From a3d352c115e5b2575c26fa0bc5812ba7ba2ca26e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roberto Pastor Muela <37798125+RobPasMue@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:58:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: improving stage skipping for releasing

---
 .github/workflows/build_and_package.yml | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_package.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_package.yml
index 5bab7a9a..32757cd8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_package.yml
@@ -223,8 +223,12 @@ jobs:
 
   release:
     name: Release project
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
     needs: [build]
+    if: >
+      always() &&
+      needs.build.result == 'success' &&
+      github.event_name == 'push' &&
+      startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: release
     permissions:
@@ -254,13 +258,23 @@ jobs:
 
 
   docker:
+    name: Build and push Docker image
     needs: [build, release]
     if: |
       always() &&
       needs.build.result == 'success' &&
-      ((github.event_name == 'schedule' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main') ||
-      (github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')))
+      (
+        (github.event_name == 'schedule' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main') ||
+        (
+          github.event_name == 'push' &&
+          startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') &&
+          needs.release.result == 'success'
+        )
+      )
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4

From 5748d564e49c1aa78108d1a7bf47dcbee185c548 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pyansys-ci-bot <92810346+pyansys-ci-bot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:03:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore: adding changelog file 95.fixed.md
 [dependabot-skip]

---
 doc/changelog.d/95.fixed.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/changelog.d/95.fixed.md

diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/95.fixed.md b/doc/changelog.d/95.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d6754c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/95.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Improving stage skipping for releasing