diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_crippledfs.yml b/.github/workflows/test_crippledfs.yml
index bbea2f7e..984c9db7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_crippledfs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_crippledfs.yml
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ jobs:
         echo "<< mount =="
         PATH=$PWD/../tools/coverage-bin:$PATH python -m pytest -s -v --doctest-modules --cov=datalad_next --pyargs datalad_next
     - name: Report coverage
+      # compiling coverage and its submission is none critical, the vast majority of PRs
+      # will not possible impact the chances to do this. All PRs specifically changing
+      # the coverage setup will have to look here anyways
+      continue-on-error: true
       run: |
         python -m coverage combine -a /tmp/.coverage-entrypoints-*;
         python -m coverage xml