diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/all b/inventory/group_vars/all
index 4821329694..c8327387de 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/all
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/all
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ communishift_projects:
     name: communishift-eventbot
   communishift-fedora-coreos-ai-helpers:
     name: communishift-fedora-coreos-ai-helpers
+    do_not_delete: true                           # Marked do not delete 2025-12-18 - dkirwan infra 12996
   communishift-fedora-review-service:
     do_not_delete: true                           # Marked do not delete 2024-10-21 - dkirwan
     name: communishift-fedora-review-service