diff --git a/src/ui-test/tests/camel.settings.test.ts b/src/ui-test/tests/camel.settings.test.ts
index e7f67c85..2269a46a 100644
--- a/src/ui-test/tests/camel.settings.test.ts
+++ b/src/ui-test/tests/camel.settings.test.ts
@@ -151,7 +151,10 @@ describe('Camel User Settings', function () {
 
             await executeCommand(CAMEL_RUN_ACTION_QUICKPICKS_LABEL);
             await waitUntilTerminalHasText(driver, [defaultExtraLaunchParameterSetting, newParameter, `Tracing is enabled on CamelContext`], 15000, 180000);
-
+            
+            // cleaning for next test
+            await killTerminal();
+            await new BottomBarPanel().toggle(false);
         });
 
         it('Should remove parameter', async function () {
@@ -162,7 +165,7 @@ describe('Camel User Settings', function () {
             await waitUntilItemNotExists(newParameter, arraySetting);
 
             const values = await arraySetting.getValues();
-            expect(values.length).is.lessThan(3);
+            expect(values.length, `Current parameters are ${values}, we are expecting them to not contain ${newParameter}`).is.lessThan(3);
             expect(values).not.includes(newParameter);
             await cleanEnvironment();
         });
diff --git a/src/ui-test/tests/tasks.json.launch.test.ts b/src/ui-test/tests/tasks.json.launch.test.ts
index 73f2c21f..9936fb83 100644
--- a/src/ui-test/tests/tasks.json.launch.test.ts
+++ b/src/ui-test/tests/tasks.json.launch.test.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ describe('Launch configuration from tasks.json autocompletion', function () {
     async function setupEnvironment(resourceDir: string, vscodeDir: string, launch: boolean = false) {
         driver = VSBrowser.instance.driver;
         await VSBrowser.instance.openResources(resourceDir);
-        await (await new ActivityBar().getViewControl('Explorer'))?.openView();
+        try {
+            await (await new ActivityBar().getViewControl('Explorer'))?.openView();
+        } catch {
+            // workaround: retry in case of StaleElementReferenceError
+            await (await new ActivityBar().getViewControl('Explorer'))?.openView();
+        }
 
         await deleteResource(vscodeDir);
         await createFolder(vscodeDir);
diff --git a/src/ui-test/utils.ts b/src/ui-test/utils.ts
index 23dca6f2..532d89d7 100644
--- a/src/ui-test/utils.ts
+++ b/src/ui-test/utils.ts
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ export async function waitUntilTerminalHasText(driver: WebDriver, textArray: str
     await driver.sleep(interval);
     await driver.wait(async function () {
         try {
-            const terminal = await activateTerminalView();
-            const terminalText = await terminal.getText();
+            const terminalText = await getTerminalText();
             for await (const text of textArray) {
                 if (!(terminalText.includes(text))) {
                     return false;
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ export async function waitUntilTerminalHasText(driver: WebDriver, textArray: str
         } catch (err) {
             return false;
         }
-    }, timeout, undefined, interval);
+    }, timeout, `Expecting texts in terminal ${textArray} were not found in ${await getTerminalText()}`, interval);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -633,3 +632,9 @@ export async function waitUntilNotificationShows(driver: WebDriver, notification
         }
     }, timeout, "Required notification not available", interval);
 }
+
+async function getTerminalText() : Promise<string> {
+    const terminal = await activateTerminalView();
+    return await terminal.getText();
+}
+