diff --git a/src/databricks/labs/ucx/assessment/pipelines.py b/src/databricks/labs/ucx/assessment/pipelines.py
index 19bc8c558b..75cf643ddd 100644
--- a/src/databricks/labs/ucx/assessment/pipelines.py
+++ b/src/databricks/labs/ucx/assessment/pipelines.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 from databricks.labs.lsql.backends import SqlBackend
 from databricks.sdk import WorkspaceClient
+from databricks.sdk.errors import NotFound
 
 from databricks.labs.ucx.assessment.clusters import CheckClusterMixin
 from databricks.labs.ucx.framework.crawlers import CrawlerBase
@@ -31,9 +32,6 @@ def __init__(self, ws: WorkspaceClient, sbe: SqlBackend, schema):
 
     def _crawl(self) -> Iterable[PipelineInfo]:
         all_pipelines = list(self._ws.pipelines.list_pipelines())
-        return list(self._assess_pipelines(all_pipelines))
-
-    def _assess_pipelines(self, all_pipelines) -> Iterable[PipelineInfo]:
         for pipeline in all_pipelines:
             creator_name = pipeline.creator_user_name or None
             if not creator_name:
@@ -41,27 +39,28 @@ def _assess_pipelines(self, all_pipelines) -> Iterable[PipelineInfo]:
                     f"Pipeline {pipeline.name} have Unknown creator, it means that the original creator "
                     f"has been deleted and should be re-created"
                 )
-            pipeline_info = PipelineInfo(
-                pipeline_id=pipeline.pipeline_id,
-                pipeline_name=pipeline.name,
-                creator_name=creator_name,
-                success=1,
-                failures="[]",
-            )
-
-            failures = []
-            pipeline_response = self._ws.pipelines.get(pipeline.pipeline_id)
+            try:
+                assert pipeline.pipeline_id is not None
+                pipeline_response = self._ws.pipelines.get(pipeline.pipeline_id)
+            except NotFound:
+                logger.warning(f"Pipeline disappeared, cannot assess: {pipeline.name} (id={pipeline.pipeline_id})")
+                continue
             assert pipeline_response.spec is not None
             pipeline_config = pipeline_response.spec.configuration
+            failures = []
             if pipeline_config:
                 failures.extend(self._check_spark_conf(pipeline_config, "pipeline"))
             clusters = pipeline_response.spec.clusters
             if clusters:
                 self._pipeline_clusters(clusters, failures)
-            pipeline_info.failures = json.dumps(failures)
-            if len(failures) > 0:
-                pipeline_info.success = 0
-            yield pipeline_info
+            failures_as_json = json.dumps(failures)
+            yield PipelineInfo(
+                pipeline_id=pipeline.pipeline_id,
+                pipeline_name=pipeline.name,
+                creator_name=creator_name,
+                success=int(not failures),
+                failures=failures_as_json,
+            )
 
     def _pipeline_clusters(self, clusters, failures):
         for cluster in clusters:
diff --git a/tests/unit/assessment/test_pipelines.py b/tests/unit/assessment/test_pipelines.py
index 949e441f78..9a637538c2 100644
--- a/tests/unit/assessment/test_pipelines.py
+++ b/tests/unit/assessment/test_pipelines.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import logging
 from unittest.mock import create_autospec
 
 from databricks.labs.lsql.backends import MockBackend
-from databricks.sdk.service.pipelines import GetPipelineResponse, PipelineStateInfo
+from databricks.sdk.service.pipelines import GetPipelineResponse, PipelineStateInfo, PipelineSpec
+from databricks.sdk.errors import ResourceDoesNotExist
 
 from databricks.labs.ucx.assessment.azure import AzureServicePrincipalCrawler
 from databricks.labs.ucx.assessment.pipelines import PipelineOwnership, PipelineInfo, PipelinesCrawler
@@ -47,6 +49,29 @@ def test_pipeline_list_with_no_config():
     assert len(crawler) == 0
 
 
+def test_pipeline_disappears_during_crawl(ws, mock_backend, caplog) -> None:
+    """Check that crawling doesn't fail if a pipeline is deleted after we list the pipelines but before we assess it."""
+    ws.pipelines.list_pipelines.return_value = (
+        PipelineStateInfo(pipeline_id="1", name="will_remain"),
+        PipelineStateInfo(pipeline_id="2", name="will_disappear"),
+    )
+
+    def mock_get(pipeline_id: str) -> GetPipelineResponse:
+        if pipeline_id == "2":
+            raise ResourceDoesNotExist("Simulated disappearance")
+        return GetPipelineResponse(pipeline_id=pipeline_id, spec=PipelineSpec(id=pipeline_id))
+
+    ws.pipelines.get = mock_get
+
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING):
+        results = PipelinesCrawler(ws, mock_backend, "a_schema").snapshot()
+
+    assert results == [
+        PipelineInfo(pipeline_id="1", pipeline_name="will_remain", creator_name=None, success=1, failures="[]")
+    ]
+    assert "Pipeline disappeared, cannot assess: will_disappear (id=2)" in caplog.messages
+
+
 def test_pipeline_crawler_creator():
     ws = mock_workspace_client()
     ws.pipelines.list_pipelines.return_value = (