diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-images-ssh.yml b/.github/workflows/build-images-ssh.yml
index d612314..5dee016 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-images-ssh.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-images-ssh.yml
@@ -42,16 +42,20 @@ jobs:
       - name: Sync repository to server
         run: |
           ssh gpuserver "mkdir -p /tmp/repo-${{ github.run_id }}"
+          sleep 1
           scp -r ./* gpuserver:/tmp/repo-${{ github.run_id }}/
 
       - name: Install uv on server
         run: |
+          sleep 1
           ssh gpuserver "mkdir -p /tmp/uv-${{ github.run_id }} && curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | env INSTALLER_NO_MODIFY_PATH=1 sh && mv ~/.local/bin/uv ~/.local/bin/uvx /tmp/uv-${{ github.run_id }}/"
 
       - name: Build ${{ matrix.image-type }} image on remote server
         id: build
         run: |
+          sleep 1
           ssh -t gpuserver "cd /tmp/repo-${{ github.run_id }} && make build-${{ matrix.image-type }} BUILD_DIR=/tmp/vm-images-build-${{ github.run_id }} UV=/tmp/uv-${{ github.run_id }}/uv"
+          sleep 1
           IMAGE_NAME=$(ssh gpuserver "cd /tmp/vm-images-build-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ matrix.image-type }} && ls -1 *.qcow2 2>/dev/null | head -1 | sed 's/.qcow2$//'")
           echo "image_name=$IMAGE_NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
@@ -59,12 +63,14 @@ jobs:
         id: upload
         if: success() && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
         run: |
+          sleep 1
           IMAGE_TAGS="--tag name=${{ steps.build.outputs.image_name }} --tag environment=ci --tag project=conda-forge-gpu-ci --tag image-type=${{ matrix.image-type }} --tag build-job-url=${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }} --tag commit-hash=${{ github.sha }} --tag branch=${{ github.ref_name }} --tag build-timestamp=$(date -u +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
           ssh gpuserver "cd /tmp/repo-${{ github.run_id }} && make upload-${{ matrix.image-type }} BUILD_DIR=/tmp/vm-images-build-${{ github.run_id }} UV=/tmp/uv-${{ github.run_id }}/uv IMAGE_TAGS='$IMAGE_TAGS'"
 
       - name: Cleanup temp directories on server
         if: always()
         run: |
+          sleep 1
           ssh gpuserver "cd /tmp/repo-${{ github.run_id }} && make clean BUILD_DIR=/tmp/vm-images-build-${{ github.run_id }} && cd / && rm -rf /tmp/repo-${{ github.run_id }} /tmp/uv-${{ github.run_id }}" || true
 
       - name: Add job summary