diff --git a/lib/tar.js b/lib/tar.js
index df72b1d70..5371349cd 100644
--- a/lib/tar.js
+++ b/lib/tar.js
@@ -135,22 +135,27 @@ async function extractTarZst(tar, dest, tarVersion, logger) {
         }
         args.push("-f", tar instanceof stream.Readable ? "-" : tar, "-C", dest);
         process.stdout.write(`[command]tar ${args.join(" ")}\n`);
-        const tarProcess = (0, child_process_1.spawn)("tar", args, { stdio: "pipe" });
-        let stdout = "";
-        tarProcess.stdout?.on("data", (data) => {
-            stdout += data.toString();
-            process.stdout.write(data);
-        });
-        let stderr = "";
-        tarProcess.stderr?.on("data", (data) => {
-            stderr += data.toString();
-            // Mimic the standard behavior of the toolrunner by writing stderr to stdout
-            process.stdout.write(data);
-        });
-        if (tar instanceof stream.Readable) {
-            tar.pipe(tarProcess.stdin);
-        }
         await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+            const tarProcess = (0, child_process_1.spawn)("tar", args, { stdio: "pipe" });
+            let stdout = "";
+            tarProcess.stdout?.on("data", (data) => {
+                stdout += data.toString();
+                process.stdout.write(data);
+            });
+            let stderr = "";
+            tarProcess.stderr?.on("data", (data) => {
+                stderr += data.toString();
+                // Mimic the standard behavior of the toolrunner by writing stderr to stdout
+                process.stdout.write(data);
+            });
+            tarProcess.on("error", (err) => {
+                reject(new Error(`Error while extracting tar: ${err}`));
+            });
+            if (tar instanceof stream.Readable) {
+                tar.pipe(tarProcess.stdin).on("error", (err) => {
+                    reject(new Error(`Error while piping tar stream: ${err}`));
+                });
+            }
             tarProcess.on("exit", (code) => {
                 if (code !== 0) {
                     reject(new actions_util_1.CommandInvocationError("tar", args, code ?? undefined, stdout, stderr));
diff --git a/lib/tar.js.map b/lib/tar.js.map
index 22700e56a..dbac28c61 100644
--- a/lib/tar.js.map
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diff --git a/lib/tools-download.js b/lib/tools-download.js
index 8b68daea9..de29ea8fe 100644
--- a/lib/tools-download.js
+++ b/lib/tools-download.js
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ function getToolcacheDirectory(version) {
 function writeToolcacheMarkerFile(extractedPath, logger) {
     const markerFilePath = `${extractedPath}.complete`;
     fs.writeFileSync(markerFilePath, "");
-    logger.debug(`Wrote marker file to ${markerFilePath}`);
+    logger.info(`Wrote toolcache marker file to ${markerFilePath}`);
 }
 function sanitizeUrlForStatusReport(url) {
     return ["github/codeql-action", "dsp-testing/codeql-cli-nightlies"].some((repo) => url.startsWith(`https://github.com/${repo}/releases/download/`))
diff --git a/lib/tools-download.js.map b/lib/tools-download.js.map
index 72649ddf1..002c0e37c 100644
--- a/lib/tools-download.js.map
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diff --git a/src/tar.ts b/src/tar.ts
index d250bbca4..5cebee0dc 100644
--- a/src/tar.ts
+++ b/src/tar.ts
@@ -153,25 +153,32 @@ export async function extractTarZst(
 
     process.stdout.write(`[command]tar ${args.join(" ")}\n`);
 
-    const tarProcess = spawn("tar", args, { stdio: "pipe" });
-    let stdout = "";
-    tarProcess.stdout?.on("data", (data: Buffer) => {
-      stdout += data.toString();
-      process.stdout.write(data);
-    });
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+      const tarProcess = spawn("tar", args, { stdio: "pipe" });
 
-    let stderr = "";
-    tarProcess.stderr?.on("data", (data: Buffer) => {
-      stderr += data.toString();
-      // Mimic the standard behavior of the toolrunner by writing stderr to stdout
-      process.stdout.write(data);
-    });
+      let stdout = "";
+      tarProcess.stdout?.on("data", (data: Buffer) => {
+        stdout += data.toString();
+        process.stdout.write(data);
+      });
 
-    if (tar instanceof stream.Readable) {
-      tar.pipe(tarProcess.stdin);
-    }
+      let stderr = "";
+      tarProcess.stderr?.on("data", (data: Buffer) => {
+        stderr += data.toString();
+        // Mimic the standard behavior of the toolrunner by writing stderr to stdout
+        process.stdout.write(data);
+      });
+
+      tarProcess.on("error", (err) => {
+        reject(new Error(`Error while extracting tar: ${err}`));
+      });
+
+      if (tar instanceof stream.Readable) {
+        tar.pipe(tarProcess.stdin).on("error", (err) => {
+          reject(new Error(`Error while piping tar stream: ${err}`));
+        });
+      }
 
-    await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
       tarProcess.on("exit", (code) => {
         if (code !== 0) {
           reject(
diff --git a/src/tools-download.ts b/src/tools-download.ts
index 9b4b96b1e..89fecd36e 100644
--- a/src/tools-download.ts
+++ b/src/tools-download.ts
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ export function writeToolcacheMarkerFile(
 ): void {
   const markerFilePath = `${extractedPath}.complete`;
   fs.writeFileSync(markerFilePath, "");
-  logger.debug(`Wrote marker file to ${markerFilePath}`);
+  logger.info(`Wrote toolcache marker file to ${markerFilePath}`);
 }
 
 function sanitizeUrlForStatusReport(url: string): string {