I have the following GitHub Actions, I want to pass lastNotificationMessage from deploy job to the next job:

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Get last notification
        if: always()
        id: notification
        timeout-minutes: 1
        run: |
          LAST_NOTIFICATION=$(app get-last-notification)
          echo "$LAST_NOTIFICATION"
          echo "CUSTOM_LAST_NOTIFICATION=$LAST_NOTIFICATION" >> $GITHUB_ENV

    outputs:
      lastNotificationMessage: ${{ env.CUSTOM_LAST_NOTIFICATION }}
      # otherVariable: other value
      # otherVariable: other value
      # otherVariable: other value
      # otherVariable: other value
      # otherVariable: other value
      # otherVariable: other value


  notification:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: deploy
    if: always()

    steps:
      - name: Notification
        timeout-minutes: 1
        run: |
          app send-notification 
            --last-message "$LAST_NOTIFICATION_MESSAGE"
        env:
          LAST_NOTIFICATION_MESSAGE: ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.lastNotificationMessage }}

When I echo it on the first job, it already has value (it’s in base64url-encoded format to make sure it doesn’t have any dangerous character).

But on the next job, When I check it in the job output, it’s alway empty. I can see that the other variables have correct value also.

What is the issue here and how can I fix it?