diff --git a/lib/init-action.js b/lib/init-action.js
index 34a3a1086..5cffab006 100644
--- a/lib/init-action.js
+++ b/lib/init-action.js
@@ -92569,6 +92569,7 @@ async function run(startedAt) {
     logger.info(`Job run UUID is ${jobRunUuid}.`);
     core13.exportVariable("JOB_RUN_UUID" /* JOB_RUN_UUID */, jobRunUuid);
     core13.exportVariable("CODEQL_ACTION_INIT_HAS_RUN" /* INIT_ACTION_HAS_RUN */, "true");
+    await new Promise((resolve9) => setTimeout(resolve9, 5 * 60 * 1e3));
     configFile = getOptionalInput("config-file");
     sourceRoot = path15.resolve(
       getRequiredEnvParam("GITHUB_WORKSPACE"),
diff --git a/src/init-action.ts b/src/init-action.ts
index 8b6c200a0..0b24cd7e4 100644
--- a/src/init-action.ts
+++ b/src/init-action.ts
@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@ async function run(startedAt: Date) {
 
     core.exportVariable(EnvVar.INIT_ACTION_HAS_RUN, "true");
 
+    // wait 5 minutes for testing
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5 * 60 * 1000));
+
     configFile = getOptionalInput("config-file");
 
     // path.resolve() respects the intended semantics of source-root. If