diff --git a/pkgs/firehose/CHANGELOG.md b/pkgs/firehose/CHANGELOG.md
index 16ce4f6d..c87b7d1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/firehose/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/pkgs/firehose/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-## 0.3.12-dev
+## 0.3.12
 
+- Don't have issues creating PR comments fail the job.
+- Write a github workflow summary of the publishing status.
 - Handle un-publishable packages without a `version`.
 
 ## 0.3.11
diff --git a/pkgs/firehose/lib/firehose.dart b/pkgs/firehose/lib/firehose.dart
index 374dca25..c71fb63a 100644
--- a/pkgs/firehose/lib/firehose.dart
+++ b/pkgs/firehose/lib/firehose.dart
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import 'src/github.dart';
 import 'src/pub.dart';
 import 'src/utils.dart';
 
-const String _dependabotUser = 'dependabot[bot]';
+const String _botSuffix = '[bot]';
 
 const String _githubActionsUser = 'github-actions[bot]';
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Firehose {
   /// - provide feedback on the PR (via a PR comment) about packages which are
   ///   ready to publish
   Future<void> validate() async {
-    var github = Github(verbose: true);
+    var github = Github();
 
     // Do basic validation of our expected env var.
     if (!_expectEnv(github.githubAuthToken, 'GITHUB_TOKEN')) return;
@@ -37,31 +37,49 @@ class Firehose {
     if (!_expectEnv(github.issueNumber, 'ISSUE_NUMBER')) return;
     if (!_expectEnv(github.sha, 'GITHUB_SHA')) return;
 
-    if (github.actor == _dependabotUser) {
-      print('Skipping package validation for dependabot PR.');
+    if ((github.actor ?? '').endsWith(_botSuffix)) {
+      print('Skipping package validation for ${github.actor} PRs.');
       return;
     }
 
     var results = await _validate(github);
 
-    var existingCommentId = await github.findCommentId(
-        github.repoSlug!, github.issueNumber!,
-        user: _githubActionsUser, searchTerm: _publishBotTag);
-
-    if (results.hasSuccess) {
-      var text = '''$_publishBotTag
-
+    var markdownTable = '''
 | Package | Version | Status | Publish tag |
 | :--- | ---: | :--- | ---: |
 ${results.describeAsMarkdown}
 
-See also the docs at https://github.com/dart-lang/ecosystem/wiki/Publishing-automation.
+Documentation at https://github.com/dart-lang/ecosystem/wiki/Publishing-automation.
 ''';
 
+    // Write the publish info status to the job summary.
+    github.appendStepSummary(markdownTable);
+
+    var existingCommentId = await allowFailure(
+      github.findCommentId(
+        github.repoSlug!,
+        github.issueNumber!,
+        user: _githubActionsUser,
+        searchTerm: _publishBotTag,
+      ),
+      logError: print,
+    );
+
+    if (results.hasSuccess) {
+      var commentText = '$_publishBotTag\n\n$markdownTable';
+
       if (existingCommentId == null) {
-        await github.createComment(github.repoSlug!, github.issueNumber!, text);
+        await allowFailure(
+          github.createComment(
+              github.repoSlug!, github.issueNumber!, commentText),
+          logError: print,
+        );
       } else {
-        await github.updateComment(github.repoSlug!, existingCommentId, text);
+        await allowFailure(
+          github.updateComment(
+              github.repoSlug!, existingCommentId, commentText),
+          logError: print,
+        );
       }
     } else {
       if (results.hasError && exitCode == 0) {
@@ -69,7 +87,10 @@ See also the docs at https://github.com/dart-lang/ecosystem/wiki/Publishing-auto
       }
 
       if (existingCommentId != null) {
-        await github.deleteComment(github.repoSlug!, existingCommentId);
+        await allowFailure(
+          github.deleteComment(github.repoSlug!, existingCommentId),
+          logError: print,
+        );
       }
     }
 
@@ -93,9 +114,9 @@ See also the docs at https://github.com/dart-lang/ecosystem/wiki/Publishing-auto
       print('pubspec:');
       var pubspecVersion = package.pubspec.version;
       if (pubspecVersion == null) {
-        var result = Result.info(
+        var result = Result.fail(
           package,
-          'no version specified; not able to publish.',
+          "no version specified (perhaps you need a' publish_to: none' entry?)",
         );
         print(result);
         results.addResult(result);
@@ -139,7 +160,7 @@ See also the docs at https://github.com/dart-lang/ecosystem/wiki/Publishing-auto
           print('No issues found.');
 
           var result = Result.success(package,
-              'ready to publish; merge and tag to trigger publishing', repoTag);
+              '**ready to publish**; merge and tag to publish', repoTag);
           print(result);
           results.addResult(result);
         }
@@ -270,8 +291,10 @@ class VerificationResults {
 
     return results.map((r) {
       var sev = r.severity == Severity.error ? '(error) ' : '';
+      var tag = r.other == null ? '' : '`${r.other}`';
+
       return '| package:${r.package.name} | ${r.package.version} | '
-          '$sev${r.message} | ${r.other ?? ''} |';
+          '$sev${r.message} | $tag |';
     }).join('\n');
   }
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/firehose/lib/src/github.dart b/pkgs/firehose/lib/src/github.dart
index 265595c2..bae622f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/firehose/lib/src/github.dart
+++ b/pkgs/firehose/lib/src/github.dart
@@ -34,15 +34,33 @@ class Github {
   String? get actor => _env['GITHUB_ACTOR'];
 
   /// Whether we're running withing the context of a GitHub action.
-  bool get inGithubContext => Platform.environment['GITHUB_ACTIONS'] != null;
+  bool get inGithubContext => _env['GITHUB_ACTIONS'] != null;
 
   /// The short ref name of the branch or tag that triggered the workflow run.
   /// This value matches the branch or tag name shown on GitHub. For example,
   /// `feature-branch-1`.
-  String? get refName => Platform.environment['GITHUB_REF_NAME'];
+  String? get refName => _env['GITHUB_REF_NAME'];
 
   http.Client get httpClient => _httpClient ??= http.Client();
 
+  /// Write the given [markdownSummary] content to the GitHub
+  /// `GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY` file. This will cause the markdown output to be
+  /// appended to the GitHub job summary for the current PR.
+  ///
+  /// See also:
+  /// https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/variables.
+  void appendStepSummary(String markdownSummary) {
+    var summaryPath = _env['GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY'];
+    if (summaryPath == null) {
+      stderr.writeln("'GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY' doesn't exist.");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    var file = File(summaryPath);
+    file.writeAsStringSync('${markdownSummary.trimRight()}\n\n',
+        mode: FileMode.append);
+  }
+
   Future<String> callRestApiGet(Uri uri) async {
     var token = githubAuthToken!;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/firehose/lib/src/utils.dart b/pkgs/firehose/lib/src/utils.dart
index 4d7d9fc1..afd3d94a 100644
--- a/pkgs/firehose/lib/src/utils.dart
+++ b/pkgs/firehose/lib/src/utils.dart
@@ -64,3 +64,17 @@ class Tag {
   @override
   String toString() => tag;
 }
+
+/// Await the given [operation]; if there's a exception from the future, we
+/// ignore the exception and return `null`.
+Future<T?> allowFailure<T>(
+  Future<T> operation, {
+  required void Function(Object) logError,
+}) async {
+  try {
+    return await operation;
+  } catch (e) {
+    logError(e);
+    return null;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/firehose/pubspec.yaml b/pkgs/firehose/pubspec.yaml
index 0c05fd3c..83a682de 100644
--- a/pkgs/firehose/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/firehose/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: firehose
 description: A tool to automate publishing of Pub packages from GitHub actions.
-version: 0.3.12-dev
+version: 0.3.12
 repository: https://github.com/dart-lang/ecosystem/tree/main/pkgs/firehose
 
 environment: