diff --git a/lib/start-proxy-action-post.js b/lib/start-proxy-action-post.js
index d0590d4bbf..6fbd47eb27 100644
--- a/lib/start-proxy-action-post.js
+++ b/lib/start-proxy-action-post.js
@@ -46,39 +46,35 @@ const debug_artifacts_1 = require("./debug-artifacts");
 const logging_1 = require("./logging");
 const util_1 = require("./util");
 async function runWrapper() {
+    const logger = (0, logging_1.getActionsLogger)();
     try {
         // Restore inputs from `start-proxy` Action.
         actionsUtil.restoreInputs();
+        // Kill the running proxy
         const pid = core.getState("proxy-process-pid");
         if (pid) {
             process.kill(Number(pid));
         }
-    }
-    catch (error) {
-        core.setFailed(`start-proxy post-action step failed: ${(0, util_1.getErrorMessage)(error)}`);
-    }
-    const config = await configUtils.getConfig(actionsUtil.getTemporaryDirectory(), core);
-    if ((config && config.debugMode) || core.isDebug()) {
-        const logFilePath = core.getState("proxy-log-file");
-        core.info("Debug mode is on. Uploading proxy log as Actions debugging artifact...");
-        if (config?.gitHubVersion.type === undefined) {
-            core.warning(`Did not upload debug artifacts because cannot determine the GitHub variant running.`);
-            return;
-        }
-        const logger = (0, logging_1.getActionsLogger)();
-        const gitHubVersion = await (0, api_client_1.getGitHubVersion)();
-        (0, util_1.checkGitHubVersionInRange)(gitHubVersion, logger);
-        try {
+        const config = await configUtils.getConfig(actionsUtil.getTemporaryDirectory(), logger);
+        if ((config && config.debugMode) || core.isDebug()) {
+            const logFilePath = core.getState("proxy-log-file");
+            logger.info("Debug mode is on. Uploading proxy log as Actions debugging artifact...");
+            if (config?.gitHubVersion.type === undefined) {
+                logger.warning(`Did not upload debug artifacts because cannot determine the GitHub variant running.`);
+                return;
+            }
+            const gitHubVersion = await (0, api_client_1.getGitHubVersion)();
+            (0, util_1.checkGitHubVersionInRange)(gitHubVersion, logger);
             const artifactUploader = await (0, debug_artifacts_1.getArtifactUploaderClient)(logger, gitHubVersion.type);
             await artifactUploader.uploadArtifact("proxy-log-file", [logFilePath], actionsUtil.getTemporaryDirectory(), {
                 // ensure we don't keep the debug artifacts around for too long since they can be large.
                 retentionDays: 7,
             });
         }
-        catch (e) {
-            // A failure to upload debug artifacts should not fail the entire action.
-            core.warning(`Failed to upload debug artifacts: ${e}`);
-        }
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        // A failure in the post step should not fail the entire action.
+        logger.warning(`start-proxy post-action step failed: ${(0, util_1.getErrorMessage)(error)}`);
     }
 }
 void runWrapper();
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index 5277ccaeed..04159830b9 100644
--- a/lib/start-proxy-action-post.js.map
+++ b/lib/start-proxy-action-post.js.map
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diff --git a/src/start-proxy-action-post.ts b/src/start-proxy-action-post.ts
index a9e38cf1c8..100b8a75ff 100644
--- a/src/start-proxy-action-post.ts
+++ b/src/start-proxy-action-post.ts
@@ -13,40 +13,37 @@ import { getActionsLogger } from "./logging";
 import { checkGitHubVersionInRange, getErrorMessage } from "./util";
 
 async function runWrapper() {
+  const logger = getActionsLogger();
+
   try {
     // Restore inputs from `start-proxy` Action.
     actionsUtil.restoreInputs();
+
+    // Kill the running proxy
     const pid = core.getState("proxy-process-pid");
     if (pid) {
       process.kill(Number(pid));
     }
-  } catch (error) {
-    core.setFailed(
-      `start-proxy post-action step failed: ${getErrorMessage(error)}`,
-    );
-  }
-  const config = await configUtils.getConfig(
-    actionsUtil.getTemporaryDirectory(),
-    core,
-  );
 
-  if ((config && config.debugMode) || core.isDebug()) {
-    const logFilePath = core.getState("proxy-log-file");
-    core.info(
-      "Debug mode is on. Uploading proxy log as Actions debugging artifact...",
+    const config = await configUtils.getConfig(
+      actionsUtil.getTemporaryDirectory(),
+      logger,
     );
-    if (config?.gitHubVersion.type === undefined) {
-      core.warning(
-        `Did not upload debug artifacts because cannot determine the GitHub variant running.`,
-      );
-      return;
-    }
 
-    const logger = getActionsLogger();
-    const gitHubVersion = await getGitHubVersion();
-    checkGitHubVersionInRange(gitHubVersion, logger);
+    if ((config && config.debugMode) || core.isDebug()) {
+      const logFilePath = core.getState("proxy-log-file");
+      logger.info(
+        "Debug mode is on. Uploading proxy log as Actions debugging artifact...",
+      );
+      if (config?.gitHubVersion.type === undefined) {
+        logger.warning(
+          `Did not upload debug artifacts because cannot determine the GitHub variant running.`,
+        );
+        return;
+      }
+      const gitHubVersion = await getGitHubVersion();
+      checkGitHubVersionInRange(gitHubVersion, logger);
 
-    try {
       const artifactUploader = await getArtifactUploaderClient(
         logger,
         gitHubVersion.type,
@@ -61,10 +58,12 @@ async function runWrapper() {
           retentionDays: 7,
         },
       );
-    } catch (e) {
-      // A failure to upload debug artifacts should not fail the entire action.
-      core.warning(`Failed to upload debug artifacts: ${e}`);
     }
+  } catch (error) {
+    // A failure in the post step should not fail the entire action.
+    logger.warning(
+      `start-proxy post-action step failed: ${getErrorMessage(error)}`,
+    );
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/start-proxy/action.yml b/start-proxy/action.yml
index 5756bba479..dc783df80f 100644
--- a/start-proxy/action.yml
+++ b/start-proxy/action.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ inputs:
   proxy_password:
     required: false
     description: The password of the proxy
+  token:
+    description: GitHub token to use for authenticating with this instance of GitHub, used to upload debug artifacts.
+    default: ${{ github.token }}
+    required: false
 outputs:
   proxy_host:
     description: The IP address of the proxy