diff --git a/playbooks/argo_healthcheck.yml b/playbooks/argo_healthcheck.yml
index 2259876..56016ce 100644
--- a/playbooks/argo_healthcheck.yml
+++ b/playbooks/argo_healthcheck.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@
   hosts: localhost
   connection: local
   gather_facts: false
+  vars:
+    with_retries: false
+    max_retries: 60
+    retry_count: 0
+    retry_delay: 60
   tasks:
     - name: Check health of argo applications
       ansible.builtin.include_tasks: tasks/check_argo_health.yml
+      when: not (with_retries | bool)
+
+    - name: Wait for all Argo applications to be healthy and synced with retry logic
+      ansible.builtin.include_tasks: tasks/retry_argo_healthcheck.yml
+      when: with_retries | bool
diff --git a/playbooks/pattern_ci.yml b/playbooks/pattern_ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6af9a6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/pattern_ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+---
+- name: Run interop test
+  hosts: localhost
+  connection: local
+  gather_facts: false
+  roles:
+    - role: pattern_settings # set general pattern vars
+
+  tasks:
+
+  - name: Resolve and set some pattern related vars (same as install_settings)
+    ansible.builtin.include_role:
+      name: install_settings
+      tasks_from: resolve_overrides
+
+  - name: Run pytest with clustergroup {{ target_clustergroup }}
+    ansible.builtin.command:
+      cmd: pytest -lv test_{{ target_clustergroup }}.py --junit-xml .results/test_{{ target_clustergroup }}.xml
+      chdir: "{{ pattern_dir }}/tests/ci/"
+    environment:
+      WORKSPACE: "{{ pattern_dir }}/tests/ci/"
+    changed_when: false
+    register: pytest_out
+
+  - name: Log pytest output
+    ansible.builtin.debug:
+      msg: "{{ pytest_out.stdout }}"