diff --git a/metabox/metabox/core/lxd_execute.py b/metabox/metabox/core/lxd_execute.py
index 86028632d8..ecae5f2bde 100644
--- a/metabox/metabox/core/lxd_execute.py
+++ b/metabox/metabox/core/lxd_execute.py
@@ -23,12 +23,15 @@
 import time
 
 from contextlib import suppress
+from subprocess import CalledProcessError
 
+from urllib import parse
 from loguru import logger
 import metabox.core.keys as keys
 from metabox.core.utils import ExecuteResult
 from ws4py.client.threadedclient import WebSocketClient
 from metabox.core.utils import _re
+from pylxd.models.operation import Operation
 
 
 base_env = {
@@ -40,6 +43,10 @@
 
 
 class SafeWebSocketClient(WebSocketClient):
+    def __init__(self, *args, resource="", **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.resource = resource
+
     def send(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """
         This makes it so send will raise ConnectionError when send fails
@@ -57,14 +64,31 @@ class InteractiveWebsocket(SafeWebSocketClient):
     # https://stackoverflow.com/a/14693789/1154487
     ansi_escape = re.compile(r"\x1B(?:[@-Z\\-_]|\[[0-?]*[ -/]*[@-~])")
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        cmd,
+        *args,
+        ctl=None,
+        verbose=False,
+        container=None,
+        operation_id=0,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.cmd = cmd
+        self.ctl = ctl
+        self.verbose = verbose
+        self.container = container
+        self.operation_id = operation_id
+
         self.stdout_data: str = ""
         self.stdout_data_full: str = ""
         self.stdout_lock = threading.Lock()
         self._new_data = False
         self._lookup_by_id = False
         self._connection_closed = False
+        self.result = None
+        self._result_lock = threading.Lock()
 
     def received_message(self, message):
         if len(message.data) == 0:
@@ -79,6 +103,46 @@ def received_message(self, message):
             self.stdout_data_full += message_data_str
             self._new_data = True
 
+    def result_fetching_daemon(self):
+        while True:
+            operation = self.client.operations.get(self.operation_id)
+            try:
+                result = operation.metadata["return"]
+                # don't get the lock when the operation fails
+                with self._result_lock:
+                    self.result = result
+                return
+            except KeyError:
+                time.sleep(0.1)
+
+    def check(self, timeout=0):
+        deadline = time.time() + timeout
+        while True:
+            with self._result_lock:
+                result = self.result
+            if result == 0:
+                return True
+            elif result == 137:
+                raise TimeoutError(
+                    f"Timeout expired while waiting for cmd: '{self.cmd}'"
+                )
+            elif result is not None:
+                raise CalledProcessError(
+                    result, self.cmd, output=self.stdout_data_full
+                )
+            elif timeout and time.time() > deadline:
+                raise TimeoutError(
+                    "Check timeout has expired, unable to fetch result"
+                )
+            time.sleep(0.1)
+
+    def connect(self):
+        result_fetcher = threading.Thread(
+            target=self.result_fetching_daemon, daemon=True
+        )
+        result_fetcher.start()
+        super().connect()
+
     def get_search_split(self, search_pattern):
         if isinstance(search_pattern, _re):
             search = search_pattern.search
@@ -119,7 +183,6 @@ def expect(self, pattern, timeout=0):
                 msg = "'{}' not found! Timeout is reached (set to {})".format(
                     pattern, timeout
                 )
-                logger.warning(msg)
                 raise TimeoutError(msg)
             elif self._connection_closed:
                 # this could have been updated from the other thread, lets
@@ -198,30 +261,6 @@ def select_test_plan(self, data, timeout=0):
     def send_signal(self, signal):
         self.ctl.send(json.dumps({"command": "signal", "signal": signal}))
 
