diff --git a/.github/actions/verify-metrics-snapshot/action.yaml b/.github/actions/verify-metrics-snapshot/action.yaml
index 9a4e2109134..7104a75c372 100644
--- a/.github/actions/verify-metrics-snapshot/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/verify-metrics-snapshot/action.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ runs:
       id: check-cache
       uses: actions/cache/restore@1bd1e32a3bdc45362d1e726936510720a7c30a57
       with:
-        path: ./.metrics/cached_${{ inputs.snapshot}}
+        path: ./.metrics/release_${{ inputs.snapshot}}
         key: ${{ env.v2_tag }}_${{ inputs.artifact_key }}
         lookup-only: true
 
@@ -42,37 +42,37 @@ runs:
       if: ${{ (github.ref_name == 'main') && (steps.check-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true') }}
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        mv ./.metrics/${{ inputs.snapshot }} ./.metrics/cached_${{ inputs.snapshot}}
+        mv ./.metrics/${{ inputs.snapshot }} ./.metrics/release_${{ inputs.snapshot}}
 
     - name: Cache scraped metrics for tagged release for longer retention
       id: tagged-metrics
       if: ${{ (github.ref_name == 'main') && (steps.check-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true') }}
       uses: actions/cache/save@1bd1e32a3bdc45362d1e726936510720a7c30a57
       with:
-        path: ./.metrics/cached_${{ inputs.snapshot}}
+        path: ./.metrics/release_${{ inputs.snapshot}}
         key: ${{ env.v2_tag }}_${{ inputs.artifact_key }}
       
     - name: Download the cached tagged metrics
-      id: cache-metrics
+      id: download-release-snapshot
       uses: actions/cache/restore@1bd1e32a3bdc45362d1e726936510720a7c30a57
       with:
-        path: ./.metrics/cached_${{ inputs.snapshot}}
+        path: ./.metrics/release_${{ inputs.snapshot}}
         key: ${{ env.v2_tag }}_${{ inputs.artifact_key }}
 
     - name: Calculate diff between the snapshots 
-      id: diff-check
-      if: steps.cache-metrics.outputs.cache-hit == 'true'
+      id: compare-snapshots
+      if: steps.download-release-snapshot.outputs.cache-hit == 'true'
       shell: bash
       run: |
         python3 -m pip install prometheus-client
         python3 ./scripts/e2e/compare_metrics.py --file1 ./.metrics/${{ inputs.snapshot }} --file2 ./.metrics/cached_${{ inputs.snapshot}} --output ./.metrics/diff_${{ inputs.snapshot }}
         if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
-        echo "No differences found in metrics"
+        echo "Differences found in metrics"
         exit 1
         fi
 
     - name: Upload the diff artifact
-      if: ${{ (steps.cache-metrics.outputs.cache-hit == 'true') && (steps.diff-check.outcome == 'failure') }}
+      if: ${{ (steps.download-release-snapshot.outputs.cache-hit == 'true') && (steps.compare-snapshots.outcome == 'failure') }}
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@6f51ac03b9356f520e9adb1b1b7802705f340c2b # v4.5.0
       with:
         name: diff_${{ inputs.artifact_key }}
diff --git a/scripts/e2e/compare_metrics.py b/scripts/e2e/compare_metrics.py
index c56d509902e..c30edb4114f 100644
--- a/scripts/e2e/compare_metrics.py
+++ b/scripts/e2e/compare_metrics.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import argparse
-import sys
 from difflib import unified_diff
 from bisect import insort
 from prometheus_client.parser import text_string_to_metric_families
@@ -63,16 +62,15 @@ def main():
     diff_lines = generate_diff(file1_lines, file2_lines)
     
     # Check if there are any differences
-    if not diff_lines:
-        print("No differences found between the metric files.")
-        sys.exit(1)
-    
-    # Write diff to output file
-    write_diff_file(diff_lines, args.output)
+    if diff_lines:
+        print("differences found between the metric files.")
+        print("=== Metrics Comparison Results ===")
+        print(diff_lines)
+        write_diff_file(diff_lines, args.output)
 
-    print("\n=== Metrics Comparison Results ===")
-    print(diff_lines)
+        return 1    
 
+    print("no difference found")
     return 0
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':