diff --git a/lib/functions/host/docker.sh b/lib/functions/host/docker.sh
index 5c412c95b4..f29c579bca 100644
--- a/lib/functions/host/docker.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/host/docker.sh
@@ -578,7 +578,8 @@ function docker_cli_launch() {
 		display_alert "-------------Docker run finished after ${SECONDS}s------------------------" "🐳 successfull" "info"
 	else
 		docker_build_result=$? # capture exit code of test done 4 lines above.
-		display_alert "-------------Docker run failed after ${SECONDS}s--------------------------" "🐳 failed" "err"
+		# No use polluting GHA/CI with notices about Docker failure (real failure, inside Docker, generated enough errors already) skip_ci_special="yes"
+		skip_ci_special="yes" display_alert "-------------Docker run failed after ${SECONDS}s--------------------------" "🐳 failed" "err"
 	fi
 
 	# Find and show the path to the log file for the ARMBIAN_BUILD_UUID.
diff --git a/lib/functions/logging/display-alert.sh b/lib/functions/logging/display-alert.sh
index 8b4b91f437..c89dd2081f 100644
--- a/lib/functions/logging/display-alert.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/logging/display-alert.sh
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ function display_alert() {
 	echo -e "${normal_color}${left_marker:-}${padding:-}${level_indicator}${padding}${normal_color}${right_marker:-}${timing_info}${pids_info}${bashopts_info} ${normal_color}${message}${extra}${normal_color}" >&2
 
 	# Now write to CI, if we're running on it. Remove ANSI escapes which confuse GitHub Actions.
-	if [[ "${CI}" == "true" ]] && [[ "${ci_log}" != "" ]]; then
+	if [[ "${CI}" == "true" ]] && [[ "${ci_log}" != "" ]] && [[ "${skip_ci_special:-"no"}" != "yes" ]]; then
 		echo -e "::${ci_log} ::" "${1} ${2}" | sed 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m//g' >&2
 	fi
 
diff --git a/lib/functions/logging/traps.sh b/lib/functions/logging/traps.sh
index bf4f4cbe9e..e658330792 100644
--- a/lib/functions/logging/traps.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/logging/traps.sh
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ function run_cleanup_handlers() {
 		return 0 # No handlers set, just return.
 	else
 		if [[ ${cleanup_exit_code:-0} -gt 0 ]]; then
-			display_alert "Cleaning up" "please wait for cleanups to finish" "error"
+			# No use polluting GHA/CI with notices about cleanup, if we're already failing. skip_ci_special="yes"
+			skip_ci_special="yes" display_alert "Cleaning up" "please wait for cleanups to finish" "error"
 		else
 			display_alert "Cleaning up" "please wait for cleanups to finish" "info"
 		fi