diff --git a/devops/.env.sh b/devops/.env.sh
index bc22414..72df1e3 100755
--- a/devops/.env.sh
+++ b/devops/.env.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export SCALA212=$(cat project/Deps.sc | grep 'val scala212 ' |  sed -r 's/.*\"(.
 export SCALA213=$(cat project/Deps.sc | grep 'val scala213 ' |  sed -r 's/.*\"(.*)\".**/\1/')
 export SCALA3=$(cat project/Deps.sc | grep 'val scala300 ' |  sed -r 's/.*\"(.*)\".**/\1/')
 
-[[ -z "$SCALA_VERSION" ]] && exit 1
+[[ -z "$SCALA_VERSION" ]] && echo "Missing SCALA_VERSION" && exit 1
 
 case $SCALA_VERSION in
   2.12) SCALA_VERSION="$SCALA212" ;;
diff --git a/devops/.validate-publishing.sh b/devops/.validate-publishing.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..faa0796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devops/.validate-publishing.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+set -x
+
+[[ "$CI_PULL_REQUEST" != "false"  ]] && echo "Publishing not allowed on P/Rs" && exit 0
+[[ ! ("$CI_BRANCH" == "develop" || "$CI_BRANCH_TAG" =~ ^v.*$ ) ]] && echo "Publishing not allowed (CI_BRANCH=$CI_BRANCH, CI_BRANCH_TAG=$CI_BRANCH_TAG)" && exit 0
diff --git a/devops/publish-alien.sh b/devops/publish-alien.sh
index 8411391..5a6ace6 100755
--- a/devops/publish-alien.sh
+++ b/devops/publish-alien.sh
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ set -x
 source ./devops/.env-basic.sh
 printenv
 
-[[ "$CI_PULL_REQUEST" != "false"  ]] && exit 0
-[[ -z "$TOKEN_NUGET" ]] && exit 0
-[[ -z "$TOKEN_NPM" ]] && exit 0
-[[ ! ("$CI_BRANCH" == "develop" || "$CI_BRANCH_TAG" =~ ^v.*$ ) ]] && exit 0
+source ./devops/.validate-publishing.sh
+
+[[ -z "$TOKEN_NUGET" ]] && echo "Missing TOKEN_NUGET" && exit 0
+[[ -z "$TOKEN_NPM" ]] && echo "Missing TOKEN_NPM" && exit 0
 
 
 echo "PUBLISH IDL RUNTIMES..."
diff --git a/devops/publish-scala.sh b/devops/publish-scala.sh
index accdd66..094016b 100755
--- a/devops/publish-scala.sh
+++ b/devops/publish-scala.sh
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ set -e
 set -x
 
 source ./devops/.env.sh
+printenv
 
-[[ "$CI_PULL_REQUEST" != "false"  ]] && exit 0
-[[ ! ("$CI_BRANCH" == "develop" || "$CI_BRANCH_TAG" =~ ^v.*$ ) ]] && exit 0
-[[ -f "$SONATYPE_SECRET"]] && exit 0
+source ./devops/.validate-publishing.sh
+
+[[ -f "$SONATYPE_SECRET" ]] && echo "Missing SONATYPE_SECRET=$SONATYPE_SECRET is not a file" && exit 0
 
 
 echo "PUBLISH SCALA LIBRARIES..."