diff --git a/content/en/docs/tasks/observability/metrics/customize-metrics/test.sh b/content/en/docs/tasks/observability/metrics/customize-metrics/test.sh
index 321749bc37..102164eb50 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/tasks/observability/metrics/customize-metrics/test.sh
+++ b/content/en/docs/tasks/observability/metrics/customize-metrics/test.sh
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ kubectl get istiooperator installed-state -n istio-system -o yaml
 _wait_for_istio envoyfilter istio-system stats-filter-1.8
 _wait_for_istio envoyfilter istio-system stats-filter-1.9
 
+# TODO: remove this delay once we can reliably detect the stats extension configuration update
+# has been applied.
+sleep 60s
+
 ## Verify if patching works correctly
 send_productpage_requests
 _verify_lines snip_verify_the_results_2 "