diff --git a/GitForWindowsHelper/azure-pipelines.js b/GitForWindowsHelper/azure-pipelines.js
index a3e184c..ae8080b 100644
--- a/GitForWindowsHelper/azure-pipelines.js
+++ b/GitForWindowsHelper/azure-pipelines.js
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ const triggerAzurePipeline = async (context, token, organization, project, build
 }
 
 const triggerGitArtifacts = async (context, prNumber) => {
+    if ('true' === process.env.DO_NOT_TRIGGER_ANYTHING) {
+        throw new Error(`Would have triggered GitArtifacts for PR ${prNumber}`)
+    }
     const githubApiRequest = require('./github-api-request')
     const answer = await githubApiRequest(
         context,
@@ -132,6 +135,9 @@ const createRelease = async (
 }
 
 const releaseGitArtifacts = async (context, prNumber) => {
+    if ('true' === process.env.DO_NOT_TRIGGER_ANYTHING) {
+        throw new Error(`Would have triggered release for PR ${prNumber}`)
+    }
     const githubApiRequest = require('./github-api-request')
     const answer = await githubApiRequest(
         context,
diff --git a/GitForWindowsHelper/trigger-workflow-dispatch.js b/GitForWindowsHelper/trigger-workflow-dispatch.js
index eba07bb..37cab66 100644
--- a/GitForWindowsHelper/trigger-workflow-dispatch.js
+++ b/GitForWindowsHelper/trigger-workflow-dispatch.js
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ const waitForWorkflowRun = async (context, owner, repo, workflow_id, after, toke
 }
 
 const triggerWorkflowDispatch = async (context, token, owner, repo, workflow_id, ref, inputs) => {
+    if ('true' === process.env.DO_NOT_TRIGGER_ANYTHING) {
+        throw new Error(`Would have triggered workflow ${workflow_id} on ${owner}/${repo} with ref ${ref} and inputs ${JSON.stringify(inputs)}`)
+    }
     const { headers: { date } } = await githubApiRequest(
         context,
         token,
diff --git a/test-pr-comment-delivery.js b/test-pr-comment-delivery.js
index c9e53d3..2dd7f15 100755
--- a/test-pr-comment-delivery.js
+++ b/test-pr-comment-delivery.js
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     // avoid accidentally triggering anything
     delete process.env.GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY
     delete process.env.AZURE_PIPELINE_TRIGGER_TOKEN
+    process.env.DO_NOT_TRIGGER_ANYTHING = 'true'
 
     const index = require('./GitForWindowsHelper/index')
     console.log(await index(context, req) || context.res)