Pass start_timeout to the neon_fixtrures.py::NeonEnvBuilder::start() method and set it to 30s

test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py

@@ -469,6 +469,7 @@ class NeonEnvBuilder:
         default_remote_storage_if_missing: bool = True,
         initial_tenant_shard_count: int | None = None,
         initial_tenant_shard_stripe_size: int | None = None,
+        timeout_in_seconds: int | None = None,
     ) -> NeonEnv:
         """
         Default way to create and start NeonEnv. Also creates the initial_tenant with root initial_timeline.
@@ -478,7 +479,7 @@ class NeonEnvBuilder:
         Configuring pageserver with remote storage is now the default. There will be a warning if pageserver is created without one.
         """
         env = self.init_configs(default_remote_storage_if_missing=default_remote_storage_if_missing)
-        env.start()
+        env.start(timeout_in_seconds=timeout_in_seconds)
 
         # Prepare the default branch to start the postgres on later.
         # Pageserver itself does not create tenants and timelines, until started first and asked via HTTP API.

test_runner/regress/test_sharding.py

@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ def test_sharding_smoke(
     neon_env_builder.enable_pageserver_remote_storage(s3_storage())
 
     env = neon_env_builder.init_start(
-        initial_tenant_shard_count=shard_count, initial_tenant_shard_stripe_size=stripe_size
+        initial_tenant_shard_count=shard_count,
+        initial_tenant_shard_stripe_size=stripe_size,
+        timeout_in_seconds=30,  # Just 10s is not always enough
     )
     tenant_id = env.initial_tenant