diff --git a/core/modules/comment/tests/src/Functional/CommentTestBase.php b/core/modules/comment/tests/src/Functional/CommentTestBase.php
index 8d7c817df859888e1938059517b5c774f6ef4e92..abdae813e0eedb5d402cd8efb939b979da96446f 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/tests/src/Functional/CommentTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/comment/tests/src/Functional/CommentTestBase.php
@@ -249,8 +249,6 @@ public function setCommentSubject($enabled) {
       $form_display->removeComponent('subject');
     }
     $form_display->save();
-    // Display status message.
-    $this->pass('Comment subject ' . ($enabled ? 'enabled' : 'disabled') . '.');
   }
 
   /**
@@ -336,8 +334,6 @@ public function setCommentSettings($name, $value, $message, $field_name = 'comme
     $field = FieldConfig::loadByName('node', 'article', $field_name);
     $field->setSetting($name, $value);
     $field->save();
-    // Display status message.
-    $this->pass($message);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/src/Functional/Entity/EntityCacheTagsTestBase.php b/core/modules/system/tests/src/Functional/Entity/EntityCacheTagsTestBase.php
index 117da558d239f1a32d603f4ecd53f27ba52c3850..9430b95a39faf900284617e0148230c1c03ab0f6 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/src/Functional/Entity/EntityCacheTagsTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/src/Functional/Entity/EntityCacheTagsTestBase.php
@@ -382,7 +382,6 @@ public function testReferencedEntity() {
     $nonempty_entity_listing_cache_tags = Cache::mergeTags($nonempty_entity_listing_cache_tags, $this->getAdditionalCacheTagsForEntityListing($this->entity));
     $nonempty_entity_listing_cache_tags = Cache::mergeTags($nonempty_entity_listing_cache_tags, $page_cache_tags);
 
-    $this->pass("Test referencing entity.", 'Debug');
     $this->verifyPageCache($referencing_entity_url, 'MISS');
 
     // Verify a cache hit, but also the presence of the correct cache tags.
@@ -405,7 +404,6 @@ public function testReferencedEntity() {
     }
     $this->verifyRenderCache($cid, $referencing_entity_cache_tags, $redirected_cid);
 
-    $this->pass("Test non-referencing entity.", 'Debug');
     $this->verifyPageCache($non_referencing_entity_url, 'MISS');
     // Verify a cache hit, but also the presence of the correct cache tags.
     $this->verifyPageCache($non_referencing_entity_url, 'HIT', Cache::mergeTags($non_referencing_entity_cache_tags, $page_cache_tags));
@@ -414,7 +412,6 @@ public function testReferencedEntity() {
     $cid = $this->createCacheId($cache_keys, $entity_cache_contexts);
     $this->verifyRenderCache($cid, $non_referencing_entity_cache_tags);
 
-    $this->pass("Test listing of referencing entities.", 'Debug');
     // Prime the page cache for the listing of referencing entities.
     $this->verifyPageCache($listing_url, 'MISS');
 
@@ -423,7 +420,6 @@ public function testReferencedEntity() {
     $expected_tags = Cache::mergeTags($expected_tags, $page_cache_tags_referencing_entity);
     $this->verifyPageCache($listing_url, 'HIT', $expected_tags);
 
-    $this->pass("Test empty listing.", 'Debug');
     // Prime the page cache for the empty listing.
     $this->verifyPageCache($empty_entity_listing_url, 'MISS');
     // Verify a cache hit, but also the presence of the correct cache tags.
@@ -432,7 +428,6 @@ public function testReferencedEntity() {
     $contexts_in_header = $this->drupalGetHeader('X-Drupal-Cache-Contexts');
     $this->assertEqual(Cache::mergeContexts($page_cache_contexts, $this->getAdditionalCacheContextsForEntityListing()), empty($contexts_in_header) ? [] : explode(' ', $contexts_in_header));
 
-    $this->pass("Test listing containing referenced entity.", 'Debug');
     // Prime the page cache for the listing containing the referenced entity.
     $this->verifyPageCache($nonempty_entity_listing_url, 'MISS', $nonempty_entity_listing_cache_tags);
     // Verify a cache hit, but also the presence of the correct cache tags.
@@ -443,7 +438,6 @@ public function testReferencedEntity() {
 
     // Verify that after modifying the referenced entity, there is a cache miss
     // for every route except the one for the non-referencing entity.
-    $this->pass("Test modification of referenced entity.", 'Debug');
     $this->entity->save();
     $this->verifyPageCache($referencing_entity_url, 'MISS');
     $this->verifyPageCache($listing_url, 'MISS');
@@ -460,7 +454,6 @@ public function testReferencedEntity() {
     // Verify that after modifying the referencing entity, there is a cache miss
     // for every route except the ones for the non-referencing entity and the
     // empty entity listing.
-    $this->pass("Test modification of referencing entity.", 'Debug');
     $this->referencingEntity->save();
     $this->verifyPageCache($referencing_entity_url, 'MISS');
     $this->verifyPageCache($listing_url, 'MISS');
@@ -475,7 +468,6 @@ public function testReferencedEntity() {
 
