diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/auto-merge-docs.yml b/.gitea/workflows/auto-merge-docs.yml
index 8d73e95..882b9d9 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/auto-merge-docs.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/auto-merge-docs.yml
@@ -48,15 +48,26 @@ jobs:
           API_BASE="${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/pulls/${PR_NUMBER}"
 
           # Approve the PR
-          curl -sf -X POST "${API_BASE}/reviews" \
+          echo "Approving PR #${PR_NUMBER}..."
+          APPROVE_RESP=$(curl -s -w "\nHTTP_%{http_code}" -X POST "${API_BASE}/reviews" \
             -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
             -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-            -d '{"event": "APPROVED", "body": "Auto-approved: docs-only changes (all .md files)."}'
+            -d '{"event": "APPROVED", "body": "Auto-approved: docs-only changes (all .md files)."}')
+          echo "$APPROVE_RESP"
 
           # Merge the PR
-          curl -sf -X POST "${API_BASE}/merge" \
+          echo "Merging PR #${PR_NUMBER}..."
+          MERGE_RESP=$(curl -s -w "\nHTTP_%{http_code}" -X POST "${API_BASE}/merge" \
             -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
             -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-            -d '{"Do": "merge", "merge_message_field": "Auto-merge: docs-only PR #'"${PR_NUMBER}"'"}'
+            -d '{"Do": "merge", "merge_message_field": "Auto-merge: docs-only PR #'"${PR_NUMBER}"'"}')
+          echo "$MERGE_RESP"
+
+          # Check for failure
+          HTTP_CODE=$(echo "$MERGE_RESP" | tail -1)
+          if [[ "$HTTP_CODE" =~ HTTP_4[0-9][0-9] || "$HTTP_CODE" =~ HTTP_5[0-9][0-9] ]]; then
+            echo "Merge failed!"
+            exit 1
+          fi
 
           echo "PR #${PR_NUMBER} auto-approved and merged."