diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b419a84e2cc660..58e2ca43e475e8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -69,10 +69,11 @@ test:linux:
         CC: gcc
   artifacts:
     paths:
+      - build/meson-logs
       - t/failed-test-artifacts
     reports:
       junit: build/meson-logs/testlog.junit.xml
-    when: on_failure
+    when: always
 
 test:osx:
   image: $image
@@ -111,10 +112,11 @@ test:osx:
         CC: clang
   artifacts:
     paths:
+      - build/meson-logs
       - t/failed-test-artifacts
     reports:
       junit: build/meson-logs/testlog.junit.xml
-    when: on_failure
+    when: always
 
 .windows_before_script: &windows_before_script
   # Disabling realtime monitoring fails on some of the runners, but it
@@ -183,11 +185,14 @@ test:msvc-meson:
     - job: "build:msvc-meson"
       artifacts: true
   script:
-    - meson test -C build --no-rebuild --print-errorlogs --slice $Env:CI_NODE_INDEX/$Env:CI_NODE_TOTAL
+    - meson test -C build --test-args=-x --no-rebuild --print-errorlogs --slice $Env:CI_NODE_INDEX/$Env:CI_NODE_TOTAL
   parallel: 10
   artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - build/meson-logs
     reports:
       junit: build/meson-logs/testlog.junit.xml
+    when: always
 
 test:fuzz-smoke-tests:
   image: ubuntu:latest
diff --git a/builtin/last-modified.c b/builtin/last-modified.c
index c80f0535f6a503..d0944673f080f7 100644
--- a/builtin/last-modified.c
+++ b/builtin/last-modified.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static void add_path_from_diff(struct diff_queue_struct *q,
 
 static int populate_paths_from_revs(struct last_modified *lm)
 {
-	int num_interesting = 0;
+	int num_interesting = 0, ret = 0;
 	struct diff_options diffopt;
 
 	/*
@@ -145,16 +145,25 @@ static int populate_paths_from_revs(struct last_modified *lm)
 		if (obj->item->flags & UNINTERESTING)
 			continue;
 
-		if (num_interesting++)
-			return error(_("last-modified can only operate on one tree at a time"));
+		if (num_interesting++) {
+			ret = error(_("last-modified can only operate on one commit at a time"));
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		if (!repo_peel_to_type(lm->rev.repo, obj->path, 0, obj->item, OBJ_COMMIT)) {
+			ret = error(_("revision argument '%s' is a %s, not a commit-ish"), obj->name, type_name(obj->item->type));
+			goto out;
+		}
 
 		diff_tree_oid(lm->rev.repo->hash_algo->empty_tree,
 			      &obj->item->oid, "", &diffopt);
 		diff_flush(&diffopt);
 	}
+
+out:
 	clear_pathspec(&diffopt.pathspec);
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void last_modified_emit(struct last_modified *lm,
@@ -491,7 +500,7 @@ static int last_modified_init(struct last_modified *lm, struct repository *r,
 	lm->rev.bloom_filter_settings = get_bloom_filter_settings(lm->rev.repo);
 
 	if (populate_paths_from_revs(lm) < 0)
-		return error(_("unable to setup last-modified"));
+		return -1;
 
 	CALLOC_ARRAY(lm->all_paths, hashmap_get_size(&lm->paths));
 	lm->all_paths_nr = 0;
diff --git a/ci/lib.sh b/ci/lib.sh
index 3ecbf147db4fc1..9f796af319c925 100755
--- a/ci/lib.sh
+++ b/ci/lib.sh
@@ -282,7 +282,15 @@ fi
 MAKEFLAGS="$MAKEFLAGS --jobs=$JOBS"
 GIT_PROVE_OPTS="--timer --jobs $JOBS"
 
-GIT_TEST_OPTS="$GIT_TEST_OPTS --verbose-log -x"
+GIT_TEST_OPTS="$GIT_TEST_OPTS -x"
+
+case "$jobname" in
+*-meson)
+	;;
+*)
+	GIT_TEST_OPTS="$GIT_TEST_OPTS --verbose-log";;
+esac
+
 case "$CI_OS_NAME" in
 windows|windows_nt)
 	GIT_TEST_OPTS="$GIT_TEST_OPTS --no-chain-lint --no-bin-wrappers"
diff --git a/ci/run-test-slice-meson.sh b/ci/run-test-slice-meson.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 961c94fba0b2ee..00000000000000
--- a/ci/run-test-slice-meson.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# We must load the build options so we know where to find
-# things like TEST_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY. This has to come before
-# loading lib.sh, though, because it may clobber some CI lib
-# variables like our custom GIT_TEST_OPTS.
-. "$1"/GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS
-. ${0%/*}/lib.sh
-
-group "Run tests" \
-	meson test -C "$1" --no-rebuild --print-errorlogs \
-		--test-args="$GIT_TEST_OPTS" --slice "$((1+$2))/$3" ||
-handle_failed_tests
diff --git a/t/t8020-last-modified.sh b/t/t8020-last-modified.sh
index 50f4312f715f41..b8cedd1118ffbe 100755
--- a/t/t8020-last-modified.sh
+++ b/t/t8020-last-modified.sh
@@ -8,14 +8,11 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
 	test_commit 1 file &&
 	mkdir a &&
 	test_commit 2 a/file &&
+	git tag -mA t2 2 &&
 	mkdir a/b &&
 	test_commit 3 a/b/file
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'cannot run last-modified on two trees' '
-	test_must_fail git last-modified HEAD HEAD~1
-'
-
 check_last_modified() {
 	local indir= &&
 	while test $# != 0
@@ -55,6 +52,13 @@ test_expect_success 'last-modified recursive' '
 	EOF
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'last-modified on annotated tag' '
+	check_last_modified t2 <<-\EOF
+	2 a
+	1 file
+	EOF
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'last-modified recursive with show-trees' '
 	check_last_modified -r -t <<-\EOF
 	3 a/b
@@ -230,9 +234,19 @@ test_expect_success 'last-modified merge undoes changes' '
 	EOF
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'cannot run last-modified on two commits' '
+	test_must_fail git last-modified HEAD HEAD~1 2>err &&
+	test_grep "last-modified can only operate on one commit at a time" err
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'last-modified complains about unknown arguments' '
 	test_must_fail git last-modified --foo 2>err &&
-	grep "unknown last-modified argument: --foo" err
+	test_grep "unknown last-modified argument: --foo" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'last-modified expects commit-ish' '
+	test_must_fail git last-modified HEAD^{tree} 2>err &&
+	test_grep "revision argument ${SQ}HEAD^{tree}${SQ} is a tree, not a commit-ish" err
 '
 
 test_done