diff --git a/.github/workflows/dotnet.yaml b/.github/workflows/dotnet.yaml
index b83434b..12ff2e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dotnet.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dotnet.yaml
@@ -102,7 +102,12 @@ jobs:
         run: nix develop --command markdown-link-check README.md
 
   all-required-checks-complete:
+    if: ${{ always() }}
     needs: [check-dotnet-format, check-nix-format, build, shellcheck, linkcheck, run-app]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - run: echo "All required checks complete."
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Check job statuses
+        env:
+            RESULTS: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}
+        run: python .github/workflows/required_checks.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/required_checks.py b/.github/workflows/required_checks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..092d59c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/required_checks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import os
+import json
+import sys
+from typing import Any
+
+results_json = os.environ.get('RESULTS', '{}') or sys.exit(1)
+
+try:
+    results = json.loads(results_json)
+except json.JSONDecodeError:
+    print("Error: Unable to parse RESULTS as JSON")
+    exit(1)
+
+def process_job(job_name: str, job_data: dict[str, Any]) -> int:
+    """
+    Returns 0 on success and 1 on error.
+    """
+    status = job_data['result']
+    print(f"Processing job: {job_name} with status: {status}")
+
+    if status == "success":
+        print(f"Job {job_name} succeeded.")
+        return 0
+    elif status in {"failure", "cancelled"}:
+        print(f"Job {job_name} failed: status {status}!")
+        return 1
+    else:
+        print(f"Job {job_name} has unknown status: {status}!")
+        return 1
+
+# Iterate over each job
+exit_status = 0
+for job_name, job_data in results.items():
+    if not isinstance(job_data, dict):
+        print(f"Unexpected shape at key {job_name}: {job_data}")
+        sys.exit(2)
+    exit_status += process_job(job_name, job_data)
+
+if exit_status > 0:
+    sys.exit(3)