diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
index c9292e3e..b2f4c1bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish Unit Test Results
         if: always()
         run: |
-          docker run --workdir $GITHUB_WORKSPACE --rm -e INPUT_CHECK_NAME -e INPUT_FILES -e INPUT_TIME_UNIT -e INPUT_GITHUB_TOKEN -e INPUT_GITHUB_RETRIES -e INPUT_COMMIT -e INPUT_COMMENT_TITLE -e INPUT_FAIL_ON -e INPUT_REPORT_INDIVIDUAL_RUNS -e INPUT_DEDUPLICATE_CLASSES_BY_FILE_NAME -e INPUT_IGNORE_RUNS -e INPUT_HIDE_COMMENTS -e INPUT_COMMENT_ON_PR -e INPUT_COMMENT_MODE -e INPUT_COMPARE_TO_EARLIER_COMMIT -e INPUT_PULL_REQUEST_BUILD -e INPUT_EVENT_FILE -e INPUT_EVENT_NAME -e INPUT_TEST_CHANGES_LIMIT -e INPUT_CHECK_RUN_ANNOTATIONS -e INPUT_CHECK_RUN_ANNOTATIONS_BRANCH -e INPUT_SECONDS_BETWEEN_GITHUB_READS -e INPUT_SECONDS_BETWEEN_GITHUB_WRITES -e INPUT_JSON_FILE -e HOME -e GITHUB_JOB -e GITHUB_REF -e GITHUB_SHA -e GITHUB_REPOSITORY -e GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER -e GITHUB_RUN_ID -e GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER -e GITHUB_RETENTION_DAYS -e GITHUB_ACTOR -e GITHUB_WORKFLOW -e GITHUB_HEAD_REF -e GITHUB_BASE_REF -e GITHUB_EVENT_NAME -e GITHUB_SERVER_URL -e GITHUB_API_URL -e GITHUB_GRAPHQL_URL -e GITHUB_WORKSPACE -e GITHUB_ACTION -e GITHUB_EVENT_PATH -e GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY -e GITHUB_ACTION_REF -e GITHUB_PATH -e GITHUB_ENV -e RUNNER_OS -e RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE -e RUNNER_TEMP -e RUNNER_WORKSPACE -e ACTIONS_RUNTIME_URL -e ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN -e ACTIONS_CACHE_URL -e GITHUB_ACTIONS=true -e CI=true -v "/var/run/docker.sock":"/var/run/docker.sock" -v "$RUNNER_TEMP":"$RUNNER_TEMP" -v "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE":"$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" enricomi/publish-unit-test-result-action:latest
+          docker run --workdir $GITHUB_WORKSPACE --rm -e INPUT_CHECK_NAME -e INPUT_FILES -e INPUT_TIME_UNIT -e INPUT_GITHUB_TOKEN -e INPUT_GITHUB_RETRIES -e INPUT_COMMIT -e INPUT_COMMENT_TITLE -e INPUT_FAIL_ON -e INPUT_REPORT_INDIVIDUAL_RUNS -e INPUT_DEDUPLICATE_CLASSES_BY_FILE_NAME -e INPUT_IGNORE_RUNS -e INPUT_HIDE_COMMENTS -e INPUT_COMMENT_ON_PR -e INPUT_COMMENT_MODE -e INPUT_COMPARE_TO_EARLIER_COMMIT -e INPUT_PULL_REQUEST_BUILD -e INPUT_EVENT_FILE -e INPUT_EVENT_NAME -e INPUT_TEST_CHANGES_LIMIT -e INPUT_CHECK_RUN_ANNOTATIONS -e INPUT_CHECK_RUN_ANNOTATIONS_BRANCH -e INPUT_SECONDS_BETWEEN_GITHUB_READS -e INPUT_SECONDS_BETWEEN_GITHUB_WRITES -e INPUT_JSON_FILE -e INPUT_JOB_SUMMARY -e HOME -e GITHUB_JOB -e GITHUB_REF -e GITHUB_SHA -e GITHUB_REPOSITORY -e GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER -e GITHUB_RUN_ID -e GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER -e GITHUB_RETENTION_DAYS -e GITHUB_ACTOR -e GITHUB_WORKFLOW -e GITHUB_HEAD_REF -e GITHUB_BASE_REF -e GITHUB_EVENT_NAME -e GITHUB_SERVER_URL -e GITHUB_API_URL -e GITHUB_GRAPHQL_URL -e GITHUB_WORKSPACE -e GITHUB_ACTION -e GITHUB_EVENT_PATH -e GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY -e GITHUB_ACTION_REF -e GITHUB_PATH -e GITHUB_ENV -e GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY -e RUNNER_OS -e RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE -e RUNNER_TEMP -e RUNNER_WORKSPACE -e ACTIONS_RUNTIME_URL -e ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN -e ACTIONS_CACHE_URL -e GITHUB_ACTIONS=true -e CI=true -v "/var/run/docker.sock":"/var/run/docker.sock" -v "$RUNNER_TEMP":"$RUNNER_TEMP" -v "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE":"$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" enricomi/publish-unit-test-result-action:latest
         env:
           INPUT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           INPUT_CHECK_NAME: Unit Test Results (Docker Image)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4d4a72b0..aee9256c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ See the complete list of options below.
 |`check_name`|`"Unit Test Results"`|An alternative name for the check result.|
 |`comment_title`|same as `check_name`|An alternative name for the pull request comment.|
 |`comment_mode`|`update last`|The action posts comments to a pull request that is associated with the commit. Set to `create new` to create a new comment on each commit, `update last` to create only one comment and update later on, `off` to not create pull request comments.|
+|`job_summary`|`true`| Set to `true` to publish summary as Job Step Summary, can be used in addition or replacement of pull request decoration|
 |`hide_comments`|`"all but latest"`|Configures which earlier comments in a pull request are hidden by the action:<br/>`"orphaned commits"` - comments for removed commits<br/>`"all but latest"` - all comments but the latest<br/>`"off"` - no hiding|
 |`github_token`|`${{github.token}}`|An alternative GitHub token, other than the default provided by GitHub Actions runner.|
 |`github_retries`|`10`|Requests to the GitHub API are retried this number of times. The value must be a positive integer or zero.|
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 377a8431..bf225f2e 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ inputs:
   json_file:
     description: 'Results are written to this JSON file.'
     required: false
+  job_summary:
+    description: 'Set to `true` to publish summary as Job Step Summary, can be used in addition or replacement of pull request decoration'
+    required: false
+    default: 'true'
 runs:
   using: 'docker'
   image: 'docker://ghcr.io/enricomi/publish-unit-test-result-action:v1.34'
diff --git a/composite/action.yml b/composite/action.yml
index 0ef27ce0..309049f1 100644
--- a/composite/action.yml
+++ b/composite/action.yml
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ inputs:
   json_file:
     description: 'Results are written to this JSON file.'
     required: false
+  job_summary:
+    description: 'Set to `true` to publish summary as Job Step Summary, can be used in addition or replacement of pull request decoration'
+    required: false
+    default: 'true'
 runs:
   using: 'composite'
   steps:
@@ -152,6 +156,7 @@ runs:
         SECONDS_BETWEEN_GITHUB_READS: ${{ inputs.seconds_between_github_reads }}
         SECONDS_BETWEEN_GITHUB_WRITES: ${{ inputs.seconds_between_github_writes }}
         JSON_FILE: ${{ inputs.json_file }}
+        JOB_SUMMARY: ${{ inputs.job_summary }}
         ROOT_LOG_LEVEL: ${{ inputs.root_log_level }}
         LOG_LEVEL: ${{ inputs.log_level }}
       shell: bash
diff --git a/python/publish/publisher.py b/python/publish/publisher.py
index 037ef3ed..5033a596 100644
--- a/python/publish/publisher.py
+++ b/python/publish/publisher.py
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ class Settings:
     check_run_annotation: List[str]
     seconds_between_github_reads: float
     seconds_between_github_writes: float
+    job_summary: bool = True
+    job_summary_file: Optional[str] = None
+
 
