diff --git a/lib/init-action-post-helper.test.js b/lib/init-action-post-helper.test.js
index 613c5cf2d..53df0bcde 100644
--- a/lib/init-action-post-helper.test.js
+++ b/lib/init-action-post-helper.test.js
@@ -79,21 +79,7 @@ const workflow = __importStar(require("./workflow"));
     });
 });
 (0, ava_1.default)("uploads failed SARIF run for typical workflow", async (t) => {
-    const config = {
-        codeQLCmd: "codeql",
-        debugMode: true,
-        languages: [],
-        packs: [],
-    };
-    const messages = [];
-    process.env["GITHUB_JOB"] = "analyze";
-    process.env["GITHUB_WORKSPACE"] =
-        "/home/runner/work/codeql-action/codeql-action";
-    sinon.stub(actionsUtil, "getRequiredInput").withArgs("matrix").returns("{}");
-    const codeqlObject = await codeql.getCodeQLForTesting();
-    sinon.stub(codeql, "getCodeQL").resolves(codeqlObject);
-    const diagnosticsExportStub = sinon.stub(codeqlObject, "diagnosticsExport");
-    sinon.stub(workflow, "getWorkflow").resolves({
+    const actionsWorkflow = {
         name: "CodeQL",
         on: {
             push: {
@@ -129,16 +115,60 @@ const workflow = __importStar(require("./workflow"));
                 ],
             },
         },
-    });
+    };
+    await testFailedSarifUpload(t, actionsWorkflow, { category: "my-category" });
+});
+(0, ava_1.default)("uploading failed SARIF run fails when workflow does not reference github/codeql-action", async (t) => {
+    const actionsWorkflow = {
+        name: "CodeQL",
+        on: {
+            push: {
+                branches: ["main"],
+            },
+            pull_request: {
+                branches: ["main"],
+            },
+        },
+        jobs: {
+            analyze: {
+                name: "CodeQL Analysis",
+                "runs-on": "ubuntu-latest",
+                steps: [
+                    {
+                        name: "Checkout repository",
+                        uses: "actions/checkout@v3",
+                    },
+                ],
+            },
+        },
+    };
+    await t.throwsAsync(async () => await testFailedSarifUpload(t, actionsWorkflow));
+});
+async function testFailedSarifUpload(t, actionsWorkflow, { category } = {}) {
+    const config = {
+        codeQLCmd: "codeql",
+        debugMode: true,
+        languages: [],
+        packs: [],
+    };
+    const messages = [];
+    process.env["GITHUB_JOB"] = "analyze";
+    process.env["GITHUB_WORKSPACE"] =
+        "/home/runner/work/codeql-action/codeql-action";
+    sinon.stub(actionsUtil, "getRequiredInput").withArgs("matrix").returns("{}");
+    const codeqlObject = await codeql.getCodeQLForTesting();
+    sinon.stub(codeql, "getCodeQL").resolves(codeqlObject);
+    const diagnosticsExportStub = sinon.stub(codeqlObject, "diagnosticsExport");
+    sinon.stub(workflow, "getWorkflow").resolves(actionsWorkflow);
     const uploadFromActions = sinon.stub(uploadLib, "uploadFromActions");
     uploadFromActions.resolves({ sarifID: "42" });
     const waitForProcessing = sinon.stub(uploadLib, "waitForProcessing");
     await initActionPostHelper.uploadFailedSarif(config, (0, repository_1.parseRepositoryNwo)("github/codeql-action"), (0, testing_utils_1.createFeatures)([feature_flags_1.Feature.UploadFailedSarifEnabled]), (0, testing_utils_1.getRecordingLogger)(messages));
     t.deepEqual(messages, []);
-    t.true(diagnosticsExportStub.calledOnceWith(sinon.match.string, "my-category"));
-    t.true(uploadFromActions.calledOnceWith(sinon.match.string, sinon.match.string, "my-category", sinon.match.any));
+    t.true(diagnosticsExportStub.calledOnceWith(sinon.match.string, category), `Actual args were: ${diagnosticsExportStub.args}`);
+    t.true(uploadFromActions.calledOnceWith(sinon.match.string, sinon.match.string, category, sinon.match.any), `Actual args were: ${uploadFromActions.args}`);
     t.true(waitForProcessing.calledOnceWith(sinon.match.any, "42", sinon.match.any, {
         isUnsuccessfulExecution: true,
     }));
-});
+}
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diff --git a/src/init-action-post-helper.test.ts b/src/init-action-post-helper.test.ts
index dce7265d3..1a7ec849d 100644
--- a/src/init-action-post-helper.test.ts
+++ b/src/init-action-post-helper.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import test from "ava";
+import test, { ExecutionContext } from "ava";
 import * as sinon from "sinon";
 
