diff --git a/.github/workflows/nf-test.yml b/.github/workflows/nf-test.yml
index 86eda0c..ec2989d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nf-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nf-test.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   nf-test-changes:
-    name: nf-test-changes
+    name: nf-test-changes!
     runs-on: # use self-hosted runners
       - runs-on=${{ github.run_id }}-nf-test-changes
       - runner=4cpu-linux-x64
@@ -181,10 +181,12 @@ jobs:
           echo "nf-test" > pr-comment/header.txt
           if [ -d pr-comment-fragments ] && [ -n "$(ls -A pr-comment-fragments)" ]; then
             {
-              echo "## ❌ nf-test failed"
+              echo "## ❌ nf-test failed with latest Nextflow version"
+              echo ""
+              echo "> [!NOTE]"
+              echo "> Tests with Nextflow's latest version failed but it will not cause a CI workflow failure."
+              echo "> Please check if the failure is expected with newer (edge-)releases of Nextflow or if it needs fixing."
               echo ""
-              echo "> [!NOTE]:"
-              echo "> Test with latest-everything failed but will not cause workflow failure. Please check if the error is expected with newer (edge-)releases of Nextflow or if it needs fixing."
               cat pr-comment-fragments/*.md
               echo ""
               echo "See the [full run](${RUN_URL}) for details."
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-comment.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-comment.yml
index 9eb626b..4fe24f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-comment.yml
@@ -45,29 +45,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Read comment metadata
         id: meta
         run: |
-          # Show what the download step actually produced. This makes a future
-          # path/artifact mismatch obvious instead of silently posting nothing.
-          echo "::group::Downloaded pr-comment contents"
-          ls -la pr-comment 2>/dev/null || echo "No pr-comment/ directory was downloaded."
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-
-          # No artifact at all: the producer didn't upload one (e.g. a workflow
-          # that never builds a comment). Nothing to do.
-          if [ ! -d pr-comment ]; then
-            echo "No pr-comment artifact found; nothing to post."
-            exit 0
-          fi
-
-          # Artifact present but no body: a valid "nothing to report" outcome
-          # (e.g. linting passed, template up to date).
-          if [ ! -f pr-comment/comment.md ]; then
-            echo "Artifact present but no comment.md; nothing to post."
-            exit 0
-          fi
+          # No comment body means there is nothing to post.
+          [ -f pr-comment/comment.md ] || exit 0
 
           pr_number=$(cat pr-comment/pr_number.txt)
           header=$(cat pr-comment/header.txt)
-          echo "Found comment.md (header='$header', pr_number='$pr_number')."
 
           # Guard against anything unexpected ending up in the PR number.
           case "$pr_number" in
@@ -80,11 +62,10 @@ jobs:
           echo "pr_number=$pr_number" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "header=$header" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "post=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "Will post comment to PR #${pr_number}."
 
       - name: Post PR comment
         if: steps.meta.outputs.post == 'true'
-        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@70d2764d1a7d5d9560b100cbea0077fc8f633987 # v3
+        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@5770ad5eb8f42dd2c4f34da00c94c5381e49af88 # v3.0.5
         with:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           number: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.pr_number }}
diff --git a/main.nf b/main.nf
index 548e85d..68101dd 100644
--- a/main.nf
+++ b/main.nf
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ workflow NFCORE_TESTPIPELINE {
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
 
+// fail if nextflow version is 26.07.0
+if (nextflow.version == '26.07.0') {
+    exit 1
+}
+
 workflow {
 
     main: