diff --git a/.github/workflows/create_release.yml b/.github/workflows/create_release.yml
index 2e3ba390c4..4867bc5daf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create_release.yml
@@ -16,21 +16,28 @@ jobs:
         fetch-depth: 0
 
     - name: Fetch Pull Request Details
+      continue-on-error: true
       run: |
         SOURCE_BRANCH=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
         
         # Checking if the source branch was a release
+        # If the branch is not a release branch we return early and skip the subsequent steps
         if [[ "$SOURCE_BRANCH" != release/* ]]; then
+          echo "PROCEED=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "Source branch does not match pattern. Exiting."
-          exit 1
+          echo "IS_RELEASE_BRANCH=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          exit 0
         fi
         
         # Extracting the version number from the source branch name
+        # If the version number does not match we fail to indicate an issue
         VERSION_NUMBER=${SOURCE_BRANCH#release/}
         if [[ ! "$VERSION_NUMBER" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
           echo "'$VERSION_NUMBER' does not match semantic versioning format. Exiting."
           exit 1
         fi
+
+        echo "IS_RELEASE_BRANCH=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         
         MERGE_COMMIT_SHA=${{ github.event.pull_request.merge_commit_sha }}
         PR_NUMBER=${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
@@ -49,6 +56,7 @@ jobs:
         echo "$PR_BODY" >> "${{ github.workspace }}/release_content.md"
         
     - name: Create Release
+      if: env.IS_RELEASE_BRANCH == 'true'
       uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
       with:
         body_path: "${{ github.workspace }}/release_content.md"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/get_release_notes.yml b/.github/workflows/get_release_notes.yml
index ab0cd6348c..b445c5ee7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/get_release_notes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/get_release_notes.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
              IFS="" echo "$OUTPUT" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
 
              # Converting the output to Base64 to get a single line required by the GITHUB_OUTPUT
-             BASE64_RELEASE_NOTES=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | base64)
+             BASE64_RELEASE_NOTES=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | base64 | tr -d '\n')
              echo "Base64 Release Notes: $BASE64_RELEASE_NOTES"
              IFS="" echo "RELEASE_NOTES=$BASE64_RELEASE_NOTES" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare_release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare_release.yml
index f7084f3c02..d5555959dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare_release.yml
@@ -46,8 +46,18 @@ jobs:
     - name: Prepare Release Notes
       run: |
         RELEASE_NOTES=$(echo "$BASE_64_RELEASE_NOTES" | base64 --decode)
-        rm -rf "${{ github.workspace }}/release_notes.md" # Making sure we start a fresh document
-        echo "$RELEASE_NOTES" >> "${{ github.workspace }}/release_notes.md"
+        TMP_DIR="${{ github.workspace }}/.tmp"
+        RELEASE_NOTES_FILE_PATH="$TMP_DIR/release_notes.md"
+        
+        if [ -e $RELEASE_NOTES_FILE_PATH ]
+        then
+            echo "OLD RELEASE NOTES"
+            cat "$RELEASE_NOTES_FILE_PATH"
+            rm -rf $RELEASE_NOTES_FILE_PATH # Making sure we start a fresh document
+        fi
+
+        mkdir -p "$TMP_DIR"
+        echo "$RELEASE_NOTES" >> $RELEASE_NOTES_FILE_PATH
       env:
         BASE_64_RELEASE_NOTES: ${{ needs.get-release-notes.outputs.RELEASE_NOTES }}
     
@@ -59,5 +69,5 @@ jobs:
         branch: "release/${{ github.event.inputs.sdk-version }}"
         commit-message: "chore: prepare '${{ github.event.inputs.sdk-version }}' release"
         title: "[Release] ${{ github.event.inputs.sdk-version }}"
-        body-path: "${{ github.workspace }}/release_notes.md"
+        body-path: "${{ github.workspace }}/.tmp/release_notes.md"
         token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 83095408d6..f9a489b73e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ Package.resolved
 TempProject/
 .build
 .vscode
+.tmp