diff --git a/spec/5g/ran_spec.cr b/spec/5g/ran_spec.cr
index a0fcdb062..247de6f99 100644
--- a/spec/5g/ran_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/5g/ran_spec.cr
@@ -14,31 +14,11 @@ describe "5g" do
 
 
   it "'oran_e2_connection' should pass if the ORAN enabled RAN connects to the RIC using the e2 standard", tags: ["oran"]  do
-    begin
-      ShellCmd.cnf_setup("cnf-config=sample-cnfs/sample_srsran_ueauth_open5gs/cnf-testsuite.yml")
-      ShellCmd.cnf_setup("cnf-config=sample-cnfs/sample-oran-ric/cnf-testsuite.yml")
-      result = ShellCmd.run_testsuite("oran_e2_connection verbose")
-      (/(PASSED).*(RAN connects to a RIC using the e2 standard interface)/ =~ result[:output]).should_not be_nil
-    ensure
-      result = ShellCmd.run_testsuite("cnf_cleanup cnf-config=sample-cnfs/sample_srsran_ueauth_open5gs/cnf-testsuite.yml") 
-      result[:status].success?.should be_true
-      result = ShellCmd.run_testsuite("cnf_cleanup cnf-config=sample-cnfs/sample-oran-ric/cnf-testsuite.yml") 
-      result[:status].success?.should be_true
-    end
+    # (kosstennbl) TODO: Test and specs for 'oran_e2_connection' should be redesigned. Check #2153 for more info. Spec was using sample_srsran_ueauth_open5gs and sample-oran-ric.
   end
 
   it "'oran_e2_connection' should fail if the ORAN enabled RAN does not connect to the RIC using the e2 standard", tags: ["oran"]  do
-    begin
-      ShellCmd.cnf_setup("cnf-config=sample-cnfs/sample_srsran_ueauth_open5gs/cnf-testsuite.yml")
-      ShellCmd.cnf_setup("cnf-config=sample-cnfs/sample-oran-noric/cnf-testsuite.yml")
-      result = ShellCmd.run_testsuite("oran_e2_connection verbose")
-      (/(FAILED).*(RAN does not connect to a RIC using the e2 standard interface)/ =~ result[:output]).should_not be_nil
-    ensure
-      result = ShellCmd.run_testsuite("cnf_cleanup cnf-config=sample-cnfs/sample_srsran_ueauth_open5gs/cnf-testsuite.yml") 
-      result[:status].success?.should be_true
-      result = ShellCmd.run_testsuite("cnf_cleanup cnf-config=sample-cnfs/sample-oran-noric/cnf-testsuite.yml") 
-      result[:status].success?.should be_true
-    end
+    # (kosstennbl) TODO: Test and specs for 'oran_e2_connection' should be redesigned. Check #2153 for more info. Spec was using sample_srsran_ueauth_open5gs and sample-oran-noric.
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/spec/workload/installability_spec.cr b/spec/workload/installability_spec.cr
index daf15e524..04c991f3b 100644
--- a/spec/workload/installability_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/workload/installability_spec.cr
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe CnfTestSuite do
     ShellCmd.cnf_setup("cnf-path=./sample-cnfs/k8s-non-helm")
     result = ShellCmd.run_testsuite("helm_deploy verbose")
     result[:status].success?.should be_true
-    (/(FAILED).*(Helm deploy failed)/ =~ result[:output]).should_not be_nil
+    (/(FAILED).*(CNF has deployemnts, that are not installed with helm)/ =~ result[:output]).should_not be_nil
   ensure
     result = ShellCmd.run_testsuite("cnf_cleanup cnf-path=./sample-cnfs/k8s-non-helm verbose")
   end
diff --git a/spec/workload/observability_spec.cr b/spec/workload/observability_spec.cr
index ad7671f83..15dd34840 100644
--- a/spec/workload/observability_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/workload/observability_spec.cr
@@ -161,35 +161,10 @@ describe "Observability" do
   end
 
