diff --git a/lib/platform/github/index.ts b/lib/platform/github/index.ts
index 3b6c1a81463dadcda7c9126f2eedc6fadd41f716..7dc6929ffd304affdc0a5688dec61381aab6b971 100644
--- a/lib/platform/github/index.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/github/index.ts
@@ -942,9 +942,10 @@ export async function setBranchStatus({
     return;
   }
   logger.debug({ branch: branchName, context, state }, 'Setting branch status');
+  let url: string;
   try {
     const branchCommit = git.getBranchCommit(branchName);
-    const url = `repos/${config.repository}/statuses/${branchCommit}`;
+    url = `repos/${config.repository}/statuses/${branchCommit}`;
     const renovateToGitHubStateMapping = {
       green: 'success',
       yellow: 'pending',
@@ -964,7 +965,7 @@ export async function setBranchStatus({
     await getStatus(branchName, false);
     await getStatusCheck(branchName, false);
   } catch (err) /* istanbul ignore next */ {
-    logger.debug({ err }, 'Caught error setting branch status - aborting');
+    logger.debug({ err, url }, 'Caught error setting branch status - aborting');
     throw new Error(REPOSITORY_CHANGED);
   }
 }