diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/telemetry/ipi-conf-telemetry-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/telemetry/ipi-conf-telemetry-commands.sh
index c49d91211fb5e..44ba14f42e29b 100755
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/telemetry/ipi-conf-telemetry-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/conf/telemetry/ipi-conf-telemetry-commands.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,29 @@ set -o pipefail
 if test true = "${TELEMETRY_ENABLED}"
 then
 	echo "Nothing to do with TELEMETRY_ENABLED='${TELEMETRY_ENABLED}'"
+
+cat <<-EOF > "${SHARED_DIR}/manifest_cluster-monitoring-config-conflict-a.yaml"
+	apiVersion: v1
+	kind: ConfigMap
+	metadata:
+	  name: cluster-monitoring-config
+	  namespace: openshift-monitoring
+	data:
+	  config.yaml:
+            we: will never get this far, hopefully...
+	EOF
+
+cat <<-EOF > "${SHARED_DIR}/manifest_cluster-monitoring-config-conflict-b.yaml"
+	apiVersion: v1
+	kind: ConfigMap
+	metadata:
+	  name: cluster-monitoring-config
+	  namespace: openshift-monitoring
+	data:
+	  config.yaml:
+            because: this other manifest will conflict.
+	EOF
+
 	exit
 fi
 
@@ -40,3 +63,14 @@ EOF
 CONFIG_CONTENTS="$(echo "${CONFIG_CONTENTS}" | yq-go m - "${PATCH}")"
 yq-go w --style folded -i "${CONFIG}" 'data."config.yaml"' "${CONFIG_CONTENTS}"
 cat "${CONFIG}"
+
+cat <<-EOF > "${SHARED_DIR}/manifest_cluster-monitoring-config-conflict.yaml"
+	apiVersion: v1
+	kind: ConfigMap
+	metadata:
+	  name: cluster-monitoring-config
+	  namespace: openshift-monitoring
+	data:
+	  config.yaml:
+            we: will never get this far, hopefully...
+	EOF