diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/stories/variant-analysis/FailureReasonAlert.stories.tsx b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/stories/variant-analysis/FailureReasonAlert.stories.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5df603766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/stories/variant-analysis/FailureReasonAlert.stories.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+import { ComponentMeta, ComponentStory } from '@storybook/react';
+import { VariantAnalysisFailureReason } from '../../remote-queries/shared/variant-analysis';
+import { FailureReasonAlert } from '../../view/variant-analysis/FailureReasonAlert';
+
+export default {
+  title: 'Variant Analysis/Failure reason alert',
+  component: FailureReasonAlert,
+} as ComponentMeta<typeof FailureReasonAlert>;
+
+const Template: ComponentStory<typeof FailureReasonAlert> = (args) => (
+  <FailureReasonAlert {...args} />
+);
+
+export const NoReposQueried = Template.bind({});
+NoReposQueried.args = {
+  failureReason: VariantAnalysisFailureReason.NoReposQueried,
+};
+
+export const ActionsWorkflowRunFailed = Template.bind({});
+ActionsWorkflowRunFailed.args = {
+  failureReason: VariantAnalysisFailureReason.ActionsWorkflowRunFailed,
+};
+
+export const InternalError = Template.bind({});
+InternalError.args = {
+  failureReason: VariantAnalysisFailureReason.InternalError,
+};
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/variant-analysis/FailureReasonAlert.tsx b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/variant-analysis/FailureReasonAlert.tsx
index f3a7c179f..e04fce503 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/variant-analysis/FailureReasonAlert.tsx
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/variant-analysis/FailureReasonAlert.tsx
@@ -1,30 +1,12 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { VSCodeButton } from '@vscode/webview-ui-toolkit/react';
+import { ReactNode } from 'react';
+import { VSCodeLink } from '@vscode/webview-ui-toolkit/react';
 import { Alert } from '../common';
 import { vscode } from '../vscode-api';
 import { VariantAnalysisFailureReason } from '../../remote-queries/shared/variant-analysis';
 
 type Props = {
   failureReason: VariantAnalysisFailureReason;
-  showLogsButton: boolean;
-};
-
-const getTitle = (failureReason: VariantAnalysisFailureReason): string => {
-  switch (failureReason) {
-    case VariantAnalysisFailureReason.NoReposQueried:
-      return 'No repositories to analyze';
-    case VariantAnalysisFailureReason.InternalError:
-      return 'Something unexpected happened';
-  }
-};
-
-const getMessage = (failureReason: VariantAnalysisFailureReason): string => {
-  switch (failureReason) {
-    case VariantAnalysisFailureReason.NoReposQueried:
-      return 'No repositories available after processing. No repositories were analyzed.';
-    case VariantAnalysisFailureReason.InternalError:
-      return 'An internal error occurred while running this variant analysis. Please try again later.';
-  }
 };
 
 const openLogs = () => {
@@ -33,16 +15,36 @@ const openLogs = () => {
   });
 };
 
+const getTitle = (failureReason: VariantAnalysisFailureReason): string => {
+  switch (failureReason) {
+    case VariantAnalysisFailureReason.NoReposQueried:
+      return 'No repositories to analyze';
+    case VariantAnalysisFailureReason.ActionsWorkflowRunFailed:
+      return 'GitHub Actions workflow run failed';
+    case VariantAnalysisFailureReason.InternalError:
+      return 'Something unexpected happened';
+  }
+};
+
+const getMessage = (failureReason: VariantAnalysisFailureReason): ReactNode => {
+  switch (failureReason) {
+    case VariantAnalysisFailureReason.NoReposQueried:
+      return 'No repositories available after processing. No repositories were analyzed.';
+    case VariantAnalysisFailureReason.ActionsWorkflowRunFailed:
+      return <>The GitHub Actions workflow run has failed. <VSCodeLink onClick={openLogs}>Check logs</VSCodeLink> and try running this query again.</>;
+    case VariantAnalysisFailureReason.InternalError:
+      return 'An internal error occurred while running this variant analysis. Please try again later.';
+  }
+};
+
 export const FailureReasonAlert = ({
   failureReason,
-  showLogsButton,
 }: Props) => {
   return (
     <Alert
       type="error"
       title={getTitle(failureReason)}
       message={getMessage(failureReason)}
-      actions={showLogsButton && <VSCodeButton appearance="secondary" onClick={openLogs}>View logs</VSCodeButton>}
     />
   );
 };
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/variant-analysis/VariantAnalysisOutcomePanels.tsx b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/variant-analysis/VariantAnalysisOutcomePanels.tsx
index 7ae348839..5f4806105 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/variant-analysis/VariantAnalysisOutcomePanels.tsx
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/variant-analysis/VariantAnalysisOutcomePanels.tsx
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export const VariantAnalysisOutcomePanels = ({
         />
       )}
       {variantAnalysis.status === VariantAnalysisStatus.Failed && variantAnalysis.failureReason && (
-        <FailureReasonAlert failureReason={variantAnalysis.failureReason} showLogsButton={!!variantAnalysis.actionsWorkflowRunId} />
+        <FailureReasonAlert failureReason={variantAnalysis.failureReason} />
       )}
       {overLimitRepositoryCount > 0 && (
         <Alert