   it "'tracing' should fail if tracing is not used", tags: ["observability_jaeger_fail"] do
-    Log.info { "Installing Jaeger " }
-    JaegerManager.install
-
-    ShellCmd.cnf_setup("cnf-config=sample-cnfs/sample-coredns-cnf/cnf-testsuite.yml")
-    result = ShellCmd.run_testsuite("tracing")
-    (/(FAILED).*(Tracing not used)/ =~ result[:output]).should_not be_nil
-  ensure
-    result = ShellCmd.run_testsuite("cnf_cleanup cnf-config=sample-cnfs/sample-coredns-cnf/cnf-testsuite.yml")
-    JaegerManager.uninstall
-    KubectlClient::Get.resource_wait_for_uninstall("Statefulset", "jaeger-cassandra")
-    KubectlClient::Get.resource_wait_for_uninstall("Deployment", "jaeger-collector")
-    KubectlClient::Get.resource_wait_for_uninstall("Deployment", "jaeger-query")
-    KubectlClient::Get.resource_wait_for_uninstall("Daemonset", "jaeger-agent")
+    # (kosstennbl) TODO: Test and specs for 'tracing' should be redesigned. Check #2153 for more info. Spec was using sample-coredns-cnf CNF.
   end
 
   it "'tracing' should pass if tracing is used", tags: ["observability_jaeger_pass"] do
-    Log.info { "Installing Jaeger " }
-    JaegerManager.install
-
-    ShellCmd.cnf_setup("cnf-config=sample-cnfs/sample-tracing/cnf-testsuite.yml")
-    result = ShellCmd.run_testsuite("tracing")
-    (/(PASSED).*(Tracing used)/ =~ result[:output]).should_not be_nil
-  ensure
-    result = ShellCmd.run_testsuite("cnf_cleanup cnf-config=sample-cnfs/sample-tracing/cnf-testsuite.yml")
-    JaegerManager.uninstall
-    KubectlClient::Get.resource_wait_for_uninstall("Statefulset", "jaeger-cassandra")
-    KubectlClient::Get.resource_wait_for_uninstall("Deployment", "jaeger-collector")
-    KubectlClient::Get.resource_wait_for_uninstall("Deployment", "jaeger-query")
-    KubectlClient::Get.resource_wait_for_uninstall("Daemonset", "jaeger-agent")
+    # (kosstennbl) TODO: Test and specs for 'tracing' should be redesigned. Check #2153 for more info. Spec was using sample-tracing CNF.
   end
-
 end
diff --git a/src/tasks/utils/cnf_manager.cr b/src/tasks/utils/cnf_manager.cr
index 10710af99..37c3e9d0c 100644
--- a/src/tasks/utils/cnf_manager.cr
+++ b/src/tasks/utils/cnf_manager.cr
@@ -15,15 +15,6 @@ require "log"
 require "ecr"
 
 module CNFManager
-  class ElapsedTimeConfigMapTemplate
-    # elapsed_time should be Int32 but it is being passed as string
-    # So the old behaviour has been retained as is to prevent any breakages
-    def initialize(@release_name : String, @helm_used : Bool, @elapsed_time : String, @immutable : Bool, @tracing_used : Bool, @e2_found : Bool)
-    end
-
-    ECR.def_to_s("src/templates/elapsed_time_configmap.yml.ecr")
-  end
-
   def self.cnf_resource_ymls(args, config)
     Log.info { "cnf_resource_ymls" }
     manifest_ymls = CNFInstall::Manifest.parse_manifest_as_ymls(COMMON_MANIFEST_FILE_PATH)
@@ -419,229 +410,88 @@ module CNFManager
     # Set it to false by default to indicate a new release is being setup
     fresh_install = true
 
