diff --git a/eng/release/scripts/GetPublishUrls.ps1 b/eng/release/scripts/GetPublishUrls.ps1
index 758c20ea515..897ef398f52 100644
--- a/eng/release/scripts/GetPublishUrls.ps1
+++ b/eng/release/scripts/GetPublishUrls.ps1
@@ -8,31 +8,37 @@ param (
 Set-StrictMode -version 2.0
 $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
 
-try {
-    # build map of all *.vsman files to their `info.buildVersion` values
-    $manifestVersionMap = @{}
-    Get-ChildItem -Path "$insertionDir\*" -Filter "*.vsman" | ForEach-Object {
-        $manifestName = Split-Path $_ -Leaf
-        $vsmanContents = Get-Content $_ | ConvertFrom-Json
-        $buildVersion = $vsmanContents.info.buildVersion
-        $manifestVersionMap.Add($manifestName, $buildVersion)
-    }
+$dropUrlRegex = "(https://vsdrop\.corp\.microsoft\.com/[^\r\n;]+);([^\r\n]+)\r?\n"
 
-    # find all publish URLs
-    $manifests = @()
-    $seenManifests = @{}
-    $url = "https://dev.azure.com/dnceng/internal/_apis/build/builds/$buildId/logs?api-version=5.1"
+function Invoke-WebRequestWithAccessToken([string] $uri, [string] $accessToken, [int] $retryCount = 5) {
+    Write-Host "Fetching content from $uri"
     $base64 = [Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes(":$accessToken"))
     $headers = @{
         Authorization = "Basic $base64"
     }
-    Write-Host "Fetching log from $url"
-    $json = Invoke-WebRequest -Method Get -Uri $url -Headers $headers -UseBasicParsing | ConvertFrom-Json
+
+    for ($i = 0; $i -lt $retryCount; $i++) {
+        try {
+            return Invoke-WebRequest -Method Get -Uri $uri -Headers $headers -UseBasicParsing
+        }
+        catch {
+            Write-Host "Invoke-WebRequest failed: $_"
+            Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
+        }
+    }
+
+    throw "Unable to fetch $uri after $retryCount tries."
+}
+
+# this function has to download ~500 individual logs and check each one; prone to timeouts
+function Get-ManifestsViaIndividualLogs([PSObject] $manifestVersionMap, [string] $buildId, [string] $accessToken) {
+    $manifests = @()
+    $seenManifests = @{}
+    $json = Invoke-WebRequestWithAccessToken -uri "https://dev.azure.com/dnceng/internal/_apis/build/builds/$buildId/logs?api-version=5.1" -accessToken $accessToken | ConvertFrom-Json
     foreach ($l in $json.value) {
         $logUrl = $l.url
-        Write-Host "Fetching log from $logUrl"
-        $log = (Invoke-WebRequest -Method Get -Uri $logUrl -Headers $headers -UseBasicParsing).Content
-        If ($log -Match "(https://vsdrop\.corp\.microsoft\.com/[^\r\n;]+);([^\r\n]+)\r?\n") {
+        $log = (Invoke-WebRequestWithAccessToken -uri $logUrl -accessToken $accessToken).Content
+        If ($log -Match $dropUrlRegex) {
             $manifestShortUrl = $Matches[1]
             $manifestName = $Matches[2]
             $manifestUrl = "$manifestShortUrl;$manifestName"
@@ -45,6 +51,66 @@ try {
         }
     }
 
+    return $manifests
+}
+
+# this function only has to download 1 file and look at a very specific file
+function Get-ManifestsViaZipLog([PSObject] $manifestVersionMap, [string] $buildId, [string] $accessToken) {
+    # create temporary location
+    $guid = [System.Guid]::NewGuid().ToString()
+    $tempDir = Join-Path ([System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath()) $guid
+    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $tempDir | Out-Null
+
+    # download the logs
+    $base64 = [Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes(":$accessToken"))
+    $headers = @{
+        Authorization = "Basic $base64"
+    }
+    $uri = "https://dev.azure.com/dnceng/internal/_apis/build/builds/$buildId/logs?`$format=zip"
+    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $uri -Method Get -Headers $headers -UseBasicParsing -OutFile "$tempDir/logs.zip"
+
+    # expand the logs
+    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path "$tempDir/logs" | Out-Null
+    Expand-Archive -Path "$tempDir/logs.zip" -DestinationPath "$tempDir/logs"
+
+    # parse specific logs
+    $logDir = "$tempDir/logs"
+    $manifests = @()
+    $seenManifests = @{}
+    Get-ChildItem $logDir -r -inc "*Upload VSTS Drop*" | ForEach-Object {
+        $result = Select-String -Path $_ -Pattern "(https://vsdrop\.corp\.microsoft\.com[^;]+);(.*)" -AllMatches
+        $result.Matches | ForEach-Object {
+            $manifestShortUrl = $_.Groups[1].Value
+            $manifestName = $_.Groups[2].Value
+            $manifestUrl = "$manifestShortUrl;$manifestName"
+            If (-Not $seenManifests.Contains($manifestUrl)) {
+                $seenManifests.Add($manifestUrl, $true)
+                $buildVersion = $manifestVersionMap[$manifestName]
+                $manifestEntry = "$manifestName{$buildVersion}=$manifestUrl"
+                $manifests += $manifestEntry
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Remove-Item -Path $tempDir -Recurse
+
+    return $manifests
+}
+
+try {
+    # build map of all *.vsman files to their `info.buildVersion` values
+    $manifestVersionMap = @{}
+    Get-ChildItem -Path "$insertionDir\*" -Filter "*.vsman" | ForEach-Object {
+        $manifestName = Split-Path $_ -Leaf
+        $vsmanContents = Get-Content $_ | ConvertFrom-Json
+        $buildVersion = $vsmanContents.info.buildVersion
+        $manifestVersionMap.Add($manifestName, $buildVersion)
+    }
+
+    # find all publish URLs
+    #$manifests = Get-ManifestsViaIndividualLogs -manifestVersionMap $manifestVersionMap -buildId $buildId -accessToken $accessToken
+    $manifests = Get-ManifestsViaZipLog -manifestVersionMap $manifestVersionMap -buildId $buildId -accessToken $accessToken
+
     $final = $manifests -Join ","
     Write-Host "Setting InsertJsonValues to $final"
     Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=InsertJsonValues]$final"