diff --git a/.github/workflows/tox.yml b/.github/workflows/tox.yml
index c37aa89820..af7510a0f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tox.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tox.yml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install tox
         run: |
           python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python3 -m pip install --upgrade "tox>=4.0.0" "tox-uv>=1.16.0" uv
+          python3 -m pip install --upgrade "tox>=4.0.0" "tox-uv>=1.20.2" uv
 
       - name: Log installed dists
         run: python3 -m pip freeze --all
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/file_utils.py b/src/ansiblelint/file_utils.py
index 6b22168185..715851729b 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/file_utils.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/file_utils.py
@@ -407,7 +407,8 @@ def is_owned_by_ansible(self) -> bool:
     def failed(self) -> bool:
         """Return true if we already found syntax-check errors on this file."""
         return any(
-            match.rule.id in ("syntax-check", "load-failure") for match in self.matches
+            match.rule.id in ("syntax-check", "load-failure", "internal-error")
+            for match in self.matches
         )
 
     @property
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/rules/__init__.py b/src/ansiblelint/rules/__init__.py
index 9c1f9a5349..c9807c1deb 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/rules/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/rules/__init__.py
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ def matchyaml(self, file: Lintable) -> list[MatchError]:
             yaml = [yaml]
 
         for play in yaml:
-            # Bug #849
-            if play is None:
+            # Bug #849 and #4492
+            if play is None or not hasattr(play, "get"):
                 continue
 
             if self.id in play.get(SKIPPED_RULES_KEY, ()):
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/runner.py b/src/ansiblelint/runner.py
index 2390d25875..76fbd8c8e0 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/runner.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/runner.py
@@ -270,10 +270,12 @@ def worker(lintable: Lintable) -> list[MatchError]:
         # do our processing only when ansible syntax check passed in order
         # to avoid causing runtime exceptions. Our processing is not as
         # resilient to be able process garbage.
-        matches.extend(self._emit_matches(files))
+        matches.extend(
+            self._emit_matches([file for file in files if not file.failed()])
+        )
 
         # remove duplicates from files list
-        files = [value for n, value in enumerate(files) if value not in files[:n]]
+        files = list(dict.fromkeys(files))
 
         for file in self.lintables:
             if file in self.checked_files or not file.kind or file.failed():
@@ -433,6 +435,7 @@ def _get_ansible_syntax_check_matches(
                     f"Unexpected error code {run.returncode} from "
                     f"execution of: {' '.join(cmd)}"
                 )
+                filename.failed()
                 results.append(
                     MatchError(
                         message=message,
@@ -462,6 +465,8 @@ def _emit_matches(self, files: list[Lintable]) -> Generator[MatchError, None, No
         while visited != self.lintables:
             for lintable in self.lintables - visited:
                 visited.add(lintable)
+                if lintable.failed():
+                    continue
                 if not lintable.path.exists():
                     continue
                 try:
@@ -499,9 +504,12 @@ def find_children(self, lintable: Lintable) -> list[Lintable]:
             try:
                 playbook_ds = ansiblelint.utils.parse_yaml_from_file(str(lintable.path))
             except AnsibleError as exc:
-                msg = f"Loading {lintable.filename} caused an {type(exc).__name__} exception: {exc}, file was ignored."
-                _logger.exception(msg)
-                return []
+                raise MatchError(
+                    lintable=lintable, rule=self.rules["load-failure"]
+                ) from exc
+                # msg = f"Loading {lintable.filename} caused an {type(exc).__name__} exception: {exc}, file was ignored."
+                # _logger.exception(msg)
+                # return []
         results = []
         # playbook_ds can be an AnsibleUnicode string, which we consider invalid
         if isinstance(playbook_ds, str):
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/skip_utils.py b/src/ansiblelint/skip_utils.py
index 0cb33d1648..5c54ec1aae 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/skip_utils.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/skip_utils.py
@@ -316,5 +316,8 @@ def is_nested_task(task: dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
     # Cannot really trust the input
     if isinstance(task, str):
         return False
+    # https://github.com/ansible/ansible-lint/issues/4492
+    if not hasattr(task, "get"):
+        return False
 
     return any(task.get(key) for key in NESTED_TASK_KEYS)