diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 56129200f..a0fcb358e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     "reinstall": "pnpm clean:all && pnpm install",
     "release:alpha": "tsx ./scripts/release.ts --bump prerelease --tag alpha",
     "release:beta": "tsx ./scripts/release.ts --bump prerelease --tag beta",
+    "script:list-published": "tsx scripts/lib/getPackageRegistryVersions.ts",
     "script:pack": "tsx scripts/pack-all-to-dest.ts",
     "pretest": "pnpm build",
     "test": "pnpm test:int && pnpm test:components && pnpm test:e2e",
diff --git a/scripts/lib/getPackageRegistryVersions.ts b/scripts/lib/getPackageRegistryVersions.ts
index 7f0667707..faea119ea 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/getPackageRegistryVersions.ts
+++ b/scripts/lib/getPackageRegistryVersions.ts
@@ -2,43 +2,12 @@ import chalk from 'chalk'
 import pLimit from 'p-limit'
 
 import { getPackageDetails } from './getPackageDetails.js'
+import { packageWhitelist } from './whitelist.js'
 
 const npmRequestLimit = pLimit(40)
 
-const packages = [
-  'payload',
-  'translations',
-  'ui',
-  'next',
-  'graphql',
-  'db-mongodb',
-  'db-postgres',
-  'richtext-slate',
-  'richtext-lexical',
-
-  'create-payload-app',
-
-  'email-nodemailer',
-
-  'storage-s3',
-  'storage-azure',
-  'storage-gcs',
-  'storage-vercel-blob',
-
-  // Plugins
-  'plugin-cloud',
-  'plugin-cloud-storage',
-  'plugin-form-builder',
-  'plugin-nested-docs',
-  'plugin-redirects',
-  'plugin-search',
-  'plugin-seo',
-  // 'plugin-stripe',
-  // 'plugin-sentry',
-]
-
 export const getPackageRegistryVersions = async (): Promise<void> => {
-  const packageDetails = await getPackageDetails(packages)
+  const packageDetails = await getPackageDetails(packageWhitelist)
 
   const results = await Promise.all(
     packageDetails.map(async (pkg) =>
diff --git a/scripts/lib/whitelist.ts b/scripts/lib/whitelist.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd45aeff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/whitelist.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Update this list with any packages to publish
+export const packageWhitelist = [
+  'payload',
+  'translations',
+  'ui',
+  'next',
+  'graphql',
+  'db-mongodb',
+  'db-postgres',
+  'richtext-slate',
+  'richtext-lexical',
+
+  'create-payload-app',
+
+  // Adapters
+  'email-nodemailer',
+  'email-resend',
+
+  'storage-s3',
+  'storage-azure',
+  'storage-gcs',
+  'storage-vercel-blob',
+
+  // Plugins
+  'plugin-cloud',
+  'plugin-cloud-storage',
+  'plugin-form-builder',
+  'plugin-nested-docs',
+  'plugin-redirects',
+  'plugin-search',
+  'plugin-seo',
+  'plugin-stripe',
+  // 'plugin-sentry',
+]
diff --git a/scripts/release.ts b/scripts/release.ts
index 457571748..2625bbb6b 100755
--- a/scripts/release.ts
+++ b/scripts/release.ts
@@ -16,46 +16,12 @@ import { simpleGit } from 'simple-git'
 import type { PackageDetails } from './lib/getPackageDetails.js'
 
 import { getPackageDetails } from './lib/getPackageDetails.js'
+import { packageWhitelist } from './lib/whitelist.js'
 import { getRecommendedBump } from './utils/getRecommendedBump.js'
 import { updateChangelog } from './utils/updateChangelog.js'
 
 const npmPublishLimit = pLimit(6)
 
-// Update this list with any packages to publish
-const packageWhitelist = [
-  'payload',
-  'translations',
-  'ui',
-  'next',
-  'graphql',
-  'db-mongodb',
-  'db-postgres',
-  'richtext-slate',
-  'richtext-lexical',
-
-  'create-payload-app',
-
-  // Adapters
-  'email-nodemailer',
-  'email-resend',
-
-  'storage-s3',
-  'storage-azure',
-  'storage-gcs',
-  'storage-vercel-blob',
-
-  // Plugins
-  'plugin-cloud',
-  'plugin-cloud-storage',
-  'plugin-form-builder',
-  'plugin-nested-docs',
-  'plugin-redirects',
-  'plugin-search',
-  'plugin-seo',
-  'plugin-stripe',
-  // 'plugin-sentry',
-]
-
 const filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
 const dirname = path.dirname(filename)
 const cwd = path.resolve(dirname, '..')
@@ -162,7 +128,11 @@ async function main() {
 
