diff --git a/packages/app/server/routes/publish.post.ts b/packages/app/server/routes/publish.post.ts
index e97f9ad0..0cf61b30 100644
--- a/packages/app/server/routes/publish.post.ts
+++ b/packages/app/server/routes/publish.post.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { H3Event } from "h3";
 import type { components as OctokitComponents } from "@octokit/openapi-types";
 import type { Comment, PackageManager } from "@pkg-pr-new/utils";
+import type { WorkflowData } from "../types";
 import { isPullRequest, isWhitelisted } from "@pkg-pr-new/utils";
 import { randomUUID } from "uncrypto";
 import { setItemStream, useTemplatesBucket } from "../utils/bucket";
@@ -229,7 +230,10 @@ export default eventHandler(async (event) => {
     checkRunUrl = html_url!;
   }
 
-  if (isPullRequest(workflowData.ref)) {
+  if (
+    isPullRequest(workflowData.ref) &&
+    (await getPullRequestState(installation, workflowData)) === "open"
+  ) {
     let prevComment: OctokitComponents["schemas"]["issue-comment"];
 
     await installation.paginate(
@@ -322,6 +326,25 @@ export default eventHandler(async (event) => {
   };
 });
 
+async function getPullRequestState(
+  installation: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof useOctokitInstallation>>,
+  workflowData: WorkflowData,
+) {
+  try {
+    const { data: pr } = await installation.request(
+      "GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}",
+      {
+        owner: workflowData.owner,
+        repo: workflowData.repo,
+        pull_number: Number(workflowData.ref),
+      },
+    );
+    return pr.state;
+  } catch (error) {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
 async function iterateAndDelete(
   event: H3Event,
   base: string,