diff --git a/.github/workflows/envoy-sync-receive.yaml b/.github/workflows/envoy-sync-receive.yaml
index 013d5532a3..2c6f8ca46f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/envoy-sync-receive.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/envoy-sync-receive.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
-name: Sync from Envoy
+# This workflow is invoked from the envoy-sync.yaml workflow in the upstream
+# envoy repository. Each time there is a push to one of the branches listed in
+# the upstream envoy-sync.yaml workflow, this workflow will be invoked, with the
+# branch name passed as an input.
+
+# Currently this workflow does nothing because we currently sync from upstream
+# envoy on a regular timed schedule via the envoy-sync-scheduled.yaml workflow,
+# instead of being triggered on every upstream push.
+
+name: Sync from Upstream (Pushed)
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -18,27 +27,4 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   sync:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    if: |
-      ${{
-          !contains(github.actor, '[bot]')
-          || github.actor == 'update-openssl-envoy[bot]'
-      }}
-    steps:
-    - id: appauth
-      uses: envoyproxy/toolshed/gh-actions/appauth@actions-v0.2.35
-      with:
-        key: ${{ secrets.ENVOY_CI_UPDATE_BOT_KEY }}
-        app_id: ${{ secrets.ENVOY_CI_UPDATE_APP_ID }}
-    - name: "Checkout ${{ github.repository }}[${{ github.event.inputs.branch }}]"
-      uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29  # v4.1.6
-      with:
-        ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.branch }}
-        token: ${{ steps.appauth.outputs.token }}
-        fetch-depth: 0
-    - name: "Set git user details"
-      run: |
-        git config user.name "${{ github.actor }}"
-        git config user.email "${{ github.actor_id }}+${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com"
-    - run: ci/envoy-sync-receive.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.branch }}
-      env:
-        GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.appauth.outputs.token }}
+    if: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/envoy-sync-scheduled.yaml b/.github/workflows/envoy-sync-scheduled.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7f8d5482e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/envoy-sync-scheduled.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+name: Sync from Upstream (Scheduled)
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 1 * * *"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}
+
+jobs:
+  sync:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        branch_name:
+          - main
+          - release/v1.31
+          - release/v1.28
+    steps:
+    - id: appauth
+      uses: envoyproxy/toolshed/gh-actions/appauth@actions-v0.2.35
+      with:
+        key: ${{ secrets.ENVOY_CI_UPDATE_BOT_KEY }}
+        app_id: ${{ secrets.ENVOY_CI_UPDATE_APP_ID }}
+
+    # Checkout the branch we're merging into
+    - name: "Checkout ${{ github.repository }}[${{ matrix.branch_name }}]"
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        token: ${{ steps.appauth.outputs.token }}
+        ref: ${{ matrix.branch_name }}
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    # Configure the git user info on the repository
+    - run: git config user.name "${{ github.actor }}"
+    - run: git config user.email "${{ github.actor_id }}+${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+    # Checkout & run the script from the default branch
+    - name: 'Checkout ci/envoy-sync-receive.sh'
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        ref: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+        sparse-checkout: 'ci/envoy-sync-receive.sh'
+        sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+        path: '.script'
+    - run: .script/ci/envoy-sync-receive.sh ${{ matrix.branch_name }}
+      env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.appauth.outputs.token }}
diff --git a/ci/envoy-sync-receive.sh b/ci/envoy-sync-receive.sh
index 9b1b38c109..5e5314857e 100755
--- a/ci/envoy-sync-receive.sh
+++ b/ci/envoy-sync-receive.sh
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@
 
 set -xeuo pipefail
 
-[[ -t 1 ]] && ANSI_GREEN="\033[0;32m"
-[[ -t 1 ]] && ANSI_RED="\033[0;31m"
-[[ -t 1 ]] && ANSI_RESET="\033[0m"
+notice() { printf "::notice:: %s\n" "$1"; }
 
-info() { printf "${ANSI_GREEN:-}INFO: %s${ANSI_RESET:-}\n" "$1"; }
-error() { printf "${ANSI_RED:-}ERROR: %s${ANSI_RESET:-}\n" "$1"; }
+SCRATCH="$(mktemp -d)"
+cleanup() {
+    local savexit=$?
+    rm -rf -- "${SCRATCH}"
+    exit "${savexit}"
+}
+trap 'cleanup' EXIT
 
