diff --git a/src/builder.ts b/src/builder.ts
index b710ff224be..67cb66dc57e 100644
--- a/src/builder.ts
+++ b/src/builder.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export async function createPublisher(packager: Packager, options: BuildOptions,
     throw new Error("Please specify 'repository' in the dev package.json ('" + packager.devPackageFile + "')")
   }
   else {
-    return new GitHubPublisher(info.user, info.project, packager.metadata.version, options.githubToken!, options.publish !== "onTagOrDraft")
+    return new GitHubPublisher(info.user, info.project, packager.metadata.version, options.githubToken!, options.publish!)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gitHubPublisher.ts b/src/gitHubPublisher.ts
index fcabf919eb4..fb0ef48a094 100644
--- a/src/gitHubPublisher.ts
+++ b/src/gitHubPublisher.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Release, Asset } from "gh-release"
-import { log } from "./util"
+import { log, warn } from "./util"
 import { basename } from "path"
 import { parse as parseUrl } from "url"
 import * as mime from "mime"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class GitHubPublisher implements Publisher {
     return this._releasePromise
   }
 
-  constructor(private owner: string, private repo: string, version: string, private token: string | null, private createReleaseIfNotExists: boolean = true) {
+  constructor(private owner: string, private repo: string, version: string, private token: string | null, private policy: string = "always") {
     if (token == null || token.length === 0) {
       throw new Error("GitHub Personal Access Token is not specified")
     }
@@ -41,15 +41,23 @@ export class GitHubPublisher implements Publisher {
   }
 
   private async init(): Promise<Release | null> {
+    const createReleaseIfNotExists = this.policy !== "onTagOrDraft"
     // we don't use "Get a release by tag name" because "tag name" means existing git tag, but we draft release and don't create git tag
     const releases = await gitHubRequest<Array<Release>>(`/repos/${this.owner}/${this.repo}/releases`, this.token)
     for (let release of releases) {
-      if (release!.tag_name === this.tag) {
-        if (!release!.draft) {
-          if (this.createReleaseIfNotExists) {
+      if (release.tag_name === this.tag) {
+        if (!release.draft) {
+          if (this.policy === "onTag") {
             throw new Error("Release must be a draft")
           }
           else {
+            const message = `Release ${this.tag} is not a draft, artifacts will be not published`
+            if (this.policy === "always") {
+              warn(message)
+            }
+            else {
+              log(message)
+            }
             return null
           }
         }
@@ -57,7 +65,7 @@ export class GitHubPublisher implements Publisher {
       }
     }
 
-    if (this.createReleaseIfNotExists) {
+    if (createReleaseIfNotExists) {
       log("Release %s doesn't exists, creating one", this.tag)
       return this.createRelease()
     }
diff --git a/test/src/winPackagerTest.ts b/test/src/winPackagerTest.ts
index 190254cdbc0..87da78146b8 100755
--- a/test/src/winPackagerTest.ts
+++ b/test/src/winPackagerTest.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ test.ifNotCiOsx("win", () => assertPack("test-app-one", signed({
   })
 ))
 
-test.ifNotCiOsx("win 32", () => assertPack("test-app-one", signed({
-    targets: Platform.WINDOWS.createTarget(null, Arch.ia32),
-  })
-))
+// test.ifNotCiOsx("win 32", () => assertPack("test-app-one", signed({
+//     targets: Platform.WINDOWS.createTarget(null, Arch.ia32),
+//   })
+// ))
 
 // very slow
 test.ifWinCi("delta", () => assertPack("test-app-one", {