate-debug-mode-info-if-set.sh
 
 make clean
-make -j "$(nproc)"
+make -j "$(nproc)" 2>&1 >$make_log_file
 
 # avoid errors in mv when renaming to same file
 mv IVAS_cod "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/${ivas_cod_filename}"
diff --git a/snippets/copy-ltv-files-to-testv-dir.sh b/snippets/copy-ltv-files-to-testv-dir.sh
index 19ee80ae40a98babd0d8fe858773bfe5fe7bff38..f0e6bf8e025cfe59fdd3917f49648f8f4390c575 100755
--- a/snippets/copy-ltv-files-to-testv-dir.sh
+++ b/snippets/copy-ltv-files-to-testv-dir.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 
-set -euxo pipefail
-
 cd "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"
 
 cp "$LTV_DIR"/*.wav scripts/testv/
diff --git a/snippets/merge-request-comparison-setup-codec.sh b/snippets/merge-request-comparison-setup-codec.sh
index 622a4f5b589ae184b148acbc51b98c088863214b..ebec099379e03e718e4de8cc54cf2b6b39a7a9dc 100644
--- a/snippets/merge-request-comparison-setup-codec.sh
+++ b/snippets/merge-request-comparison-setup-codec.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 mv $MERGE_TARGET_ENCODER_PATH $REF_ENCODER_PATH
 mv $MERGE_TARGET_DECODER_PATH $REF_DECODER_PATH
 mv $MERGE_TARGET_RENDERER_PATH $REF_RENDERER_PATH
-# NOTE: temporary solution for merge to main
-if [ -f $MERGE_TARGET_POST_RENDERER_PATH ]; then mv $MERGE_TARGET_POST_RENDERER_PATH $REF_POST_RENDERER_PATH; fi
+mv $MERGE_TARGET_POST_RENDERER_PATH $REF_POST_RENDERER_PATH
 
 make clean
-make -j
+make -j 2>&1 >$MAKE_BUILD_LOG_FILE_DEFAULT