I've worked in k8s hybrid cloud automation for the past few years, and it requires deploying a k8s cluster, installing our services, and then running tests agai

I've worked in k8s hybrid cloud automation for the past few years, and it requires deploying a k8s cluster, installing our services, and then running tests against the cluster. Our pre-merge pipeline takes 3 hours minimum and often much longer. It's definitely a drag on productivity but in a lot of complex multi-cloud environments with tons of moving pieces, I haven't yet seen a CI system achieve much better.