2 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tools/release/02_publish_dependency_crates.ts b/tools/release/02_publish_dependency_crates.ts
index 9dd6253fe..d325f86a2 100644
--- a/tools/release/02_publish_dependency_crates.ts
+++ b/tools/release/02_publish_dependency_crates.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,14 @@ import { DenoWorkspace, getCratesPublishOrder } from "./helpers/mod.ts";
 
 const workspace = await DenoWorkspace.load();
 
-const dependencyCrates = workspace.getDependencyCrates();
+const dependencyCrates = getCratesPublishOrder(workspace.getDependencyCrates());
 
-for (const crate of getCratesPublishOrder(dependencyCrates)) {
-  await crate.publish();
+try {
+  for (const [i, crate] of dependencyCrates.entries()) {
+    await crate.publish();
+    console.log(`Published ${i + 1} of ${dependencyCrates.length} crates.`);
+  }
+} finally {
+  // system beep to notify error or completion
+  console.log("\x07");
 }
diff --git a/tools/release/helpers/deno_workspace.ts b/tools/release/helpers/deno_workspace.ts
index 169394af9..802063b62 100644
--- a/tools/release/helpers/deno_workspace.ts
+++ b/tools/release/helpers/deno_workspace.ts
@@ -141,15 +141,15 @@ export class DenoWorkspaceCrate {
 
     console.log(`Publishing ${this.name} ${this.version}...`);
 
-    // Sometimes a publish may fail due to local caching issues.
-    // Usually it will fix itself after retrying so try a few
-    // times before failing hard.
+    // Sometimes a publish may fail due to the crates.io index
+    // not being updated yet. Usually it will be resolved after
+    // retrying, so try a few times before failing hard.
     return await withRetries({
       action: async () => {
         await cargo.publishCrate(this.directoryPath);
         return true;
       },
-      retryCount: 3,
+      retryCount: 5,
       retryDelaySeconds: 10,
     });
   }