   // Preview/Update changelog
   header(`${logPrefix}📝 Updating changelog...`)
-  await updateChangelog({
+  const {
+    changelog: changelogContent,
+    releaseNotes,
+    releaseUrl,
+  } = await updateChangelog({
     bump,
     dryRun,
     toVersion: 'HEAD',
@@ -171,6 +141,10 @@ async function main() {
     writeChangelog: changelog,
   })
 
+  console.log(chalk.green('\nChangelog Preview:\n'))
+  console.log(chalk.gray(changelogContent) + '\n\n')
+  console.log(`Release URL: ${chalk.dim(releaseUrl)}`)
+
   let packageDetails = await getPackageDetails(packageWhitelist)
 
   console.log(chalk.bold(`\n  Version: ${monorepoVersion} => ${chalk.green(nextReleaseVersion)}\n`))
@@ -238,7 +212,7 @@ async function main() {
   packageDetails = packageDetails.filter((p) => p.name !== 'payload')
   runCmd(`pnpm publish -C packages/payload --no-git-checks --json --tag ${tag}`, execOpts)
 
-  const results = await Promise.all(
+  const results = await Promise.allSettled(
     packageDetails.map((pkg) => publishPackageThrottled(pkg, { dryRun })),
   )
 
@@ -247,7 +221,12 @@ async function main() {
   // New results format
   console.log(
     results
-      .map(({ name, success, details }) => {
+      .map((result) => {
+        if (result.status === 'rejected') {
+          console.error(result.reason)
+          return `  ❌ ${String(result.reason)}`
+        }
+        const { name, success, details } = result.value
         let summary = `  ${success ? '✅' : '❌'} ${name}`
         if (details) {
           summary += `\n    ${details}\n`
@@ -265,6 +244,8 @@ async function main() {
   // }
 
   header('🎉 Done!')
+
+  console.log(chalk.bold.green(`\n\nRelease URL: ${releaseUrl}`))
 }
 
 main().catch((error) => {
@@ -281,23 +262,36 @@ async function publishPackageThrottled(pkg: PackageDetails, opts?: { dryRun?: bo
 async function publishSinglePackage(pkg: PackageDetails, opts?: { dryRun?: boolean }) {
   const { dryRun = false } = opts ?? {}
   console.log(chalk.bold(`🚀 ${pkg.name} publishing...`))
-  const cmdArgs = ['publish', '-C', pkg.packagePath, '--no-git-checks', '--json', '--tag', tag]
-  if (dryRun) {
-    cmdArgs.push('--dry-run')
-  }
-  const { exitCode, stderr } = await execa('pnpm', cmdArgs, {
-    cwd,
-    stdio: ['ignore', 'ignore', 'pipe'],
-    // stdio: 'inherit',
-  })
 
-  if (exitCode !== 0) {
-    console.log(chalk.bold.red(`\n\n❌ ${pkg.name} ERROR: pnpm publish failed\n\n${stderr}`))
-    return { name: pkg.name, success: false, details: stderr }
-  }
+  try {
+    const cmdArgs = ['publish', '-C', pkg.packagePath, '--no-git-checks', '--json', '--tag', tag]
+    if (dryRun) {
+      cmdArgs.push('--dry-run')
+    }
+    const { exitCode, stderr } = await execa('pnpm', cmdArgs, {
+      cwd,
+      stdio: ['ignore', 'ignore', 'pipe'],
+      // stdio: 'inherit',
+    })
 
-  console.log(`${logPrefix} ${chalk.green(`✅ ${pkg.name} published`)}`)
-  return { name: pkg.name, success: true }
+    if (exitCode !== 0) {
+      console.log(chalk.bold.red(`\n\n❌ ${pkg.name} ERROR: pnpm publish failed\n\n${stderr}`))
+      return { name: pkg.name, success: false, details: stderr }
+    }
+
+    console.log(`${logPrefix} ${chalk.green(`✅ ${pkg.name} published`)}`)
+    return { name: pkg.name, success: true }
+  } catch (err: unknown) {
+    console.error(err)
+    return {
+      name: pkg.name,
+      success: false,
+      details:
+        err instanceof Error
+          ? `Error publishing ${pkg.name}: ${err.message}`
+          : `Unexpected error publishing ${pkg.name}: ${String(err)}`,
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 function abort(message = 'Abort', exitCode = 1) {
diff --git a/scripts/utils/updateChangelog.ts b/scripts/utils/updateChangelog.ts
index 038f5e203..4ad2d2032 100755
--- a/scripts/utils/updateChangelog.ts
+++ b/scripts/utils/updateChangelog.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,22 @@ type Args = {
   writeChangelog?: boolean
 }
 
