diff --git a/.github/workflows/k8s-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/k8s-ci.yml
index e3fa7e4c891a..c5e3ebde5363 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/k8s-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/k8s-ci.yml
@@ -727,6 +727,7 @@ jobs:
               --set executor.replicaCount=2 \
               --set frontend.service.type=NodePort
           # run failover test
+          sleep 100000
           cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/interactive_engine/compiler && ./ir_k8s_failover_ci.sh default test-gie-standalone 2 1
 
       - uses: dashanji/kubernetes-log-export-action@v5