From b1ab0465fb46f1ec01694a5cceb8f3f0eac70c6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hongbo Xiao <hope@apache.org>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2026 02:44:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ci: deploy Java staging only for RC tags

---
 .github/workflows/release-java.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-java.yml b/.github/workflows/release-java.yml
index 00f00d5..a87122d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-java.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-java.yml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
           path: target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/${{ matrix.lib_name }}
 
   deploy-staging:
-    if: github.repository == 'apache/paimon-vector-index' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+    if: github.repository == 'apache/paimon-vector-index' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && contains(github.ref_name, '-rc')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [build-native]
     steps: