diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index fdf5ba882..89ba5ae25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -186,12 +186,30 @@ jobs:
                   asset_name: ark-${{ needs.get_version.outputs.ARK_VERSION }}${{ env.DEBUG_FLAG }}-linux-arm64.zip
                   asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
 
-    status:
+    # status:
+    #     if: ${{ failure() }}
+    #     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    #     needs: [build_macos, build_windows, build_linux, get_version]
+    #     steps:
+    #         - name: Notify slack if build fails
+    #           uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1.24.0
+    #           id: slack-failure
+    #           with:
+    #               payload: |
+    #                   {
+    #                     "message": "Positron build ${{ needs.get_version.outputs.ARK_VERSION }} failed",
+    #                     "status": "Failure",
+    #                     "run_url": "https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
+    #                   }
+    #           env:
+    #               SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+
+    cleanup:
         if: ${{ failure() }}
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        needs: [build_macos, build_windows, get_version]
+        needs: [upload_release_binaries]
         steps:
-            # - name: Notify slack if build fails
+            # - name: Notify slack if release fails
             #   uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1.24.0
             #   id: slack-failure
             #   with: