diff --git a/.github/actions/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/index.js b/.github/actions/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/index.js
index 00be81386a33..5fc7ffa6c9bc 100644
--- a/.github/actions/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/index.js
+++ b/.github/actions/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/index.js
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ const exec = promisify(__nccwpck_require__(3129).exec);
 function getPullRequestsMergedBetween(fromRef, toRef) {
     return exec(`git log --format="%s" ${fromRef}...${toRef}`)
         .then(({stdout}) => (
-            [...stdout.matchAll(/Merge pull request #(\d{1,6})/g)]
+            [...stdout.matchAll(/Merge pull request #(\d{1,6}) from (?!Expensify\/(?:master|main|version-))/g)]
                 .map(match => match[1])
         ));
 }
diff --git a/.github/actions/getReleasePullRequestList/action.yml b/.github/actions/getDeployPullRequestList/action.yml
similarity index 67%
rename from .github/actions/getReleasePullRequestList/action.yml
rename to .github/actions/getDeployPullRequestList/action.yml
index b1c436e3a460..98dce92c2bcc 100644
--- a/.github/actions/getReleasePullRequestList/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/getDeployPullRequestList/action.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ inputs:
     GITHUB_TOKEN:
         description: "Github token for authentication"
         required: true
+    IS_PRODUCTION_DEPLOY:
+        description: "True if we are deploying to production"
+        required: false
 outputs:
     PR_LIST:
-        description: Array of released pull request numbers
+        description: Array of pull request numbers
 runs:
     using: 'node12'
     main: './index.js'
diff --git a/.github/actions/getDeployPullRequestList/getDeployPullRequestList.js b/.github/actions/getDeployPullRequestList/getDeployPullRequestList.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..41f1250d9b04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/getDeployPullRequestList/getDeployPullRequestList.js
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+const _ = require('underscore');
+const core = require('@actions/core');
+const github = require('@actions/github');
+const GitUtils = require('../../libs/GitUtils');
+
+const octokit = github.getOctokit(core.getInput('GITHUB_TOKEN', {required: true}));
+const inputTag = core.getInput('TAG', {required: true});
+
+const isProductionDeploy = JSON.parse(core.getInput('IS_PRODUCTION_DEPLOY', {required: false}));
+const itemToFetch = isProductionDeploy ? 'release' : 'tag';
+
+/**
+ * Gets either releases or tags for a GitHub repo
+ *
+ * @param {boolean} fetchReleases
+ * @returns {*}
+ */
+function getTagsOrReleases(fetchReleases) {
+    if (fetchReleases) {
+        return octokit.repos.listReleases({
+            owner: github.context.repo.owner,
+            repo: github.context.repo.repo,
+        });
+    }
+
+    return octokit.repos.listTags({
+        owner: github.context.repo.owner,
+        repo: github.context.repo.repo,
+    });
+}
+
+console.log(`Fetching ${itemToFetch} list from github...`);
+getTagsOrReleases(isProductionDeploy)
+    .catch(githubError => core.setFailed(githubError))
+    .then(({data}) => {
+        const keyToPluck = isProductionDeploy ? 'tag_name' : 'name';
+        const tags = _.pluck(data, keyToPluck);
+        const priorTagIndex = _.indexOf(tags, inputTag) + 1;
+
+        if (priorTagIndex === 0) {
+            console.log(`No ${itemToFetch} was found for input tag ${inputTag}.`
+                + `Comparing it to latest ${itemToFetch} ${tags[0]}`);
+        }
+
+        if (priorTagIndex === tags.length) {
+            const err = new Error('Somehow, the input tag was at the end of the paginated result, '
+                + 'so we don\'t have the prior tag');
+            console.error(err.message);
+            core.setFailed(err);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const priorTag = tags[priorTagIndex];
+        console.log(`Given ${itemToFetch}: ${inputTag}`);
+        console.log(`Prior ${itemToFetch}: ${priorTag}`);
+
+        return GitUtils.getPullRequestsMergedBetween(priorTag, inputTag);
+    })
+    .then((pullRequestList) => {
+        console.log(`Found the pull request list: ${pullRequestList}`);
+        return core.setOutput('PR_LIST', pullRequestList);
+    })
+    .catch(error => core.setFailed(error));
diff --git a/.github/actions/getReleasePullRequestList/index.js b/.github/actions/getDeployPullRequestList/index.js
similarity index 99%
rename from .github/actions/getReleasePullRequestList/index.js
rename to .github/actions/getDeployPullRequestList/index.js
index cf1a30f951e5..6072f2ff469d 100644
--- a/.github/actions/getReleasePullRequestList/index.js
+++ b/.github/actions/getDeployPullRequestList/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module.exports =
 /******/ (() => { // webpackBootstrap
 /******/ 	var __webpack_modules__ = ({
 
