From a39809df3c3e1317319bb7cc47c7f405a1e7965a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Kubica <104161096+jeremykubica@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 09:20:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Send one slack alert per failure

---
 .github/workflows/smoke-test.yml | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml
index c9ee305..f587234 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml
@@ -42,8 +42,12 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         git config --global init.defaultBranch main
         python -m pytest tests -o log_cli=true -vv --python_version ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+  notify:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ always() && needs.build.result == 'failure' && github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' }}
+    steps:
     - name: Send status to Slack app
-      if: ${{ failure() && github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' }}
       id: slack
       uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v4
       with:
@@ -63,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
                 "type": "section",
                 "text": {
                   "type": "mrkdwn",
-                  "text": "GitHub Action build result: *${{ job.status }}* :${{ job.status }}:"
+                  "text": "GitHub Action build result: *${{ needs.build.result }}* :x:"
                 }
               },
               {