diff --git a/Stackage2/BuildConstraints.hs b/Stackage2/BuildConstraints.hs
index 4503e510..043b3c61 100644
--- a/Stackage2/BuildConstraints.hs
+++ b/Stackage2/BuildConstraints.hs
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ defaultBuildConstraints = do
         defaultGlobalFlags = asMap $ mapFromList $
             map (, True) (map FlagName $ setToList $ Old.flags oldSettings mempty) ++
             map (, False) (map FlagName $ setToList $ Old.disabledFlags oldSettings)
-        expectedFailures = Old.defaultExpectedFailures oldGhcVer False
+        expectedFailures = Old.defaultExpectedFailures oldGhcVer False ++
+                           newExpectedFailures
         skippedTests =
             old ++ extraSkippedTests
           where
@@ -182,3 +183,8 @@ skippedBenchs = setFromList $ words =<<
     [ "machines criterion-plus graphviz lifted-base pandoc stm-containers uuid"
     , "cases hasql-postgres" -- pulls in criterion-plus, which has restrictive upper bounds
     ]
+
+newExpectedFailures :: Set PackageName
+newExpectedFailures = setFromList $ map PackageName $ words =<<
+    [ "cautious-file" -- weird problems with cabal test
+    ]
diff --git a/Stackage2/PerformBuild.hs b/Stackage2/PerformBuild.hs
index ca170564..a83282d5 100644
--- a/Stackage2/PerformBuild.hs
+++ b/Stackage2/PerformBuild.hs
@@ -203,10 +203,6 @@ singleBuild pb@PerformBuild {..} SingleBuild {..} =
                 . withTSem sbSem
         wfd libComps buildLibrary
 
-        -- Even if the tests later fail, we can allow other libraries to build
-        -- on top of our successful results
-        atomically $ putTMVar (piResult sbPackageInfo) True
-
         wfd testComps runTests
 
     name = display $ piName sbPackageInfo
@@ -232,10 +228,13 @@ singleBuild pb@PerformBuild {..} SingleBuild {..} =
 
     log' t = do
         i <- readTVarIO sbActive
+        errs <- readTVarIO sbErrsVar
         pbLog $ encodeUtf8 $ concat
             [ t
-            , " (active: "
+            , " (pending: "
             , tshow i
+            , ", failures: "
+            , tshow $ length errs
             , ")\n"
             ]
     libOut = pbLogDir </> fpFromText namever </> "build.out"
@@ -285,7 +284,11 @@ singleBuild pb@PerformBuild {..} SingleBuild {..} =
         withMVar sbRegisterMutex $ const $
             run "cabal" ["register"]
 
-        when (pcHaddocks /= Don'tBuild) $ do
+        -- Even if the tests later fail, we can allow other libraries to build
+        -- on top of our successful results
+        atomically $ putTMVar (piResult sbPackageInfo) True
+
+        when (pcHaddocks /= Don'tBuild && hasLibrary (ppDesc $ piPlan sbPackageInfo)) $ do
             log' $ "Haddocks " ++ namever
             hfs <- readTVarIO sbHaddockFiles
             let hfsOpts = flip map (mapToList hfs) $ \(pkgVer, hf) -> concat
@@ -359,6 +362,12 @@ singleBuild pb@PerformBuild {..} SingleBuild {..} =
                 Just bf -> bf
                 Nothing -> BuildFailureException exc
 
+hasLibrary :: SimpleDesc -> Bool
+hasLibrary sd =
+    any go (sdPackages sd) || any go (sdTools sd)
+  where
+    go = (CompLibrary `member`) . diComponents
+
 renameOrCopy :: FilePath -> FilePath -> IO ()
 renameOrCopy src dest = rename src dest `catchIO` \_ -> copyDir src dest