#1514 Delay initialization of SynchronousFlyteClient in FlyteRemote Pull request opened by eapolinario TL;DR We shouldn't make a network call in the flyte remote constructor Type ☐ Bug Fix ☐ Feature ☐ Plugin Are all requirements met? ☐ Code completed ☐ Smoke tested ☐ Unit tests added ☐ Code documentation added ☐ Any pending items have an associated Issue Complete description Let's delay the initialization of

SynchonousFlyteClient

in remote. This should speed up total execution time of flytekit unit tests by 4-5x in the slowest tasks (the flytekit unit tests). This should cut 30 minutes from CI runs on average. Tracking Issue https://github.com/flyteorg/flyte/issues/ Follow-up issue NA OR https://github.com/flyteorg/flyte/issues/ flyteorg/flytekit ✅ All checks have passed 30/30 successful checks