From 3a14eaf928a448898556a5802b858912bc4d78fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rnetser <54615090+rnetser@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 13:21:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [create-pull-request] automated change

---
 tests/observability/conftest.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/observability/conftest.py b/tests/observability/conftest.py
index ea2ae51c0..e32ba25b9 100644
--- a/tests/observability/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/observability/conftest.py
@@ -101,9 +101,10 @@ def virt_operator_deployment(hco_namespace):
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
 def initial_virt_operator_replicas(prometheus, virt_operator_deployment, hco_namespace):
-    virt_operator_deployment_initial_replicas = str(virt_operator_deployment.instance.status.replicas)
+    virt_operator_deployment.wait_for_replicas()
+    virt_operator_deployment_initial_replicas = virt_operator_deployment.instance.status.replicas
     assert virt_operator_deployment_initial_replicas, f"Not replicas found for {VIRT_OPERATOR}"
-    return virt_operator_deployment_initial_replicas
+    return str(virt_operator_deployment_initial_replicas)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="class")