Implement general improvements to the backport and stable branch experience

Problem

There a number of improvements that we can make to the backport and stable branch pipelines.

This serves as a general "catch-all" for these improvements.

Proposal

Gather and make general improvements to the backport and stable branch pipelines.

Tasks

Results

What was done Result
Added timestamps to job logs of stable branches. Makes diagnosing pipeline-related problems more efficient for stable branches.
Edited by David Dieulivol