diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-upload.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-upload.yaml
index 2853eb2028..77deeec738 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-upload.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-upload.yaml
@@ -23,28 +23,28 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
 
-      - name: Setup local environment
+      - name: Setup env
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
 
       - id: build
         name: Build
         run: ./scripts/build-static
 
-      - name: fFetch gcs auth
+      - name: Get gcs auth
         uses: rancher-eio/read-vault-secrets@main
         with:
           secrets: |
             secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/google-auth/rancher/credentials token | GOOGLE_AUTH
 
-      # https://github.com/google-github-actions/auth
-      - name: auth with gcs
+      - name: Apply gcs auth
+        # https://github.com/google-github-actions/auth
         uses: 'google-github-actions/auth@v2'
         with:
           credentials_json: "${{ env.GOOGLE_AUTH }}"
 
-      # https://github.com/google-github-actions/upload-cloud-storage
-      - name: upload build
+      - name: Upload build
         uses: 'google-github-actions/upload-cloud-storage@v2'
+        # https://github.com/google-github-actions/upload-cloud-storage
         with:
           path: ${{steps.build.outputs.BUILD_DIR}}
           # Example - https://releases.rancher.com/ui/2.8.0/...
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ jobs:
           parent: false
           headers: |-
             cache-control: no-cache,must-revalidate
+          process_gcloudignore: false
 
-      - name: upload tar
+      - name: Upload tar
         if: ${{ env.CI_BUILD_TAG != ''}}
         uses: 'google-github-actions/upload-cloud-storage@v2'
         with:
@@ -63,78 +64,4 @@ jobs:
           parent: false
           headers: |-
             cache-control: no-cache,must-revalidate
-
-
-
-
-      #   # TODO RC if we can use upload permissions in a single job with build then these aren't needed
-      # - name: Stash build (files)
-      #   uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-      #   with:
-      #     name: BUILD_DIR
-      #     path: ${{ steps.build.outputs.BUILD_DIR }}
-      #     retention-days: 1
-
-      # - name: Stash build (archive file)
-      #   if: ${{ env.CI_BUILD_TAG != ''}}
-      #   uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-      #   with:
-      #     name: BUILD_TGZ
-      #     path: ${{ steps.build.outputs.BUILD_TGZ }}
-      #     retention-days: 1
-
-      # - name: Stash VERSION
-      #   run: echo "VERSION=${{ steps.build.outputs.VERSION }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-  # upload:
-  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-  #   needs: build
-  # #   env:
-  # #     GS_BUCKET_NAME:
-  #   steps:
-  #     - name: Download build directory
-  #       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-  #       with:
-  #         name: BUILD_DIR
-  #         path: build_dir
-  #     - name: Download build tar
-  #       if: ${{ env.CI_BUILD_TAG != ''}}
-  #       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-  #       with:
-  #         name: BUILD_TGZ
-  #         path: build_tgz
-  #     # - name: version (TODO RC remove)
-  #     #   run: echo ${{needs.build.outputs.VERSION}}
-  #     # - name: build_dir output (TODO RC remove)
-  #     #   run: ls -l build_dir
-  #     - name: build_tgz output (TODO RC remove)
-  #       if: ${{ env.CI_BUILD_TAG != ''}}
-  #       run: ls -l build_tgz
-  #     - uses: rancher-eio/read-vault-secrets@main
-  #       with:
-  #         secrets: |
-  #           secret/data/github/repo/${{ github.repository }}/google-auth/rancher/credentials token | GOOGLE_AUTH
-  #     # https://github.com/google-github-actions/auth
-  #     - name: auth
-  #       uses: 'google-github-actions/auth@v2'
-  #       with:
-  #         credentials_json: "${{ env.GOOGLE_AUTH }}"
-  #     # https://github.com/google-github-actions/upload-cloud-storage
-  #     - name: upload build
-  #       uses: 'google-github-actions/upload-cloud-storage@v2'
-  #       with:
-  #         path: build_dir
-  #         # Example - https://releases.rancher.com/ui/2.8.0/...
-  #         destination: releases.rancher.com/${{ env.REPO }}/${{ needs.build.outputs.VERSION }}
-  #         parent: false
-  #         headers: |-
-  #           cache-control: no-cache,must-revalidate
-  #     - name: upload tar
-  #       if: ${{ env.CI_BUILD_TAG != ''}}
-  #       uses: 'google-github-actions/upload-cloud-storage@v2'
-  #       with:
-  #         path: build_tgz
-  #         # Example - https://releases.rancher.com/ui/2.8.0.tar.gz
-  #         destination: releases.rancher.com/${{ env.REPO }}
-  #         parent: false
-  #         headers: |-
-  #           cache-control: no-cache,must-revalidate
+          process_gcloudignore: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-branch.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-branch.yaml
index 54d451724c..bc928ace99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-branch.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-branch.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
       # TODO RC - uncomment
       # - master
       # - 'release-*'
-      - richard-drone-ui
+      - richard-drone-ui-sjdkfldsgfdsf
 jobs:
   # test:
   #   uses: ./.github/workflows/test.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-release.yaml
index f81231d5b8..dadc19dae2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-release.yaml
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ env:
   ENVIRONMENT: production
 
 jobs:
-  test:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/test.yaml
+  # test:
+  #   uses: ./.github/workflows/test.yaml
   build-and-upload:
-    needs: test
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-and-upload.yaml
+    # needs: test
+    permissions:
+      contents: 'read'
+      id-token: 'write'
     with:
       CI_BUILD_TAG: ${{github.ref_name}}