diff --git a/.github/workflows/vyos-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/vyos-build.yaml
index 7a870a9e..b5efdcfa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vyos-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vyos-build.yaml
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ jobs:
           name: "vyos-v${{ env.VYOS_VERSION }}-${{ env.VYOS_BUILDER }}-${{ env.VYOS_BUILD_TIME }}-${{ env.VYOS_ARCH }}-iso"
           path: "./vyos-build/build/vyos-${{ env.VYOS_VERSION }}-${{ env.VYOS_BUILDER }}-${{ env.VYOS_BUILD_TIME }}-${{ env.VYOS_ARCH }}.iso"
 
+      - name: Upload output ISO as artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@5d5d22a31266ced268874388b861e4b58bb5c2f3 # v4.3.1
+        with:
+          name: "lts-${{ env.VYOS_ARCH }}"
+          path: "./vyos-build/build/lts-${{ env.VYOS_ARCH }}.iso"
+
   upload:
     needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -116,11 +122,9 @@ jobs:
           RCLONE_USE_SERVER_MODTIME: "true"
         run:
           | # first copies ISO as is, then copies ISO with common "latest" filename (with some filters to avoid hardcoding and safeguard against uploading the wrong thing if somehow >1 file), then deletes files older than the past 5 number of files under that arch and builder name
-          export FILE=$(find . -type f | tail -n 1)
-          echo "File to upload:"
-          echo "${FILE}"
-          rclone copy ./ r2:vyos-build/
-          rclone copyto "${FILE}" r2:vyos-build/${{ env.VYOS_ARCH }}.iso --s3-no-check-bucket
+          for i in $(find . -type f -iname "*.iso"); do mv $i ./; done
+          ls -AlhR .
+          rclone copy ./ r2:vyos-build/ --s3-no-check-bucket
           rclone lsf --format=p r2:vyos-build | grep "${{ env.VYOS_BUILDER }}" | grep "${{ env.VYOS_ARCH }}" | tail -n +3 | rclone delete --files-from - r2:vyos-build
           rclone cleanup r2:vyos-build
         # --s3-no-list-bucket needed for single file copyto bucket root, https://github.com/rclone/rclone/issues/5271 https://forum.rclone.org/t/issue-using-copyto-for-single-files/38842
diff --git a/vyos/build.sh b/vyos/build.sh
index 8c0a49f0..35283fb2 100755
--- a/vyos/build.sh
+++ b/vyos/build.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ DUO_VERSION="${DUO_VERSION#*duo_unix-}"
 TAILSCALE_VERSION="v1.60.1"
 TAILSCALE_VERSION="${TAILSCALE_VERSION#*v}"
 
-pwd
+echo "STAGE 1: Clone vyos-build Git repository, with ${VYOS_VERSION} tag"
+echo "=========="
 git clone --depth=1 --branch "${VYOS_VERSION}" "${VYOS_URL}" ./vyos-build
 cd ./vyos-build
 VYOSDIR=$(pwd)
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ git switch -c "${VYOS_VERSION}" # T6064
 mkdir -p ${VYOSDIR}/build ${VYOSDIR}/packages
 ls -AlhR ${VYOSDIR} # debug
 
+echo "STAGE 2: Download packages outside of Debian & VyOS repos"
+echo "=========="
 cd ${VYOSDIR}/packages
 curl -vLO "https://github.com/getsops/sops/releases/download/v${SOPS_VERSION}/sops_${SOPS_VERSION}_${VYOS_ARCH}.deb"
 curl -vL -o ./vyaml_${VYAML_VERSION}_${VYOS_ARCH}.deb "https://github.com/p3lim/vyaml/releases/download/${VYAML_VERSION}/vyaml-${VYOS_ARCH}.deb"
@@ -52,17 +55,9 @@ OP_VERSION=$(dpkg-deb --field ./1password-cli-${VYOS_ARCH}-latest.deb version)
 mv ./1password-cli-${VYOS_ARCH}-latest.deb ./1password-cli_${OP_VERSION}_${VYOS_ARCH}.deb
 cd ${VYOSDIR}
 
-# build out-of-tree modules (because upstream VyOS APT repos don't align kernel version dependency with version tag branch's kernel version)
-cd ${VYOSDIR}/packages/linux-kernel
-git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/accel-ppp/accel-ppp.git
-./build-accel-ppp.sh
-./build-intel-drivers.sh
-./build-intel-qat.sh
-ls -AlhR ./*.deb
-mv ./*.deb ${VYOSDIR}/packages/
-cd ${VYOSDIR}
-
 # script assumes running as sudo/root
+echo "STAGE 3: Build VyOS ISO"
+echo "=========="
 make clean
 ls -AlhR ${VYOSDIR}/packages # debug
 ./build-vyos-image iso \
@@ -83,3 +78,5 @@ ls -AlhR ${VYOSDIR}/packages # debug
     # VyOS doesn't build kernel with zram :(
     # --custom-package "zram-tools" \
     # --custom-package "systemd-zram-generator" # jank city
+
+cp -r ${VYOSDIR}/build/*.iso ${VYOSDIR}/build/${VYOS_VERSION_TYPE:=lts}-${VYOS_ARCH}.iso
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