diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-timing-report.yml b/.github/workflows/build-timing-report.yml
index 0b01beaf36..586dcd1439 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-timing-report.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-timing-report.yml
@@ -247,26 +247,47 @@ jobs:
             const body = fs.readFileSync(process.env.BUILD_TIMING_COMMENT, 'utf8');
             const { owner, repo } = context.repo;
             const issue_number = Number('${{ steps.timing-context.outputs.pr-number }}');
-            const comments = await github.paginate(
-              github.rest.issues.listComments,
-              { owner, repo, issue_number, per_page: 100 }
-            );
-            const existing = comments.find(comment =>
-              comment.user?.type === 'Bot' && comment.body?.includes(marker)
-            );
 
-            if (existing) {
-              await github.rest.issues.updateComment({
-                owner,
-                repo,
-                comment_id: existing.id,
-                body,
-              });
-            } else {
-              await github.rest.issues.createComment({
-                owner,
-                repo,
-                issue_number,
-                body,
-              });
+            try {
+              const comments = await github.paginate(
+                github.rest.issues.listComments,
+                { owner, repo, issue_number, per_page: 100 }
+              );
+              const existing = comments.find(comment =>
+                comment.user?.type === 'Bot' && comment.body?.includes(marker)
+              );
+
+              if (existing) {
+                await github.rest.issues.updateComment({
+                  owner,
+                  repo,
+                  comment_id: existing.id,
+                  body,
+                });
+              } else {
+                await github.rest.issues.createComment({
+                  owner,
+                  repo,
+                  issue_number,
+                  body,
+                });
+              }
+            } catch (error) {
+              // The rendered report is already attached to the job summary (see the
+              // previous step), so failing to post the PR comment must not fail this
+              // reporting job and surface as a red X on otherwise-green CI.
+              if (error.status === 403) {
+                core.warning(
+                  'Could not post the build timing PR comment: GITHUB_TOKEN is not ' +
+                  'permitted to write issue comments (HTTP 403 "Resource not accessible ' +
+                  'by integration"). For `workflow_run` jobs the token is capped at the ' +
+                  'repository default, so the `issues: write` permission declared in this ' +
+                  'workflow cannot take effect until write access is enabled under ' +
+                  'Settings → Actions → General → Workflow permissions ' +
+                  '(or a token/app granting `issues: write` is provided). The report is ' +
+                  'still available in the job summary above.'
+                );
+              } else {
+                core.warning(`Could not post the build timing PR comment: ${error.message}`);
+              }
             }