diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
index 484cbb6..41a4bdb 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
@@ -497,7 +497,9 @@
     }
 
     public void waitForLauncherInitialized() {
-        for (int i = 0; i < 100; ++i) {
+        // b/136278866
+        final int attempts = android.os.Build.MODEL.contains("Cuttlefish") ? 600 : 100;
+        for (int i = 0; i < attempts; ++i) {
             if (getTestInfo(
                     TestProtocol.REQUEST_IS_LAUNCHER_INITIALIZED).
                     getBoolean(TestProtocol.TEST_INFO_RESPONSE_FIELD)) {