diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 35692f020f..5fd02cc18d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -58,7 +58,24 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Binaries
         run: ./hack/install-binaries.sh
       - name: Allocate Cluster
-        run: ./hack/allocate.sh
+        run: |
+          attempt=0
+          max_attempts=5
+          until [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]
+          do
+            attempt=$((attempt+1))
+            echo "------------------ Attempt $attempt ------------------"
+            ./hack/allocate.sh && break
+            echo "------------------ failed, retrying... ------------------"
+            if [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]; then
+              echo "------------------ max # of retries reached, exiting ------------------"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            ./hack/delete.sh
+            echo "------------------ sleep for 5 minutes ------------------"
+            sleep 300
+          done
+          echo "------------------ finished! attempt $attempt ------------------"
       - name: Local Registry
         run: ./hack/registry.sh
       - name: Setup testing images
@@ -88,7 +105,24 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Binaries
         run: ./hack/install-binaries.sh
       - name: Allocate Cluster
-        run: ./hack/allocate.sh
+        run: |
+          attempt=0
+          max_attempts=5
+          until [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]
+          do
+            attempt=$((attempt+1))
+            echo "------------------ Attempt $attempt ------------------"
+            ./hack/allocate.sh && break
+            echo "------------------ failed, retrying... ------------------"
+            if [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]; then
+              echo "------------------ max # of retries reached, exiting ------------------"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            ./hack/delete.sh
+            echo "------------------ sleep for 5 minutes ------------------"
+            sleep 300
+          done
+          echo "------------------ finished! attempt $attempt ------------------"
       - name: Local Registry
         run: ./hack/registry.sh
       - name: E2E Test
@@ -117,7 +151,24 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Binaries
         run: ./hack/install-binaries.sh
       - name: Allocate Cluster
-        run: ./hack/allocate.sh
+        run: |
+          attempt=0
+          max_attempts=5
+          until [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]
+          do
+            attempt=$((attempt+1))
+            echo "------------------ Attempt $attempt ------------------"
+            ./hack/allocate.sh && break
+            echo "------------------ failed, retrying... ------------------"
+            if [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]; then
+              echo "------------------ max # of retries reached, exiting ------------------"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            ./hack/delete.sh
+            echo "------------------ sleep for 5 minutes ------------------"
+            sleep 300
+          done
+          echo "------------------ finished! attempt $attempt ------------------"
       - name: Setup testing images
         run: ./hack/setup-testing-images.sh
       - name: Deploy Tekton
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-e2e-oncluster-runtime.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-e2e-oncluster-runtime.yaml
index 04050649a6..f6df83c84b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-e2e-oncluster-runtime.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-e2e-oncluster-runtime.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,24 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Binaries
         run: ./hack/install-binaries.sh
       - name: Allocate Cluster
-        run: ./hack/allocate.sh
+        run: |
+          attempt=0
+          max_attempts=5
+          until [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]
+          do
+            attempt=$((attempt+1))
+            echo "------------------ Attempt $attempt ------------------"
+            ./hack/allocate.sh && break
+            echo "------------------ failed, retrying... ------------------"
+            if [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]; then
+              echo "------------------ max # of retries reached, exiting ------------------"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            ./hack/delete.sh
+            echo "------------------ sleep for 5 minutes ------------------"
+            sleep 300
+          done
+          echo "------------------ finished! attempt $attempt ------------------"
       - name: Setup testing images
         run: ./hack/setup-testing-images.sh
       - name: Deploy Tekton
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-e2e-oncluster.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-e2e-oncluster.yaml
index a97836158a..ddba5874d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-e2e-oncluster.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-e2e-oncluster.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,24 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Binaries
         run: ./hack/install-binaries.sh
       - name: Allocate Cluster
-        run: ./hack/allocate.sh
+        run: |
+          attempt=0
+          max_attempts=5
+          until [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]
+          do
+            attempt=$((attempt+1))
+            echo "------------------ Attempt $attempt ------------------"
+            ./hack/allocate.sh && break
+            echo "------------------ failed, retrying... ------------------"
+            if [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]; then
+              echo "------------------ max # of retries reached, exiting ------------------"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            ./hack/delete.sh
+            echo "------------------ sleep for 5 minutes ------------------"
+            sleep 300
+          done
+          echo "------------------ finished! attempt $attempt ------------------"
       - name: Setup testing images
         run: ./hack/setup-testing-images.sh
       - name: Deploy Tekton
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-e2e-runtime.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-e2e-runtime.yaml
index 98320021c6..f58fd136a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-e2e-runtime.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-e2e-runtime.yaml
@@ -24,13 +24,44 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Binaries
         run: ./hack/install-binaries.sh
       - name: Allocate Cluster
-        run: ./hack/allocate.sh
+        run: |
+          attempt=0
+          max_attempts=5
+          until [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]
+          do
+            attempt=$((attempt+1))
+            echo "------------------ Attempt $attempt for ${{matrix.runtime}} ------------------"
+            ./hack/allocate.sh && break
+            echo "------------------ failed, retrying... ------------------"
+            if [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]; then
+              echo "------------------ max # of retries reached, exiting ------------------"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            ./hack/delete.sh
+            echo "------------------ sleep for 5 minutes ------------------"
+            sleep 300
+          done
+          echo "------------------ finished! attempt $attempt ------------------"
       - name: Local Registry
         run: ./hack/registry.sh
       - name: Build
         run: make
       - name: E2E runtime for ${{ matrix.runtime }}
-        run: make test-e2e-runtime runtime=${{ matrix.runtime }}
+        run: |
+          attempt=0
+          max_attempts=5
+          until [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]
+          do
+            attempt=$((attempt+1))
+            echo "------------------ Attempt $attempt for ${{matrix.runtime}} ------------------"
+            make test-e2e-runtime runtime=${{ matrix.runtime }} && break
+            echo "------------------ failed, retrying... ------------------"
+            if [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]; then
+              echo "------------------ max # of retries reached, exiting ------------------"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+          done
+          echo "------------------ finished! attempt $attempt ------------------"
       - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
         with:
           files: ./coverage.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-e2e.yaml
index b5aa2b6a31..f1a2d7ca7c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-e2e.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,24 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Binaries
         run: ./hack/install-binaries.sh
       - name: Allocate Cluster
-        run: ./hack/allocate.sh
+        run: |
+          attempt=0
+          max_attempts=5
+          until [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]
+          do
+            attempt=$((attempt+1))
+            echo "------------------ Attempt $attempt ------------------"
+            ./hack/allocate.sh && break
+            echo "------------------ failed, retrying... ------------------"
+            if [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]; then
+              echo "------------------ max # of retries reached, exiting ------------------"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            ./hack/delete.sh
+            echo "------------------ sleep for 5 minutes ------------------"
+            sleep 300
+          done
+          echo "------------------ finished! attempt $attempt ------------------"
       - name: Local Registry
         run: ./hack/registry.sh
       - name: E2E Test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-integration.yaml
index 4e8e848f2a..9a3952e6ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-integration.yaml
@@ -29,10 +29,27 @@ jobs:
       - uses: imjasonh/setup-ko@v0.6
       - name: Install Binaries
         run: ./hack/install-binaries.sh
+      - name: Allocate Cluster
+        run: |
+          attempt=0
+          max_attempts=5
+          until [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]
+          do
+            attempt=$((attempt+1))
+            echo "------------------ Attempt $attempt ------------------"
+            ./hack/allocate.sh && break
+            echo "------------------ failed, retrying... ------------------"
+            if [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]; then
+              echo "------------------ max # of retries reached, exiting ------------------"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            ./hack/delete.sh
+            echo "------------------ sleep for 5 minutes ------------------"
+            sleep 300
+          done
+          echo "------------------ finished! attempt $attempt ------------------"
       - name: Local Registry
         run: ./hack/registry.sh
-      - name: Allocate Cluster
-        run: ./hack/allocate.sh
       - name: Setup testing images
         run: ./hack/setup-testing-images.sh
       - name: Install Tekton
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-podman.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-podman.yaml
index f2d363fe19..cc4cea6af3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-podman.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-podman.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,24 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Binaries
         run: ./hack/install-binaries.sh
       - name: Allocate Cluster
-        run: ./hack/allocate.sh
+        run: |
+          attempt=0
+          max_attempts=5
+          until [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]
+          do
+            attempt=$((attempt+1))
+            echo "------------------ Attempt $attempt ------------------"
+            ./hack/allocate.sh && break
+            echo "------------------ failed, retrying... ------------------"
+            if [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]; then
+              echo "------------------ max # of retries reached, exiting ------------------"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            ./hack/delete.sh
+            echo "------------------ sleep for 5 minutes ------------------"
+            sleep 300
+          done
+          echo "------------------ finished! attempt $attempt ------------------"
       - name: Local Registry
         run: ./hack/registry.sh
       - name: Setup testing images