diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-bot.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-bot.yml
index 2366222087..c62816c8b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-bot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-bot.yml
@@ -160,7 +160,17 @@ jobs:
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         env:
           GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: ./console.php evaluate >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+        run: |
+          set +e
+          ./console.php evaluate >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          exit_code="$?"
+
+          if [[ "$exit_code" == "2" ]]; then
+            echo "::notice file=.github/workflows/issue-bot.yml,line=3 ::Issue bot detected open issues which are affected by this pull request - see https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/runs/$GITHUB_RUN_ID"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          exit $exit_code
 
       - name: "Evaluate results - push"
         working-directory: "issue-bot"
@@ -169,4 +179,14 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.PHPSTAN_BOT_TOKEN }}
           PHPSTAN_SRC_COMMIT_BEFORE: ${{ github.event.before }}
           PHPSTAN_SRC_COMMIT_AFTER: ${{ github.event.after }}
-        run: ./console.php evaluate --post-comments >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+        run: |
+          set +e
+          ./console.php evaluate --post-comments >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          exit_code="$?"
+
+          # its fine when issue-bot found affected issues
+          if [[ "$exit_code" == "2" ]]; then
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          exit $exit_code
diff --git a/issue-bot/src/Console/EvaluateCommand.php b/issue-bot/src/Console/EvaluateCommand.php
index 9836d85bb0..cc417f6b34 100644
--- a/issue-bot/src/Console/EvaluateCommand.php
+++ b/issue-bot/src/Console/EvaluateCommand.php
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
 class EvaluateCommand extends Command
 {
 
+	private const EXIT_ERROR = 1;
+	private const EXIT_AFFECTS_ISSUES = 2;
+	private const EXIT_NO_AFFECTED_ISSUES = 0;
+
 	public function __construct(
 		private TabCreator $tabCreator,
 		private PostGenerator $postGenerator,
@@ -133,7 +137,9 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
 			}
 		}
 
+		$exitCode = self::EXIT_AFFECTS_ISSUES;
 		if (count($toPost) === 0) {
+			$exitCode = self::EXIT_NO_AFFECTED_ISSUES;
 			$output->writeln(sprintf('No changes in results in %d code snippets from %d GitHub issues. :tada:', $totalCodeSnippets, count($issueCache->getIssues())));
 		}
 
@@ -163,7 +169,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
 		if ($postComments) {
 			if (count($toPost) > 20) {
 				$output->writeln('Too many comments to post, something is probably wrong.');
-				return 1;
+				return self::EXIT_ERROR;
 			}
 			foreach ($toPost as ['issue' => $issue, 'hash' => $hash, 'users' => $users, 'diff' => $diff, 'details' => $details]) {
 				$text = sprintf(
@@ -191,7 +197,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
 			}
 		}
 
-		return 0;
+		return $exitCode;
 	}
 
 	/**