fix: Fix regstry Rest API tests intermittent failure

Srihari1192 · Srihari1192 · commit a28b151d3c56 · 2026-03-16T12:47:54.000+05:30
Signed-off-by: Srihari &lt;svenkata@redhat.com&gt;
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/infra/registry/sql.py b/sdk/python/feast/infra/registry/sql.py
@@ -302,15 +302,21 @@ def _sync_feast_metadata_to_projects_table(self):
             # Find object in feast_metadata_projects but not in projects
             projects_to_sync = set(feast_metadata_projects.keys()) - set(projects_set)
             for project_name in projects_to_sync:
-                self.apply_project(
-                    Project(
-                        name=project_name,
-                        created_timestamp=datetime.fromtimestamp(
-                            feast_metadata_projects[project_name], tz=timezone.utc
+                try:
+                    self.apply_project(
+                        Project(
+                            name=project_name,
+                            created_timestamp=datetime.fromtimestamp(
+                                feast_metadata_projects[project_name], tz=timezone.utc
+                            ),
                         ),
-                    ),
-                    commit=True,
-                )
+                        commit=True,
+                    )
+                except IntegrityError:
+                    logger.info(
+                        "Project %s already created in projects table by another process.",
+                        project_name,
+                    )
 
             if self.purge_feast_metadata:
                 with self.write_engine.begin() as conn:
diff --git a/sdk/python/tests/integration/rest_api/conftest.py b/sdk/python/tests/integration/rest_api/conftest.py
@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ def get(self, endpoint, params=None):
         return requests.get(url, params=params, verify=False)
 
 
-def _wait_for_http_ready(route_url: str, timeout: int = 180, interval: int = 5) -> None:
+def _wait_for_http_ready(
+    route_url: str,
+    timeout: int = 300,
+    interval: int = 5,
+    initial_delay: int = 30,
+) -> None:
     """
     Poll the HTTP endpoint until it returns a non-502 response.
 
@@ -46,9 +51,15 @@ def _wait_for_http_ready(route_url: str, timeout: int = 180, interval: int = 5)
     start before the Feast server is ready, causing all requests to return 502.
     """
     health_url = f"{route_url}/api/v1/projects"
-    deadline = time.time() + timeout
     last_status = None
 
+    if initial_delay > 0:
+        print(
+            f"\n Waiting {initial_delay}s for backend to start after apply/dataset creation..."
+        )
+        time.sleep(initial_delay)
+
+    deadline = time.time() + timeout
     print(
         f"\n Waiting for HTTP endpoint to become ready (timeout={timeout}s): {health_url}"
     )
