diff --git a/.github/workflows/security-audit.yml b/.github/workflows/security-audit.yml
index 1278aa4..eaf0f65 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/security-audit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/security-audit.yml
@@ -63,20 +63,28 @@ jobs:
           extra-substituters: ${{ inputs.extra-substituters }}
           extra-trusted-public-keys: ${{ inputs.extra-trusted-public-keys }}
 
+      # Build the dev shell in its own step so that the Nix build log — hundreds
+      # of kilobytes of downloads and `building ...` lines on a cold cache —
+      # stays out of the report captured below.
+      - name: Warm the dev shell
+        run: nix develop --command true
+
       - name: Check advisories
         id: audit
         run: |
           set +e
-          OUTPUT=$(nix develop --command cargo deny check --config .config/deny.toml advisories 2>&1)
+          nix develop --command cargo deny check --config .config/deny.toml advisories \
+            > "$REPORT" 2>&1
           EXIT_CODE=$?
-          echo "$OUTPUT"
-          {
-            echo "output<<AUDIT_EOF"
-            echo "$OUTPUT"
-            echo "AUDIT_EOF"
-          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          cat "$REPORT"
           echo "exit_code=$EXIT_CODE" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           exit 0
+        env:
+          # The report goes to a file, not a step output: it is passed to the
+          # reporting step below, where an inlined copy would land in the
+          # environment block and fail the step with E2BIG once it exceeds the
+          # 128 KiB per-string execve limit.
+          REPORT: ${{ runner.temp }}/cargo-deny-advisories.txt
 
       - name: Find existing issue
         id: find_issue
@@ -89,38 +97,56 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create or update issue on failure
         if: steps.audit.outputs.exit_code != '0'
         run: |
+          set -eo pipefail
           TITLE="Security Advisory Alert"
-          TIMESTAMP=$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)
-          BODY=$(cat <<'ISSUE_EOF'
-          ## Security Advisory Found
-
-          `cargo deny check advisories` found active advisories in dependencies.
-
-          <details>
-          <summary>Full output</summary>
+          BODY_FILE="${RUNNER_TEMP}/security-advisory-issue.md"
 
-          ```
-          __AUDIT_OUTPUT__
-          ```
-
-          </details>
-
-          **Action required:** Review the advisories above and update affected dependencies or add ignore entries to `.config/deny.toml` if appropriate.
+          # A GitHub issue body is capped at 65536 characters, so a very large
+          # report cannot be posted whole. Keep the tail, which is where
+          # cargo-deny prints the advisories and its verdict, and link the run
+          # log for the rest. `tail -n +2` drops the partial first line left by
+          # the byte-wise cut, which could otherwise split a UTF-8 sequence.
+          MAX_REPORT_BYTES=50000
+          TRUNCATED=""
+          if [ "$(wc -c < "$REPORT")" -gt "$MAX_REPORT_BYTES" ]; then
+            TRUNCATED=yes
+            tail -c "$MAX_REPORT_BYTES" "$REPORT" | tail -n +2 > "${REPORT}.tail"
+            mv "${REPORT}.tail" "$REPORT"
+          fi
 
-          _Last checked: __TIMESTAMP___
-          ISSUE_EOF
-          )
-          BODY="${BODY//__TIMESTAMP__/$TIMESTAMP}"
-          BODY="${BODY//__AUDIT_OUTPUT__/$AUDIT_OUTPUT}"
+          {
+            echo "## Security Advisory Found"
+            echo
+            echo "\`cargo deny check advisories\` found active advisories in dependencies."
+            echo
+            if [ -n "$TRUNCATED" ]; then
+              echo "> Output truncated to the last ${MAX_REPORT_BYTES} bytes. The full report is in the [workflow run log](${RUN_URL})."
+              echo
+            fi
+            echo "<details>"
+            echo "<summary>Full output</summary>"
+            echo
+            echo '```'
+            cat "$REPORT"
+            echo
+            echo '```'
+            echo
+            echo "</details>"
+            echo
+            echo "**Action required:** Review the advisories above and update affected dependencies or add ignore entries to \`.config/deny.toml\` if appropriate."
+            echo
+            echo "_Last checked: $(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)_"
+          } > "$BODY_FILE"
 
           if [ -n "$ISSUE_NUMBER" ]; then
-            gh issue edit "$ISSUE_NUMBER" --body "$BODY"
+            gh issue edit "$ISSUE_NUMBER" --body-file "$BODY_FILE"
           else
-            gh issue create --title "$TITLE" --body "$BODY" --label security
+            gh issue create --title "$TITLE" --body-file "$BODY_FILE" --label security
           fi
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          AUDIT_OUTPUT: ${{ steps.audit.outputs.output }}
+          REPORT: ${{ runner.temp }}/cargo-deny-advisories.txt
+          RUN_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
           ISSUE_NUMBER: ${{ steps.find_issue.outputs.number }}
 
       - name: Close issue on success