diff --git a/src/apps/apps.service.ts b/src/apps/apps.service.ts
index 7a915a2..7500aed 100644
--- a/src/apps/apps.service.ts
+++ b/src/apps/apps.service.ts
@@ -929,36 +929,52 @@ export class AppsService {
       ? parseReleaseImageTags(release.imageTags).images
       : { [quickBuild!.component.name]: quickBuild!.image! };
     const images = Object.fromEntries(
-      Object.entries(releaseImages).filter(([componentName]) => (
-        app.components.find((component) => component.name === componentName)?.type !== 'DATABASE'
-      )),
+      Object.entries(releaseImages).filter(([componentName]) => {
+        const componentType = app.components.find((component) => component.name === componentName)?.type;
+        return componentType === 'CONTAINER' || componentType === 'STATIC_WEB';
+      }),
+    );
+    const hasKubernetesWorkload = Object.keys(images).length > 0;
+    const isLauncherArtifactRelease = Boolean(
+      release
+      && !hasKubernetesWorkload
+      && body.updateLauncherAppVersion !== false
+      && app.components.some((component) => component.type === 'ELECTRON')
+      && hasReleaseArtifact(release.artifact, release.imageTags),
     );
     const deploymentLabel = release
       ? `${app.name} ${release.version}`
       : `${app.name} ${quickBuild!.component.name} ${quickBuild!.commitSha?.slice(0, 7) ?? 'quick'}`;
     const requestedResources = body.resources;
-    const runtimeProfile = await this.prisma.runtimeEnvProfile.findFirst({
-      where: {
-        appId: app.id,
-        environment,
-        namespace,
-      },
-      include: {
-        ingressRules: {
-          include: { component: true },
-          orderBy: { host: 'asc' },
-        },
-      },
-    });
-    if (Object.keys(images).length === 0) {
-      throw new BadRequestException('릴리즈에 배포 가능한 이미지가 없습니다.');
+    const runtimeProfile = hasKubernetesWorkload
+      ? await this.prisma.runtimeEnvProfile.findFirst({
+          where: {
+            appId: app.id,
+            environment,
+            namespace,
+          },
+          include: {
+            ingressRules: {
+              include: { component: true },
+              orderBy: { host: 'asc' },
+            },
+          },
+        })
+      : null;
+    if (!hasKubernetesWorkload && !isLauncherArtifactRelease) {
+      if (release && hasReleaseArtifact(release.artifact, release.imageTags)) {
+        throw new BadRequestException('AppImage 릴리즈는 런처 앱 버전 업데이트를 선택해야 합니다.');
+      }
+      throw new BadRequestException('릴리즈에 배포 가능한 이미지 또는 AppImage 산출물이 없습니다.');
     }
 
-    const namespaceExists = await this.namespaceExists(namespace);
-    if (!namespaceExists) {
-      throw new BadRequestException(
-        `${namespace} namespace가 없습니다. 런타임 구성에서 Namespace 생성/확인을 먼저 실행하세요.`,
-      );
+    if (hasKubernetesWorkload) {
+      const namespaceExists = await this.namespaceExists(namespace);
+      if (!namespaceExists) {
+        throw new BadRequestException(
+          `${namespace} namespace가 없습니다. 런타임 구성에서 Namespace 생성/확인을 먼저 실행하세요.`,
+        );
+      }
     }
 
     const deploymentJob = await this.prisma.deploymentJob.create({
@@ -975,6 +991,7 @@ export class AppsService {
           `[running] deployment started: ${deploymentLabel}`,
           ...(quickBuild ? [`[source] quick build ${quickBuild.id} ${quickBuild.image}`] : []),
           `[target] environment=${environment} namespace=${namespace}`,
+          ...(isLauncherArtifactRelease ? ['[launcher] AppImage release; Kubernetes rollout skipped'] : []),
         ].join('\n'),
       },
       include: {
@@ -3385,6 +3402,16 @@ function parseReleaseImageTags(value: Prisma.JsonValue | null) {
   return { images };
 }
 
+function hasReleaseArtifact(artifact: string | null, imageTags: Prisma.JsonValue | null) {
+  if (artifact?.trim()) return true;
+  if (!imageTags || typeof imageTags !== 'object' || Array.isArray(imageTags)) return false;
+
+  const artifacts = (imageTags as Record<string, unknown>).artifacts;
+  if (!artifacts || typeof artifacts !== 'object' || Array.isArray(artifacts)) return false;
+
+  return Object.values(artifacts).some((value) => typeof value === 'string' && value.trim());
+}
+
 function getUsedReleaseBuildIds(releases: Array<{ imageTags: Prisma.JsonValue | null }>) {
   const ids = new Set<string>();
   for (const release of releases) {