diff --git a/.github/workflows/debug.yaml b/.github/workflows/debug.yaml
index 7025baa9e..0265709a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/debug.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/debug.yaml
@@ -37,22 +37,17 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       # should always run unless we know and expect the upgrade to be breaking. In that case we wither explicitly name the branch with breaking, or the commit message as "[breaking]" (for example in the PR title)
+# echo "LAST_COMMIT=$(git log $GITHUB_SHA --pretty=%B)" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+# echo LAST_COMMIT_HEAD_MSG=${{github.event.head_commit.message}} >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+# echo LAST_COMMIT_MSG: ${{env.LAST_COMMIT_MSG}}
+# echo contains breaking: ${{contains(env.LAST_COMMIT_MSG, '[breaking]')}}
+
       - name: upgrade - should be backwards compatible
         run: |
           echo "LAST_COMMIT=$(git log $GITHUB_SHA --pretty=%B)" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
-          echo LAST_COMMIT_MSG=${{github.event.head_commit.message}} >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
-          echo LAST_COMMIT_MSG: ${{env.LAST_COMMIT_MSG}}
-          echo contains breaking: ${{contains(env.LAST_COMMIT_MSG, '[breaking]')}}
-          echo LAST_COMMIT: ${{ env.LAST_COMMIT }}
-          echo LAST_COMMIT_MSG: ${{ env.LAST_COMMIT_MSG }}
+          echo LAST_COMMIT_HEAD_MSG=${{github.event.head_commit.message}} >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
           echo "COMMIT_BREAKING=${{contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[breaking]')}}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
 
-          echo github.head_ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
-          echo ${{contains(github.head_ref, 'breaking-')}}
-          echo github.ref : ${{ github.ref }}
-          echo ${{contains(github.ref, 'breaking-')}}
-          echo github.ref_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
-          echo ${{contains(github.ref_name, 'breaking-')}}
           echo "BRANCH_BREAKING=${{contains(github.ref_name, 'breaking-') || contains(github.ref, 'breaking-') || contains(github.head_ref, 'breaking-')}}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
 
       - name: should run