diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-sandbox.yml b/.github/workflows/update-sandbox.yml
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-name: sandbox-release
-on:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-jobs:
-  deploy-sandbox:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: check inputs
-        if: github.event.release.tag_name == ''
-        run: exit 1
-    
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: VictoriaMetrics/ops
-          token: ${{ secrets.VM_BOT_GH_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Import GPG key
-        id: import-gpg
-        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-import-gpg@v5
-        with:
-          gpg_private_key: ${{ secrets.VM_BOT_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          passphrase: ${{ secrets.VM_BOT_PASSPHRASE }}
-          git_user_signingkey: true
-          git_commit_gpgsign: true
-
-      - name: update image tag
-        uses: fjogeleit/yaml-update-action@main
-        with:
-          valueFile: 'gcp-test/sandbox/manifests/benchmark-vm/vmcluster.yaml'
-          commitChange: false
-          createPR: false
-          changes: |
-            {
-              "gcp-test/sandbox/manifests/benchmark-vm/vmcluster.yaml": {
-                "spec.vminsert.image.tag": "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}-enterprise-cluster",
-                "spec.vmselect.image.tag": "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}-enterprise-cluster",
-                "spec.vmstorage.image.tag": "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}-enterprise-cluster"
-              },
-              "gcp-test/sandbox/manifests/benchmark-vm/vmsingle.yaml": {
-                "spec.image.tag": "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}-enterprise"
-              },
-              "gcp-test/sandbox/manifests/monitoring/monitoring-vmagent.yaml": {
-                "spec.image.tag": "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
-              },
-              "gcp-test/sandbox/manifests/monitoring/monitoring-vmcluster.yaml": {
-                "spec.vminsert.image.tag": "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}-enterprise-cluster",
-                "spec.vmselect.image.tag": "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}-enterprise-cluster",
-                "spec.vmstorage.image.tag": "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}-enterprise-cluster"
-              },
-              "gcp-test/sandbox/manifests/monitoring/vmalert.yaml": {
-                "spec.image.tag": "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}-enterprise"
-              }
-            }
-
-      - name: commit changes
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.name "${{ steps.import-gpg.outputs.email }}"
-          git config --global user.email "${{ steps.import-gpg.outputs.email }}"
-          git add .
-          git commit -S -m "Deploy image tag ${RELEASE_TAG} to sandbox"
-        env:
-          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
-
-      - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
-        with:
-          author: ${{ github.actor }} <${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com>
-          branch: release-automation
-          token: ${{ secrets.VM_BOT_GH_TOKEN }}
-          delete-branch: true
-          title: "release ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
-          body: |
-            Release [${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}) to sandbox
-        
-            > Auto-generated by `Github Actions Bot`
-