 import * as actionsUtil from "./actions-util";
@@ -86,23 +86,7 @@ test("post: init action with debug mode on", async (t) => {
 });
 
 test("uploads failed SARIF run for typical workflow", async (t) => {
-  const config = {
-    codeQLCmd: "codeql",
-    debugMode: true,
-    languages: [],
-    packs: [],
-  } as unknown as configUtils.Config;
-  const messages = [];
-  process.env["GITHUB_JOB"] = "analyze";
-  process.env["GITHUB_WORKSPACE"] =
-    "/home/runner/work/codeql-action/codeql-action";
-  sinon.stub(actionsUtil, "getRequiredInput").withArgs("matrix").returns("{}");
-
-  const codeqlObject = await codeql.getCodeQLForTesting();
-  sinon.stub(codeql, "getCodeQL").resolves(codeqlObject);
-  const diagnosticsExportStub = sinon.stub(codeqlObject, "diagnosticsExport");
-
-  sinon.stub(workflow, "getWorkflow").resolves({
+  const actionsWorkflow: workflow.Workflow = {
     name: "CodeQL",
     on: {
       push: {
@@ -138,7 +122,61 @@ test("uploads failed SARIF run for typical workflow", async (t) => {
         ],
       },
     },
-  });
+  };
+  await testFailedSarifUpload(t, actionsWorkflow, { category: "my-category" });
+});
+
+test("uploading failed SARIF run fails when workflow does not reference github/codeql-action", async (t) => {
+  const actionsWorkflow: workflow.Workflow = {
+    name: "CodeQL",
+    on: {
+      push: {
+        branches: ["main"],
+      },
+      pull_request: {
+        branches: ["main"],
+      },
+    },
+    jobs: {
+      analyze: {
+        name: "CodeQL Analysis",
+        "runs-on": "ubuntu-latest",
+        steps: [
+          {
+            name: "Checkout repository",
+            uses: "actions/checkout@v3",
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    },
+  };
+  await t.throwsAsync(
+    async () => await testFailedSarifUpload(t, actionsWorkflow)
+  );
+});
+
+async function testFailedSarifUpload(
+  t: ExecutionContext<unknown>,
+  actionsWorkflow: workflow.Workflow,
+  { category }: { category?: string } = {}
+): Promise<void> {
+  const config = {
+    codeQLCmd: "codeql",
+    debugMode: true,
+    languages: [],
+    packs: [],
+  } as unknown as configUtils.Config;
+  const messages = [];
+  process.env["GITHUB_JOB"] = "analyze";
+  process.env["GITHUB_WORKSPACE"] =
+    "/home/runner/work/codeql-action/codeql-action";
+  sinon.stub(actionsUtil, "getRequiredInput").withArgs("matrix").returns("{}");
+
+  const codeqlObject = await codeql.getCodeQLForTesting();
+  sinon.stub(codeql, "getCodeQL").resolves(codeqlObject);
+  const diagnosticsExportStub = sinon.stub(codeqlObject, "diagnosticsExport");
+
+  sinon.stub(workflow, "getWorkflow").resolves(actionsWorkflow);
 
   const uploadFromActions = sinon.stub(uploadLib, "uploadFromActions");
   uploadFromActions.resolves({ sarifID: "42" } as uploadLib.UploadResult);
@@ -152,19 +190,21 @@ test("uploads failed SARIF run for typical workflow", async (t) => {
   );
   t.deepEqual(messages, []);
   t.true(
-    diagnosticsExportStub.calledOnceWith(sinon.match.string, "my-category")
+    diagnosticsExportStub.calledOnceWith(sinon.match.string, category),
+    `Actual args were: ${diagnosticsExportStub.args}`
   );
   t.true(
     uploadFromActions.calledOnceWith(
       sinon.match.string,
       sinon.match.string,
-      "my-category",
+      category,
       sinon.match.any
-    )
+    ),
+    `Actual args were: ${uploadFromActions.args}`
   );
   t.true(
     waitForProcessing.calledOnceWith(sinon.match.any, "42", sinon.match.any, {
       isUnsuccessfulExecution: true,
     })
   );
-});
+}