diff --git a/src/commands/actors/push.ts b/src/commands/actors/push.ts
index 510e483e3..04d635812 100644
--- a/src/commands/actors/push.ts
+++ b/src/commands/actors/push.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { CommandExitCodes, DEPRECATED_LOCAL_CONFIG_NAME, LOCAL_CONFIG_PATH } fro
 import { sumFilesSizeInBytes } from '../../lib/files.js';
 import { useAbortJobOnSignal } from '../../lib/hooks/useAbortJobOnSignal.js';
 import { useActorConfig } from '../../lib/hooks/useActorConfig.js';
-import { error, info, link, run, success, warning } from '../../lib/outputs.js';
+import { error, info, run, simpleLog, warning } from '../../lib/outputs.js';
 import { transformEnvToEnvVars } from '../../lib/secrets.js';
 import {
 	createActZip,
@@ -48,6 +48,54 @@ const DEFAULT_ACTOR_VERSION_NUMBER = '0.0';
 // that changes, we have to add it.
 const DEFAULT_BUILD_TAG = 'latest';
 
+// How many trailing log lines to surface as the failure reason.
+const BUILD_LOG_TAIL_LINES = 10;
+
+interface PushResult {
+	ok: boolean;
+	operation: 'push';
+	actor: { id: string; url: string };
+	build: { id: string; number: string; status: string; url: string };
+	error?: { phase: 'build'; message: string; logTail: string[] };
+	exitCode: number;
+}
+
+// Maps the final build status to the overall push outcome. `ok` mirrors command
+// success (true iff exitCode is 0): a still-running fire-and-forget build is not
+// a failure — its pending state is conveyed by the build status, not by `ok`.
+export function resolvePushOutcome(buildStatus: string): {
+	resultLabel: string;
+	exitCode: number;
+	ok: boolean;
+	errorMessage?: string;
+} {
+	switch (buildStatus) {
+		case ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.SUCCEEDED:
+			return { resultLabel: 'SUCCEEDED', exitCode: 0, ok: true };
+		case ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.READY:
+		case ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.RUNNING:
+			return { resultLabel: 'RUNNING', exitCode: 0, ok: true };
+		case ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.ABORTED:
+		case ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.ABORTING:
+			return {
+				resultLabel: 'ABORTED',
+				exitCode: CommandExitCodes.BuildAborted,
+				ok: false,
+				errorMessage: 'Build aborted',
+			};
+		case ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.TIMED_OUT:
+		case ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.TIMING_OUT:
+			return {
+				resultLabel: 'TIMED_OUT',
+				exitCode: CommandExitCodes.BuildTimedOut,
+				ok: false,
+				errorMessage: 'Build timed out',
+			};
+		default:
+			return { resultLabel: 'FAILED', exitCode: CommandExitCodes.BuildFailed, ok: false, errorMessage: 'Build failed' };
+	}
+}
+
 export class ActorsPushCommand extends ApifyCommand<typeof ActorsPushCommand> {
 	static override name = 'push' as const;
 
@@ -424,44 +472,68 @@ Skipping push. Use --force to override.`,
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (this.flags.json) {
-			printJsonToStdout(build);
-			return;
+		const buildStatus = build.status as string;
+		const outcome = resolvePushOutcome(buildStatus);
+
+		const actorUrl = `https://console.apify.com${redirectUrlPart}/actors/${build.actId}`;
+		const buildUrl = `${actorUrl}#/builds/${build.buildNumber}`;
+
+		// Surface the tail of the build log as the failure reason. Best-effort:
+		// the build status already conveys the outcome if the log can't be read.
+		let logTail: string[] = [];
+		if (outcome.errorMessage) {
+			try {
+				const log = await apifyClient.log(build.id).get();
+				if (log) {
+					logTail = log
+						.split('\n')
+						.map((line) => line.trimEnd())
+						.filter((line) => line.length > 0)
+						.slice(-BUILD_LOG_TAIL_LINES);
+				}
+			} catch {
+				// ignore — reason block is optional
+			}
 		}
 
-		link({
-			message: 'Actor build detail',
-			url: `https://console.apify.com${redirectUrlPart}/actors/${build.actId}#/builds/${build.buildNumber}`,
-		});
+		if (outcome.exitCode !== 0) {
+			process.exitCode = outcome.exitCode;
+		}
 
-		link({
-			message: 'Actor detail',
-			url: `https://console.apify.com${redirectUrlPart}/actors/${build.actId}`,
-		});
+		const result: PushResult = {
+			ok: outcome.ok,
+			operation: 'push',
+			actor: { id: build.actId, url: actorUrl },
+			build: { id: build.id, number: build.buildNumber, status: buildStatus, url: buildUrl },
+			exitCode: outcome.exitCode,
+		};
+		if (outcome.errorMessage) {
+			result.error = { phase: 'build', message: outcome.errorMessage, logTail };
+		}
 
