diff --git a/lib/analyze-action.js b/lib/analyze-action.js
index 9531dc918..3cb5f67d2 100644
--- a/lib/analyze-action.js
+++ b/lib/analyze-action.js
@@ -95947,7 +95947,6 @@ async function uploadFiles(inputSarifPath, checkoutPath, category, features, log
   );
 }
 async function uploadSpecifiedFiles(sarifPaths, checkoutPath, category, features, logger, uploadTarget) {
-  logger.startGroup(`Uploading ${uploadTarget.name} results`);
   const processingResults = await postProcessSarifFiles(
     logger,
     features,
@@ -95956,6 +95955,15 @@ async function uploadSpecifiedFiles(sarifPaths, checkoutPath, category, features
     category,
     uploadTarget
   );
+  return uploadProcessedFiles(
+    logger,
+    checkoutPath,
+    uploadTarget,
+    processingResults
+  );
+}
+async function uploadProcessedFiles(logger, checkoutPath, uploadTarget, processingResults) {
+  logger.startGroup(`Uploading ${uploadTarget.name} results`);
   const sarif = processingResults.sarif;
   const toolNames = getToolNames(sarif);
   logger.debug(`Validating that each SARIF run has a unique category`);
diff --git a/lib/init-action-post.js b/lib/init-action-post.js
index 5bf4bb579..8992fedfe 100644
--- a/lib/init-action-post.js
+++ b/lib/init-action-post.js
@@ -133358,7 +133358,6 @@ async function uploadFiles(inputSarifPath, checkoutPath, category, features, log
   );
 }
 async function uploadSpecifiedFiles(sarifPaths, checkoutPath, category, features, logger, uploadTarget) {
-  logger.startGroup(`Uploading ${uploadTarget.name} results`);
   const processingResults = await postProcessSarifFiles(
     logger,
     features,
@@ -133367,6 +133366,15 @@ async function uploadSpecifiedFiles(sarifPaths, checkoutPath, category, features
     category,
     uploadTarget
   );
+  return uploadProcessedFiles(
+    logger,
+    checkoutPath,
+    uploadTarget,
+    processingResults
+  );
+}
+async function uploadProcessedFiles(logger, checkoutPath, uploadTarget, processingResults) {
+  logger.startGroup(`Uploading ${uploadTarget.name} results`);
   const sarif = processingResults.sarif;
   const toolNames = getToolNames(sarif);
   logger.debug(`Validating that each SARIF run has a unique category`);
diff --git a/lib/upload-lib.js b/lib/upload-lib.js
index 8c7fa5434..b7da39a6a 100644
--- a/lib/upload-lib.js
+++ b/lib/upload-lib.js
@@ -84855,6 +84855,7 @@ __export(upload_lib_exports, {
   throwIfCombineSarifFilesDisabled: () => throwIfCombineSarifFilesDisabled,
   uploadFiles: () => uploadFiles,
   uploadPayload: () => uploadPayload,
+  uploadProcessedFiles: () => uploadProcessedFiles,
   uploadSpecifiedFiles: () => uploadSpecifiedFiles,
   validateSarifFileSchema: () => validateSarifFileSchema,
   validateUniqueCategory: () => validateUniqueCategory,
@@ -92762,7 +92763,6 @@ async function uploadFiles(inputSarifPath, checkoutPath, category, features, log
   );
 }
 async function uploadSpecifiedFiles(sarifPaths, checkoutPath, category, features, logger, uploadTarget) {
-  logger.startGroup(`Uploading ${uploadTarget.name} results`);
   const processingResults = await postProcessSarifFiles(
     logger,
     features,
@@ -92771,6 +92771,15 @@ async function uploadSpecifiedFiles(sarifPaths, checkoutPath, category, features
     category,
     uploadTarget
   );
+  return uploadProcessedFiles(
+    logger,
+    checkoutPath,
+    uploadTarget,
+    processingResults
+  );
+}
+async function uploadProcessedFiles(logger, checkoutPath, uploadTarget, processingResults) {
+  logger.startGroup(`Uploading ${uploadTarget.name} results`);
   const sarif = processingResults.sarif;
   const toolNames = getToolNames(sarif);
   logger.debug(`Validating that each SARIF run has a unique category`);
@@ -93001,6 +93010,7 @@ function filterAlertsByDiffRange(logger, sarif) {
   throwIfCombineSarifFilesDisabled,
   uploadFiles,
   uploadPayload,
+  uploadProcessedFiles,
   uploadSpecifiedFiles,
   validateSarifFileSchema,
   validateUniqueCategory,
diff --git a/lib/upload-sarif-action.js b/lib/upload-sarif-action.js
index 128721983..121fd5a3e 100644
--- a/lib/upload-sarif-action.js
+++ b/lib/upload-sarif-action.js
@@ -93403,7 +93403,6 @@ async function postProcessSarifFiles(logger, features, checkoutPath, sarifPaths,
   return { sarif, analysisKey, environment };
 }
 async function uploadSpecifiedFiles(sarifPaths, checkoutPath, category, features, logger, uploadTarget) {
-  logger.startGroup(`Uploading ${uploadTarget.name} results`);
   const processingResults = await postProcessSarifFiles(
     logger,
     features,
@@ -93412,6 +93411,15 @@ async function uploadSpecifiedFiles(sarifPaths, checkoutPath, category, features
     category,
     uploadTarget
   );
+  return uploadProcessedFiles(
+    logger,
+    checkoutPath,
+    uploadTarget,
+    processingResults
+  );
+}
+async function uploadProcessedFiles(logger, checkoutPath, uploadTarget, processingResults) {
+  logger.startGroup(`Uploading ${uploadTarget.name} results`);
   const sarif = processingResults.sarif;
   const toolNames = getToolNames(sarif);
   logger.debug(`Validating that each SARIF run has a unique category`);
diff --git a/src/upload-lib.ts b/src/upload-lib.ts
index 0b553157e..9febcb8d0 100644
--- a/src/upload-lib.ts
+++ b/src/upload-lib.ts
@@ -797,8 +797,6 @@ export async function uploadSpecifiedFiles(
   logger: Logger,
   uploadTarget: analyses.AnalysisConfig,
 ): Promise<UploadResult> {
-  logger.startGroup(`Uploading ${uploadTarget.name} results`);
-
   const processingResults: PostProcessingResults = await postProcessSarifFiles(
     logger,
     features,
@@ -807,6 +805,33 @@ export async function uploadSpecifiedFiles(
     category,
     uploadTarget,
   );
+
+  return uploadProcessedFiles(
+    logger,
+    checkoutPath,
+    uploadTarget,
+    processingResults,
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Uploads the
+ *
+ * @param logger The logger to use.
+ * @param checkoutPath The path at which the repository was checked out.
+ * @param uploadTarget The analysis configuration.
+ * @param processingResults The results of post-processing SARIF files.
+ *
+ * @returns The results of uploading the `processingResults` to `uploadTarget`.
+ */
+export async function uploadProcessedFiles(
+  logger: Logger,
+  checkoutPath: string,
+  uploadTarget: analyses.AnalysisConfig,
+  processingResults: PostProcessingResults,
+): Promise<UploadResult> {
+  logger.startGroup(`Uploading ${uploadTarget.name} results`);
+
   const sarif = processingResults.sarif;
 
   const toolNames = util.getToolNames(sarif);