diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py b/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py
index fe9988f29fc..cda92d44f72 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py
@@ -225,12 +225,12 @@ def wait_for_job_get_started(job, attempt_no):
 
 
 def bootstrap_log_follower(main_test_case, timestamp_relative_to) -> LogFollower:
+    deploy_timeout = GL_SECTION_TIMEOUTS[LogSectionType.LAVA_DEPLOY]
     start_section = GitlabSection(
-        id="dut_boot",
-        header="Booting hardware device",
-        type=LogSectionType.LAVA_BOOT,
+        id="dut_deploy",
+        header=f"Running LAVA deploy action - Timeout: {deploy_timeout}",
+        type=LogSectionType.LAVA_DEPLOY,
         start_collapsed=True,
-        suppress_end=True, # init-stage2 prints the end for us
         timestamp_relative_to=timestamp_relative_to,
     )
     print(start_section.start())
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_job_definition.py b/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_job_definition.py
index dfe74b1bf88..c8d61d22423 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_job_definition.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/lava_job_definition.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from ruamel.yaml import YAML
 from os import getenv
 
 from lava.utils.lava_farm import get_lava_farm
+from lava.utils.log_section import LAVA_DEPLOY_TIMEOUT
 from lava.utils.ssh_job_definition import (
     generate_docker_test,
     generate_dut_test,
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ from lava.utils.uart_job_definition import (
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from lava.lava_job_submitter import LAVAJobSubmitter
 
-from .constants import FORCE_UART, JOB_PRIORITY, NUMBER_OF_ATTEMPTS_LAVA_BOOT
+from .constants import FORCE_UART, JOB_PRIORITY
 
 
 class LAVAJobDefinition:
@@ -160,8 +161,7 @@ class LAVAJobDefinition:
                     "depthcharge-action": {
                         # This timeout englobes the entire depthcharge timing,
                         # including retries
-                        "minutes": 5
-                        * NUMBER_OF_ATTEMPTS_LAVA_BOOT,
+                        "minutes": LAVA_DEPLOY_TIMEOUT
                     },
                     "uboot-action": {
                         # For rockchip DUTs, U-Boot auto-login action downloads the kernel and
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/log_section.py b/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/log_section.py
index 6ce607ee478..06157d4eb9a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/log_section.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/log_section.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class LogSectionType(Enum):
     UNKNOWN = auto()
     LAVA_SUBMIT = auto()
     LAVA_QUEUE = auto()
+    LAVA_DEPLOY = auto()
     LAVA_BOOT = auto()
     TEST_DUT_SUITE = auto()
     TEST_SUITE = auto()
@@ -27,13 +28,17 @@ LAVA_SUBMIT_TIMEOUT = int(getenv("LAVA_SUBMIT_TIMEOUT", 5))
 # aggressively for pre-merge.
 LAVA_QUEUE_TIMEOUT = int(getenv("LAVA_QUEUE_TIMEOUT", 60))
 
-# Empirically, successful device boot in LAVA time takes less than 3
-# minutes.
-# LAVA itself is configured to attempt thrice to boot the device,
-# summing up to 9 minutes.
+# How long should we wait for a device to be deployed?
+# The deploy involves downloading and decompressing the kernel, modules, dtb and the overlays.
+# We should retry, to overcome network issues.
+LAVA_DEPLOY_TIMEOUT = int(getenv("LAVA_DEPLOY_TIMEOUT", 5))
+
+# Empirically, successful device deploy+boot in LAVA time takes less than 3 minutes.
+# LAVA itself is configured to attempt `failure_retry` times (NUMBER_OF_ATTEMPTS_LAVA_BOOT) to boot
+# the device.
 # It is better to retry the boot than cancel the job and re-submit to avoid
 # the enqueue delay.
-LAVA_BOOT_TIMEOUT = int(getenv("LAVA_BOOT_TIMEOUT", 9))
+LAVA_BOOT_TIMEOUT = int(getenv("LAVA_BOOT_TIMEOUT", 5))
 
 # Estimated overhead in minutes for a job from GitLab to reach the test phase,
 # including LAVA scheduling and boot duration
@@ -59,6 +64,7 @@ FALLBACK_GITLAB_SECTION_TIMEOUT = timedelta(minutes=10)
 DEFAULT_GITLAB_SECTION_TIMEOUTS = {
     LogSectionType.LAVA_SUBMIT: timedelta(minutes=LAVA_SUBMIT_TIMEOUT),
     LogSectionType.LAVA_QUEUE: timedelta(minutes=LAVA_QUEUE_TIMEOUT),
+    LogSectionType.LAVA_DEPLOY: timedelta(minutes=LAVA_DEPLOY_TIMEOUT),
     LogSectionType.LAVA_BOOT: timedelta(minutes=LAVA_BOOT_TIMEOUT),
     LogSectionType.TEST_DUT_SUITE: timedelta(minutes=LAVA_TEST_DUT_SUITE_TIMEOUT),
     LogSectionType.TEST_SUITE: timedelta(minutes=LAVA_TEST_SUITE_TIMEOUT),
@@ -102,6 +108,14 @@ class LogSection:
 
 
 LOG_SECTIONS = (
+    LogSection(
+        regex=re.compile(r"start: 2 (\S+) \(timeout ([^)]+)\).*"),
+        levels=("info"),
+        section_id="{}",
+        section_header="Booting via {}",
+        section_type=LogSectionType.LAVA_BOOT,
+        collapsed=True,
+    ),
     LogSection(
         regex=re.compile(r"<?STARTTC>? ([^>]*)"),
         levels=("target", "debug"),