From e4f3647f9a01072d6a3fe17d58b578964f5d120e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jamie Pine <ijamespine@me.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 00:17:57 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add CPU-only PyTorch installation for Linux in release
 workflow

- Included a conditional installation of CPU-only PyTorch packages for Ubuntu 22.04 to reduce unnecessary CUDA dependencies.
- Updated the release workflow to ensure compatibility with CPU-focused builds on Linux.
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 177e684d..4ee9475f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install pyinstaller
+          # Install CPU-only torch on Linux to avoid CUDA bloat
+          if [ "${{ matrix.platform }}" == "ubuntu-22.04" ]; then
+            pip install torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
+          fi
           pip install -r providers/pytorch-cpu/requirements.txt
           pip install -r backend/requirements.txt