diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
index 30c3e1f8174..9bcdcf5ed8b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Test
     runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version: [3.7]
         subset: ['upload_datatype', 'extended_metadata', 'kubernetes', 'not (upload_datatype or extended_metadata or kubernetes)']
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/jobs/__init__.py b/lib/galaxy/jobs/__init__.py
index 3ab20ea94e6..6a50aa34d81 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/jobs/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/jobs/__init__.py
@@ -1310,8 +1310,6 @@ class JobWrapper(HasResourceParameters):
                 # Pause any dependent jobs (and those jobs' outputs)
                 for dep_job_assoc in dataset.dependent_jobs:
                     self.pause(dep_job_assoc.job, "Execution of this dataset's job is paused because its input datasets are in an error state.")
-                self.sa_session.add(dataset)
-                self.sa_session.flush()
             job.set_final_state(job.states.ERROR)
             job.command_line = unicodify(self.command_line)
             job.info = message
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/model/metadata.py b/lib/galaxy/model/metadata.py
index b570f05af54..a3f40dd11be 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/model/metadata.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/model/metadata.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class MetadataCollection(Mapping):
         try:
             return self.__getattr__(key)
         except Exception:
-            return KeyError
+            raise KeyError
 
     def __len__(self):
         return len(self.spec)
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ class MetadataCollection(Mapping):
             return self.spec[name].wrap(self.spec[name].default, object_session(self.parent))
         if name in self.parent._metadata:
             return self.parent._metadata[name]
+        raise AttributeError
 
     def __setattr__(self, name, value):
         if name == "parent":
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/util/__init__.py b/lib/galaxy/util/__init__.py
index daebd29d3e7..10d6fac8c0b 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/util/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/util/__init__.py
@@ -1041,8 +1041,9 @@ def unicodify(value, encoding=DEFAULT_ENCODING, error='replace', strip_null=Fals
         if not isinstance(value, str):
             value = str(value, encoding, error)
     except Exception as e:
-        msg = "Value '{}' could not be coerced to Unicode: {}('{}')".format(value, type(e).__name__, e)
-        raise Exception(msg)
+        msg = "Value '{}' could not be coerced to Unicode: {}('{}')".format(repr(value), type(e).__name__, e)
+        log.exception(msg)
+        raise
     if strip_null:
         return value.replace('\0', '')
     return value
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/util/object_wrapper.py b/lib/galaxy/util/object_wrapper.py
index 341e10f9426..ada091e9bef 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/util/object_wrapper.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/util/object_wrapper.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def wrap_with_safe_string(value, no_wrap_classes=None):
         if value_mod:
             wrapped_class_name = f"{value_mod.__name__}.{wrapped_class_name}"
         wrapped_class_name = "SafeStringWrapper({}:{})".format(wrapped_class_name, ",".join(sorted(map(str, no_wrap_classes))))
-        do_wrap_func_name = "__do_wrap_%s" % (wrapped_class_name)
+        do_wrap_func_name = f"__do_wrap_{wrapped_class_name}"
         do_wrap_func = __do_wrap
         global_dict = globals()
         if wrapped_class_name in global_dict:
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def wrap_with_safe_string(value, no_wrap_classes=None):
                 wrapped_class = type(wrapped_class_name, (safe_class, wrapped_class, ), {})
             except TypeError as e:
                 # Fail-safe for when a class cannot be dynamically subclassed.
-                log.warning("Unable to create dynamic subclass for %s, %s: %s", type(value), value, e)
+                log.warning(f"Unable to create dynamic subclass {wrapped_class_name} for {type(value)}, {value}: {e}")
                 wrapped_class = type(wrapped_class_name, (safe_class, ), {})
             if wrapped_class not in (SafeStringWrapper, CallableSafeStringWrapper):
                 # Save this wrapper for reuse and pickling/copying