     // Verify that after modifying the non-referencing entity, there is a cache
     // miss only for the non-referencing entity route.
-    $this->pass("Test modification of non-referencing entity.", 'Debug');
     $this->nonReferencingEntity->save();
     $this->verifyPageCache($referencing_entity_url, 'HIT');
     $this->verifyPageCache($listing_url, 'HIT');
@@ -491,7 +483,6 @@ public function testReferencedEntity() {
       // for both the referencing entity, and the listing of referencing
       // entities, but not for any other routes.
       $referenced_entity_view_mode = $this->selectViewMode($this->entity->getEntityTypeId());
-      $this->pass("Test modification of referenced entity's '$referenced_entity_view_mode' display.", 'Debug');
       /** @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityDisplayRepositoryInterface $display_repository */
       $display_repository = \Drupal::service('entity_display.repository');
       $entity_display = $display_repository->getViewDisplay($entity_type, $this->entity->bundle(), $referenced_entity_view_mode);
@@ -511,7 +502,6 @@ public function testReferencedEntity() {
       // Verify that after modifying the corresponding bundle entity, there is a
       // cache miss for both the referencing entity, and the listing of
       // referencing entities, but not for any other routes.
-      $this->pass("Test modification of referenced entity's bundle entity.", 'Debug');
       $bundle_entity = $this->container->get('entity_type.manager')
         ->getStorage($bundle_entity_type_id)
         ->load($this->entity->bundle());
@@ -543,7 +533,6 @@ public function testReferencedEntity() {
     if ($this->entity->getEntityType()->get('field_ui_base_route')) {
       // Verify that after modifying a configurable field on the entity, there
       // is a cache miss.
-      $this->pass("Test modification of referenced entity's configurable field.", 'Debug');
       $field_storage_name = $this->entity->getEntityTypeId() . '.configurable_field';
       $field_storage = FieldStorageConfig::load($field_storage_name);
       $field_storage->save();
@@ -559,7 +548,6 @@ public function testReferencedEntity() {
 
       // Verify that after modifying a configurable field on the entity, there
       // is a cache miss.
-      $this->pass("Test modification of referenced entity's configurable field.", 'Debug');
       $field_name = $this->entity->getEntityTypeId() . '.' . $this->entity->bundle() . '.configurable_field';
       $field = FieldConfig::load($field_name);
       $field->save();
@@ -577,7 +565,6 @@ public function testReferencedEntity() {
     // Verify that after invalidating the entity's cache tag directly, there is
     // a cache miss for every route except the ones for the non-referencing
     // entity and the empty entity listing.
-    $this->pass("Test invalidation of referenced entity's cache tag.", 'Debug');
     Cache::invalidateTags($this->entity->getCacheTagsToInvalidate());
     $this->verifyPageCache($referencing_entity_url, 'MISS');
     $this->verifyPageCache($listing_url, 'MISS');
@@ -593,7 +580,6 @@ public function testReferencedEntity() {
     // Verify that after invalidating the entity's list cache tag directly,
     // there is a cache miss for both the empty entity listing and the non-empty
     // entity listing routes, but not for other routes.
-    $this->pass("Test invalidation of referenced entity's list cache tag.", 'Debug');
     Cache::invalidateTags($this->entity->getEntityType()->getListCacheTags());
     $this->verifyPageCache($empty_entity_listing_url, 'MISS');
     $this->verifyPageCache($nonempty_entity_listing_url, 'MISS');
@@ -609,7 +595,6 @@ public function testReferencedEntity() {
       // Verify that after invalidating the generic entity type's view cache tag
       // directly, there is a cache miss for both the referencing entity, and the
       // listing of referencing entities, but not for other routes.
-      $this->pass("Test invalidation of referenced entity's 'view' cache tag.", 'Debug');
       Cache::invalidateTags($view_cache_tag);
       $this->verifyPageCache($referencing_entity_url, 'MISS');
       $this->verifyPageCache($listing_url, 'MISS');
@@ -624,7 +609,6 @@ public function testReferencedEntity() {
 
