diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 31f5d373..7f370a6f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -143,12 +143,12 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           TAG="${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}"
-          upload() {
-            gh release upload "$TAG" "$1" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --clobber || \
-              (sleep 5 && gh release upload "$TAG" "$1" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --clobber)
-          }
           for f in release/*.dmg release/*.zip release/*.blockmap; do
-            [ -f "$f" ] && upload "$f"
+            [ -f "$f" ] || continue
+            echo "Uploading: $f"
+            gh release upload "$TAG" "$f" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --clobber 2>&1 || \
+              (sleep 5 && gh release upload "$TAG" "$f" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --clobber 2>&1) || \
+              echo "WARNING: failed to upload $f, continuing..."
           done
 
   release-win:
@@ -217,12 +217,12 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           TAG="${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}"
-          upload() {
-            gh release upload "$TAG" "$1" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --clobber || \
-              (sleep 5 && gh release upload "$TAG" "$1" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --clobber)
-          }
           for f in release/*.exe release/*.blockmap; do
-            [ -f "$f" ] && upload "$f"
+            [ -f "$f" ] || continue
+            echo "Uploading: $f"
+            gh release upload "$TAG" "$f" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --clobber 2>&1 || \
+              (sleep 5 && gh release upload "$TAG" "$f" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --clobber 2>&1) || \
+              echo "WARNING: failed to upload $f, continuing..."
           done
 
   release-linux:
@@ -292,13 +292,15 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
+          set -x
           TAG="${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}"
-          upload() {
-            gh release upload "$TAG" "$1" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --clobber || \
-              (sleep 5 && gh release upload "$TAG" "$1" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --clobber)
-          }
+          ls -la release/ || true
           for f in release/*.AppImage release/*.deb release/*.rpm release/*.pacman release/*.blockmap; do
-            [ -f "$f" ] && upload "$f"
+            [ -f "$f" ] || continue
+            echo "Uploading: $f"
+            gh release upload "$TAG" "$f" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --clobber 2>&1 || \
+              (sleep 5 && gh release upload "$TAG" "$f" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --clobber 2>&1) || \
+              echo "WARNING: failed to upload $f, continuing..."
           done
 
   upload-stable-links: