diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-updater.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-updater.yml
index ace0ff9a..07cdd651 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-updater.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-updater.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
           MSG_ARTIFACT_NAME: "pr_message"
           # How far back to look for finished runs, in minutes.
           # Set to 10-20 minutes higher than cron's job frequency set above.
-          IGNORE_RUNS_OLDER_THAN: 20
+          IGNORE_RUNS_OLDER_THAN: 80
           # How far back to look for updated pull requests, in minutes.
           # Should be bigger than IGNORE_RUNS_OLDER_THAN by the maximum time a pull request jobs may take
           IGNORE_PRS_OLDER_THAN: 80
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ jobs:
              "$1"
           }
 
+          auth_crl() {
+            crl "$1" -H "authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" "${@:2}"
+          }
+
           #
           # Parse current pull requests
           #
@@ -182,7 +186,7 @@ jobs:
             fi
 
             echo "Downloading artifact $ARTIFACT_URL (assuming single text file per artifact)..."
-            if ! MESSAGE="$(crl "$ARTIFACT_URL" -H "authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" | gunzip)"; then
+            if ! MESSAGE="$(auth_crl "$ARTIFACT_URL" | gunzip)"; then
               echo "Unable to download or parse message from artifact '$MSG_ARTIFACT_NAME' in workflow $RUN_ID (PR #$PR_NUMBER), skipping..."
               continue
             fi
@@ -209,13 +213,12 @@ jobs:
                 ' <( echo "$EXISTING_PR_COMMENTS" ) )"
 
             if [ -z "$OLD_COMMENT" ]; then
-              COMMENT_URL="$(crl "$GITHUB_API/issues/$PR_NUMBER/comments" \
+              COMMENT_HTML_URL="$(auth_crl "$GITHUB_API/issues/$PR_NUMBER/comments" \
                   -X POST \
                   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-                  -H "authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
                   --data "$MESSAGE_BODY" \
                 | jq -r '.html_url' )"
-              COMMENT_INFO="New comment $COMMENT_URL was created"
+              COMMENT_INFO="New comment $COMMENT_HTML_URL was created"
             else
               # Make sure the content of the message has changed
               COMMENT_URL="$(jq -r '
@@ -229,14 +232,13 @@ jobs:
                 continue
               fi
 
-              crl "$COMMENT_URL" \
+              COMMENT_HTML_URL="$(auth_crl "$COMMENT_URL" \
                   -X PATCH \
-                  -H "authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
                   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
                   --data "$MESSAGE_BODY" \
-                | jq -r '("Updated existing comment " + .html_url)'
+                | jq -r '.html_url' )"
 
-              COMMENT_INFO="Existing comment $COMMENT_URL was updated"
+              COMMENT_INFO="Existing comment $COMMENT_HTML_URL was updated"
             fi
 
             echo "$COMMENT_INFO from workflow $WORKFLOW_NAME #$RUN_ID"