-export const updateChangelog = async (args: Args = {}) => {
+type ChangelogResult = {
+  /**
+   * URL to open releases/new with the changelog pre-filled
+   */
+  releaseUrl: string
+  /**
+   * The changelog content, does not include contributors
+   */
+  changelog: string
+  /**
+   * The release notes, includes contributors. This is the content used for the releaseUrl
+   */
+  releaseNotes: string
+}
+
+export const updateChangelog = async (args: Args = {}): Promise<ChangelogResult> => {
   const { toVersion = 'HEAD', dryRun, bump, openReleaseUrl, writeChangelog } = args
 
   const fromVersion =
@@ -31,7 +46,7 @@ export const updateChangelog = async (args: Args = {}) => {
     tag !== 'latest' ? 'prerelease' : await getRecommendedBump(fromVersion, toVersion)
 
   if (bump && bump !== recommendedBump) {
-    console.log(`WARNING: Recommended bump is ${recommendedBump}, but you specified ${bump}`)
+    console.log(`WARNING: Recommended bump is '${recommendedBump}', but you specified '${bump}'`)
   }
 
   const calculatedBump = bump || recommendedBump
@@ -70,38 +85,40 @@ export const updateChangelog = async (args: Args = {}) => {
 
   const yyyyMMdd = new Date().toISOString().split('T')[0]
   // Might need to swap out HEAD for the new proposed version
-  let output = `## [${proposedReleaseVersion}](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/compare/${fromVersion}...${proposedReleaseVersion}) (${yyyyMMdd})\n\n\n`
+  let changelog = `## [${proposedReleaseVersion}](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/compare/${fromVersion}...${proposedReleaseVersion}) (${yyyyMMdd})\n\n\n`
   if (sections.feat.length) {
-    output += `### Features\n\n${sections.feat.join('\n')}\n\n`
+    changelog += `### Features\n\n${sections.feat.join('\n')}\n\n`
   }
   if (sections.fix.length) {
-    output += `### Bug Fixes\n\n${sections.fix.join('\n')}\n\n`
+    changelog += `### Bug Fixes\n\n${sections.fix.join('\n')}\n\n`
   }
   if (sections.breaking.length) {
-    output += `### BREAKING CHANGES\n\n${sections.breaking.join('\n')}\n\n`
+    changelog += `### BREAKING CHANGES\n\n${sections.breaking.join('\n')}\n\n`
   }
 
-  console.log(chalk.green('\nChangelog Preview:\n'))
-  console.log(chalk.gray(output))
-
   if (writeChangelog) {
     const changelogPath = 'CHANGELOG.md'
     const changelog = await fse.readFile(changelogPath, 'utf8')
-    const newChangelog = output + '\n\n' + changelog
+    const newChangelog = changelog + '\n\n' + changelog
     await fse.writeFile(changelogPath, newChangelog)
     console.log(`Changelog updated at ${changelogPath}`)
   }
 
   // Add contributors after writing to file
-  output += contributors
+  const releaseNotes = changelog + contributors
 
-  let url = `https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/new?tag=${proposedReleaseVersion}&title=${proposedReleaseVersion}&body=${encodeURIComponent(output)}`
+  let releaseUrl = `https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/new?tag=${proposedReleaseVersion}&title=${proposedReleaseVersion}&body=${encodeURIComponent(releaseNotes)}`
   if (tag !== 'latest') {
-    url += `&prerelease=1`
+    releaseUrl += `&prerelease=1`
   }
-  console.log(`Release URL: ${chalk.dim(url)}`)
   if (!openReleaseUrl) {
-    await open(url)
+    await open(releaseUrl)
+  }
+
+  return {
+    releaseUrl,
+    changelog,
+    releaseNotes,
   }
 }
 
@@ -180,11 +197,10 @@ function formatCommitForChangelog(commit: GitCommit, includeBreakingNotes = fals
     const [rawNotes, _] = commit.body.split('\n\n')
     const notes = rawNotes
       .split('\n')
-      .filter((l) => !l.toUpperCase().startsWith('BREAKING'))
       .map((l) => `> ${l}`)
       .join('\n')
       .trim()
-    formatted += `\n\n${notes}`
+    formatted += `\n\n${notes}\n\n`
   }
 
   return formatted