diff --git a/extensions/schema-compare/src/schemaCompareMainWindow.ts b/extensions/schema-compare/src/schemaCompareMainWindow.ts
index 018e3f7333..f5e72ebe65 100644
--- a/extensions/schema-compare/src/schemaCompareMainWindow.ts
+++ b/extensions/schema-compare/src/schemaCompareMainWindow.ts
@@ -898,8 +898,7 @@ export class SchemaCompareMainWindow {
 						throw new Error(`Unsupported SchemaCompareEndpointType: ${getSchemaCompareEndpointString(this.targetEndpointInfo.endpointType)}`);
 				}
 
-				if (!result || !result.success) {
-
+				if (!result || !result.success || result.errorMessage !== '') {
 					TelemetryReporter.createErrorEvent(TelemetryViews.SchemaCompareMainWindow, 'SchemaCompareApplyFailed', undefined, getTelemetryErrorType(result?.errorMessage))
 						.withAdditionalProperties({
 							'operationId': this.comparisonResult.operationId,
@@ -912,6 +911,11 @@ export class SchemaCompareMainWindow {
 					this.generateScriptButton.title = loc.generateScriptEnabledMessage;
 					this.applyButton.enabled = true;
 					this.applyButton.title = loc.applyEnabledMessage;
+				} else if (this.targetEndpointInfo.endpointType === mssql.SchemaCompareEndpointType.Project) {
+					const workspaceApi = getDataWorkspaceExtensionApi();
+					workspaceApi.showProjectsView();
+
+					void vscode.window.showInformationMessage(loc.applySuccess);
 				}
 
 				TelemetryReporter.createActionEvent(TelemetryViews.SchemaCompareMainWindow, 'SchemaCompareApplyEnded')
@@ -920,13 +924,6 @@ export class SchemaCompareMainWindow {
 						'operationId': this.comparisonResult.operationId,
 						'targetType': getSchemaCompareEndpointString(this.targetEndpointInfo.endpointType)
 					}).send();
-
-				if (this.targetEndpointInfo.endpointType === mssql.SchemaCompareEndpointType.Project) {
-					const workspaceApi = getDataWorkspaceExtensionApi();
-					workspaceApi.showProjectsView();
-
-					void vscode.window.showInformationMessage(loc.applySuccess);
-				}
 			}
 		});
 	}
diff --git a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/controllers/projectController.ts b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/controllers/projectController.ts
index 93fea7ea86..ce6ab96f5e 100644
--- a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/controllers/projectController.ts
+++ b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/controllers/projectController.ts
@@ -534,21 +534,23 @@ export class ProjectsController {
 
 		const result: mssql.SchemaComparePublishProjectResult = await service.schemaComparePublishProjectChanges(operationId, projectPath, fs, utils.getAzdataApi()!.TaskExecutionMode.execute);
 
-		const project = await Project.openProject(projectFilePath);
+		if (result.errorMessage === '') {
+			const project = await Project.openProject(projectFilePath);
 
-		let toAdd: vscode.Uri[] = [];
-		result.addedFiles.forEach((f: any) => toAdd.push(vscode.Uri.file(f)));
-		await project.addToProject(toAdd);
+			let toAdd: vscode.Uri[] = [];
+			result.addedFiles.forEach((f: any) => toAdd.push(vscode.Uri.file(f)));
+			await project.addToProject(toAdd);
 
-		let toRemove: vscode.Uri[] = [];
-		result.deletedFiles.forEach((f: any) => toRemove.push(vscode.Uri.file(f)));
+			let toRemove: vscode.Uri[] = [];
+			result.deletedFiles.forEach((f: any) => toRemove.push(vscode.Uri.file(f)));
 
-		let toRemoveEntries: FileProjectEntry[] = [];
-		toRemove.forEach(f => toRemoveEntries.push(new FileProjectEntry(f, f.path.replace(projectPath + '\\', ''), EntryType.File)));
+			let toRemoveEntries: FileProjectEntry[] = [];
+			toRemove.forEach(f => toRemoveEntries.push(new FileProjectEntry(f, f.path.replace(projectPath + '\\', ''), EntryType.File)));
 
-		toRemoveEntries.forEach(async f => await project.exclude(f));
+			toRemoveEntries.forEach(async f => await project.exclude(f));
 
-		await this.buildProject(project);
+			await this.buildProject(project);
+		}
 
 		return result;
 	}