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -252,6 +255,7 @@ def publish_check(self,
 
         title = get_short_summary(stats)
         summary = get_long_summary_md(stats_with_delta)
+        self.publish_summary(summary)
 
         # create full json
         data = PublishData(
@@ -305,6 +309,14 @@ def publish_json(self, data: PublishData):
         # provide a reduced version to Github actions
         self._gha.set_output('json', json.dumps(data.reduced(), ensure_ascii=False))
 
+    def publish_summary(self, summary: str):
+        if self._settings.job_summary_file:
+            try:
+                with open(self._settings.job_summary_file, 'a', encoding='utf-8') as summary_file:
+                    summary_file.write(summary)
+            except Exception as e:
+                self._gha.error(f'Failed to write summary file {self._settings.job_summary_file}: {str(e)}')
+
     @staticmethod
     def get_test_lists_from_check_run(check_run: Optional[CheckRun]) -> Tuple[Optional[List[str]], Optional[List[str]]]:
         if check_run is None:
diff --git a/python/publish_unit_test_results.py b/python/publish_unit_test_results.py
index 5e4f7579..1880a85a 100644
--- a/python/publish_unit_test_results.py
+++ b/python/publish_unit_test_results.py
@@ -294,7 +294,9 @@ def get_settings(options: dict, gha: Optional[GithubAction] = None) -> Settings:
         ignore_runs=get_bool_var('IGNORE_RUNS', options, default=False, gha=gha),
         check_run_annotation=annotations,
         seconds_between_github_reads=float(seconds_between_github_reads),
-        seconds_between_github_writes=float(seconds_between_github_writes)
+        seconds_between_github_writes=float(seconds_between_github_writes),
+        job_summary=get_bool_var('JOB_SUMMARY', options, default=True, gha=gha),
+        job_summary_file=options.get('GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY')
     )
 