-    helm_install = {status: nil, output: "", error: ""}
-
-    # todo determine what the ric is/if there is a ric installed (labeling)
-    #option 1
-    # todo determine what pad/node the ric is in  (pod/node by label)
-    # todo start tshark capture of the e2 traffic 
-    # todo restart the ric pod when running the ric e2 test
-    # todo validate the e2 traffic
-    #option 2
-    # todo start tshark capture of the e2 traffic (on all nodes?)
-    # todo install the ric/xapp (the xapp should be installed last?)
-    # todo note which pad/node the ric is in  (what if cluster tools tshark was  not executed on the node with the ric?)
-    # todo alternative (capture on gnodeb node)
-    # todo validate the e2 traffic
-    # todo save off the result to a config map
-    # todo check the config map in the e2 test
-
-    match = JaegerManager.match()
-    if match[:found]
-      baselines = JaegerManager.unique_services_total
-      Log.info { "baselines: #{baselines}" }
-    end
-
-    # todo start tshark monitoring the e2 traffic 
-    capture = ORANMonitor.start_e2_capture?(config)
-
     # todo separate out install methods into a module/function that accepts a block
-    liveness_time = 0
     Log.for("sample_setup:install_method").info { "#{install_method[0]}" }
     Log.for("sample_setup:install_method").info { "#{install_method[1]}" }
-    elapsed_time = Time.measure do
-      case install_method[0]
-      when CNFInstall::InstallMethod::ManifestDirectory
-        Log.for("verbose").info { "deploying by manifest file" } if verbose
-        manifest_directory = config.deployments.get_deployment_param(:manifest_directory)
-        KubectlClient::Apply.file("#{destination_cnf_dir}/#{manifest_directory}")
-      when CNFInstall::InstallMethod::HelmChart
-        helm_chart_name = config.deployments.get_deployment_param(:helm_chart_name)
-        helm_repo_name = config.deployments.get_deployment_param(:helm_repo_name)
-        helm_repo_url = config.deployments.get_deployment_param(:helm_repo_url)
-        if !helm_repo_name.empty? || !helm_repo_url.empty?
-          Helm.helm_repo_add(helm_repo_name, helm_repo_url)
-        end
-        Log.for("verbose").info { "deploying with chart repository" } if verbose
-        begin
-          helm_install = Helm.install(release_name, helm_chart_name, helm_namespace_option, helm_values)
-        rescue e : Helm::InstallationFailed
-          stdout_failure "Helm installation failed"
-          stdout_failure "\t#{e.message}"
-          exit 1
-        rescue e : Helm::CannotReuseReleaseNameError
-          stdout_warning "Release name #{release_name} has already been setup."
-          # Mark that install is not fresh
-          fresh_install = false
-        end
-        export_published_chart(config, cli_args)
-      when CNFInstall::InstallMethod::HelmDirectory
-        Log.for("verbose").info { "deploying with helm directory" } if verbose
-        #TODO Add helm options into cnf-testsuite yml
-        #e.g. helm install nsm --set insecure=true ./nsm/helm_chart
-        begin
-          helm_install = Helm.install(release_name, "#{install_method[1]}", helm_namespace_option, helm_values)
-        rescue e : Helm::InstallationFailed
-          stdout_failure "Helm installation failed"
-          stdout_failure "\t#{e.message}"
-          exit 1
-        rescue e : Helm::CannotReuseReleaseNameError
-          stdout_warning "Release name #{release_name} has already been setup."
-          # Mark that install is not fresh
-          fresh_install = false
-        end
-      else
-        raise "Deployment method not found"
+    case install_method[0]
+    when CNFInstall::InstallMethod::ManifestDirectory
+      Log.for("verbose").info { "deploying by manifest file" } if verbose
+      manifest_directory = config.deployments.get_deployment_param(:manifest_directory)
+      KubectlClient::Apply.file("#{destination_cnf_dir}/#{manifest_directory}")
+    when CNFInstall::InstallMethod::HelmChart
+      helm_chart_name = config.deployments.get_deployment_param(:helm_chart_name)
+      helm_repo_name = config.deployments.get_deployment_param(:helm_repo_name)
+      helm_repo_url = config.deployments.get_deployment_param(:helm_repo_url)
+      if !helm_repo_name.empty? || !helm_repo_url.empty?
+        Helm.helm_repo_add(helm_repo_name, helm_repo_url)
       end
-      
-      #Generating manifest from installed CNF
-      #Returns true or false in case when manifest was generated successfully or not
-      successfully_generated_manifest = CNFInstall::Manifest.generate_common_manifest(config, release_name, deployment_namespace)
-      
-      if !successfully_generated_manifest
-        stdout_failure "Generating manifest was not successfull."
+      Log.for("verbose").info { "deploying with chart repository" } if verbose
+      begin
+        Helm.install(release_name, helm_chart_name, helm_namespace_option, helm_values)
+      rescue e : Helm::InstallationFailed
+        stdout_failure "Helm installation failed"
+        stdout_failure "\t#{e.message}"
         exit 1
+      rescue e : Helm::CannotReuseReleaseNameError
+        stdout_warning "Release name #{release_name} has already been setup."
+        # Mark that install is not fresh
+        fresh_install = false
       end
-
-      resource_ymls = cnf_workload_resources(nil, config) do |resource|
-        resource
-      end
-
-      resource_names = Helm.workload_resource_kind_names(resource_ymls, deployment_namespace)
-      #TODO move to kubectlclient and make resource_install_and_wait_for_all function
-      # get liveness probe initialDelaySeconds and FailureThreshold
-      # if   ((periodSeconds * failureThreshhold) + initialDelaySeconds) / defaultFailureThreshold) > startuptimelimit then fail; else pass
-      # get largest startuptime of all resoures, then save into config map
-      resource_ymls.map do |resource|
-        kind = resource["kind"].as_s.downcase
-        case kind 
-        when  "pod"
-          Log.info { "resource: #{resource}" }
-          containers = resource.dig("spec", "containers")
-        when  "deployment","statefulset","replicaset","daemonset"
-          Log.info { "resource: #{resource}" }
-          containers = resource.dig("spec", "template", "spec", "containers")
-        end
-        containers && containers.as_a.map do |container|
-          initialDelaySeconds = container.dig?("livenessProbe", "initialDelaySeconds")
