diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-build-restart-service.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-build-restart-service.yml
index a320632..8fb8466 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-build-restart-service.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-build-restart-service.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
       - 'prod'
       - 'v*'
     # paths:
-    #   - 'services/000-master/**'
+      # - 'services/**'
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
@@ -52,11 +52,27 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run Ansible Orchestrator
         run: |
           set -x 
+
+          # Disable pipefail temporarily or add an '|| true' fallback so grep doesn't kill the script
+          set +e
+          CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only bff62f79617dff38025c47fd54cccc6554d0e313 baedb68163454880544ac4eec71704c206f40f0c)
+          set -e
+
           # 1. Parse changed directory names into space-separated string (e.g. "000-master 001-secondary")
-          CHANGED_SVC=$(git diff --name-only ${{ github.event.before }} ${{ github.sha }} | grep "^services/" | awk -F/ '{print $2}' | sort -u | xargs)
+          CHANGED_SVC=$(echo "$CHANGED_FILES" | awk -F/ '$1=="services" {print $2}' | sort -u | xargs)
+
+          echo "Detected changed services: '$CHANGED_SVC'"
+
+          # Safely halt the execution if there is nothing to pass to Ansible
+          if [ -z "$CHANGED_SVC" ]; then
+            echo "No services changed in this commit range. Skipping deployment smoothly."
+            exit 0
+          fi
           
           # 2. Figure out the destination target environment
           ENV_TARGET="${{ github.ref_type == 'tag' && 'prod' || 'dev' }}"
           
           # 3. Fire the playbook passing variables down
-          ansible-playbook deploy-service.yml -e "changed_services_raw='$CHANGED_SVC' agebd_env='$ENV_TARGET'"
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+          ansible-playbook deploy-service.yml -e "changed_services_raw='$CHANGED_SVC' agebd_env='$ENV_TARGET'"
+
+          # Disable pipefail temporarily or add an '|| true' fallback so grep doesn't kill the script
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