     // Verify that after deleting the entity, there is a cache miss for every
     // route except for the non-referencing entity one.
-    $this->pass('Test deletion of referenced entity.', 'Debug');
     $this->entity->delete();
     $this->verifyPageCache($referencing_entity_url, 'MISS');
     $this->verifyPageCache($listing_url, 'MISS');
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/src/Functional/Entity/EntityWithUriCacheTagsTestBase.php b/core/modules/system/tests/src/Functional/Entity/EntityWithUriCacheTagsTestBase.php
index e62d343ced936858fd22fe2084966cc99f817cff..f6b71ad4b73ea279a4a2d63b2a556395b3a3be0f 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/src/Functional/Entity/EntityWithUriCacheTagsTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/src/Functional/Entity/EntityWithUriCacheTagsTestBase.php
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ public function testEntityUri() {
     $view_cache_tag = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getViewBuilder($entity_type)->getCacheTags();
     $render_cache_tag = 'rendered';
 
-    $this->pass("Test entity.", 'Debug');
     $this->verifyPageCache($entity_url, 'MISS');
 
     // Verify a cache hit, but also the presence of the correct cache tags.
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ public function testEntityUri() {
     }
 
     // Verify that after modifying the entity, there is a cache miss.
-    $this->pass("Test modification of entity.", 'Debug');
     $this->entity->save();
     $this->verifyPageCache($entity_url, 'MISS');
 
@@ -65,7 +63,6 @@ public function testEntityUri() {
     $this->verifyPageCache($entity_url, 'HIT');
 
     // Verify that after modifying the entity's display, there is a cache miss.
-    $this->pass("Test modification of entity's '$view_mode' display.", 'Debug');
     $entity_display = \Drupal::service('entity_display.repository')->getViewDisplay($entity_type, $this->entity->bundle(), $view_mode);
     $entity_display->save();
     $this->verifyPageCache($entity_url, 'MISS');
@@ -76,7 +73,6 @@ public function testEntityUri() {
     if ($bundle_entity_type_id = $this->entity->getEntityType()->getBundleEntityType()) {
       // Verify that after modifying the corresponding bundle entity, there is a
       // cache miss.
-      $this->pass("Test modification of entity's bundle entity.", 'Debug');
       $bundle_entity = $this->container->get('entity_type.manager')
         ->getStorage($bundle_entity_type_id)
         ->load($this->entity->bundle());
@@ -90,7 +86,6 @@ public function testEntityUri() {
     if ($this->entity->getEntityType()->get('field_ui_base_route')) {
       // Verify that after modifying a configurable field on the entity, there
       // is a cache miss.
-      $this->pass("Test modification of entity's configurable field.", 'Debug');
       $field_storage_name = $this->entity->getEntityTypeId() . '.configurable_field';
       $field_storage = FieldStorageConfig::load($field_storage_name);
       $field_storage->save();
@@ -101,7 +96,6 @@ public function testEntityUri() {
 
       // Verify that after modifying a configurable field on the entity, there
       // is a cache miss.
-      $this->pass("Test modification of entity's configurable field.", 'Debug');
       $field_name = $this->entity->getEntityTypeId() . '.' . $this->entity->bundle() . '.configurable_field';
       $field = FieldConfig::load($field_name);
       $field->save();
@@ -113,7 +107,6 @@ public function testEntityUri() {
 
     // Verify that after invalidating the entity's cache tag directly, there is
     // a cache miss.
-    $this->pass("Test invalidation of entity's cache tag.", 'Debug');
     Cache::invalidateTags($this->entity->getCacheTagsToInvalidate());
     $this->verifyPageCache($entity_url, 'MISS');
 
@@ -122,7 +115,6 @@ public function testEntityUri() {
 
     // Verify that after invalidating the generic entity type's view cache tag
     // directly, there is a cache miss.
-    $this->pass("Test invalidation of entity's 'view' cache tag.", 'Debug');
     Cache::invalidateTags($view_cache_tag);
     $this->verifyPageCache($entity_url, 'MISS');
 
@@ -130,7 +122,6 @@ public function testEntityUri() {
     $this->verifyPageCache($entity_url, 'HIT');
 
     // Verify that after deleting the entity, there is a cache miss.
-    $this->pass('Test deletion of entity.', 'Debug');
     $this->entity->delete();
     $this->verifyPageCache($entity_url, 'MISS');
     $this->assertResponse(404);
diff --git a/core/modules/tour/tests/src/Functional/TourTestBase.php b/core/modules/tour/tests/src/Functional/TourTestBase.php
index 941586de6135084b193494578a198d79dab1dda7..5c2ccbd43ff59f2234c70b0c21ba6da874f4ac51 100644
--- a/core/modules/tour/tests/src/Functional/TourTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/tour/tests/src/Functional/TourTestBase.php
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ public function assertTourTips($tips = []) {
         }
         $total++;
       }
-      $this->pass(new FormattableMarkup('Total %total Tips tested of which %modals modal(s).', ['%total' => $total, '%modals' => $modals]));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/FunctionalTests/Installer/ConfigAfterInstallerTestBase.php b/core/tests/Drupal/FunctionalTests/Installer/ConfigAfterInstallerTestBase.php
index 32b2906030390465f6f5ec4de5db91e550304681..741ef8276f4c8e7c01616f9717bc306c69dce182 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/FunctionalTests/Installer/ConfigAfterInstallerTestBase.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/FunctionalTests/Installer/ConfigAfterInstallerTestBase.php
@@ -32,13 +32,7 @@ protected function assertInstalledConfig(array $skipped_config) {
 
     foreach ($profile_config_storage->listAll() as $config_name) {
       $result = $config_manager->diff($profile_config_storage, $active_config_storage, $config_name);
-      try {
-        $this->assertConfigDiff($result, $config_name, $skipped_config);
-        $this->pass("$config_name has no differences");
-      }
-      catch (\Exception $e) {
-        $this->fail($e->getMessage());
-      }
+      $this->assertConfigDiff($result, $config_name, $skipped_config);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Cache/GenericCacheBackendUnitTestBase.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Cache/GenericCacheBackendUnitTestBase.php
index 8324996ea023ad7a50d3a3f1fe9a6e71eaebeeb8..a8d042fdfae2744927f4e3c968b3378b27d1521b 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Cache/GenericCacheBackendUnitTestBase.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Cache/GenericCacheBackendUnitTestBase.php
@@ -216,10 +216,10 @@ public function testSetGet() {
     // Calling ::set() with invalid cache tags. This should fail an assertion.
     try {
       $backend->set('assertion_test', 'value', Cache::PERMANENT, ['node' => [3, 5, 7]]);
-      $this->fail('::set() was called with invalid cache tags, runtime assertion did not fail.');
+      $this->fail('::set() was called with invalid cache tags, but runtime assertion did not fail.');
     }
     catch (\AssertionError $e) {
-      $this->pass('::set() was called with invalid cache tags, runtime assertion failed.');
+      // Do nothing; continue testing in extending classes.
     }
   }
 
@@ -418,10 +418,10 @@ public function testSetMultiple() {
         'exception_test_3' => ['data' => 3, 'tags' => ['node' => [3, 5, 7]]],
       ];
       $backend->setMultiple($items);
-      $this->fail('::setMultiple() was called with invalid cache tags, runtime assertion did not fail.');
+      $this->fail('::setMultiple() was called with invalid cache tags, but runtime assertion did not fail.');
     }
     catch (\AssertionError $e) {
-      $this->pass('::setMultiple() was called with invalid cache tags, runtime assertion failed.');
+      // Do nothing; continue testing in extending classes.
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/Storage/ConfigStorageTestBase.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/Storage/ConfigStorageTestBase.php
index d5601397fe6e6b7784c9c6fc5cc30b15bf4a6994..af8e3cc26602b438864fed7c5b1f3746ba6fa6ef 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/Storage/ConfigStorageTestBase.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/Storage/ConfigStorageTestBase.php
@@ -138,8 +138,7 @@ public function testInvalidStorage() {
       $this->fail('Exception not thrown upon deleting from a non-existing storage bin.');
     }
     catch (\Exception $e) {
-      $class = get_class($e);
-      $this->pass($class . ' thrown upon deleting from a non-existing storage bin.');
+      // An exception occurred as expected; just continue.
     }
 
     // Listing on a non-existing storage bin returns an empty array.
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/KernelTestBase.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/KernelTestBase.php
index d5f6ca69679e91f0a2d41704ea0ba93aab788355..b1ebad5e32b601bfa9af0559b1b0c44902cafe82 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/KernelTestBase.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/KernelTestBase.php
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 use Drupal\Component\FileCache\FileCache;
 use Drupal\Component\FileCache\FileCacheFactory;
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\Html;
-use Drupal\Component\Render\FormattableMarkup;
 use Drupal\Core\Config\Development\ConfigSchemaChecker;
 use Drupal\Core\Database\Database;
 use Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
@@ -735,21 +734,8 @@ protected function installEntitySchema($entity_type_id) {
     if ($storage instanceof SqlEntityStorageInterface) {
       $tables = $storage->getTableMapping()->getTableNames();
       $db_schema = $this->container->get('database')->schema();
-      $all_tables_exist = TRUE;
       foreach ($tables as $table) {
-        if (!$db_schema->tableExists($table)) {
-          $this->fail(new FormattableMarkup('Installed entity type table for the %entity_type entity type: %table', [
-            '%entity_type' => $entity_type_id,
-            '%table' => $table,
-          ]));
-          $all_tables_exist = FALSE;
-        }
-      }
-      if ($all_tables_exist) {
-        $this->pass(new FormattableMarkup('Installed entity type tables for the %entity_type entity type: %tables', [
-          '%entity_type' => $entity_type_id,
-          '%tables' => '{' . implode('}, {', $tables) . '}',
-        ]));
+        $this->assertTrue($db_schema->tableExists($table), "The entity type table '$table' for the entity type '$entity_type_id' should exist.");
       }
     }
   }