diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_docker_after_merge.yml b/.github/workflows/release_docker_after_merge.yml
index dbb38208e..607c19b05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_docker_after_merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_docker_after_merge.yml
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         id: message-preparation
         run: |
           url=$SERVER_URL/$REPO/actions/runs/$RUN_ID
-
-          if [ $STATUS == 'success' ]
+          if [ "$STATUS" == 'success' ]
           then
             msg="The Docker image for the latest release has been successfully built and pushed to DockerHub."
           else
@@ -73,4 +72,4 @@ jobs:
           REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
           RUN_ID: ${{ github.run_id }}
           WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.LARK_NOTIFICATION_WEBHOOK_URL }}
-          STATUS: ${{ steps.docker-push.outcome }}
+          STATUS: ${{ needs.release.result }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_pypi_after_merge.yml b/.github/workflows/release_pypi_after_merge.yml
index 7fa4bdd03..b987b4397 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_pypi_after_merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_pypi_after_merge.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
 
   notify:
     name: Notify Lark via webhook
-    needs: release
+    needs: build-n-publish
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: ${{ always() }}
     steps:
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           url=$SERVER_URL/$REPO/actions/runs/$RUN_ID
 
-          if [ $STATUS == 'success' ]
+          if [ "$STATUS" == 'success' ]
           then
             msg="The Colossal-AI latest version has been successfully released to PyPI."
           else
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ jobs:
           REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
           RUN_ID: ${{ github.run_id }}
           WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.LARK_NOTIFICATION_WEBHOOK_URL }}
-          STATUS: ${{ steps.publish.outcome }}
+          STATUS: ${{ needs.build-n-publish.result }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/generate_release_draft.py b/.github/workflows/scripts/generate_release_draft.py
index 1c407cf14..dc592e4c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/generate_release_draft.py
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/generate_release_draft.py
@@ -57,7 +57,12 @@ def collate_release_info(commit_info_list):
 
     for commit_info in commit_info_list:
         author = commit_info['commit']['author']['name']
-        author_url = commit_info['author']['url']
+
+        try:
+            author_url = commit_info['author']['url']
+        except:
+            # author can be None
+            author_url = None
         msg = commit_info['commit']['message']
         match = re.search(pattern, msg)
 
@@ -86,7 +91,10 @@ def generate_release_post_markdown(current_version, last_version, release_info):
             # only keep the first line
             msg = msg.split('\n')[0]
 
-            item = f'{msg} by [{author}]({author_url})\n'
+            if author_url:
+                item = f'{msg} by [{author}]({author_url})\n'
+            else:
+                item = f'{msg} by {author}\n'
             text.append(f'- {item}')
 
         text.append('\n')