diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request-metadata.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request-metadata.yml
index 72dad5aa..927cb932 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request-metadata.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request-metadata.yml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ jobs:
           unexpected_files="$(gh api --paginate \
             "repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/pulls/${pull_request}/files" \
             --jq '.[].filename' | grep -Ev \
-            '^(\.release-please-manifest\.json|CHANGELOG\.md|Cargo\.lock|Cargo\.toml|pyproject\.toml|uv\.lock)$' || true)"
+            '^(\.release-please-manifest\.json|CHANGELOG\.md|Cargo\.lock|Cargo\.toml|pyproject\.toml|uv\.lock|ui/src/lib/demo/(prepared|recordings)\.json)$' || true)"
           if [[ -n "${unexpected_files}" ]]; then
             echo "Release pull request contains non-metadata changes:" >&2
             echo "${unexpected_files}" >&2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 396c25f5..2c0c4666 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
           unexpected_files="$(gh pr view "${release_pr}" --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" \
-            --json files --jq '[.files[].path | select(. != ".release-please-manifest.json" and . != "CHANGELOG.md" and . != "pyproject.toml" and . != "uv.lock" and . != "Cargo.toml" and . != "Cargo.lock")] | join("\n")')"
+            --json files --jq '[.files[].path | select(. != ".release-please-manifest.json" and . != "CHANGELOG.md" and . != "pyproject.toml" and . != "uv.lock" and . != "Cargo.toml" and . != "Cargo.lock" and . != "ui/src/lib/demo/prepared.json" and . != "ui/src/lib/demo/recordings.json")] | join("\n")')"
           if [[ -n "${unexpected_files}" ]]; then
             echo "Release pull request contains non-metadata changes:" >&2
             echo "${unexpected_files}" >&2