diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-docs-optimized.yml b/.github/workflows/build-docs-optimized.yml
index 6ed2b220..851cdca0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-docs-optimized.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-docs-optimized.yml
@@ -168,11 +168,17 @@ jobs:
             fi
           done
 
+          # Create shared failure tracking file
+          failures_file="$(pwd)/../build_failures.txt"
+          touch "$failures_file"
+          export failures_file
+
           # Create build script for parallel execution
-          cat > ../build_project.sh << 'EOF'
+          cat > ../build_project.sh << 'BUILDEOF'
           #!/bin/bash
           project="$1"
           branch_slug="$2"
+          failures_file="$3"
 
           echo "🔨 Building $project..."
           cd "projects/$project"
@@ -190,9 +196,10 @@ jobs:
           if [ $build_status -eq 0 ]; then
             echo "✅ $project built successfully"
           else
-            echo "⚠️  $project build failed, continuing..."
+            echo "⚠️  $project build failed (exit code: $build_status)"
+            echo "$project" >> "$failures_file"
           fi
-          EOF
+          BUILDEOF
 
           chmod +x ../build_project.sh
 
@@ -211,10 +218,24 @@ jobs:
           # Use GNU parallel if available, otherwise use xargs with limited parallelism
           if command -v parallel >/dev/null 2>&1; then
             echo "Using GNU parallel for optimal performance..."
-            echo "$project_list" | tr ' ' '\n' | parallel -j4 ./build_project.sh {} "${{ env.BRANCH_SLUG }}"
+            echo "$project_list" | tr ' ' '\n' | parallel -j4 ./build_project.sh {} "${{ env.BRANCH_SLUG }}" "$failures_file"
           else
             echo "Using xargs for parallel builds..."
-            echo "$project_list" | tr ' ' '\n' | xargs -n1 -P4 -I{} ./build_project.sh {} "${{ env.BRANCH_SLUG }}"
+            echo "$project_list" | tr ' ' '\n' | xargs -n1 -P4 -I{} ./build_project.sh {} "${{ env.BRANCH_SLUG }}" "$failures_file"
+          fi
+
+          # Report build failure summary
+          if [ -s "$failures_file" ]; then
+            echo ""
+            echo "::group::Build Failure Summary"
+            echo "⚠️  The following projects had build failures:"
+            while IFS= read -r failed_project; do
+              echo "  - $failed_project"
+              echo "::warning::Sphinx build failed for project: $failed_project"
+            done < "$failures_file"
+            echo "::endgroup::"
+            echo ""
+            echo "Note: Other projects built successfully and will be deployed."
           fi
 
           # For PRs, copy branch builds to main for version comparison
@@ -275,6 +296,14 @@ jobs:
             cp -r versioned-docs/${{ env.BRANCH_SLUG }}/* versioned-docs/
           fi
 
+      - name: Upload build artifact (for push deployments)
+        if: inputs.deployment_type == 'push'
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: production-build
+          path: _build
+          retention-days: 1
+
       - name: Setup Pages (for PR deployments)
         if: inputs.deployment_type == 'pr'
         uses: actions/configure-pages@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
index cb9c3908..b64224a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -38,69 +38,12 @@ jobs:
     environment:
       name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
       url: ${{ needs.build-docs.outputs.deploy-url }}
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: bash -el {0}
     steps:
-      - name: Check out repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Upgrade conda
-        run: |
-          conda update -n base -c conda-forge conda -y -q
-          conda --version
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Setup Conda (for deployment)
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
+      - name: Download build artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          auto-update-conda: false
-          python-version: "3.13"
-          channels: conda-forge,defaults
-          channel-priority: true
-          environment-file: environment.yml
-          activate-environment: edbook
-          use-mamba: true
-
-      - name: Build for production deployment
-        run: |
-          # Use the optimized build for production
-          mkdir -p _build
-          cd projects
-
-          # Build projects in parallel with optimizations
-          project_list=""
-          for project in */; do
-            if [ -d "$project" ] && [ -f "$project/conf.py" ]; then
-              project_name=${project%/}
-              project_list="$project_list $project_name"
-
-              # Pre-create hover terms file
-              if [ ! -f "$project/LIST_OF_HOVER_TERMS.json" ]; then
-                echo "[]" > "$project/LIST_OF_HOVER_TERMS.json"
-              fi
-            fi
-          done
-
-          # Use xargs for parallel builds (more reliable than GNU parallel)
-          echo "$project_list" | tr ' ' '\n' | xargs -n1 -P4 -I{} bash -c '
-            project="{}"
-            echo "Building $project for production..."
-            cd "$project"
-            sphinx-build -b html -j auto -q --keep-going \
-              -D html_show_sourcelink=0 \
-              -D html_copy_source=0 \
-              . "../../_build/$project" || echo "Build failed for $project, continuing..."
-          '
-
-          cd ..
-
-          # Move forsida to root for production
-          if [ -d "_build/forsida" ]; then
-            echo "Moving forsida to root for production"
-            cp -r _build/forsida/* _build/
-            rm -rf _build/forsida
-          fi
+          name: production-build
+          path: _build
 
       - name: Checkout edbook.github.io
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/projects/forsida/index.rst b/projects/forsida/index.rst
index 9a2ec990..85701d25 100644
--- a/projects/forsida/index.rst
+++ b/projects/forsida/index.rst
@@ -134,3 +134,7 @@ Háskóla Íslands og aðstoðar Stræðfræðistofu Raunvísindastofnunar.
 
 Ábyrgðarmaður: Benedikt Magnússon <bsm@hi.is>.
 
+.. raw:: html
+
+   <!-- deploy-verify: 002-fix-deploy-artifacts -->
+