diff --git a/.github/workflows/expo-preview-road-test.yml b/.github/workflows/expo-preview-road-test.yml
index b718ac6f..ce200c1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/expo-preview-road-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/expo-preview-road-test.yml
@@ -162,13 +162,17 @@ jobs:
     name: Create issue on Expo preview failure
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [prepare, android, ios]
+    # Without a status function GitHub prepends `success() &&`, which skips this job whenever a road test fails
     if: |
+      !cancelled() &&
       needs.prepare.outputs.should_test == 'true' &&
       (needs.android.result == 'failure' || needs.ios.result == 'failure')
     steps:
       - name: Create or reuse GitHub issue
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          # No checkout in this job, so gh can't infer the repo from git
+          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
         run: |
           issue_title="Expo preview road test failed for ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.latest_version }}"
           existing_issue_number=$(gh issue list \