diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/auto-release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/auto-release.yml
index 84fc701..22c4e7e 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/auto-release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/auto-release.yml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ jobs:
           [ -z "$PLATFORM" ] && PLATFORM="generic"
           echo "platform=$PLATFORM" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "Platform detected: ${PLATFORM}"
-          MANIFEST=$(find . -maxdepth 3 -name "*.xml" ! -path "./.git/*" -exec grep -l '<extension' {} \; 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-          MOD_FILE=$(find . -maxdepth 4 -name "mod*.class.php" ! -path "./.git/*" -exec grep -l 'extends DolibarrModules' {} \; 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+          MANIFEST=$(find . -maxdepth 3 -name "*.xml" ! -path "./.git/*" -exec grep -l '<extension' {} \; 2>/dev/null | head -1 || true)
+          MOD_FILE=$(find . -maxdepth 4 -name "mod*.class.php" ! -path "./.git/*" -exec grep -l 'extends DolibarrModules' {} \; 2>/dev/null | head -1 || true)
           echo "manifest=${MANIFEST}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "mod_file=${MOD_FILE}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ jobs:
           REPO="${{ github.repository }}"
 
           # -- Parse extension metadata from XML manifest ----------------
-          MANIFEST=$(find . -maxdepth 2 -name "*.xml" -exec grep -l '<extension' {} \; 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+          MANIFEST=$(find . -maxdepth 2 -name "*.xml" -exec grep -l '<extension' {} \; 2>/dev/null | head -1 || true)
           if [ -z "$MANIFEST" ]; then
             echo "Warning: No Joomla XML manifest found — skipping updates.xml" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
             exit 0
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/pre-release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/pre-release.yml
index c70ea7d..a121900 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/pre-release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/pre-release.yml
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ jobs:
           [ -z "$PLATFORM" ] && PLATFORM=$(cat .mokogitea/manifest.xml 2>/dev/null | tr -d '[:space:]')
           [ -z "$PLATFORM" ] && PLATFORM="generic"
           echo "platform=$PLATFORM" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          MANIFEST=$(find . -maxdepth 3 -name "*.xml" ! -path "./.git/*" -exec grep -l '<extension' {} \; 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-          MOD_FILE=$(find . -maxdepth 4 -name "mod*.class.php" ! -path "./.git/*" -exec grep -l 'extends DolibarrModules' {} \; 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+          MANIFEST=$(find . -maxdepth 3 -name "*.xml" ! -path "./.git/*" -exec grep -l '<extension' {} \; 2>/dev/null | head -1 || true)
+          MOD_FILE=$(find . -maxdepth 4 -name "mod*.class.php" ! -path "./.git/*" -exec grep -l 'extends DolibarrModules' {} \; 2>/dev/null | head -1 || true)
           echo "manifest=${MANIFEST}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "mod_file=${MOD_FILE}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
@@ -190,16 +190,12 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
           mkdir -p build/package
-          rsync -a \
-            --exclude='sftp-config*' \
-            --exclude='.ftpignore' \
-            --exclude='*.ppk' \
-            --exclude='*.pem' \
-            --exclude='*.key' \
-            --exclude='.env*' \
-            --exclude='*.local' \
-            --exclude='.build-trigger' \
-            "${SOURCE_DIR}/" build/package/
+          # Use cp instead of rsync (not always available in runner containers)
+          cp -a "${SOURCE_DIR}/." build/package/
+          # Remove excluded files
+          cd build/package
+          rm -f sftp-config* .ftpignore *.ppk *.pem *.key .env* *.local .build-trigger
+          cd "$OLDPWD"
 
       - name: Create ZIP
         id: zip