diff --git a/.ci/oci-disconnected.sh b/.ci/oci-disconnected.sh
index fe4334f8d..bfa66700a 100755
--- a/.ci/oci-disconnected.sh
+++ b/.ci/oci-disconnected.sh
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ provisionOpenShiftOAuthUser
 
 # Deploy Eclipse Che and retrieve golang devfile from devfile-registry
 chectl server:deploy --telemetry=off --k8spodwaittimeout=1800000 --che-operator-cr-patch-yaml=/tmp/che-cr-patch.yaml --che-operator-image=${INTERNAL_REGISTRY_URL}/eclipse/che-operator:nightly --platform=openshift --installer=operator
+
+# Add a sleep of 2 hours to do some manual tests in the cluster.
+sleep 2h
+
 DEVFILEURL=$(oc get checluster/eclipse-che -n eclipse-che -o "jsonpath={.status.devfileRegistryURL}")
 curl -sSLo- -vk "${DEVFILEURL}/devfiles/go/devfile.yaml" > /tmp/devfile.yaml