Issue Type: CI Failure

Issue Description: The `showcase-runtime` test suite timed out after 2 hours.

Failure Details: The build log shows the error message `Process did not finish before 2h0m0s timeout`. No `junit-results.xml` or `pod_logs` were generated for this project.

Root Cause Analysis: The entire test job for the `showcase-runtime` project timed out, which points to a potential infrastructure issue or a deadlock in the test setup that prevented any tests from running to completion.