diff --git a/frontend_tests/puppeteer_lib/common.ts b/frontend_tests/puppeteer_lib/common.ts
index 7536240ce0..fb1e9477c4 100644
--- a/frontend_tests/puppeteer_lib/common.ts
+++ b/frontend_tests/puppeteer_lib/common.ts
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ class CommonUtils {
         );
     }
 
-    async run_test(test_function: (page: Page) => Promise<void>): Promise<void> {
+    async run_test_async(test_function: (page: Page) => Promise<void>): Promise<void> {
         // Pass a page instance to test so we can take
         // a screenshot of it when the test fails.
         const browser = await this.ensure_browser();
@@ -602,6 +602,13 @@ class CommonUtils {
             await browser.close();
         }
     }
+
+    run_test(test_function: (page: Page) => Promise<void>): void {
+        this.run_test_async(test_function).catch((error) => {
+            console.error(error);
+            process.exit(1);
+        });
+    }
 }
 
 export default new CommonUtils();
diff --git a/frontend_tests/puppeteer_tests/subscriptions.ts b/frontend_tests/puppeteer_tests/subscriptions.ts
index 14888e25a4..f983670710 100644
--- a/frontend_tests/puppeteer_tests/subscriptions.ts
+++ b/frontend_tests/puppeteer_tests/subscriptions.ts
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@ async function test_subscription_button_verona_stream(page: Page): Promise<void>
     // We assume Verona is already subscribed, so the first line here
     // should happen immediately.
     button = await subscribed();
-    button!.click();
+    await button!.click();
     button = await unsubscribed();
-    button!.click();
+    await button!.click();
     button = await subscribed();
-    button!.click();
+    await button!.click();
     button = await unsubscribed();
-    button!.click();
+    await button!.click();
     button = await subscribed();
 }
 
diff --git a/static/js/blueslip.ts b/static/js/blueslip.ts
index 091f935571..48cfc84041 100644
--- a/static/js/blueslip.ts
+++ b/static/js/blueslip.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function report_error(
     if (page_params.development_environment) {
         // In development, we display blueslip errors in the web UI,
         // to make them hard to miss.
-        blueslip_stacktrace.display_stacktrace(msg, stack);
+        void blueslip_stacktrace.display_stacktrace(msg, stack);
     }
 
     const key = ":" + msg + stack;
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ function report_error(
     //
     // Important: We don't use channel.js here so that exceptions
     // always make it to the server even if reload_state.is_in_progress.
-    $.ajax({
+    void $.ajax({
         type: "POST",
         url: "/json/report/error",
         dataType: "json",