-/***/ 4365:
+/***/ 6062:
 /***/ ((__unused_webpack_module, __unused_webpack_exports, __nccwpck_require__) => {
 
 const _ = __nccwpck_require__(4987);
@@ -16,35 +16,60 @@ const GitUtils = __nccwpck_require__(669);
 const octokit = github.getOctokit(core.getInput('GITHUB_TOKEN', {required: true}));
 const inputTag = core.getInput('TAG', {required: true});
 
-console.log('Fetching release list from github...');
-octokit.repos.listReleases({
-    owner: github.context.repo.owner,
-    repo: github.context.repo.repo,
-})
+const isProductionDeploy = JSON.parse(core.getInput('IS_PRODUCTION_DEPLOY', {required: false}));
+const itemToFetch = isProductionDeploy ? 'release' : 'tag';
+
+/**
+ * Gets either releases or tags for a GitHub repo
+ *
+ * @param {boolean} fetchReleases
+ * @returns {*}
+ */
+function getTagsOrReleases(fetchReleases) {
+    if (fetchReleases) {
+        return octokit.repos.listReleases({
+            owner: github.context.repo.owner,
+            repo: github.context.repo.repo,
+        });
+    }
+
+    return octokit.repos.listTags({
+        owner: github.context.repo.owner,
+        repo: github.context.repo.repo,
+    });
+}
+
+console.log(`Fetching ${itemToFetch} list from github...`);
+getTagsOrReleases(isProductionDeploy)
     .catch(githubError => core.setFailed(githubError))
     .then(({data}) => {
-        const tags = _.pluck(data, 'tag_name');
+        const keyToPluck = isProductionDeploy ? 'tag_name' : 'name';
+        const tags = _.pluck(data, keyToPluck);
         const priorTagIndex = _.indexOf(tags, inputTag) + 1;
 
         if (priorTagIndex === 0) {
-            console.log(`No release was found for input tag ${inputTag}. Comparing it to latest release ${tags[0]}`);
+            console.log(`No ${itemToFetch} was found for input tag ${inputTag}.`
+                + `Comparing it to latest ${itemToFetch} ${tags[0]}`);
         }
 
         if (priorTagIndex === tags.length) {
             const err = new Error('Somehow, the input tag was at the end of the paginated result, '
-                                  + "so we don't have the prior tag.");
+                + 'so we don\'t have the prior tag');
             console.error(err.message);
             core.setFailed(err);
             return;
         }
 
         const priorTag = tags[priorTagIndex];
-        console.log(`Given Release Tag: ${inputTag}`);
-        console.log(`Prior Release Tag: ${priorTag}`);
+        console.log(`Given ${itemToFetch}: ${inputTag}`);
+        console.log(`Prior ${itemToFetch}: ${priorTag}`);
 
         return GitUtils.getPullRequestsMergedBetween(priorTag, inputTag);
     })
-    .then(pullRequestList => core.setOutput('PR_LIST', pullRequestList))
+    .then((pullRequestList) => {
+        console.log(`Found the pull request list: ${pullRequestList}`);
+        return core.setOutput('PR_LIST', pullRequestList);
+    })
     .catch(error => core.setFailed(error));
 
 
@@ -66,7 +91,7 @@ const exec = promisify(__nccwpck_require__(3129).exec);
 function getPullRequestsMergedBetween(fromRef, toRef) {
     return exec(`git log --format="%s" ${fromRef}...${toRef}`)
         .then(({stdout}) => (
-            [...stdout.matchAll(/Merge pull request #(\d{1,6})/g)]
+            [...stdout.matchAll(/Merge pull request #(\d{1,6}) from (?!Expensify\/(?:master|main|version-))/g)]
                 .map(match => match[1])
         ));
 }
@@ -11224,6 +11249,6 @@ module.exports = require("zlib");;
 /******/ 	// module exports must be returned from runtime so entry inlining is disabled
 /******/ 	// startup
 /******/ 	// Load entry module and return exports
-/******/ 	return __nccwpck_require__(4365);
+/******/ 	return __nccwpck_require__(6062);
 /******/ })()
 ;
diff --git a/.github/actions/getReleasePullRequestList/getReleasePullRequestList.js b/.github/actions/getReleasePullRequestList/getReleasePullRequestList.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c3169dee14e..000000000000
--- a/.github/actions/getReleasePullRequestList/getReleasePullRequestList.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-const _ = require('underscore');
-const core = require('@actions/core');
-const github = require('@actions/github');
-const GitUtils = require('../../libs/GitUtils');
-
-const octokit = github.getOctokit(core.getInput('GITHUB_TOKEN', {required: true}));
-const inputTag = core.getInput('TAG', {required: true});
-
-console.log('Fetching release list from github...');
-octokit.repos.listReleases({
-    owner: github.context.repo.owner,
-    repo: github.context.repo.repo,
-})
-    .catch(githubError => core.setFailed(githubError))
-    .then(({data}) => {
-        const tags = _.pluck(data, 'tag_name');
-        const priorTagIndex = _.indexOf(tags, inputTag) + 1;
-
-        if (priorTagIndex === 0) {
-            console.log(`No release was found for input tag ${inputTag}. Comparing it to latest release ${tags[0]}`);
-        }
-
-        if (priorTagIndex === tags.length) {
-            const err = new Error('Somehow, the input tag was at the end of the paginated result, '
-                                  + "so we don't have the prior tag.");
-            console.error(err.message);
-            core.setFailed(err);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        const priorTag = tags[priorTagIndex];
-        console.log(`Given Release Tag: ${inputTag}`);
-        console.log(`Prior Release Tag: ${priorTag}`);
-
-        return GitUtils.getPullRequestsMergedBetween(priorTag, inputTag);
-    })
-    .then(pullRequestList => core.setOutput('PR_LIST', pullRequestList))
-    .catch(error => core.setFailed(error));
diff --git a/.github/actions/markPullRequestsAsDeployed/index.js b/.github/actions/markPullRequestsAsDeployed/index.js
index eaffa177a2f4..eb24d24e90c5 100644
--- a/.github/actions/markPullRequestsAsDeployed/index.js
+++ b/.github/actions/markPullRequestsAsDeployed/index.js
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ const isProd = JSON.parse(
     core.getInput('IS_PRODUCTION_DEPLOY', {required: true}),
 );
 const token = core.getInput('GITHUB_TOKEN', {required: true});
-const date = new Date();
-
 const octokit = github.getOctokit(token);
 const githubUtils = new GithubUtils(octokit);
 
@@ -47,12 +45,10 @@ const desktopResult = getDeployTableMessage(core.getInput('DESKTOP', {required:
 const iOSResult = getDeployTableMessage(core.getInput('IOS', {required: true}));
 const webResult = getDeployTableMessage(core.getInput('WEB', {required: true}));
 
-const workflowURL = `${process.env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY}
-    /actions/runs/${process.env.GITHUB_RUN_ID}`;
-
-let message = `🚀 [Deployed](${workflowURL}) 🚀 to 
-    ${isProd ? 'production' : 'staging'} on ${date.toDateString()} at ${date.toTimeString()}`;
+const workflowURL = `${process.env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY}`
+    + `/actions/runs/${process.env.GITHUB_RUN_ID}`;
 
+let message = `🚀 [Deployed](${workflowURL}) to ${isProd ? 'production' : 'staging'} 🚀`;
 message += `\n\n platform | result \n ---|--- \n🤖 android 🤖|${androidResult} \n🖥 desktop 🖥|${desktopResult}`;
 message += `\n🍎 iOS 🍎|${iOSResult} \n🕸 web 🕸|${webResult}`;
 
diff --git a/.github/actions/markPullRequestsAsDeployed/markPullRequestsAsDeployed.js b/.github/actions/markPullRequestsAsDeployed/markPullRequestsAsDeployed.js
index 59cbbdbdb13f..3449a4341088 100644
--- a/.github/actions/markPullRequestsAsDeployed/markPullRequestsAsDeployed.js
+++ b/.github/actions/markPullRequestsAsDeployed/markPullRequestsAsDeployed.js
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ const isProd = JSON.parse(
     core.getInput('IS_PRODUCTION_DEPLOY', {required: true}),
 );
 const token = core.getInput('GITHUB_TOKEN', {required: true});
-const date = new Date();
-
 const octokit = github.getOctokit(token);
 const githubUtils = new GithubUtils(octokit);
 
@@ -37,12 +35,10 @@ const desktopResult = getDeployTableMessage(core.getInput('DESKTOP', {required:
 const iOSResult = getDeployTableMessage(core.getInput('IOS', {required: true}));
 const webResult = getDeployTableMessage(core.getInput('WEB', {required: true}));
 
