diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d9fe08b7..4c155746 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: write
   id-token: write  # required for PyPI Trusted Publishing (OIDC); npm uses NPM_TOKEN
+  actions: read    # preflight's `gh run list` needs this; omitting it silently returns empty
 
 env:
   NODE_VERSION: "24"
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
               --workflow pr.yml \
               --branch main \
               --json conclusion,status \
-              --jq 'map(select(.status == "completed")) | .[0].conclusion' 2>/dev/null || true)
+              --jq 'map(select(.status == "completed")) | .[0].conclusion' || true)
             case "${conclusion:-}" in
               success)
                 echo "pr.yml passed on ${{ github.sha }}"