diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index 82cc52a9..9a204aca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     needs: prepare-matrix
     strategy:
-      max-parallel: 4 # avoid using all workers from the pool
+      max-parallel: 15 # avoid using all workers from the org pool
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        dist_name: ${{ fromJson(needs.prepare-matrix.outputs.matrix) }}
+        dist_name: ['ipfs-pack'] # TODO ${{ fromJson(needs.prepare-matrix.outputs.matrix) }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Setup IPFS
@@ -44,6 +44,43 @@ jobs:
         timeout-minutes: 5
       - run: cd ./dists/${{ matrix.dist_name }} && make nightly
       - run: ./dockerized make publish
+      - name: Create issue if build failed
+        uses: actions/github-script@v4
+        if: ${{ failure() }}
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const title = 'Nightly build failed for ${{ matrix.dist_name }}'
+            const body = '${{ matrix.dist_name }} failed to build nightly from revision ${{ github.sha }}: https://github.com/ipfs/distributions/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}'
+            const opts = { owner: context.repo.owner, repo: context.repo.repo }
+            const response = await github.search.issuesAndPullRequests({
+              q: `repo:ipfs/distributions is:issue is:open in:title ${title}`
+            })
+            console.log('github.issuesAndPullRequests', response)
+            let link
+            if (response.data.items.length === 0) {
+              const created = await github.issues.create({ ...opts, title, body,
+                labels: ['kind/bug', 'need/triage']
+              })
+              console.log('no open issues, created a new one', created)
+              link = created.html_url
+            }
+            for (const issue of response.data.items) {
+              if (issue.title !== title) continue
+              console.log('found existing open issue', issue)
+              const created = await github.issues.createComment({ ...opts,
+                issue_number: issue.number,
+                body
+              })
+              console.log('commented on existing open issue', created)
+              link = created.html_url
+            }
+            await github.repos.createCommitStatus({ ...opts,
+              sha: '${{ github.sha }}',
+              state: 'error',
+              target_url: link,
+              context: 'Problem with ${{ matrix.dist_name }}',
+              description: 'See details in the linked issue'
+            })
       - name: Inspect git status and contents of ./releases
         run: git status && ls -Rhl ./releases
       - name: Read CID of updated DAG