diff --git a/gitlab/after_build.sh b/gitlab/after_build.sh
index c9f0e880517fe5fd62f816e2b6569bf5e277984a..c15c95e1f2566809e626060dc5d828410d944cce 100755
--- a/gitlab/after_build.sh
+++ b/gitlab/after_build.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@
 
 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}
diff --git a/gitlab/after_deploy.sh b/gitlab/after_deploy.sh
index dc97ec3a5e72f02e23d5efe1fc691bdec613ca2a..642b50c419a5e5e1bb45c1b206f4bb67dd559f49 100755
--- a/gitlab/after_deploy.sh
+++ b/gitlab/after_deploy.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@
 
 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}
diff --git a/gitlab/after_docs.sh b/gitlab/after_docs.sh
index cd563fb91dbdc844066e4a4a8d506f28d420cade..54f6cbb030cc0c317a10c04d317e7468a9ace0d7 100755
--- a/gitlab/after_docs.sh
+++ b/gitlab/after_docs.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@
 
 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}
diff --git a/gitlab/after_test.sh b/gitlab/after_test.sh
index 67a04cb79ada656a7be2d1cf2296f653acf399bb..0f35762d2be6edefc0eaeee0a960a3fe10a0d9df 100755
--- a/gitlab/after_test.sh
+++ b/gitlab/after_test.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@
 
 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}
diff --git a/gitlab/after_wheels.sh b/gitlab/after_wheels.sh
index cd563fb91dbdc844066e4a4a8d506f28d420cade..54f6cbb030cc0c317a10c04d317e7468a9ace0d7 100755
--- a/gitlab/after_wheels.sh
+++ b/gitlab/after_wheels.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@
 
 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}