diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-components.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-components.yaml
index 707b253d10bba..c1862ff20d5b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-components.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-components.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 on: 
   push:
     branches:
-      - master
+      - publish-test
 
 jobs:
   publish-components:
@@ -26,21 +26,40 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish and add to registry components/*.js (that aren't .app.js files)
         env:
           PD_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.PD_API_KEY }}
+        shell: bash {0} # don't fast fail
         run: |
+          UNPUBLISHED=()
           mapfile -d ',' -t added_modified_files < <(printf '%s,' '${{ steps.files.outputs.added_modified }}')
           for added_modified_file in "${added_modified_files[@]}"; do
             # starts with components, ends with .js and not app.js
             if [[ $added_modified_file == components/* ]] && [[ $added_modified_file == *.js ]] && [[ $added_modified_file != *.app.js ]]
             then
               echo "attempting to publish ${added_modified_file}"
-              KEY=`./pd publish ${added_modified_file} --json | jq -r ".key"`
-              echo "published ${KEY}"
-              echo "${KEY} will be added to the registry"
-              curl "https://api.pipedream.com/graphql" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer ${PD_API_KEY}" --data-binary $'{"query":"mutation($key: String\u0021, $registry: Boolean\u0021){\\n  setComponentRegistry(key: $key, registry: $registry){\\n    savedComponent{\\n      id\\n      key\\n    }\\n  }\\n}","variables":{"key":"'${KEY}'","registry":'true'}}'
+              PD_OUTPUT=`./pd publish ${added_modified_file} --json`
+              if [ $? -eq 0 ]
+              then
+                echo $PD_OUTPUT
+                KEY=`echo $PD_OUTPUT | jq -r ".key"`
+                echo $KEY
+                echo "published ${KEY}"
+                echo "${KEY} will be added to the registry"
+                CURL_OUTPUT=`curl "https://api.pipedream.com/graphql" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer ${PD_API_KEY}" --data-binary $'{"query":"mutation($key: String\u0021, $registry: Boolean\u0021){\\n  setComponentRegistry(key: $key, registry: $registry){\\n    savedComponent{\\n      id\\n      key\\n    }\\n  }\\n}","variables":{"key":"'${KEY}'","registry":'true'}}'`
+                echo $CURL_OUTPUT
+              else
+                ERROR=`echo $PD_OUTPUT | jq -r ".error"`
+                echo "there was an error: ${ERROR} with ${added_modified_file}"
+                UNPUBLISHED+=${added_modified_file}
+                # add to array to spit out later
+              fi
             else
               echo "${added_modified_file} will not be added to the registry"
             fi
           done
+          # print out everything that didn't publish
+          if [ ${#UNPUBLISHED[@]} -ne 0 ]; then
+            echo "the following files were not published"
+            printf '%s\n' "${UNPUBLISHED[@]}"
+          fi
       - name: Remove pd cli config
         run: |
           rm $HOME/.config/pipedream/config