-    @property
-    def container(self):
-        return self._container
-
-    @container.setter
-    def container(self, container):
-        self._container = container
-
-    @property
-    def ctl(self):
-        return self._ctl
-
-    @ctl.setter
-    def ctl(self, ctl):
-        self._ctl = ctl
-
-    @property
-    def verbose(self):
-        return self._verbose
-
-    @verbose.setter
-    def verbose(self, verbose):
-        self._verbose = verbose
-
 
 def env_wrapper(env):
     env_cmd = ["env"]
@@ -243,19 +282,26 @@ def timeout_wrapper(timeout):
 def interactive_execute(container, cmd, env={}, verbose=False, timeout=0):
     if verbose:
         logger.trace(cmd)
-    ws_urls = container.raw_interactive_execute(
-        login_shell + env_wrapper(env) + shlex.split(cmd)
+    ws_urls = raw_interactive_execute(
+        container,
+        timeout_wrapper(timeout) + shlex.split(cmd),
+        environment=env,
+        user=1000,
     )
 
     base_websocket_url = container.client.websocket_url
-    ctl = SafeWebSocketClient(base_websocket_url)
-    ctl.resource = ws_urls["control"]
+    ctl = SafeWebSocketClient(base_websocket_url, resource=ws_urls["control"])
     ctl.connect()
-    pts = InteractiveWebsocket(base_websocket_url)
-    pts.resource = ws_urls["ws"]
-    pts.verbose = verbose
-    pts.container = container
-    pts.ctl = ctl
+    pts = InteractiveWebsocket(
+        cmd,
+        base_websocket_url,
+        ctl=ctl,
+        verbose=verbose,
+        container=container,
+        operation_id=ws_urls["operation_id"],
+        resource=ws_urls["ws"],
+    )
+    pts.client = container.client
     pts.connect()
     return pts
 
@@ -301,3 +347,40 @@ def on_stderr(msg):
         "".join(stderr_data),
         "".join(outdata_full),
     )
+
+
+# https://github.com/canonical/pylxd/blob/330f4a34cc0978eb41d809c713799bd88a20a43b/pylxd/models/instance.py#L526
+# Fork of the upstream raw_interactive_execute that also returns the
+# operation_id, we need this to query the outcome of a command in interactive
+# mode, we have to do this instead of use execute because it doesn't support to
+# interactively send commands, even the stdio parameter fd is read whole
+# before sending it
+def raw_interactive_execute(
+    container, commands, environment=None, user=None, group=None, cwd=None
+):
+    if environment is None:
+        environment = {}
+
+    response = container.api["exec"].post(
+        json={
+            "command": commands,
+            "environment": environment,
+            "wait-for-websocket": True,
+            "interactive": True,
+            "user": user,
+            "group": group,
+            "cwd": cwd,
+        }
+    )
+
+    fds = response.json()["metadata"]["metadata"]["fds"]
+    operation_id = response.json()["operation"].split("/")[-1].split("?")[0]
+    parsed = parse.urlparse(
+        container.client.api.operations[operation_id].websocket._api_endpoint
+    )
+
+    return {
+        "ws": f"{parsed.path}?secret={fds['0']}",
+        "control": f"{parsed.path}?secret={fds['control']}",
+        "operation_id": Operation.extract_operation_id(operation_id),
+    }
diff --git a/metabox/metabox/core/scenario.py b/metabox/metabox/core/scenario.py
index a7dedd293a..be64b96d02 100644
--- a/metabox/metabox/core/scenario.py
+++ b/metabox/metabox/core/scenario.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import time
 import shlex
 
+from subprocess import CalledProcessError
 from pylxd.exceptions import NotFound
 
 from metabox.core.actions import Start, Expect, Send, SelectTestPlan
@@ -110,7 +111,12 @@ def run(self):
                 # step that fail explicitly return false or raise an exception
                 if not step(self):
                     self.failures.append(step)
-            except (TimeoutError, ConnectionError, NotFound):
+            except (
+                TimeoutError,
+                ConnectionError,
+                NotFound,
+                CalledProcessError,
+            ):
                 self.failures.append(step)
                 break
         if self._pts:
@@ -241,7 +247,27 @@ def select_test_plan(self, testplan_id, timeout=60):
         outcome = self._pts.select_test_plan(testplan_id, timeout)
         return outcome
 