     check_var(settings.token, 'GITHUB_TOKEN', 'GitHub token')
@@ -312,6 +314,9 @@ def get_settings(options: dict, gha: Optional[GithubAction] = None) -> Settings:
 
     deprecate_var(get_var('COMMENT_ON_PR', options) or None, 'COMMENT_ON_PR', 'Instead, use option "comment_mode" with values "off", "create new", or "update last".', gha)
 
+    if settings.job_summary:
+        check_var_condition(settings.job_summary_file, f'GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY must point to a writeable file when JOB_SUMMARY is true')
+
     return settings
 
 
diff --git a/python/test/test_action_script.py b/python/test/test_action_script.py
index ef52bdc5..3ba76080 100644
--- a/python/test/test_action_script.py
+++ b/python/test/test_action_script.py
@@ -184,7 +184,9 @@ def get_settings(token='token',
             ignore_runs=ignore_runs,
             check_run_annotation=check_run_annotation.copy(),
             seconds_between_github_reads=seconds_between_github_reads,
-            seconds_between_github_writes=seconds_between_github_writes
+            seconds_between_github_writes=seconds_between_github_writes,
+            job_summary=False,
+            job_summary_file=None,
         )
 
     def test_get_settings(self):
@@ -450,6 +452,7 @@ def do_test_get_settings(self,
                 # annotations config tested in test_get_annotations_config*
                 SECONDS_BETWEEN_GITHUB_READS='1.5',
                 SECONDS_BETWEEN_GITHUB_WRITES='2.5',
+                JOB_SUMMARY='false'
             )
             options.update(**kwargs)
             for arg in kwargs:
@@ -791,7 +794,8 @@ def test_main_fork_pr_check(self):
                     GITHUB_EVENT_PATH=file.name,
                     GITHUB_EVENT_NAME='pull_request',
                     GITHUB_REPOSITORY='repo',
-                    EVENT_FILE=None
+                    EVENT_FILE=None,
+                    JOB_SUMMARY="false"
                 ), gha)
             finally:
                 if sys.platform == 'win32':
diff --git a/python/test/test_publisher.py b/python/test/test_publisher.py
index 1dd448b5..75d13345 100644
--- a/python/test/test_publisher.py
+++ b/python/test/test_publisher.py
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ def create_settings(comment_mode=comment_mode_create,
                         event_name: str = 'event name',
                         json_file: Optional[str] = None,
                         pull_request_build: str = pull_request_build_mode_merge,
-                        test_changes_limit: Optional[int] = 5):
+                        test_changes_limit: Optional[int] = 5,
+                        job_summary: Optional[bool] = False,
+                        job_summary_file: Optional[str] = None):
         return Settings(
             token=None,
             api_url='https://the-github-api-url',
@@ -81,7 +83,9 @@ def create_settings(comment_mode=comment_mode_create,
             ignore_runs=False,
             check_run_annotation=check_run_annotation,
             seconds_between_github_reads=1.5,
-            seconds_between_github_writes=2.5
+            seconds_between_github_writes=2.5,
+            job_summary=job_summary,
+            job_summary_file=job_summary_file
         )
 
     stats = UnitTestRunResults(
@@ -1448,6 +1452,22 @@ def test_publish_json(self):
             }
             gha.set_output.assert_called_once_with('json', json.dumps(expected))
 
+    def test_publish_summary(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as path:
+            filepath = os.path.join(path, 'summary.md')
+            settings = self.create_settings(job_summary=True, job_summary_file=filepath)
+            gh, gha, req, repo, commit = self.create_mocks(digest=self.base_digest, check_names=[settings.check_name])
+            publisher = Publisher(settings, gh, gha)
+
+            summary = 'Well, this summary is not very interesting'
+        
+            publisher.publish_summary(summary)
+
+            with open(filepath, 'r') as summary_file:
+                contents = summary_file.read()
+                self.assertEqual(contents, summary)
+            
+
     def test_publish_comment(self):
         settings = self.create_settings(event={'pull_request': {'base': {'sha': 'commit base'}}}, event_name='pull_request')
         base_commit = 'base-commit'