diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/prepare-release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/prepare-release.yml
index 50ce43c..96ea794 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/prepare-release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/prepare-release.yml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "## Release Prepared"
             echo
             echo "- Tag pushed: ${tag}"
-            echo "- Calling Do Release workflow for ${tag}."
+            echo "- Do Release should trigger automatically from tag push for ${tag}."
           } >> "$SUMMARY_FILE"
 
       - name: Summary
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
   publish:
+    if: ${{ false }} # Temporary: disable direct call to validate tag-triggered do-release path.
     needs: prepare
     uses: ./.gitea/workflows/do-release.yml
     with: