diff --git a/tests/FactSet.AnalyticsAPI.Engines.Test/Api/CommonParameters.cs b/tests/FactSet.AnalyticsAPI.Engines.Test/Api/CommonParameters.cs
index f380da2..bc05d64 100644
--- a/tests/FactSet.AnalyticsAPI.Engines.Test/Api/CommonParameters.cs
+++ b/tests/FactSet.AnalyticsAPI.Engines.Test/Api/CommonParameters.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ public static class CommonParameters
         public const string DefaultDatesDrequency = "Monthly";
         public const string DefaultDatesAccount = "CLIENT:/BISAM/REPOSITORY/QA/SMALL_PORT.ACCT";
         public const string DefaultLookupDirectory = "client:";
+        public static readonly string Quant_Custom_Max_Age = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("QUANT_CUSTOM_MAX_AGE")) 
+            ? Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("QUANT_CUSTOM_MAX_AGE") : "5";
         public const string SPARAccount = "client:/aapi/spar3_qa_test_document";
     }
 }
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diff --git a/tests/FactSet.AnalyticsAPI.Engines.Test/Api/QuantCalculationsApiTests.cs b/tests/FactSet.AnalyticsAPI.Engines.Test/Api/QuantCalculationsApiTests.cs
index fa58013..c5b0291 100644
--- a/tests/FactSet.AnalyticsAPI.Engines.Test/Api/QuantCalculationsApiTests.cs
+++ b/tests/FactSet.AnalyticsAPI.Engines.Test/Api/QuantCalculationsApiTests.cs
@@ -133,15 +133,20 @@ private void ProcessCalculations(ApiResponse<object> calculationResponse)
                     if (getStatusResponse.Headers.ContainsKey("Cache-Control"))
                     {
                         var maxAge = getStatusResponse.Headers["Cache-Control"][0];
+                        var customQuantAgeInterval = int.TryParse(CommonParameters.Quant_Custom_Max_Age, out int ageValue) ? ageValue : 2;
+
                         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(maxAge))
-                        {
-                            Console.WriteLine("Sleeping for 2 seconds");
-                            // Sleep for at least 2 seconds.
-                            Thread.Sleep(2000);
+                        {   
+                            Console.WriteLine($"Sleeping for {customQuantAgeInterval} seconds");
+                            Thread.Sleep(customQuantAgeInterval * 1000);
                         }
                         else
                         {
                             var age = int.Parse(maxAge.Replace("max-age=", ""));
+
+                            // setting minimum sleep time to 10 seconds.
+                            age = (age <= 10 ? customQuantAgeInterval : age);
+
                             Console.WriteLine($"Sleeping for {age} seconds");
                             Thread.Sleep(age * 1000);
                         }