-    def run_cmd(self, cmd, env={}, interactive=False, timeout=0, target="all"):
+    def check(self, result, timeout):
+        if timeout < 0:
+            timeout = 0
+        if isinstance(result, list):
+            return all(self.check(x, timeout) for x in result)
+        elif isinstance(result, bool):
+            return result
+        return result.check(timeout)
+
+    def run_cmd(
+        self,
+        cmd,
+        env={},
+        interactive=False,
+        timeout=0,
+        target="all",
+        check=True,
+    ):
+        # interactive mode run_cmd is non-interactive, therefore we may need
+        # to wait till deadline to fetch the result
+        deadline = time.time() + timeout
         if self.mode == "remote":
             if target == "controller":
                 result = self.controller_machine.run_cmd(
@@ -252,14 +278,19 @@ def run_cmd(self, cmd, env={}, interactive=False, timeout=0, target="all"):
                     cmd, env, interactive, timeout
                 )
             else:
-                self.controller_machine.run_cmd(cmd, env, interactive, timeout)
-                result = self.agent_machine.run_cmd(
-                    cmd, env, interactive, timeout
-                )
+                result = [
+                    self.controller_machine.run_cmd(
+                        cmd, env, interactive, timeout
+                    ),
+                    self.agent_machine.run_cmd(cmd, env, interactive, timeout),
+                ]
         else:
             result = self.local_machine.run_cmd(cmd, env, interactive, timeout)
 
-        return result
+        if check:
+            return self.check(result, time.time() - deadline)
+        else:
+            return result
 
     def reboot(self, timeout=0, target="all"):
         if self.mode == "remote":
@@ -323,7 +354,9 @@ def reboot_agent(self):
     def is_agent_active(self):
         return self.agent_machine.is_agent_active()
 
-    def mktree(self, path, privileged=False, timeout=0, target="all"):
+    def mktree(
+        self, path, privileged=False, timeout=0, target="all", check=False
+    ):
         """
         Creates a directory including any missing parent
         """
@@ -331,7 +364,9 @@ def mktree(self, path, privileged=False, timeout=0, target="all"):
         if privileged:
             cmd = ["sudo"] + cmd
         cmd_str = shlex.join(cmd)
-        return self.run_cmd(cmd_str, target=target, timeout=timeout)
+        return self.run_cmd(
+            cmd_str, target=target, timeout=timeout, check=check
+        )
 
     def run_manage(self, args, timeout=0, target="all"):
         """
@@ -351,6 +386,6 @@ def assert_in_file(self, pattern, path):
         if isinstance(path, Path):
             path = str(path)
 
-        result = self.run_cmd(f"cat {path}")
+        result = self.run_cmd(f"cat {path}", check=False)
         regex = re.compile(pattern)
         return bool(regex.search(result.stdout))
diff --git a/metabox/metabox/core/utils.py b/metabox/metabox/core/utils.py
index 196e93c37c..88aaecbadd 100644
--- a/metabox/metabox/core/utils.py
+++ b/metabox/metabox/core/utils.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 # along with Checkbox.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 import re
 from typing import NamedTuple
+from subprocess import CalledProcessError
 
 __all__ = ("tag", "ExecuteResult")
 
@@ -38,6 +39,13 @@ class ExecuteResult(NamedTuple):
     stderr: str
     outstr_full: str
 
+    def check(self, timeout=0):
+        if self.exit_code == 0:
+            return True
+        raise CalledProcessError(
+            self.exit_code, "", output=self.stdout, stderr=self.stderr
+        )
+
 
 class _re:
     def __init__(self, pattern, flags=0):
diff --git a/metabox/metabox/tools/session_corruptor.py b/metabox/metabox/tools/session_corruptor.py
index 3a4ae96f12..3d6950dcbb 100644
--- a/metabox/metabox/tools/session_corruptor.py
+++ b/metabox/metabox/tools/session_corruptor.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 
 def corrupt(path):
-    with gzip.open(str(path), "rb") as f:
+    with gzip.open(str(path), "rt") as f:
         session = json.load(f)
     session["session"]["desired_job_list"].append(
         "@ invalid id - intentionally corrupted session"