-		if (this.flags.open) {
-			await open(`https://console.apify.com${redirectUrlPart}/actors/${build.actId}`);
+		if (this.flags.json) {
+			printJsonToStdout(result);
+			return;
 		}
 
-		if (build.status === ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.SUCCEEDED) {
-			success({ message: 'Actor was deployed to Apify cloud and built there.' });
-			// @ts-expect-error FIX THESE TYPES 😢
-		} else if (build.status === ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.READY) {
-			warning({ message: 'Build is waiting for allocation.' });
-			// @ts-expect-error FIX THESE TYPES 😢
-		} else if (build.status === ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.RUNNING) {
-			warning({ message: 'Build is still running.' });
-			// @ts-expect-error FIX THESE TYPES 😢
-		} else if (build.status === ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.ABORTED || build.status === ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.ABORTING) {
-			warning({ message: 'Build was aborted!' });
-			process.exitCode = CommandExitCodes.BuildAborted;
-			// @ts-expect-error FIX THESE TYPES 😢
-		} else if (build.status === ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.TIMED_OUT || build.status === ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.TIMING_OUT) {
-			warning({ message: 'Build timed out!' });
-			process.exitCode = CommandExitCodes.BuildTimedOut;
-		} else {
-			error({ message: 'Build failed!' });
-			process.exitCode = CommandExitCodes.BuildFailed;
+		const lines = [
+			`Apify push result: ${outcome.resultLabel}`,
+			'',
+			'Upload: SUCCEEDED',
+			`Build: ${buildStatus}`,
+			`Actor ID: ${build.actId}`,
+			`Build ID: ${build.id}`,
+			`Build number: ${build.buildNumber}`,
+			...(outcome.exitCode !== 0 ? [`Exit code: ${outcome.exitCode}`] : []),
+			'',
+			`Actor URL: ${actorUrl}`,
+			`Build URL: ${buildUrl}`,
+			...(outcome.errorMessage && logTail.length ? ['', 'Reason:', ...logTail] : []),
+		];
+		simpleLog({ stdout: true, message: lines.join('\n') });
+
+		if (this.flags.open) {
+			await open(actorUrl);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test/local/commands/push.test.ts b/test/local/commands/push.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aad78a5d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/local/commands/push.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES } from '@apify/consts';
+
+import { resolvePushOutcome } from '../../../src/commands/actors/push.js';
+import { CommandExitCodes } from '../../../src/lib/consts.js';
+
+describe('resolvePushOutcome', () => {
+	test.each([
+		[ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.SUCCEEDED, { resultLabel: 'SUCCEEDED', exitCode: 0, ok: true }],
+		[ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.READY, { resultLabel: 'RUNNING', exitCode: 0, ok: true }],
+		[ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.RUNNING, { resultLabel: 'RUNNING', exitCode: 0, ok: true }],
+		[ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.ABORTED, { resultLabel: 'ABORTED', exitCode: CommandExitCodes.BuildAborted, ok: false }],
+		[ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.ABORTING, { resultLabel: 'ABORTED', exitCode: CommandExitCodes.BuildAborted, ok: false }],
+		[ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.TIMED_OUT, { resultLabel: 'TIMED_OUT', exitCode: CommandExitCodes.BuildTimedOut, ok: false }],
+		[ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.TIMING_OUT, { resultLabel: 'TIMED_OUT', exitCode: CommandExitCodes.BuildTimedOut, ok: false }],
+		[ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.FAILED, { resultLabel: 'FAILED', exitCode: CommandExitCodes.BuildFailed, ok: false }],
+		['SOME_UNKNOWN_STATUS', { resultLabel: 'FAILED', exitCode: CommandExitCodes.BuildFailed, ok: false }],
+	])('maps build status %s to the expected outcome', (status, expected) => {
+		expect(resolvePushOutcome(status)).toMatchObject(expected);
+	});
+
+	test('failing outcomes carry an error message, successful ones do not', () => {
+		expect(resolvePushOutcome(ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.SUCCEEDED).errorMessage).toBeUndefined();
+		expect(resolvePushOutcome(ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.RUNNING).errorMessage).toBeUndefined();
+		expect(resolvePushOutcome(ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.ABORTED).errorMessage).toBe('Build aborted');
+		expect(resolvePushOutcome(ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.TIMED_OUT).errorMessage).toBe('Build timed out');
+		expect(resolvePushOutcome(ACTOR_JOB_STATUSES.FAILED).errorMessage).toBe('Build failed');
+	});
+});