 SRC_REPO_URL="https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy.git"
 SRC_REPO_PATH="${SRC_REPO_URL/#*github.com?/}"
@@ -41,17 +44,6 @@ DST_REPO_PATH="${DST_REPO_PATH/%.git/}"
 DST_BRANCH_NAME=$(git branch --show-current)
 DST_HEAD_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 
-
-info "Source URL    : ${SRC_REPO_URL}"
-info "Source path   : ${SRC_REPO_PATH}"
-info "Source branch : ${SRC_BRANCH_NAME}"
-info "Source head   : ${SRC_HEAD_SHA}"
-
-info "Destination URL    : ${DST_REPO_URL}"
-info "Destination path   : ${DST_REPO_PATH}"
-info "Destination branch : ${DST_BRANCH_NAME}"
-info "Destination head   : ${DST_HEAD_SHA}"
-
 # Add the remote upstream repo and fetch the specified branch
 git remote remove upstream &> /dev/null || true
 git remote add -f -t "${SRC_BRANCH_NAME}" upstream "${SRC_REPO_URL}"
@@ -70,9 +62,11 @@ DST_NEW_BRANCH_NAME="auto-merge-$(echo "${SRC_BRANCH_NAME}" | tr /. -)"
 # Set the default remote for the gh command
 gh repo set-default "${DST_REPO_PATH}"
 
+# Ensure the merge commit message lists all the merged commits (defaults to 20)
+git config set --local merge.log 100000
+
 # Perform the merge using --no-ff option to force creating a merge commit
-info "Performing ${TITLE}"
-if git merge --no-ff -m "${TITLE}" --log "upstream/${SRC_BRANCH_NAME}"; then
+if git merge --no-ff -m "${TITLE}" --log "upstream/${SRC_BRANCH_NAME}" > "${SCRATCH}/mergeout"; then
     DST_NEW_HEAD_SHA="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
     if [[ "${DST_NEW_HEAD_SHA}" != "${DST_HEAD_SHA}" ]]; then
         git push --force origin "HEAD:${DST_NEW_BRANCH_NAME}"
@@ -95,27 +89,37 @@ if git merge --no-ff -m "${TITLE}" --log "upstream/${SRC_BRANCH_NAME}"; then
     else
         MERGE_OUTCOME="No changes"
     fi
-    info "${TITLE} successful (${MERGE_OUTCOME})"
+    notice "${TITLE} successful (${MERGE_OUTCOME})"
     # Close any related issues with a comment describing why
     for ISSUE_ID in $(gh issue list -S "${TITLE} failed" | cut -f1); do
         ISSUE_URL="https://github.com/${DST_REPO_PATH}/issues/${ISSUE_ID}"
         gh issue close "${ISSUE_URL}" --comment "Successful ${TITLE} (${MERGE_OUTCOME})"
-        info "Closed ${ISSUE_URL}"
+        notice "Closed ${ISSUE_URL}"
     done
 else # merge fail
-    error "${TITLE} failed"
+    notice "${TITLE} failed"
     ISSUE_COUNT=$(gh issue list -S "${TITLE} failed" | wc -l)
     if [[ ${ISSUE_COUNT} == 0 ]]; then
         ISSUE_URL=$(gh issue create --title "${TITLE} failed" --body "${TITLE} failed")
-        ISSUE_OUTCOME="Created ${ISSUE_URL}"
+        ISSUE_ID="$(basename "${ISSUE_URL}")"
+        ISSUE_OUTCOME="Created"
     else
         ISSUE_ID="$(gh issue list -S "${TITLE} failed sort:created-asc" | tail -1 | cut -f1)"
         ISSUE_URL="https://github.com/${DST_REPO_PATH}/issues/${ISSUE_ID}"
-        ISSUE_OUTCOME="Updated ${ISSUE_URL}"
+        ISSUE_OUTCOME="Updated"
     fi
-    gh issue comment "${ISSUE_URL}" --body-file - <<-EOF
-		Failed to ${TITLE}
-		From [${SRC_HEAD_SHA}](https://github.com/${SRC_REPO_PATH}/commit/${SRC_HEAD_SHA})
-	EOF
-    info "${ISSUE_OUTCOME}"
+    COMMENT_URL=$(\
+        gh issue comment "${ISSUE_URL}" --body-file - <<-EOF
+			Failed to ${TITLE}
+			
+			Upstream   : [${SRC_HEAD_SHA}](https://github.com/${SRC_REPO_PATH}/commit/${SRC_HEAD_SHA})
+			Downstream : [${DST_HEAD_SHA}](https://github.com/${DST_REPO_PATH}/commit/${DST_HEAD_SHA})
+			
+			\`\`\`
+			$(cat "${SCRATCH}/mergeout" || true)
+			\`\`\`
+		EOF
+    )
+    notice "${ISSUE_OUTCOME} ISSUE#${ISSUE_ID} (${COMMENT_URL})"
+    exit 1
 fi