diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index 6deeb2a3c..49b554219 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ jobs:
   detect-publishable-packages:
     runs-on: uipath-ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
-      packages: ${{ steps.detect.outputs.packages }}
-      count: ${{ steps.detect.outputs.count }}
+      packages: ${{ steps.detect.outputs.packages || '[]' }}
+      count: ${{ steps.detect.outputs.count || '0' }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262  # v4.4.0
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Detect publishable packages
         id: detect
+        if: ${{ !github.event.created }}
         run: python .github/scripts/detect_publishable_packages.py
 
   # --- Tier 0: uipath-core (no internal dependencies) ---