diff --git a/.github/workflows/assets-rehearsal-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/assets-rehearsal-nightly.yml
index d06c13b696..b4e64b7171 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/assets-rehearsal-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/assets-rehearsal-nightly.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ jobs:
     name: pv ${{ matrix.target }} on ${{ matrix.host }}
     needs: assets
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(matrix.labels) }}
-    timeout-minutes: 120
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -288,6 +287,7 @@ jobs:
           git fetch --no-tags --depth 1 origin "$GITHUB_WORKFLOW_SHA"
           git show "FETCH_HEAD:scripts/release/asset_version_check.sh" > "$RUNNER_TEMP/asset_version_check.sh"
           git show "FETCH_HEAD:scripts/nightly_manifest.py" > "$RUNNER_TEMP/nightly_manifest.py"
+          git show "FETCH_HEAD:scripts/release/release_bin_filter.sh" > "$RUNNER_TEMP/release_bin_filter.sh"
           case "$TAG" in *-rc.*) ;; *) echo "final tag $TAG: nothing to stamp"; exit 0 ;; esac
           git show "FETCH_HEAD:scripts/release/stamp_rc_version.sh" > "$RUNNER_TEMP/stamp_rc_version.sh"
           bash "$RUNNER_TEMP/stamp_rc_version.sh" "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" "$TAG"
@@ -305,7 +305,9 @@ jobs:
             -v "$CACHE/registry:/usr/local/cargo/registry" \
             -w /workspace \
             rust:1.93.0-bullseye \
-            cargo metadata --locked --no-deps --format-version 1 > "$RUNNER_TEMP/metadata.json"
+            cargo metadata --locked --no-deps --format-version 1 > "$RUNNER_TEMP/metadata.raw.json"
+          # #6502: publish=false and *-ci-tools packages are never shipped
+          bash "$RUNNER_TEMP/release_bin_filter.sh" "$RUNNER_TEMP/metadata.raw.json" > "$RUNNER_TEMP/metadata.json"
           ALL=$(python3 "$RUNNER_TEMP/nightly_manifest.py" bins --metadata "$RUNNER_TEMP/metadata.json")
           BINS=$(echo "$ALL" | tr ',' '\n' | grep -vxE 'apr|pv' | paste -sd, -)
           if [ -z "$BINS" ]; then echo "::error::no [[bin]] derived from the tag tree"; exit 1; fi
@@ -394,7 +396,6 @@ jobs:
     name: apr (cuda) ${{ matrix.target }} on ${{ matrix.host }}
     needs: assets
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(matrix.labels) }}
-    timeout-minutes: 120
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -547,7 +548,6 @@ jobs:
     name: apr (cpu) ${{ matrix.target }} on ${{ matrix.host }}
     needs: assets
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(matrix.labels) }}
-    timeout-minutes: 120
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -713,7 +713,6 @@ jobs:
     name: apr (cpu) aarch64-apple-darwin on mini
     needs: assets
     runs-on: [self-hosted, macOS, ARM64, mini-builder]
-    timeout-minutes: 120
     env:
       MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: "11.0"
     steps: