From d40d3d81b5a3d7d15523f335ef6d38fbb73a2135 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Telatynski <7t3chguy@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 13:36:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure EW/ED release workflows don't run for modules (#34557)

---
 .github/workflows/build_debian.yaml             | 1 +
 .github/workflows/build_desktop_and_deploy.yaml | 4 ++++
 .github/workflows/deploy.yml                    | 4 ++++
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_debian.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_debian.yaml
index 052544e092..b892b54674 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_debian.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_debian.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     build:
         name: Build package
         environment: packages.element.io
+        if: ${{ !startsWith(github.event.release.tag_name, 'module/') }}
         runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
         env:
             R2_INCOMING_BUCKET: ${{ vars.R2_INCOMING_BUCKET }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_desktop_and_deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_desktop_and_deploy.yaml
index def155cbe8..3ca5172b29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_desktop_and_deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_desktop_and_deploy.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ permissions: {} # Uses ELEMENT_BOT_TOKEN
 jobs:
     prepare:
         uses: ./.github/workflows/build_desktop_prepare.yaml
+        # Run if it's NOT a release, OR if it is a release and does NOT start with 'module/'
+        if: |
+            github.event_name != 'release' ||
+            !startsWith(github.event.release.tag_name, 'module/')
         permissions:
             contents: read
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 92d29aa66a..4e37a50f6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ permissions: {}
 jobs:
     deploy:
         name: "Deploy to Cloudflare Pages"
+        # Run if it's NOT a release, OR if it is a release and does NOT start with 'module/'
+        if: |
+            github.event_name != 'release' ||
+            !startsWith(github.event.release.tag_name, 'module/')
         runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
         environment: ${{ inputs.site || 'staging.element.io' }}
         permissions: