diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request_opened.yml b/.github/disabled-workflows/pull_request_opened.yml
similarity index 78%
rename from .github/workflows/pull_request_opened.yml
rename to .github/disabled-workflows/pull_request_opened.yml
index 20cc3cd65c..0dc718c0b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request_opened.yml
+++ b/.github/disabled-workflows/pull_request_opened.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # This workflow runs whenever a new pull request is created
+# TEMPORARILY DISABLED. Unfortunately this doesn't work for PRs created from forked repositories (which is how we tend to create PRs).
+# There is no known workaround yet. See https://github.community/t/how-to-use-github-token-for-prs-from-forks/16818
 name: Pull Request opened
 
 # Only run for newly opened PRs against the "main" branch