diff --git a/services/actions/notifier_helper.go b/services/actions/notifier_helper.go
index cb27914ae0..1b0bd67f12 100644
--- a/services/actions/notifier_helper.go
+++ b/services/actions/notifier_helper.go
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ func notify(ctx context.Context, input *notifyInput) error {
 	return handleWorkflows(ctx, detectedWorkflows, commit, input, ref.String())
 }
 
-func getGitRepoAndCommit(_ context.Context, input *notifyInput) (*git.Repository, *git.Commit, git.RefName, error) {
-	gitRepo, err := gitrepo.OpenRepository(context.Background(), input.Repo)
+func getGitRepoAndCommit(ctx context.Context, input *notifyInput) (*git.Repository, *git.Commit, git.RefName, error) {
+	gitRepo, err := gitrepo.OpenRepository(ctx, input.Repo)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, "", fmt.Errorf("git.OpenRepository: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ func DetectAndHandleSchedules(ctx context.Context, repo *repo_model.Repository)
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	gitRepo, err := gitrepo.OpenRepository(context.Background(), repo)
+	gitRepo, err := gitrepo.OpenRepository(ctx, repo)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("git.OpenRepository: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.go b/tests/test_utils.go
index 6432dfc271..0fc9329b77 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.go
+++ b/tests/test_utils.go
@@ -263,6 +263,11 @@ func cancelProcesses(t testing.TB, delay time.Duration) {
 			for _, p := range processes {
 				t.Logf("PrepareTestEnv:Remaining Process: %q", p.Description)
 			}
+			stacks := allGoroutineStacks()
+			t.Errorf("All goroutine stacks during process cancellation failure:\n%s", string(stacks))
+			// exit so that we don't spin in a loop executing `delay` wait over and over again when we won't be able to
+			// complete tests correctly due to the environmental issue present.
+			exitf("terminating test run due to unrecoverable failure")
 			return
 		}
 		runtime.Gosched() // let the context cancellation propagate
@@ -271,6 +276,18 @@ func cancelProcesses(t testing.TB, delay time.Duration) {
 	t.Logf("PrepareTestEnv: all processes cancelled within %s", time.Since(start))
 }
 
+// allGoroutineStacks is the same as runtime/debug.Stack(), but it captures the stack of all goroutines.
+func allGoroutineStacks() []byte {
+	buf := make([]byte, 1024)
+	for {
+		n := runtime.Stack(buf, true)
+		if n < len(buf) {
+			return buf[:n]
+		}
+		buf = make([]byte, 2*len(buf))
+	}
+}
+
 func PrepareGitRepoDirectory(t testing.TB) {
 	setting.RepoRootPath = t.TempDir()
 	require.NoError(t, unittest.CopyDir(preparedDir, setting.RepoRootPath))