diff --git a/roles/fetch-artifacts-for-publish/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/fetch-artifacts-for-publish/defaults/main.yaml
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+zuul_output_dir: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/zuul-output"
diff --git a/roles/fetch-artifacts-for-publish/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/fetch-artifacts-for-publish/tasks/main.yaml
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+- fail:
+    msg: "This role only works in the 'promote' pipeline."
+  when: zuul.pipeline != 'promote'
+
+- name: Ensure artifacts directory exists
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  file:
+    path: "{{ zuul.executor.work_root }}/artifacts"
+    state: directory
+
+- name: Collect artifacts
+  synchronize:
+    dest: "{{ zuul.executor.work_root }}/artifacts/"
+    mode: pull
+    src: "{{ zuul_output_dir }}/artifacts/"
+    verify_host: true
+
+- name: "Purge artifacts on the build node so that they are not uploaded the promote job's log directory"
+  file:
+    path: "{{ zuul_output_dir }}/artifacts/"
+    state: absent
+
+- name: "Re-create an empty artifacts directory on the build node so that `fetch-output` doesn't complain"
+  file:
+    path: "{{ zuul_output_dir }}/artifacts/"
+    state: directory