diff --git a/clients/dynamic/dynamic.go b/clients/dynamic/dynamic.go
index b46ec3ec..a15168af 100644
--- a/clients/dynamic/dynamic.go
+++ b/clients/dynamic/dynamic.go
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ func (c *ResourceClient) Create(ctx context.Context, obj *unstructured.Unstructu
 
 	if needsCleanup(obj) {
 		c.ts.RegisterCleanupFunc(func() error {
-			err := c.Delete(context.TODO(), unstructuredObj.GetName(), metav1.DeleteOptions{}, subresources...)
+			// Using this policy avoids a flood of useless warnings on test logs.
+			orphanPolicy := metav1.DeletePropagationOrphan
+			err := c.Delete(context.TODO(), unstructuredObj.GetName(), metav1.DeleteOptions{PropagationPolicy: &orphanPolicy}, subresources...)
 			if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
 				return nil
 			}
diff --git a/clients/rancher/v1/client.go b/clients/rancher/v1/client.go
index 922f88d9..f2b7be49 100644
--- a/clients/rancher/v1/client.go
+++ b/clients/rancher/v1/client.go
@@ -138,10 +138,6 @@ func (c *Client) ProxyDownstream(clusterID string) (*Client, error) {
 	updatedOpts.URL = proxyHost
 
 	baseClient, err := clientbase.NewAPIClient(&updatedOpts)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed creating Proxy Client. Backoff error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -231,9 +227,7 @@ func (c *SteveClient) ListAll(params url.Values) (*SteveCollection, error) {
 		resp = next
 		resp.Data = data
 	}
-	if err != nil {
-		return resp, err
-	}
+
 	return resp, err
 }
 
@@ -387,9 +381,7 @@ func (c *NamespacedSteveClient) ListAll(params url.Values) (*SteveCollection, er
 		resp = next
 		resp.Data = data
 	}
-	if err != nil {
-		return resp, err
-	}
+
 	return resp, err
 }
 
diff --git a/extensions/kubeapi/secrets/create.go b/extensions/kubeapi/secrets/create.go
index 720e6ab2..39f89adf 100644
--- a/extensions/kubeapi/secrets/create.go
+++ b/extensions/kubeapi/secrets/create.go
@@ -33,3 +33,13 @@ func CreateSecretWithTemplate(client *rancher.Client, clusterID string, secretTe
 
 	return createdSecret, nil
 }
+
+func UpdateSecretWithTemplate(client *rancher.Client, clusterID string, secretTemplate *corev1.Secret) error {
+	clusterContext, err := extclusterapi.GetClusterWranglerContext(client, clusterID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get cluster context: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	_, err = clusterContext.Core.Secret().Update(secretTemplate)
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index c9758722..9d21cf53 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/creasty/defaults"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ func LoadConfig(key string, config interface{}) {
 	configPath := os.Getenv(ConfigEnvironmentKey)
 
 	if configPath == "" {
+		logrus.Infof("No config file path provided via %s env var", ConfigEnvironmentKey)
 		yaml.Unmarshal([]byte("{}"), config)
 		return
 	}
@@ -33,7 +35,10 @@ func LoadConfig(key string, config interface{}) {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	scoped := all[key]
+	scoped, ok := all[key]
+	if !ok {
+		logrus.Infof("Key %s not present in provided config", key)
+	}
 	scopedString, err := yaml.Marshal(scoped)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
diff --git a/pkg/config/operations/operations.go b/pkg/config/operations/operations.go
index 21b48e8e..68f7feff 100644
--- a/pkg/config/operations/operations.go
+++ b/pkg/config/operations/operations.go
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ package operations
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func GetValue(keyPath []string, searchMap map[string]any) (any, error) {
 	if len(keyPath) == 1 {
 		keypathvalues, ok := searchMap[keyPath[0]]
 		if !ok {
-			err = errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("expected key does not exist: %s", keyPath[0]))
+			err = fmt.Errorf("expected key does not exist: %s", keyPath[0])
 		}
 		return keypathvalues, err
 	} else {
@@ -66,7 +66,11 @@ func GetValue(keyPath []string, searchMap map[string]any) (any, error) {
 
 // LoadObjectFromMap unmarshals a specific key's value into an object
 func LoadObjectFromMap(key string, config map[string]any, object any) {
-	keyConfig := config[key]
+	keyConfig, ok := config[key]
+	if !ok {
+		logrus.Infof("Key %s not present in provided config", key)
+	}
+
 	scopedString, err := yaml.Marshal(keyConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)