Try triggers

.drone.jsonnet

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // Distros to Test on ;)
 local distros = ['centos7',
-                 'centos8',
                  'rockylinux8', 
                  'debian10', 
                  'debian11'];
@@ -60,23 +59,78 @@ local gen_pipeline(distro) =
      name: 'dockersock',
      temp: {}, 
    },],
+   when:
+     { event: {exclude: ['tag']},  
+     },
+  };
+
+local gen_release() =
+  {kind: 'pipeline',
+   type: 'docker',
+   image: 'guisea/ansible-molecule:alpine-latest',
+   name: 'Generate Release',
+   commands: [
+      'sleep 10', // give docker enough time to start
+      'mkdir ${DRONE_REPO_NAME}',
+      'rsync -a . ${DRONE_REPO_NAME} --exclude ${DRONE_REPO_NAME}',
+      'cd ${DRONE_REPO_NAME}',
+      'tar -czf ../${DRONE_REPO_NAME}.${DRONE_TAG}.tar.gz ./*', // Create an archive of the role
+      'curl --user ${GITEA_USER}:${GITEA_TOKEN} --upload-file ../${DRONE_REPO_NAME}.${DRONE_TAG}.tar.gz https://${GITEA_URL}/api/packages/${GITEA_REPOUSER}/generic/ansible-role-common/${DRONE_TAG}/${DRONE_REPO_NAME}.${DRONE_TAG}.tar.gz',
+   ],
+   when:
+   { event: {include: ['tag']},  
+   },
+   trigger:
+   { event: {include: ['tag'],},},
+  };
+
+local gen_pipeline_release() =
+  {kind: 'pipeline',
+   type: 'docker',
+   name: 'Generate release from tag',
+   steps: 
+    [gen_release()],
+   when:
+     { event: {include: ['tag']},  
+     },
+   trigger:
+   { event: {include: ['tag'],},},
   };
 
 // Generate the output
 [ 
   gen_pipeline('centos7'),
-  gen_pipeline('centos8'),
   gen_pipeline('rockylinux8'),
   gen_pipeline('debian10'),
   gen_pipeline('debian11'),
   {kind: 'pipeline',
    type: 'docker',
-   name: 'Notify',
+   name: 'Notify normal',
+   clone: {disable: true},
    steps: [email_notification()],
+   trigger:
+   { event: {exclude: ['tag'],},},
    when:
-     {  status: [ 'success', 'failure' ] },
+     {  status: [ 'success', 'failure' ] ,
+        event: {exclude: ['tag']}, 
+     },
     depends_on: 
       ['Test on %(distro)s' % { distro: distro }
         for distro in distros]
-  }
+  },
+  gen_pipeline_release(),
+  {kind: 'pipeline',
+   type: 'docker',
+   clone: {disable: true},
+   name: 'Notify Tagged release',
+   steps: [email_notification()],
+   trigger:
+   { event: {include: ['tag'],},},
+   when:
+     {  status: [ 'success', 'failure' ] ,
+        event: {include: ['tag']}, 
+     },
+    depends_on: 
+      ['Generate release from tag']
+  },
 ]