prevent container name reuse error for timeout flakes
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/run_interop_tests.py b/tools/run_tests/run_interop_tests.py
index c2705c8..0f3b824 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/run_interop_tests.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/run_interop_tests.py
@@ -344,6 +344,11 @@
def _job_kill_handler(job):
if job._spec.container_name:
dockerjob.docker_kill(job._spec.container_name)
+ # When the job times out and we decide to kill it,
+ # we need to wait a before restarting the job
+ # to prevent "container name already in use" error.
+ # TODO(jtattermusch): figure out a cleaner way to to this.
+ time.sleep(2)
def cloud_to_prod_jobspec(language, test_case, docker_image=None, auth=False):