diff --git a/gitlab/after_build.sh b/gitlab/after_build.sh
index c9f0e880517fe5fd62f816e2b6569bf5e277984a..6348d72f7fa30ab89e88fc6928c80d7d1f1c445a 100755
--- a/gitlab/after_build.sh
+++ b/gitlab/after_build.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@
 
 source $(dirname ${0})/functions.sh
 
-log_info "*** Not yet implemented ***"
+#log_info "*** Not yet implemented ***"
+sleep_for=$[ ( $RANDOM % 10 )  + 1 ]s
+log_info "Sleeping for ${sleep_for} to overcome Gitlab 8.12 bug..."
+sleep ${sleep_for}
+log_info "Continuing after sleep..."
diff --git a/gitlab/after_deploy.sh b/gitlab/after_deploy.sh
index dc97ec3a5e72f02e23d5efe1fc691bdec613ca2a..ae71512f5c4568b2da45b9bf9ef61ea609d955ea 100755
--- a/gitlab/after_deploy.sh
+++ b/gitlab/after_deploy.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@
 
 source $(dirname ${0})/functions.sh
 
-log_info "*** Not yet implemented ***"
+#log_info "*** Not yet implemented ***"
+sleep_for=$[ ( $RANDOM % 10 )  + 1 ]s
+log_info "Sleeping for ${sleep_for} to overcome Gitlab 8.12 bug..."
+sleep ${sleep_for}
+log_info "Continuing after sleep..."
diff --git a/gitlab/after_docs.sh b/gitlab/after_docs.sh
index cd563fb91dbdc844066e4a4a8d506f28d420cade..33633195f0b65703cbbe3ef9a99dcf8e234dd6d5 100755
--- a/gitlab/after_docs.sh
+++ b/gitlab/after_docs.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@
 
 source $(dirname ${0})/functions.sh
 
-log_info "*** Not yet implemented ***"
+#log_info "*** Not yet implemented ***"
+sleep_for=$[ ( $RANDOM % 10 )  + 1 ]s
+log_info "Sleeping for ${sleep_for} to overcome Gitlab 8.12 bug..."
+sleep ${sleep_for}
+log_info "Continuing after sleep..."
diff --git a/gitlab/after_test.sh b/gitlab/after_test.sh
index 67a04cb79ada656a7be2d1cf2296f653acf399bb..8aac1e1370221cb6166498c46b4f343688484bce 100755
--- a/gitlab/after_test.sh
+++ b/gitlab/after_test.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@
 
 source $(dirname ${0})/functions.sh
 
-log_info "*** Not yet implemented ***"
+#log_info "*** Not yet implemented ***"
+sleep_for=$[ ( $RANDOM % 10 )  + 1 ]s
+log_info "Sleeping for ${sleep_for} to overcome Gitlab 8.12 bug..."
+sleep ${sleep_for}
+log_info "Continuing after sleep..."
diff --git a/gitlab/after_wheels.sh b/gitlab/after_wheels.sh
index cd563fb91dbdc844066e4a4a8d506f28d420cade..33633195f0b65703cbbe3ef9a99dcf8e234dd6d5 100755
--- a/gitlab/after_wheels.sh
+++ b/gitlab/after_wheels.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@
 
 source $(dirname ${0})/functions.sh
 
-log_info "*** Not yet implemented ***"
+#log_info "*** Not yet implemented ***"
+sleep_for=$[ ( $RANDOM % 10 )  + 1 ]s
+log_info "Sleeping for ${sleep_for} to overcome Gitlab 8.12 bug..."
+sleep ${sleep_for}
+log_info "Continuing after sleep..."