diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 1dd2c1d5dfa..3abb43b2b2e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
   push:
     branches: ["main", "release/*", "project/*"]
-    tags: ["Second_Life_*"]
+    tags: ["Second_Life*"]
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -170,13 +170,18 @@ jobs:
           # seen before, so numerous tests don't know about it.
           [[ "$arch" == "MINGW6" ]] && arch=CYGWIN
           export AUTOBUILD="$(which autobuild)"
-          # Build with a tag like "Second_Life_Project_Shiny#abcdef0" to get a
-          # viewer channel "Second Life Project Shiny" (ignoring "#hash",
-          # needed to disambiguate tags).
-          if [[ "$GITHUB_REF_TYPE" == "tag" && "${GITHUB_REF_NAME:0:12}" == "Second_Life_" ]]
-          then viewer_channel="${GITHUB_REF_NAME%#*}"
-               export viewer_channel="${viewer_channel//_/ }"
-          else export viewer_channel="Second Life Test"
+
+          # determine the viewer channel from the branch name
+          IFS='/' read -ra ba <<< "$AUTOBUILD_VCS_BRANCH"
+          prefix=${ba[0]}
+          if [ "$prefix" == "project" ]; then
+              proj_name=$(echo ${ba[1]} | sed -e 's/_/ /g' | awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) $i=toupper(substr($i,1,1)) tolower(substr($i,2));}1')
+              export viewer_channel="Second Life Project $proj_name"
+          elif  [ "$prefix" == "release" ] || [ "$prefix" == "main" ];
+          then
+              export viewer_channel="Second Life Release"
+          else
+              export viewer_channel="Second Life Test"
           fi
           echo "viewer_channel=$viewer_channel" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
@@ -326,7 +331,8 @@ jobs:
   release:
     needs: [sign-and-package-windows, sign-and-package-mac]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.ref_type == 'tag' && startsWith(github.ref_name, 'Second_Life_')
+      # Build with a tag like "Second_Life#abcdef0" to generate a release page (used for builds we are planning to deploy).
+    if: github.ref_type == 'tag' && startsWith(github.ref_name, 'Second_Life')
     steps:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with: