remove repeat test and add wait_and_assert

[vepatel]

Proposed changes

• add wait_and_assert for status_code checks
• remove redundant tests (scenarios covered by newer tests)
• add pytest arg to echo slowest 10 tests at the end of job

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[codecov-commenter]

Codecov Report

Merging #2984 (99c72ce) into main (7c95cd1) will not change coverage.
The diff coverage is n/a.

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  Lines       15989    15989           
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  Hits         8357     8357           
  Misses       7354     7354           
  Partials      278      278           

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