diff --git a/config/core/configmaps/deployment.yaml b/config/core/configmaps/deployment.yaml
index 5813cb87fd8b..026760ef1104 100644
--- a/config/core/configmaps/deployment.yaml
+++ b/config/core/configmaps/deployment.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
     app.kubernetes.io/version: devel
   annotations:
-    knative.dev/example-checksum: "720ddb97"
+    knative.dev/example-checksum: "b99000ec"
 data:
   # This is the Go import path for the binary that is containerized
   # and substituted here.
@@ -123,3 +123,12 @@ data:
     #     selector:
     #       use-gvisor: "please"
     runtime-class-name: ""
+
+    # pod-is-always-schedulable can be used to define that Pods in the system will always be
+    # scheduled, and a Revision should not be marked unschedulable.
+    # Setting this to `true` makes sense if you have cluster-autoscaling set up for your cluster
+    # where unschedulable Pods trigger the addition of a new Node and are therefore a short and
+    # transient state.
+    #
+    # See https://github.com/knative/serving/issues/14862
+    pod-is-always-schedulable: "false"
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/config.go b/pkg/deployment/config.go
index f8f16586547b..990fcdeff00c 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/config.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/config.go
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ const (
 	defaultAffinityTypeValue = PreferSpreadRevisionOverNodes
 
 	RuntimeClassNameKey = "runtime-class-name"
+
+	// pod-is-always-schedulable
+	podIsAlwaysSchedulableKey = "pod-is-always-schedulable"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -200,6 +203,8 @@ func NewConfigFromMap(configMap map[string]string) (*Config, error) {
 		cm.AsString(queueSidecarRooCAKey, &nc.QueueSidecarRootCA),
 
 		cm.AsString(RuntimeClassNameKey, &runtimeClassNames),
+
+		cm.AsBool(podIsAlwaysSchedulableKey, &nc.PodIsAlwaysSchedulable),
 	); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -309,4 +314,7 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// RuntimeClassNames specifies which runtime the Pod will use
 	RuntimeClassNames map[string]RuntimeClassNameLabelSelector
+
+	// PodIsAlwaysSchedulable specifies whether pods are considered to be always schedulable
+	PodIsAlwaysSchedulable bool
 }
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/config_test.go b/pkg/deployment/config_test.go
index 16f3d2ac6f55..c44a8782290e 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/config_test.go
@@ -456,6 +456,22 @@ kata:
 				return string(b)
 			}(),
 		},
+	}, {
+		name: "controller configuration with always schedulable pods",
+		wantConfig: &Config{
+			PodIsAlwaysSchedulable:         true,
+			RegistriesSkippingTagResolving: sets.New("kind.local", "ko.local", "dev.local"),
+			DigestResolutionTimeout:        digestResolutionTimeoutDefault,
+			QueueSidecarImage:              defaultSidecarImage,
+			QueueSidecarCPURequest:         &QueueSidecarCPURequestDefault,
+			QueueSidecarTokenAudiences:     sets.New(""),
+			ProgressDeadline:               ProgressDeadlineDefault,
+			DefaultAffinityType:            defaultAffinityTypeValue,
+		},
+		data: map[string]string{
+			podIsAlwaysSchedulableKey: "true",
+			QueueSidecarImageKey:      defaultSidecarImage,
+		},
 	}}
 
 	for _, tt := range configTests {
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/revision/config/store.go b/pkg/reconciler/revision/config/store.go
index 2f5efab67430..6f9827769a53 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/revision/config/store.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/revision/config/store.go
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ type Config struct {
 
 // FromContext loads the configuration from the context.
 func FromContext(ctx context.Context) *Config {
-	return ctx.Value(cfgKey{}).(*Config)
+	x, ok := ctx.Value(cfgKey{}).(*Config)
+	if ok {
+		return x
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // ToContext persists the configuration to the context.
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/revision/reconcile_resources.go b/pkg/reconciler/revision/reconcile_resources.go
index 9bfcde661d5e..91962a3d253e 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/revision/reconcile_resources.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/revision/reconcile_resources.go
@@ -102,10 +102,12 @@ func (c *Reconciler) reconcileDeployment(ctx context.Context, rev *v1.Revision)
 
