diff --git a/.github/workflows/ecosystem-ci-selected.yml b/.github/workflows/ecosystem-ci-selected.yml
index 522a2798..e2aa6d60 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ecosystem-ci-selected.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ecosystem-ci-selected.yml
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ jobs:
           REF_TYPE: ${{ inputs.refType }}
           REF: ${{ inputs.ref }}
           REPO: ${{ inputs.repo }}
+          COMMIT: ${{ steps.ecosystem-ci-run.outputs.commit }}
           SUITE: ${{ inputs.suite }}
           STATUS: ${{ job.status }}
           DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ecosystem-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ecosystem-ci.yml
index f8026ff6..ced40fb4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ecosystem-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ecosystem-ci.yml
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ jobs:
           REF_TYPE: ${{ inputs.refType || github.event.client_payload.refType || 'branch' }}
           REF: ${{ inputs.ref || github.event.client_payload.ref || 'main' }}
           REPO: ${{ inputs.repo || github.event.client_payload.repo || 'vitejs/vite' }}
+          COMMIT: ${{ steps.ecosystem-ci-run.outputs.commit }}
           SUITE: ${{ matrix.suite }}
           STATUS: ${{ job.status }}
           DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL }}
diff --git a/discord-webhook.ts b/discord-webhook.ts
index fee90010..2463cefd 100644
--- a/discord-webhook.ts
+++ b/discord-webhook.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import fetch from 'node-fetch'
-import { getPermanentRef, setupEnvironment } from './utils.ts'
+import { setupEnvironment, getPermanentRef } from './utils.ts'
 
 type RefType = 'branch' | 'tag' | 'commit' | 'release'
 type Status = 'success' | 'failure' | 'cancelled'
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ type Env = {
 	REF_TYPE?: RefType
 	REF?: string
 	REPO?: string
+	COMMIT?: string
 	SUITE?: string
 	STATUS?: Status
 	DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL?: string
@@ -57,8 +58,14 @@ async function run() {
 	await setupEnvironment()
 
 	const refType = env.REF_TYPE
-	// vite repo is not cloned when release
-	const permRef = refType === 'release' ? undefined : await getPermanentRef()
+	let permRef: string | undefined
+
+	if (env.COMMIT) {
+		permRef = env.COMMIT
+	} else if (refType !== 'release') {
+		// vite repo is not cloned when release
+		permRef = await getPermanentRef()
+	}
 
 	const targetText = createTargetText(refType, env.REF, permRef, env.REPO)
 
diff --git a/ecosystem-ci.ts b/ecosystem-ci.ts
index 98ae3cb1..75465604 100644
--- a/ecosystem-ci.ts
+++ b/ecosystem-ci.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
 import process from 'process'
 import { cac } from 'cac'
+import actionsCore from '@actions/core'
 
 import {
 	setupEnvironment,
@@ -23,15 +24,49 @@ cli
 	.option('--commit <commit>', 'vite commit sha to use')
 	.option('--release <version>', 'vite release to use from npm registry')
 	.action(async (suites, options: CommandOptions) => {
+		let poll = false
+		if (
+			options.branch === 'main' &&
+			options.repo === 'vitejs/vite' &&
+			!options.commit
+		) {
+			const res = await fetch(
+				`https://api.github.com/repos/${options.repo}/branches/${options.branch}`,
+			)
+			const {
+				commit: { sha },
+			} = (await res.json()) as { commit: { sha: string } }
+			if (sha) {
+				options.commit = sha
+				actionsCore.setOutput('commit', sha)
+				poll = true
+			}
+		}
 		if (options.commit) {
 			const url = `https://pkg.pr.new/vite@${options.commit}`
-			//eslint-disable-next-line n/no-unsupported-features/node-builtins
-			const { status } = await fetch(url)
-			if (status === 200) {
-				options.release = url
-				delete options.commit
+			const maxAttempts = 12 // 1 minute
+			let attempts = 0
+			do {
+				const { status } = await fetch(url)
+				if (status === 200) {
+					options.release = url
+					delete options.commit
+					console.log(`continuous release available on ${url}`)
+					poll = false
+				}
+				if (poll) {
+					// wait 5 seconds before polling again
+					await sleep(5 * 1000)
+				}
+				attempts++
+				console.log(
+					`Polling attempt ${attempts}/${maxAttempts} for continuous release at ${url}`,
+				)
+			} while (poll && attempts < maxAttempts)
 
-				console.log(`continuous release available on ${url}`)
+			if (poll && !options.release) {
+				console.error(`no continuous release found for ${options.commit}`)
+				process.exit(1)
 			}
 		}
 		const { root, vitePath, workspace } = await setupEnvironment()
@@ -178,3 +213,7 @@ function getSuitesToRun(suites: string[], root: string) {
 	}
 	return suitesToRun
 }
+
+async function sleep(ms: number) {
+	return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms))
+}
diff --git a/tests/_selftest.ts b/tests/_selftest.ts
index 5accdda7..cf80cab4 100644
--- a/tests/_selftest.ts
+++ b/tests/_selftest.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,13 @@ export async function test(options: RunOptions) {
 					`invalid checkout, expected package.json with "name":"vite-ecosystem-ci" in ${dir}`,
 				)
 			}
-			pkg.scripts.selftestscript =
-				"[ -d ../../vite/packages/vite/dist ] || (echo 'vite build failed' && exit 1)"
+			if (options.release) {
+				pkg.scripts.selftestscript =
+					"[ -d ./node_modules/vite/dist ] || (echo 'vite build failed' && exit 1)"
+			} else {
+				pkg.scripts.selftestscript =
+					"[ -d ../../vite/packages/vite/dist ] || (echo 'vite build failed' && exit 1)"
+			}
 			await fs.promises.writeFile(
 				pkgFile,
 				JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2),