diff --git a/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/.gitlab-ci.yml b/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9bee896586e..f538704732f 100644
--- a/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -905,6 +905,7 @@ e4s-cray-rhel-build:
     SPACK_CI_STACK_NAME: e4s-cray-sles
 
 e4s-cray-sles-generate:
+  allow_failure: true  # no machines available
   extends: [ ".generate-cray-sles", ".e4s-cray-sles" ]
 
 e4s-cray-sles-build: