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+#!/bin/bash
+# a script to simply wait for X seconds before contining the CI tests
+# the delay can help prevent 2 CI tests running at the same time as 
+# all CI tests use the same petstore server for testing.
+
+TIMEOUT=$(( ( RANDOM % 60 )  + 1 ))
+
+read -p 'Press any key to continue or wait for $TIMEOUT seconds' -t $TIMEOUT