Try triggers

.drone.jsonnet

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ local gen_pipeline(distro) =
 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
@@ -79,6 +80,21 @@ local gen_release() =
    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
@@ -90,7 +106,10 @@ local gen_release() =
   {kind: 'pipeline',
    type: 'docker',
    name: 'Notify normal',
+   clone: {disable: true},
    steps: [email_notification()],
+   trigger:
+   { event: {exclude: ['tag'],},},
    when:
      {  status: [ 'success', 'failure' ] ,
         event: {exclude: ['tag']}, 
@@ -99,16 +118,19 @@ local gen_release() =
       ['Test on %(distro)s' % { distro: distro }
         for distro in distros]
   },
-  gen_release(),
+  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']
+      ['Generate release from tag']
   },
 ]