From 3fcf01d5cbfb30729452814a246977538ab30d01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Gable <andrew@expensify.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 13:59:18 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Improve Help deploy failure observability

---
 .github/workflows/deployExpensifyHelp.yml | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/deployExpensifyHelp.yml b/.github/workflows/deployExpensifyHelp.yml
index 4c4e17528bec..71cee7438462 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deployExpensifyHelp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deployExpensifyHelp.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ jobs:
     env:
       IS_PR_FROM_FORK: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork }}
     runs-on: blacksmith-2vcpu-ubuntu-2404
-    continue-on-error: true
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         # v6
@@ -133,3 +132,27 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OS_BOTIFY_TOKEN }}
           COMMENT_PREFIX: A preview of your ExpensifyHelp changes have been deployed to
           COMMENT_BODY: ${{ steps.preview_comment.outputs.BODY }}
+
+  notifyFailure:
+    name: Warn deployers if Expensify Help deploy failed
+    runs-on: blacksmith-2vcpu-ubuntu-2404
+    needs: build
+    if: ${{ failure() && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Warn deployers if Expensify Help deploy failed
+        # v3
+        uses: 8398a7/action-slack@1750b5085f3ec60384090fb7c52965ef822e869e
+        with:
+          status: custom
+          custom_payload: |
+            {
+              channel: '#deployer',
+              attachments: [{
+                color: "#DB4545",
+                pretext: `<!subteam^S4TJJ3PSL>`,
+                text: `Expensify Help production <https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}|deploy> failed.`,
+              }]
+            }
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}

From 9cdc09b26ec2ce6338e5a21f2618636b67b6f9a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Gable <andrew@expensify.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 14:33:19 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Improve message

---
 .github/workflows/deployExpensifyHelp.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/deployExpensifyHelp.yml b/.github/workflows/deployExpensifyHelp.yml
index 71cee7438462..946240478bc9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deployExpensifyHelp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deployExpensifyHelp.yml
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ jobs:
               attachments: [{
                 color: "#DB4545",
                 pretext: `<!subteam^S4TJJ3PSL>`,
-                text: `Expensify Help production <https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}|deploy> failed.`,
+                text: `Expensify Help <https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}|deploy> failed. Please fix it!`,
               }]
             }
         env: