diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index 53cdf7c..baf5c56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -186,16 +186,9 @@ jobs:
           results: ${{ runner.os }}-r${{ matrix.r }}
 
       - uses: ./.github/workflows/update-status
-        if: success()
+        if: always()
         with:
           sha: ${{ needs.rcc-smoke.outputs.sha }}
-          state: success
-
-      - uses: ./.github/workflows/update-status
-        if: failure()
-        with:
-          sha: ${{ needs.rcc-smoke.outputs.sha }}
-          state: failure
 
   suggests-matrix:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-status/action.yml b/.github/workflows/update-status/action.yml
index f3d2e32..a38eb1c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-status/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-status/action.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ inputs:
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
+    # It's difficult to get the URL of the current job.
+    # The /jobs API and/or the `github` context are misaligned.
+    # The duckdbneo repository contains several failed attempts.
     - run: |
         set -x
         if [ -n ${{ inputs.sha }} ]; then
@@ -20,7 +23,12 @@ runs:
             -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
             -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
             /repos/${{ github.repository }}/statuses/${{ inputs.sha }} \
-            -f "state=${{ inputs.state }}" -f "context=actions-sync"
+            -f "state=${{ job.status }}" -f "description=${{ github.job_id }}" -f "context=actions-sync"
+
+          gh api \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+            -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+            /repos/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
 
           html_url=$(gh api \
             -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
@@ -29,10 +37,6 @@ runs:
 
           echo $html_url
 
-          html_url=$(curl -f -s -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" -H "Authorization: token ${{ github.token }}" https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}/jobs | jq . | tee /dev/stderr | jq '.jobs[] | select (.name == ${{ github.job }}) | .html_url')
-
-          echo $html_url
-
           # curl -f -X POST -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" -H "Authorization: token ${{ github.token }}" https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/statuses/${{ inputs.sha }} -d '{"state": "${{ inputs.state }}", "context": "${{ github.workflow }} / ${{ github.job }}", "target_url": '${html_url}' }'
         fi
       shell: bash