diff --git a/test/runner/lib/classification.py b/test/runner/lib/classification.py
index f28b653514..381a5a62a6 100644
--- a/test/runner/lib/classification.py
+++ b/test/runner/lib/classification.py
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class PathMapper(object):
             return minimal
 
         if path.startswith('lib/ansible/module_utils/'):
-            if ext == '.ps1':
+            if ext in ('.ps1', '.psm1'):
                 return {
                     'windows-integration': self.integration_all_target,
                 }
diff --git a/test/runner/lib/core_ci.py b/test/runner/lib/core_ci.py
index 826c332b75..d154254e72 100644
--- a/test/runner/lib/core_ci.py
+++ b/test/runner/lib/core_ci.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class AnsibleCoreCI(object):
 
         raise self._create_http_error(response)
 
-    def get(self, tries=2, sleep=10, always_raise_on=None):
+    def get(self, tries=3, sleep=15, always_raise_on=None):
         """
         Get instance connection information.
         :type tries: int
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ class AnsibleCoreCI(object):
             'Content-Type': 'application/json',
         }
 
-        tries = 2
-        sleep = 10
+        tries = 3
+        sleep = 15
 
         while True:
             tries -= 1
diff --git a/test/runner/lib/http.py b/test/runner/lib/http.py
index 1f2c377536..9ce433127d 100644
--- a/test/runner/lib/http.py
+++ b/test/runner/lib/http.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class HttpClient(object):
         stdout, _ = run_command(self.args, cmd, capture=True, always=self.always, cmd_verbosity=2)
 
         if self.args.explain and not self.always:
-            return HttpResponse(200, '')
+            return HttpResponse(method, url, 200, '')
 
         header, body = stdout.split('\r\n\r\n', 1)
 
@@ -95,16 +95,20 @@ class HttpClient(object):
         http_response = first_line.split(' ')
         status_code = int(http_response[1])
 
-        return HttpResponse(status_code, body)
+        return HttpResponse(method, url, status_code, body)
 
 
 class HttpResponse(object):
     """HTTP response from curl."""
-    def __init__(self, status_code, response):
+    def __init__(self, method, url, status_code, response):
         """
+        :type method: str
+        :type url: str
         :type status_code: int
         :type response: str
         """
+        self.method = method
+        self.url = url
         self.status_code = status_code
         self.response = response
 
@@ -115,7 +119,7 @@ class HttpResponse(object):
         try:
             return json.loads(self.response)
         except ValueError:
-            raise HttpError(self.status_code, 'Cannot parse response as JSON:\n%s' % self.response)
+            raise HttpError(self.status_code, 'Cannot parse response to %s %s as JSON:\n%s' % (self.method, self.url, self.response))
 
 
 class HttpError(ApplicationError):
diff --git a/test/runner/lib/manage_ci.py b/test/runner/lib/manage_ci.py
index d1063e4029..b3bb0409d3 100644
--- a/test/runner/lib/manage_ci.py
+++ b/test/runner/lib/manage_ci.py
@@ -110,7 +110,18 @@ class ManagePosixCI(object):
         :type core_ci: AnsibleCoreCI
         """
         self.core_ci = core_ci
-        self.ssh_args = ['-o', 'BatchMode=yes', '-o', 'StrictHostKeyChecking=no', '-i', self.core_ci.ssh_key.key]
+        self.ssh_args = ['-i', self.core_ci.ssh_key.key]
+
+        ssh_options = dict(
+            BatchMode='yes',
+            StrictHostKeyChecking='no',
+            UserKnownHostsFile='/dev/null',
+            ServerAliveInterval=15,
+            ServerAliveCountMax=4,
+        )
+
+        for ssh_option in sorted(ssh_options):
+            self.ssh_args += ['-o', '%s=%s' % (ssh_option, ssh_options[ssh_option])]
 
         if self.core_ci.platform == 'freebsd':
             self.become = ['su', '-l', 'root', '-c']