-          failureThreshhold = container.dig?("livenessProbe", "failureThreshhold")
-          periodSeconds = container.dig?("livenessProbe", "periodSeconds")
-          total_period_failure = 0 
-          total_extended_period = 0
-          adjusted_with_default = 0
-          defaultFailureThreshold = 3
-          defaultPeriodSeconds = 10
-
-          if !failureThreshhold.nil? && failureThreshhold.as_i?
-            ft = failureThreshhold.as_i
-          else
-            ft = defaultFailureThreshold
-          end
-
-          if !periodSeconds.nil? && periodSeconds.as_i?
-            ps = periodSeconds.as_i
-          else
-            ps = defaultPeriodSeconds
-          end
-
-          total_period_failure = ps * ft
-
-          if !initialDelaySeconds.nil? && initialDelaySeconds.as_i?
-            total_extended_period = initialDelaySeconds.as_i + total_period_failure
-          else
-            total_extended_period = total_period_failure
-          end
-
-          adjusted_with_default = (total_extended_period / defaultFailureThreshold).round.to_i
-
-          Log.info { "total_period_failure: #{total_period_failure}" }
-          Log.info { "total_extended_period: #{total_extended_period}" }
-          Log.info { "liveness_time: #{liveness_time}" }
-          Log.info { "adjusted_with_default: #{adjusted_with_default}" }
-          if liveness_time < adjusted_with_default
-            liveness_time = adjusted_with_default
-          end
-        end
-      end
-      if !skip_wait_for_install
-        stdout_success "Waiting for resource availability, timeout for each resource is #{wait_count} seconds\n"
-        workload_resource_names = resource_names.select { |resource| 
-        ["replicaset", "deployment", "statefulset", "pod", "daemonset"].includes?(resource[:kind].downcase) 
-      }
-        total_resource_count = workload_resource_names.size()
-        current_resource_number = 1
-        workload_resource_names.each do | resource |
-          stdout_success "Waiting for resource (#{current_resource_number}/#{total_resource_count}): [#{resource[:kind]}] #{resource[:name]}", same_line: true
-          ready = KubectlClient::Get.resource_wait_for_install(resource[:kind], resource[:name], wait_count: wait_count, namespace: resource[:namespace])
-          if !ready
-            stdout_failure "CNF setup has timed-out, [#{resource[:kind]}] #{resource[:name]} is not ready after #{wait_count} seconds.", same_line: true
-            stdout_failure "Recommended course of actions would be to investigate the resource in cluster, then call cnf_cleanup and try to reinstall the CNF."
-            exit 1
-          end
-          current_resource_number += 1
-        end
-        stdout_success "All CNF resources are up!", same_line: true
+      export_published_chart(config, cli_args)
+    when CNFInstall::InstallMethod::HelmDirectory
+      Log.for("verbose").info { "deploying with helm directory" } if verbose
+      #TODO Add helm options into cnf-testsuite yml
+      #e.g. helm install nsm --set insecure=true ./nsm/helm_chart
+      begin
+        Helm.install(release_name, "#{install_method[1]}", helm_namespace_option, helm_values)
+      rescue e : Helm::InstallationFailed
+        stdout_failure "Helm installation failed"
+        stdout_failure "\t#{e.message}"
+        exit 1
+      rescue e : Helm::CannotReuseReleaseNameError
+        stdout_warning "Release name #{release_name} has already been setup."
+        # Mark that install is not fresh
+        fresh_install = false
       end
-    end
-
-    if match[:found]
-      sleep 120
-      metrics_checkpoints = JaegerManager.unique_services_total
-      Log.info { "metrics_checkpoints: #{metrics_checkpoints}" }
-      tracing_used = JaegerManager.tracing_used?(baselines, metrics_checkpoints)
-      Log.info { "tracing_used: #{tracing_used}" }
     else
-      tracing_used = false
+      raise "Deployment method not found"
     end
-
-    if ORANMonitor.isCNFaRIC?(config)
-      sleep 30 
-      e2_found = ORANMonitor.e2_session_established?(capture)
-    else
-      e2_found = false
+    
+    #Generating manifest from installed CNF
+    #Returns true or false in case when manifest was generated successfully or not
+    successfully_generated_manifest = CNFInstall::Manifest.generate_common_manifest(config, release_name, deployment_namespace)
+    
+    if !successfully_generated_manifest
+      stdout_failure "Generating manifest was not successfull."
+      exit 1
+    end
+    resource_ymls = CNFManager.cnf_workload_resources(nil, config) do |resource|
+      resource
+    end
+    resource_names = Helm.workload_resource_kind_names(resource_ymls, deployment_namespace)
+    if !skip_wait_for_install
+      stdout_success "Waiting for resource availability, timeout for each resource is #{wait_count} seconds\n"
+      workload_resource_names = resource_names.select { |resource| 
+      ["replicaset", "deployment", "statefulset", "pod", "daemonset"].includes?(resource[:kind].downcase) 
+    }
+      total_resource_count = workload_resource_names.size()
+      current_resource_number = 1
+      workload_resource_names.each do | resource |
+        stdout_success "Waiting for resource (#{current_resource_number}/#{total_resource_count}): [#{resource[:kind]}] #{resource[:name]}", same_line: true
+        ready = KubectlClient::Get.resource_wait_for_install(resource[:kind], resource[:name], wait_count: wait_count, namespace: resource[:namespace])
+        if !ready
+          stdout_failure "CNF setup has timed-out, [#{resource[:kind]}] #{resource[:name]} is not ready after #{wait_count} seconds.", same_line: true
+          stdout_failure "Recommended course of actions would be to investigate the resource in cluster, then call cnf_cleanup and try to reinstall the CNF."
+          exit 1
+        end
+        current_resource_number += 1
+      end
+      stdout_success "All CNF resources are up!", same_line: true
     end
-
-    Log.info { "final e2_found: #{e2_found}" }
-    Log.info { "final liveness_time: #{liveness_time}" }
-    Log.info { "elapsed_time.seconds: #{elapsed_time.seconds}" }
-    Log.info { "helm_install: #{helm_install}" }
-    Log.info { "helm_install[:error].to_s: #{helm_install[:error].to_s}" }
-    Log.info { "helm_install[:error].to_s.size: #{helm_install[:error].to_s.size}" }
 
     if fresh_install
       stdout_success "Successfully setup #{release_name}"
     end
-
-    # Not required to write elapsed time configmap if the cnf already exists due to a previous Helm install
-    return true if !fresh_install
-
-    # Immutable config maps are only supported in Kubernetes 1.19+
-    immutable_configmap = true
-    if version_less_than(KubectlClient.server_version, "1.19.0")
-      immutable_configmap = false
-    end
-
-    helm_used = !helm_install[:status].nil?
-    #TODO if helm_install then set helm_deploy = true in template
-    Log.info { "save config" }
-    elapsed_time_template = ElapsedTimeConfigMapTemplate.new(
-      "cnf-testsuite-#{release_name}-startup-information",
-      helm_used,
-      # "#{elapsed_time.seconds}",
-      "#{liveness_time}",
-      immutable_configmap,
-      tracing_used,
-      e2_found
-    ).to_s
-    #TODO find a way to kubectlapply directly without a map
-    Log.debug { "elapsed_time_template : #{elapsed_time_template}" }
-    configmap_path = "#{destination_cnf_dir}/config_maps/elapsed_time.yml"
-    File.write(configmap_path, "#{elapsed_time_template}")
-    # TODO if the config map exists on install, complain, delete then overwrite?
-    KubectlClient::Delete.file(configmap_path)
-    #TODO call kubectl apply on file
-    KubectlClient::Apply.file(configmap_path)
-    # TODO when uninstalling, remove config map
   ensure
     #todo uninstall/reinstall clustertools because of tshark bug
   end
@@ -664,14 +514,14 @@ module CNFManager
       helm_repo_url = config.deployments.get_deployment_param(:helm_repo_url)
       helm_chart_name = config.deployments.get_deployment_param(:helm_chart_name)
       begin
-        helm_install = Helm.install("#{release_name} #{helm_chart_name} --kubeconfig #{kubeconfig} #{helm_namespace_option}")
+        Helm.install("#{release_name} #{helm_chart_name} --kubeconfig #{kubeconfig} #{helm_namespace_option}")
       rescue e : Helm::CannotReuseReleaseNameError
         stdout_warning "Release name #{release_name} has already been setup."
       end
     when CNFInstall::InstallMethod::HelmDirectory
       helm_directory = config.deployments.get_deployment_param(:helm_directory)
       begin
-        helm_install = Helm.install("#{release_name} #{destination_cnf_dir}/#{helm_directory} --kubeconfig #{kubeconfig} #{helm_namespace_option}")
+        Helm.install("#{release_name} #{destination_cnf_dir}/#{helm_directory} --kubeconfig #{kubeconfig} #{helm_namespace_option}")
       rescue e : Helm::CannotReuseReleaseNameError
         stdout_warning "Release name #{release_name} has already been setup."
       end
diff --git a/src/tasks/utils/jaeger.cr b/src/tasks/utils/jaeger.cr
index 4b8e57e83..87f992dd8 100644
--- a/src/tasks/utils/jaeger.cr
+++ b/src/tasks/utils/jaeger.cr
@@ -105,10 +105,5 @@ module JaegerManager
     Log.info { "total unique services for all pods: #{total_count}" }
     total_count
   end
-
-  def self.tracing_used?(baseline, cnf_count)
-    cnf_count != baseline
-  end
-
 end
 
diff --git a/src/tasks/workload/compatibility.cr b/src/tasks/workload/compatibility.cr
index 13421494a..3477a1973 100644
--- a/src/tasks/workload/compatibility.cr
+++ b/src/tasks/workload/compatibility.cr
@@ -390,15 +390,13 @@ task "helm_deploy" do |t, args|
 
   CNFManager::Task.task_runner(args, task: t, check_cnf_installed: false) do |args, config|
     if check_cnf_config(args) || CNFManager.destination_cnfs_exist?
-      release_name = config.deployments.get_deployment_param(:name)
-      configmap = KubectlClient::Get.configmap("cnf-testsuite-#{release_name}-startup-information")
-      #TODO check if json is empty
-      helm_used = configmap["data"].as_h["helm_used"].as_s
+      install_method = config.deployments.get_install_method()
+      helm_used = install_method[0].is_a?(CNFInstall::InstallMethod::HelmDirectory) || install_method[0].is_a?(CNFInstall::InstallMethod::HelmChart)
 
       if helm_used == "true"
-        CNFManager::TestcaseResult.new(CNFManager::ResultStatus::Passed, "Helm deploy successful")
+        CNFManager::TestcaseResult.new(CNFManager::ResultStatus::Passed, "CNF is installed via helm")
       else
-        CNFManager::TestcaseResult.new(CNFManager::ResultStatus::Failed, "Helm deploy failed")
+        CNFManager::TestcaseResult.new(CNFManager::ResultStatus::Failed, "CNF has deployemnts, that are not installed with helm")
       end
     else
       CNFManager::TestcaseResult.new(CNFManager::ResultStatus::Failed, "No cnf_testsuite.yml found! Did you run the setup task?")
diff --git a/src/tasks/workload/configuration.cr b/src/tasks/workload/configuration.cr
index 354b52361..afeb7f57f 100644
--- a/src/tasks/workload/configuration.cr
+++ b/src/tasks/workload/configuration.cr
@@ -268,9 +268,9 @@ task "hardcoded_ip_addresses_in_k8s_runtime_configuration" do |t, args|
 
     KubectlClient::Create.command("namespace hardcoded-ip-test")
     unless helm_chart_name.empty?
-      helm_install = Helm.install("--namespace hardcoded-ip-test hardcoded-ip-test #{helm_chart_name} --dry-run --debug > #{helm_chart_yml_path}")
+      Helm.install("--namespace hardcoded-ip-test hardcoded-ip-test #{helm_chart_name} --dry-run --debug > #{helm_chart_yml_path}")
     else
-      helm_install = Helm.install("--namespace hardcoded-ip-test hardcoded-ip-test #{destination_cnf_dir}/#{helm_directory} --dry-run --debug > #{helm_chart_yml_path}")
+      Helm.install("--namespace hardcoded-ip-test hardcoded-ip-test #{destination_cnf_dir}/#{helm_directory} --dry-run --debug > #{helm_chart_yml_path}")
       VERBOSE_LOGGING.info "helm_directory: #{helm_directory}" if check_verbose(args)
     end
     
@@ -405,8 +405,6 @@ end
 
 # https://www.cloudytuts.com/tutorials/kubernetes/how-to-create-immutable-configmaps-and-secrets/
 class ImmutableConfigMapTemplate
-  # elapsed_time should be Int32 but it is being passed as string
-  # So the old behaviour has been retained as is to prevent any breakages
   def initialize(@test_url : String)
   end
 
diff --git a/src/tasks/workload/microservice.cr b/src/tasks/workload/microservice.cr
index 5d7086b5f..05103ed08 100644
--- a/src/tasks/workload/microservice.cr
+++ b/src/tasks/workload/microservice.cr
@@ -102,16 +102,66 @@ end
 desc "Does the CNF have a reasonable startup time (< 30 seconds)?"
 task "reasonable_startup_time" do |t, args|
   CNFManager::Task.task_runner(args, task: t) do |args, config|
-    release_name = config.deployments.get_deployment_param(:name)
-
     current_dir = FileUtils.pwd
     helm = Helm::BinarySingleton.helm
     Log.for("verbose").info {helm} if check_verbose(args)
 
-    configmap = KubectlClient::Get.configmap("cnf-testsuite-#{release_name}-startup-information")
-    #TODO check if json is empty
-    startup_time = configmap["data"].as_h["startup_time"].as_s
+    startup_time = 0
+    resource_ymls = CNFManager.cnf_workload_resources(args, config) { |resource| resource }
+    # get liveness probe initialDelaySeconds and FailureThreshold
+    # if   ((periodSeconds * failureThreshhold) + initialDelaySeconds) / defaultFailureThreshold) > startuptimelimit then fail; else pass
+    # get largest startuptime of all resoures
+    resource_ymls.map do |resource|
+      kind = resource["kind"].as_s.downcase
+      case kind 
+      when  "pod"
+        Log.info { "resource: #{resource}" }
+        containers = resource.dig("spec", "containers")
+      when  "deployment","statefulset","replicaset","daemonset"
+        Log.info { "resource: #{resource}" }
+        containers = resource.dig("spec", "template", "spec", "containers")
+      end
+      containers && containers.as_a.map do |container|
+        initialDelaySeconds = container.dig?("livenessProbe", "initialDelaySeconds")
+        failureThreshhold = container.dig?("livenessProbe", "failureThreshhold")
+        periodSeconds = container.dig?("livenessProbe", "periodSeconds")
+        total_period_failure = 0 
+        total_extended_period = 0
+        adjusted_with_default = 0
+        defaultFailureThreshold = 3
+        defaultPeriodSeconds = 10
+
+        if !failureThreshhold.nil? && failureThreshhold.as_i?
+          ft = failureThreshhold.as_i
+        else
+          ft = defaultFailureThreshold
+        end
+
+        if !periodSeconds.nil? && periodSeconds.as_i?
+          ps = periodSeconds.as_i
+        else
+          ps = defaultPeriodSeconds
+        end
+
+        total_period_failure = ps * ft
+
+        if !initialDelaySeconds.nil? && initialDelaySeconds.as_i?
+          total_extended_period = initialDelaySeconds.as_i + total_period_failure
+        else
+          total_extended_period = total_period_failure
+        end
+
+        adjusted_with_default = (total_extended_period / defaultFailureThreshold).round.to_i
 
+        Log.info { "total_period_failure: #{total_period_failure}" }
+        Log.info { "total_extended_period: #{total_extended_period}" }
+        Log.info { "startup_time: #{startup_time}" }
+        Log.info { "adjusted_with_default: #{adjusted_with_default}" }
+        if startup_time < adjusted_with_default
+          startup_time = adjusted_with_default
+        end
+      end
+    end
     # Correlation for a slow box vs a fast box 
     # sysbench base fast machine (disk), time in ms 0.16
     # sysbench base slow machine (disk), time in ms 6.55
@@ -162,9 +212,9 @@ task "reasonable_startup_time" do |t, args|
     #   LOGGING.info "startup_time_limit TEST mode: #{startup_time_limit}"
     # end
     Log.info { "startup_time_limit: #{startup_time_limit}" }
-    Log.info { "startup_time: #{startup_time.to_i}" }
+    Log.info { "startup_time: #{startup_time}" }
 
-    if startup_time.to_i <= startup_time_limit
+    if startup_time <= startup_time_limit
       CNFManager::TestcaseResult.new(CNFManager::ResultStatus::Passed, "CNF had a reasonable startup time 🚀")
     else
       CNFManager::TestcaseResult.new(CNFManager::ResultStatus::Failed, "CNF had a startup time of #{startup_time} seconds 🐢")
diff --git a/src/tasks/workload/observability.cr b/src/tasks/workload/observability.cr
index 3e53db9bb..7151f224e 100644
--- a/src/tasks/workload/observability.cr
+++ b/src/tasks/workload/observability.cr
@@ -221,16 +221,8 @@ task "tracing" do |t, args|
       match = JaegerManager.match()
       Log.info { "jaeger match: #{match}" }
       if match[:found]
-        release_name = config.deployments.get_deployment_param(:name)
-        configmap = KubectlClient::Get.configmap("cnf-testsuite-#{release_name}-startup-information")
-        #TODO check if json is empty
-        tracing_used = configmap["data"].as_h["tracing_used"].as_s
-
-        if tracing_used == "true"
-          CNFManager::TestcaseResult.new(CNFManager::ResultStatus::Passed, "Tracing used")
-        else
-          CNFManager::TestcaseResult.new(CNFManager::ResultStatus::Failed, "Tracing not used")
-        end
+        # (kosstennbl) TODO: Redesign tracing test, preferably without usage of installation configmaps. More info in issue #2153
+        CNFManager::TestcaseResult.new(CNFManager::ResultStatus::Skipped, "tracing test is disabled, check #2153")
       else
         CNFManager::TestcaseResult.new(CNFManager::ResultStatus::Skipped, "Jaeger not configured")
       end
diff --git a/src/tasks/workload/ran.cr b/src/tasks/workload/ran.cr
index 1a4bc8d88..5b31aa579 100644
--- a/src/tasks/workload/ran.cr
+++ b/src/tasks/workload/ran.cr
@@ -17,16 +17,9 @@ desc "Test if RAN uses the ORAN e2 interface"
 task "oran_e2_connection" do |t, args|
   CNFManager::Task.task_runner(args, task: t) do |args, config|
     release_name = config.deployments.get_deployment_param(:name)
-    if ORANMonitor.isCNFaRIC?(config) 
-      configmap = KubectlClient::Get.configmap("cnf-testsuite-#{release_name}-startup-information")
-      e2_found = configmap["data"].as_h["e2_found"].as_s
-
-
-      if e2_found  == "true"
-        CNFManager::TestcaseResult.new(CNFManager::ResultStatus::Passed, "RAN connects to a RIC using the e2 standard interface")
-      else
-        CNFManager::TestcaseResult.new(CNFManager::ResultStatus::Failed, "RAN does not connect to a RIC using the e2 standard interface")
-      end
+    if ORANMonitor.isCNFaRIC?(config)
+      # (kosstennbl) TODO: Redesign oran_e2_connection test, preferably without usage of installation configmaps. More info in issue #2153
+      CNFManager::TestcaseResult.new(CNFManager::ResultStatus::Skipped, "oran_e2_connection test is disabled, check #2153")
     else
       CNFManager::TestcaseResult.new(CNFManager::ResultStatus::NA, "[oran_e2_connection] No ric designated in cnf_testsuite.yml")
     end
diff --git a/src/templates/elapsed_time_configmap.yml.ecr b/src/templates/elapsed_time_configmap.yml.ecr
deleted file mode 100644
index 745510ed0..000000000
--- a/src/templates/elapsed_time_configmap.yml.ecr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: '<%= @release_name %>'
-<% if @immutable %>
-immutable: true
-<% end %>
-data:
-  startup_time: '<%= @elapsed_time %>'
-  helm_used: '<%= @helm_used %>'
-  tracing_used: '<%= @tracing_used %>'
-  e2_found: '<%= @e2_found %>'