From a50f0d854ade035866f859db98331b9b26144aff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dongbo Wang <dongbow@microsoft.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:29:13 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Exclude .exe packages from publishing to GitHub (#26859)

---
 .pipelines/templates/release-githubNuget.yml | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.pipelines/templates/release-githubNuget.yml b/.pipelines/templates/release-githubNuget.yml
index 899e9bd572a..6d234ee50fe 100644
--- a/.pipelines/templates/release-githubNuget.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/templates/release-githubNuget.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ jobs:
       targetType: inline
       script: |
         $Path = "$(Pipeline.Workspace)/GitHubPackages"
+
+        # The .exe packages are for Windows Update only and should not be uploaded to GitHub release.
+        $exefiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $Path -Filter *.exe
+        if ($exefiles) {
+            Write-Verbose -Verbose "Remove .exe packages:"
+            $exefiles | Remove-Item -Force -Verbose
+        }
+
         $OutputPath = Join-Path $Path 'hashes.sha256'
         $packages  = Get-ChildItem -Path $Path -Include * -Recurse -File
         $checksums = $packages |