diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/vtorc/primaryfailure/primary_failure_test.go b/go/test/endtoend/vtorc/primaryfailure/primary_failure_test.go
index e5588c2321d..190e5e66501 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/vtorc/primaryfailure/primary_failure_test.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/vtorc/primaryfailure/primary_failure_test.go
@@ -35,16 +35,22 @@ func TestDownPrimary(t *testing.T) {
 	defer utils.PrintVTOrcLogsOnFailure(t, clusterInfo.ClusterInstance)
 	defer cluster.PanicHandler(t)
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 	utils.SetupVttabletsAndVTOrcs(t, clusterInfo, 2, 1, nil, cluster.VTOrcConfiguration{
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 	// We specify the --wait-replicas-timeout to a small value because we spawn a cross-cell replica later in the test.
 	// If that replica is more advanced than the same-cell-replica, then we try to promote the cross-cell replica as an intermediate source.
 	// If we don't specify a small value of --wait-replicas-timeout, then we would end up waiting for 30 seconds for the dead-primary to respond, failing this test.
 	utils.SetupVttabletsAndVTOrcs(t, clusterInfo, 2, 1, []string{"--remote_operation_timeout=10s", "--wait-replicas-timeout=5s"}, cluster.VTOrcConfiguration{
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diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/vtorc/utils/utils.go b/go/test/endtoend/vtorc/utils/utils.go
index c2cdf30427b..bc817f58094 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/vtorc/utils/utils.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/vtorc/utils/utils.go
@@ -1001,6 +1001,9 @@ func PrintVTOrcLogsOnFailure(t *testing.T, clusterInstance *cluster.LocalProcess
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/go/vt/vtorc/inst/instance_dao.go b/go/vt/vtorc/inst/instance_dao.go
index 2bc9105077a..487cb3b1143 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtorc/inst/instance_dao.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtorc/inst/instance_dao.go
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ func initializeInstanceDao() {
 	forgetAliases = cache.New(time.Duration(config.Config.InstancePollSeconds*3)*time.Second, time.Second)
 	cacheInitializationCompleted.Store(true)
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diff --git a/go/vt/vtorc/inst/instance_dao_test.go b/go/vt/vtorc/inst/instance_dao_test.go
index 91578cbe2fb..453cfb11033 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtorc/inst/instance_dao_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtorc/inst/instance_dao_test.go
@@ -646,6 +646,9 @@ func waitForCacheInitialization() {
 	}
 }
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