diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-entire-content-data-markdown.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-entire-content-data-markdown.yml
index d08e343e1e..bb873722b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-entire-content-data-markdown.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-entire-content-data-markdown.yml
@@ -29,12 +29,16 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/node-npm-setup
 
       - name: Run content linter
+        id: linting-content-data
+        timeout-minutes: 10
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: node src/content-linter/scripts/markdownlint.js --errors-only --paths content data --output-file /tmp/error-lints.json
+
+      - name: Open issue in docs-content
+        if: ${{ always() && steps.linting-content-data.outcome == 'failure' }}
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DOCS_BOT_PAT_WRITEORG_PROJECT }}
           REPORT_AUTHOR: docs-bot
           REPORT_LABEL: broken content markdown report
           REPORT_REPOSITORY: github/docs-content
-        timeout-minutes: 10
-        run: |
-          node src/content-linter/scripts/markdownlint.js --errors-only --paths content data --output-file /tmp/error-lints.json    
-          node .github/actions-scripts/post-lints.js --path /tmp/error-lints.json
+        run: node .github/actions-scripts/post-lints.js --path /tmp/error-lints.json