diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/test-source-dep.yml b/.gitlab-ci/test-source-dep.yml
index 2ec79f0d282..d7abc82b023 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/test-source-dep.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/test-source-dep.yml
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@
     - changes:
         *gallium_core_file_list
       when: manual
+  # Allow the merge to complete even before the job completes (since it won't
+  # even start until the separate script triggers on it).
+  allow_failure: true
 
 # Unfortunately YAML doesn't let us concatenate arrays, so we have to do the
 # rules duplication manually
diff --git a/src/freedreno/ci/gitlab-ci.yml b/src/freedreno/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
index 13e3fb173d4..f891a1aedc9 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/src/freedreno/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -353,4 +353,3 @@ a630-traces-performance:
     EGL_PLATFORM: surfaceless
     GIT_STRATEGY: none
     HWCI_FREQ_MAX: "true"
-  allow_failure: true
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/ci/gitlab-ci.yml b/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
index e260fb0da2e..38722cd622f 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ virgl-iris-traces-performance:
     PIGLIT_REPLAY_SUBCOMMAND: profile
     PIGLIT_REPLAY_LOOP_TIMES: 150
     PIGLIT_REPLAY_EXTRA_ARGS: "--download-caching-proxy-url=${FDO_HTTP_CACHE_URI}"
-  allow_failure: true
 
 android-virgl-llvmpipe:
   extends:
@@ -114,4 +113,4 @@ android-virgl-llvmpipe:
     - ./install/cuttlefish-runner.sh
   artifacts:
     paths:
-      - results/
\ No newline at end of file
+      - results/
diff --git a/src/intel/ci/gitlab-ci.yml b/src/intel/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
index 743f424f171..442534a97aa 100644
--- a/src/intel/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/src/intel/ci/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -278,7 +278,6 @@ iris-cml-traces:
     GIT_STRATEGY: none
     HWCI_FREQ_MAX: "true"
     LAVA_TAGS: "cbg-0"
-  allow_failure: true
 
 iris-apl-traces-performance:
   extends: