fix: Remove flakiness in the logs test (#3956)

Author: rnishtala-sumo

tests/integration/features.go

@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ import (
 type MetricsCollector string
 
 const (
-	tickDuration = 3 * time.Second
-	waitDuration = 2 * time.Minute
+	tickDuration             = 3 * time.Second
+	waitDuration             = 2 * time.Minute
+	waitBeforeLogsGeneration = 5 * time.Second
 	// number determined experimentally
 	expectedEventCount uint = 50
 	logsGeneratorCount uint = 1000
@@ -486,6 +487,12 @@ func GetAllLogsFeature(waitFunction stepfuncs.WaitForLogs, generate bool) featur
 	feature := features.New("logs")
 	if generate {
 		feature = feature.
+			Setup(func(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, c *envconf.Config) context.Context {
+				// Wait before generating logs to help with flakiness
+				t.Log("Waiting 5 seconds before generating logs...")
+				time.Sleep(waitBeforeLogsGeneration) // Adjust as needed
+				return ctx
+			}).
 			Setup(generateDeploymentLogs()).
 			Setup(generateDaemonsetLogs())
 	}