 			// Update the revision status if pod cannot be scheduled (possibly resource constraints)
 			// If pod cannot be scheduled then we expect the container status to be empty.
-			for _, cond := range pod.Status.Conditions {
-				if cond.Type == corev1.PodScheduled && cond.Status == corev1.ConditionFalse {
-					rev.Status.MarkResourcesAvailableFalse(cond.Reason, cond.Message)
-					break
+			if !config.FromContext(ctx).Deployment.PodIsAlwaysSchedulable {
+				for _, cond := range pod.Status.Conditions {
+					if cond.Type == corev1.PodScheduled && cond.Status == corev1.ConditionFalse {
+						rev.Status.MarkResourcesAvailableFalse(cond.Reason, cond.Message)
+						break
+					}
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/revision/table_test.go b/pkg/reconciler/revision/table_test.go
index 0cf3205a17ae..6f1b5b011d5e 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/revision/table_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/revision/table_test.go
@@ -631,6 +631,31 @@ func TestReconcile(t *testing.T) {
 			Object: pa("foo", "pod-schedule-error", WithReachabilityUnreachable),
 		}},
 		Key: "foo/pod-schedule-error",
+	}, {
+		Name: "surface no pod schedule errors if pod-is-always-schedulable is true",
+		// Test the propagation of the scheduling errors of Pod into the
+		// revision is not happening when treat-pod-as-always-schedulable
+		// is enabled.
+		Objects: []runtime.Object{
+			Revision("foo", "pod-no-schedule-error",
+				WithLogURL,
+				MarkActivating("Deploying", ""),
+				WithRoutingState(v1.RoutingStateActive, fc),
+				withDefaultContainerStatuses(),
+				MarkDeploying("Deploying"),
+				WithRevisionObservedGeneration(1),
+				MarkContainerHealthyUnknown("Deploying"),
+			),
+			pa("foo", "pod-no-schedule-error", WithReachabilityReachable), // PA can't be ready, since no traffic.
+			pod(t, "foo", "pod-no-schedule-error", WithUnschedulableContainer("Insufficient energy", "Unschedulable")),
+			deploy(t, "foo", "pod-no-schedule-error"),
+			image("foo", "pod-no-schedule-error"),
+		},
+
+		Ctx: config.ToContext(context.Background(), reconcilerTestConfig(func(c *config.Config) {
+			c.Deployment.PodIsAlwaysSchedulable = true
+		})),
+		Key: "foo/pod-no-schedule-error",
 	}, {
 		Name: "ready steady state",
 		// Test the transition that Reconcile makes when Endpoints become ready on the
@@ -893,11 +918,16 @@ func TestReconcile(t *testing.T) {
 			resolver:            &nopResolver{},
 		}
 
+		cfg := config.FromContext(ctx)
+		if cfg == nil {
+			cfg = reconcilerTestConfig()
+		}
+
 		return revisionreconciler.NewReconciler(ctx, logging.FromContext(ctx), servingclient.Get(ctx),
 			listers.GetRevisionLister(), controller.GetEventRecorder(ctx), r,
 			controller.Options{
 				ConfigStore: &testConfigStore{
-					config: reconcilerTestConfig(),
+					config: cfg,
 				},
 			})
 	}))
@@ -1113,8 +1143,8 @@ func (t *testConfigStore) ToContext(ctx context.Context) context.Context {
 
 var _ pkgreconciler.ConfigStore = (*testConfigStore)(nil)
 
-func reconcilerTestConfig() *config.Config {
-	return &config.Config{
+func reconcilerTestConfig(mutateFuncs ...func(*config.Config)) *config.Config {
+	cfg := &config.Config{
 		Config: &defaultconfig.Config{
 			Defaults: &defaultconfig.Defaults{},
 			Autoscaler: &autoscalerconfig.Config{
@@ -1129,4 +1159,9 @@ func reconcilerTestConfig() *config.Config {
 		Logging: &logging.Config{},
 		Network: &netcfg.Config{},
 	}
+
+	for _, f := range mutateFuncs {
+		f(cfg)
+	}
+	return cfg
 }