diff --git a/.ci/Jenkinsfile b/.ci/Jenkinsfile
index faf5d8dc95..3b3dafb263 100644
--- a/.ci/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/.ci/Jenkinsfile
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ def sshexec(workspace, connection, cmd){
 }
 
 def scpr(workspace, connection, remote_src, local_dst){
-  retryWithSleep(retries: 3, seconds: 5, backoff: true){ 
+  retryWithSleep(retries: 3, seconds: 5, backoff: true){
     sh "scp -r -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -i ${workspace}/e2essh ${connection.user}@${connection.ip}:${remote_src} ${local_dst}"
   }
 }
diff --git a/.ci/ansible/playbook.yml b/.ci/ansible/playbook.yml
index 9f12095743..0d37815ede 100644
--- a/.ci/ansible/playbook.yml
+++ b/.ci/ansible/playbook.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - name: Create test environment
   hosts: localhost
-  gather_facts: no
+  gather_facts: yes
   vars:
     ansible_user: "{{nodeUser}}"
   tasks:
diff --git a/.ci/ansible/tasks/runners.yml b/.ci/ansible/tasks/runners.yml
index 70437ed58e..545fff88de 100644
--- a/.ci/ansible/tasks/runners.yml
+++ b/.ci/ansible/tasks/runners.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@
     key_material: "{{ lookup('file', sshPublicKey) }}"
     region: us-east-2
     state: present
+    tags:
+      branch: "{{branch | default('Not running on CI')}}"
+      build: "{{build | default('Not running on CI')}}"
+      build_url: "{{buildURL | default('Not running on CI') }}"
+      created_date: "{{ansible_date_time.epoch}}"
+      environment: "{{type | default('Not running on CI')}}"
+      git_sha: "{{ gitSha }}"
+      repo: "{{repo | default('Not running on CI')}}"
   tags:
     - provision-stack
     - start-node
@@ -18,11 +26,16 @@
     image: '{{nodeImage}}'
     instance_type: '{{nodeInstanceType}}'
     instance_tags:
-      BuildURL: "{{buildURL | default('Not running on CI') }}"
-      GitSHA: "{{ gitSha }}"
-      Kind: "{{nodeLabel}}"
-      Name: "e2e-{{nodeLabel}}-{{runId}}"
-      ReaperMark: "e2e-testing-vm"
+      branch: "{{branch | default('Not running on CI')}}"
+      build: "{{build | default('Not running on CI')}}"
+      build_url: "{{buildURL | default('Not running on CI') }}"
+      created_date: "{{ansible_date_time.epoch}}"
+      environment: "{{type | default('Not running on CI')}}"
+      git_sha: "{{ gitSha }}"
+      kind: "{{nodeLabel}}"
+      name: "e2e-{{nodeLabel}}-{{runId}}"
+      reaper_mark: "e2e-testing-vm"
+      repo: "{{repo | default('Not running on CI')}}"
     count_tag:
       Name: "e2e-{{nodeLabel}}-{{runId}}"
     volumes:
diff --git a/.ci/aws-instances-reaper.groovy b/.ci/aws-instances-reaper.groovy
index 5732a28147..212f97aba5 100644
--- a/.ci/aws-instances-reaper.groovy
+++ b/.ci/aws-instances-reaper.groovy
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pipeline {
     JOB_GIT_CREDENTIALS = "f6c7695a-671e-4f4f-a331-acdce44ff9ba"
     AWS_PROVISIONER_SECRET = 'secret/observability-team/ci/elastic-observability-aws-account-auth'
     AWS_DEFAULT_REGION = 'us-east-2'
-    AWS_EC2_INSTANCES_TAG_NAME= 'ReaperMark'
+    AWS_EC2_INSTANCES_TAG_NAME= 'reaper_mark'
     AWS_EC2_INSTANCES_TAG_VALUE= 'e2e-testing-vm'
   }
   options {