-const workflowURL = `${process.env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY}
-    /actions/runs/${process.env.GITHUB_RUN_ID}`;
-
-let message = `🚀 [Deployed](${workflowURL}) 🚀 to 
-    ${isProd ? 'production' : 'staging'} on ${date.toDateString()} at ${date.toTimeString()}`;
+const workflowURL = `${process.env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY}`
+    + `/actions/runs/${process.env.GITHUB_RUN_ID}`;
 
+let message = `🚀 [Deployed](${workflowURL}) to ${isProd ? 'production' : 'staging'} 🚀`;
 message += `\n\n platform | result \n ---|--- \n🤖 android 🤖|${androidResult} \n🖥 desktop 🖥|${desktopResult}`;
 message += `\n🍎 iOS 🍎|${iOSResult} \n🕸 web 🕸|${webResult}`;
 
diff --git a/.github/libs/GitUtils.js b/.github/libs/GitUtils.js
index d1af2ab3440a..6c7110c07074 100644
--- a/.github/libs/GitUtils.js
+++ b/.github/libs/GitUtils.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const exec = promisify(require('child_process').exec);
 function getPullRequestsMergedBetween(fromRef, toRef) {
     return exec(`git log --format="%s" ${fromRef}...${toRef}`)
         .then(({stdout}) => (
-            [...stdout.matchAll(/Merge pull request #(\d{1,6})/g)]
+            [...stdout.matchAll(/Merge pull request #(\d{1,6}) from (?!Expensify\/(?:master|main|version-))/g)]
                 .map(match => match[1])
         ));
 }
diff --git a/.github/scripts/buildActions.sh b/.github/scripts/buildActions.sh
index bf43372e5da0..af9811f7e328 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/buildActions.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/buildActions.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ declare -r GITHUB_ACTIONS=(
     "$ACTIONS_DIR/checkDeployBlockers/checkDeployBlockers.js"
     "$ACTIONS_DIR/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy.js"
     "$ACTIONS_DIR/getReleaseBody/getReleaseBody.js"
-    "$ACTIONS_DIR/getReleasePullRequestList/getReleasePullRequestList.js"
+    "$ACTIONS_DIR/getDeployPullRequestList/getDeployPullRequestList.js"
     "$ACTIONS_DIR/isPullRequestMergeable/isPullRequestMergeable.js"
     "$ACTIONS_DIR/isStagingDeployLocked/isStagingDeployLocked.js"
     "$ACTIONS_DIR/markPullRequestsAsDeployed/markPullRequestsAsDeployed.js"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 10b7b424ff69..30108d10511c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Get Release Pull Request List
         id: getReleasePRList
-        uses: Expensify/Expensify.cash/.github/actions/getReleasePullRequestList@main
+        uses: Expensify/Expensify.cash/.github/actions/getDeployPullRequestList@main
         with:
           TAG: ${{ env.PRODUCTION_VERSION }}
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OS_BOTIFY_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/platformDeploy.yml b/.github/workflows/platformDeploy.yml
index ae3eff18b447..0255fc0302a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/platformDeploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/platformDeploy.yml
@@ -281,10 +281,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Get Release Pull Request List
         id: getReleasePRList
-        uses: Expensify/Expensify.cash/.github/actions/getReleasePullRequestList@main
+        uses: Expensify/Expensify.cash/.github/actions/getDeployPullRequestList@main
         with:
           TAG: ${{ env.VERSION }}
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OS_BOTIFY_TOKEN }}
+          IS_PRODUCTION_DEPLOY: ${{ env.SHOULD_DEPLOY_PRODUCTION == 'true' }}
 
       - name: Comment on issues
         uses: Expensify/Expensify.cash/.github/actions/markPullRequestsAsDeployed@main
diff --git a/tests/unit/GitUtilsTest.js b/tests/unit/GitUtilsTest.js
index ba579585f5a3..77845a4c31c3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/GitUtilsTest.js
+++ b/tests/unit/GitUtilsTest.js
@@ -34,9 +34,11 @@ const data = [
         Merge pull request #1560 from Expensify/version-bump-b742a55d18e761cd7adb0849a29cfb48b3a04f99
         Update version to 1.0.1-468
         Merge pull request #1555 from SameeraMadushan/sameera-IsAppInstalledLogic
+        Merge pull request #1 from Expensify/master
+        Merge pull request #2 from Expensify/main
         fix: set pdf width on large screens
         [IS-1500] Fixed compose field alignment issue`,
-        result: ['1521', '1563', '1557', '1562', '1515', '1560', '1555'],
+        result: ['1521', '1557', '1515', '1555'],
     },
     {
         gitLog: `Return to old hash-based deploy instrcutions