diff --git a/.github/actions/always/action.yml b/.github/actions/always/action.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 37e76413fa..0000000000
--- a/.github/actions/always/action.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
----
-name: cleanup
-# https://github.com/product-os/flowzone/tree/master/.github/actions
-inputs:
-  json:
-    description: "JSON stringified object containing all the inputs from the calling workflow"
-    required: true
-  secrets:
-    description: "JSON stringified object containing all the secrets from the calling workflow"
-    required: true
-
-  # --- custom environment
-  VERBOSE:
-    type: string
-    default: "true"
-
-runs:
-  # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/creating-actions/creating-a-composite-action
-  using: "composite"
-  steps:
-    # delete draft releases if the pull request is closed without merging
-    - name: Delete draft release
-      if: |
-        runner.os == 'Linux' &&
-        github.event_name == 'pull_request' &&
-        github.event.pull_request.merged == false &&
-        github.event.action == 'closed'
-
-      shell: bash --noprofile --norc -eo pipefail -x {0}
-      run: |
-        set -ea
-
-        [[ '${{ inputs.VERBOSE }}' =~ on|On|Yes|yes|true|True ]] && set -x
-
-        gh release delete --yes '${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}' || true
-
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.secrets).FLOWZONE_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/finalize/action.yml b/.github/actions/finalize/action.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 79536a4967..0000000000
--- a/.github/actions/finalize/action.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
----
-name: publish GitHub release
-# https://github.com/product-os/flowzone/tree/master/.github/actions
-inputs:
-  json:
-    description: "JSON stringified object containing all the inputs from the calling workflow"
-    required: true
-  secrets:
-    description: "JSON stringified object containing all the secrets from the calling workflow"
-    required: true
-
-runs:
-  # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/creating-actions/creating-a-composite-action
-  using: "composite"
-  steps:
-    - name: Get release version
-      if: runner.os == 'Linux'
-      id: get_release
-      shell: bash --noprofile --norc -eo pipefail -x {0}
-      run: |
-        set -ea
-
-        [[ '${{ inputs.VERBOSE }}' =~ on|On|Yes|yes|true|True ]] && set -x
-
-        echo "version=$(jq -r '.version' package.json)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-    # https://docs.github.com/en/rest/releases
-    - name: Finalize GitHub release
-      if: runner.os == 'Linux'
-      shell: bash --noprofile --norc -eo pipefail -x {0}
-      run: |
-        set -ea
-
-        [[ '${{ inputs.VERBOSE }}' =~ on|On|Yes|yes|true|True ]] && set -x
-
-        previous_tag="$(git tag --sort=-version:refname | head -n 2 | tail -n 1)"
-        release_notes="$(git log ${previous_tag}..HEAD --pretty=reference)"
-
-        gh release edit '${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}' \
-          --notes "${release_notes}" \
-          --title 'v${{ steps.get_release.outputs.version }}' \
-          --tag 'v${{ steps.get_release.outputs.version }}' \
-          --prerelease=false \
-          --draft=false
-
-        release_id="$(gh api "/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tags/v${{ steps.get_release.outputs.version }}" \
-          -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' | jq -r .id)"
-
-        gh api --method PATCH "/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/${release_id}" \
-          -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
-          -F make_latest="true"
-
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.secrets).FLOWZONE_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/publish/action.yml b/.github/actions/publish/action.yml
index f5f045a2a8..2b33c0b114 100644
--- a/.github/actions/publish/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/publish/action.yml
@@ -206,33 +206,9 @@ runs:
           -name "latest*.yml" \
           -exec yq -i e .stagingPercentage=\"$percentage\" {} \;
 
-    # https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release#-customizing
-    - name: Create draft GitHub (pre)release
-      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-      with:
-        # use PR branch name for draft releases
-        name: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
-        tag_name: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
-        draft: true
-        prerelease: true
-        token: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.secrets).FLOWZONE_TOKEN }}
-        files: |
-          dist/*.AppImage
-          dist/*.blockmap
-          dist/*.deb
-          dist/*.dmg
-          dist/*.exe
-          dist/*.rpm
-          dist/*.zip
-          dist/latest*.yml
-
-    - name: Compress custom source
-      shell: pwsh
-      run: tar -acf ${{ runner.temp }}/custom.tgz .
-
-    - name: Upload custom artifact
+    - name: Upload artifacts
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
-        name: custom-${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.event.head_commit.id }}-${{ runner.os }}
-        path: ${{ runner.temp }}/custom.tgz
+        name: gh-release-${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.event.head_commit.id }}
+        path: dist
         retention-days: 1
diff --git a/.github/actions/test/action.yml b/.github/actions/test/action.yml
index a1620a4e78..3bb1d32278 100644
--- a/.github/actions/test/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/test/action.yml
@@ -21,19 +21,6 @@ runs:
   # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/creating-actions/creating-a-composite-action
   using: "composite"
   steps:
-    - name: Delete previous draft release
-      if: runner.os == 'Linux'
-      shell: bash --noprofile --norc -eo pipefail -x {0}
-      run: |
-        set -ea
-
-        [[ '${{ inputs.VERBOSE }}' =~ on|On|Yes|yes|true|True ]] && set -x
-
-        gh release delete --yes '${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}' || true
-
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.secrets).FLOWZONE_TOKEN }}
-
     # https://github.com/actions/setup-node#caching-global-packages-data
     - name: Setup Node.js
       uses: actions/setup-node@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/flowzone.yml b/.github/workflows/flowzone.yml
index 6e579653f6..cc51570bec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/flowzone.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/flowzone.yml
@@ -22,3 +22,9 @@ jobs:
     with:
       tests_run_on: '["ubuntu-18.04","macos-latest","windows-2019"]'
       restrict_custom_actions: false
+      github_prerelease: true
+#      repo_config: true
+#      repo_description: |
+#        Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.
+#      repo_homepage: https://etcher.io/
+#      repo_enable_wiki: true