diff --git a/docs/how-to/how-to-set-sandbox-config-kata.md b/docs/how-to/how-to-set-sandbox-config-kata.md
index 6540febbf5..4cdacae85b 100644
--- a/docs/how-to/how-to-set-sandbox-config-kata.md
+++ b/docs/how-to/how-to-set-sandbox-config-kata.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ There are several kinds of Kata configurations and they are listed below.
 | `io.katacontainers.config.runtime.internetworking_model` | string| determines how the VM should be connected to the container network interface. Valid values are `macvtap`, `tcfilter` and `none` |
 | `io.katacontainers.config.runtime.sandbox_cgroup_only`| `boolean` | determines if Kata processes are managed only in sandbox cgroup |
 | `io.katacontainers.config.runtime.enable_pprof` | `boolean` | enables Golang `pprof` for `containerd-shim-kata-v2` process |
+| `io.katacontainers.config.runtime.create_container_timeout` | `uint64` | the timeout for create a container in `seconds`, default is `60` |
 
 ## Agent Options
 | Key | Value Type | Comments |
diff --git a/src/runtime/Makefile b/src/runtime/Makefile
index 4fefd71a66..b2386feea3 100644
--- a/src/runtime/Makefile
+++ b/src/runtime/Makefile
@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@ DEFBINDMOUNTS := []
 # Image Service Offload
 DEFSERVICEOFFLOAD ?= false
 
+# Create Container Timeout in seconds
+DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT ?= 60
+
 SED = sed
 
 CLI_DIR = cmd
@@ -679,6 +682,7 @@ USER_VARS += DEFSTATICRESOURCEMGMT_STRATOVIRT
 USER_VARS += DEFSTATICRESOURCEMGMT_TEE
 USER_VARS += DEFBINDMOUNTS
 USER_VARS += DEFSERVICEOFFLOAD
+USER_VARS += DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT
 USER_VARS += DEFVFIOMODE
 USER_VARS += BUILDFLAGS
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-acrn.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-acrn.toml.in
index ef02075897..7297059cad 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-acrn.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-acrn.toml.in
@@ -240,3 +240,11 @@ experimental=@DEFAULTEXPFEATURES@
 # If enabled, user can run pprof tools with shim v2 process through kata-monitor.
 # (default: false)
 # enable_pprof = true
+
+# Indicates the CreateContainer request timeout needed for the workload(s)
+# It using guest_pull this includes the time to pull the image inside the guest
+# Defaults to @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@ second(s)  
+# Note: The effective timeout is determined by the lesser of two values: runtime-request-timeout from kubelet config 
+# (https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/kubelet/#:~:text=runtime%2Drequest%2Dtimeout) and create_container_timeout. 
+# In essence, the timeout used for guest pull=runtime-request-timeout<create_container_timeout?runtime-request-timeout:create_container_timeout.
+create_container_timeout = @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@
diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-clh.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-clh.toml.in
index f2eca9b3d8..7f037ad1d1 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-clh.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-clh.toml.in
@@ -449,6 +449,14 @@ experimental=@DEFAULTEXPFEATURES@
 # (default: false)
 # enable_pprof = true
 
+# Indicates the CreateContainer request timeout needed for the workload(s)
+# It using guest_pull this includes the time to pull the image inside the guest
+# Defaults to @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@ second(s)  
+# Note: The effective timeout is determined by the lesser of two values: runtime-request-timeout from kubelet config 
+# (https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/kubelet/#:~:text=runtime%2Drequest%2Dtimeout) and create_container_timeout. 
+# In essence, the timeout used for guest pull=runtime-request-timeout<create_container_timeout?runtime-request-timeout:create_container_timeout.
+create_container_timeout = @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@
+
 # WARNING: All the options in the following section have not been implemented yet.
 # This section was added as a placeholder. DO NOT USE IT!
 [image]
diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-fc.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-fc.toml.in
index 28040aacc1..a7d5650519 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-fc.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-fc.toml.in
@@ -367,3 +367,11 @@ experimental=@DEFAULTEXPFEATURES@
 # If enabled, user can run pprof tools with shim v2 process through kata-monitor.
 # (default: false)
 # enable_pprof = true
+
+# Indicates the CreateContainer request timeout needed for the workload(s)
+# It using guest_pull this includes the time to pull the image inside the guest
+# Defaults to @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@ second(s)  
+# Note: The effective timeout is determined by the lesser of two values: runtime-request-timeout from kubelet config 
+# (https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/kubelet/#:~:text=runtime%2Drequest%2Dtimeout) and create_container_timeout. 
+# In essence, the timeout used for guest pull=runtime-request-timeout<create_container_timeout?runtime-request-timeout:create_container_timeout.
+create_container_timeout = @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@
diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-nvidia-gpu.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-nvidia-gpu.toml.in
index e63d3b4813..f20ba3d538 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-nvidia-gpu.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-nvidia-gpu.toml.in
@@ -680,6 +680,14 @@ experimental=@DEFAULTEXPFEATURES@
 # (default: false)
 # enable_pprof = true
 
+# Indicates the CreateContainer request timeout needed for the workload(s)
+# It using guest_pull this includes the time to pull the image inside the guest
+# Defaults to @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@ second(s)  
+# Note: The effective timeout is determined by the lesser of two values: runtime-request-timeout from kubelet config 
+# (https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/kubelet/#:~:text=runtime%2Drequest%2Dtimeout) and create_container_timeout. 
+# In essence, the timeout used for guest pull=runtime-request-timeout<create_container_timeout?runtime-request-timeout:create_container_timeout.
+create_container_timeout = @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@
+
 # WARNING: All the options in the following section have not been implemented yet.
 # This section was added as a placeholder. DO NOT USE IT!
 [image]
diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-se.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-se.toml.in
index 8725d4e3ab..35516f9b07 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-se.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-se.toml.in
@@ -645,6 +645,14 @@ experimental=@DEFAULTEXPFEATURES@
 # (default: false)
 # enable_pprof = true
 
+# Indicates the CreateContainer request timeout needed for the workload(s)
+# It using guest_pull this includes the time to pull the image inside the guest
+# Defaults to @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@ second(s)  
+# Note: The effective timeout is determined by the lesser of two values: runtime-request-timeout from kubelet config 
+# (https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/kubelet/#:~:text=runtime%2Drequest%2Dtimeout) and create_container_timeout. 
+# In essence, the timeout used for guest pull=runtime-request-timeout<create_container_timeout?runtime-request-timeout:create_container_timeout.
+create_container_timeout = @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@
+
 # WARNING: All the options in the following section have not been implemented yet.
 # This section was added as a placeholder. DO NOT USE IT!
 [image]
diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-sev.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-sev.toml.in
index 638a79d134..4b47ca1bb4 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-sev.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-sev.toml.in
@@ -623,6 +623,14 @@ experimental=@DEFAULTEXPFEATURES@
 # (default: false)
 # enable_pprof = true
 
+# Indicates the CreateContainer request timeout needed for the workload(s)
+# It using guest_pull this includes the time to pull the image inside the guest
+# Defaults to @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@ second(s)  
+# Note: The effective timeout is determined by the lesser of two values: runtime-request-timeout from kubelet config 
+# (https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/kubelet/#:~:text=runtime%2Drequest%2Dtimeout) and create_container_timeout. 
+# In essence, the timeout used for guest pull=runtime-request-timeout<create_container_timeout?runtime-request-timeout:create_container_timeout.
+create_container_timeout = @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@
+
 # WARNING: All the options in the following section have not been implemented yet.
 # This section was added as a placeholder. DO NOT USE IT!
 [image]
diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-snp.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-snp.toml.in
index b073eec3ed..08b2046911 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-snp.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-snp.toml.in
@@ -663,6 +663,14 @@ experimental=@DEFAULTEXPFEATURES@
 # (default: false)
 # enable_pprof = true
 
+# Indicates the CreateContainer request timeout needed for the workload(s)
+# It using guest_pull this includes the time to pull the image inside the guest
+# Defaults to @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@ second(s)  
+# Note: The effective timeout is determined by the lesser of two values: runtime-request-timeout from kubelet config 
+# (https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/kubelet/#:~:text=runtime%2Drequest%2Dtimeout) and create_container_timeout. 
+# In essence, the timeout used for guest pull=runtime-request-timeout<create_container_timeout?runtime-request-timeout:create_container_timeout.
+create_container_timeout = @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@
+
 # WARNING: All the options in the following section have not been implemented yet.
 # This section was added as a placeholder. DO NOT USE IT!
 [image]
diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-tdx.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-tdx.toml.in
index 213436f531..e41f6e63c8 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-tdx.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-tdx.toml.in
@@ -659,6 +659,14 @@ experimental=@DEFAULTEXPFEATURES@
 # (default: false)
 # enable_pprof = true
 
+# Indicates the CreateContainer request timeout needed for the workload(s)
+# It using guest_pull this includes the time to pull the image inside the guest
+# Defaults to @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@ second(s)  
+# Note: The effective timeout is determined by the lesser of two values: runtime-request-timeout from kubelet config 
+# (https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/kubelet/#:~:text=runtime%2Drequest%2Dtimeout) and create_container_timeout. 
+# In essence, the timeout used for guest pull=runtime-request-timeout<create_container_timeout?runtime-request-timeout:create_container_timeout.
+create_container_timeout = @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@
+
 # WARNING: All the options in the following section have not been implemented yet.
 # This section was added as a placeholder. DO NOT USE IT!
 [image]
diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in
index 511a63dfd6..134e7f6fd7 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in
@@ -692,6 +692,14 @@ experimental=@DEFAULTEXPFEATURES@
 # (default: false)
 # enable_pprof = true
 
+# Indicates the CreateContainer request timeout needed for the workload(s)
+# It using guest_pull this includes the time to pull the image inside the guest
+# Defaults to @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@ second(s)  
+# Note: The effective timeout is determined by the lesser of two values: runtime-request-timeout from kubelet config 
+# (https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/kubelet/#:~:text=runtime%2Drequest%2Dtimeout) and create_container_timeout. 
+# In essence, the timeout used for guest pull=runtime-request-timeout<create_container_timeout?runtime-request-timeout:create_container_timeout.
+create_container_timeout = @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@
+
 # WARNING: All the options in the following section have not been implemented yet.
 # This section was added as a placeholder. DO NOT USE IT!
 [image]
diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-remote.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-remote.toml.in
index 4c75af275e..1fdf8e72cd 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-remote.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-remote.toml.in
@@ -289,6 +289,14 @@ experimental=@DEFAULTEXPFEATURES@
 # (default: false)
 # enable_pprof = true
 
+# Indicates the CreateContainer request timeout needed for the workload(s)
+# It using guest_pull this includes the time to pull the image inside the guest
+# Defaults to @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@ second(s)  
+# Note: The effective timeout is determined by the lesser of two values: runtime-request-timeout from kubelet config 
+# (https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/kubelet/#:~:text=runtime%2Drequest%2Dtimeout) and create_container_timeout. 
+# In essence, the timeout used for guest pull=runtime-request-timeout<create_container_timeout?runtime-request-timeout:create_container_timeout.
+create_container_timeout = @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@
+
 # WARNING: All the options in the following section have not been implemented yet.
 # This section was added as a placeholder. DO NOT USE IT!
 [image]
diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-stratovirt.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-stratovirt.toml.in
index c98cf6bd78..05cdb8821d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-stratovirt.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-stratovirt.toml.in
@@ -392,3 +392,11 @@ experimental = @DEFAULTEXPFEATURES@
 # If enabled, user can run pprof tools with shim v2 process through kata-monitor.
 # (default: false)
 #enable_pprof = true
+
+# Indicates the CreateContainer request timeout needed for the workload(s)
+# It using guest_pull this includes the time to pull the image inside the guest
+# Defaults to @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@ second(s)  
+# Note: The effective timeout is determined by the lesser of two values: runtime-request-timeout from kubelet config 
+# (https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/kubelet/#:~:text=runtime%2Drequest%2Dtimeout) and create_container_timeout. 
+# In essence, the timeout used for guest pull=runtime-request-timeout<create_container_timeout?runtime-request-timeout:create_container_timeout.
+create_container_timeout = @DEFCREATECONTAINERTIMEOUT@
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go
index f7782ed1f0..997b83ed2d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ type runtime struct {
 	StaticSandboxResourceMgmt bool     `toml:"static_sandbox_resource_mgmt"`
 	EnablePprof               bool     `toml:"enable_pprof"`
 	DisableGuestEmptyDir      bool     `toml:"disable_guest_empty_dir"`
+	CreateContainerTimeout    uint64   `toml:"create_container_timeout"`
 }
 
 type agent struct {
@@ -1569,6 +1570,7 @@ func LoadConfiguration(configPath string, ignoreLogging bool) (resolvedConfigPat
 	config.JaegerEndpoint = tomlConf.Runtime.JaegerEndpoint
 	config.JaegerUser = tomlConf.Runtime.JaegerUser
 	config.JaegerPassword = tomlConf.Runtime.JaegerPassword
+	config.CreateContainerTimeout = tomlConf.Runtime.CreateContainerTimeout
 	for _, f := range tomlConf.Runtime.Experimental {
 		feature := exp.Get(f)
 		if feature == nil {
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils.go b/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils.go
index 08759c2066..b07951fdfe 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils.go
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ type RuntimeConfig struct {
 
 	// Determines if Kata creates emptyDir on the guest
 	DisableGuestEmptyDir bool
+
+	// CreateContainer timeout which, if provided, indicates the createcontainer request timeout
+	// needed for the workload ( Mostly used for pulling images in the guest )
+	CreateContainerTimeout uint64
 }
 
 // AddKernelParam allows the addition of new kernel parameters to an existing
@@ -864,6 +868,12 @@ func addRuntimeConfigOverrides(ocispec specs.Spec, sbConfig *vc.SandboxConfig, r
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if err := newAnnotationConfiguration(ocispec, vcAnnotations.CreateContainerTimeout).setUint(func(createContainerTimeout uint64) {
+		sbConfig.CreateContainerTimeout = createContainerTimeout
+	}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	if err := newAnnotationConfiguration(ocispec, vcAnnotations.EnableVCPUsPinning).setBool(func(enableVCPUsPinning bool) {
 		sbConfig.EnableVCPUsPinning = enableVCPUsPinning
 	}); err != nil {
@@ -1007,6 +1017,8 @@ func SandboxConfig(ocispec specs.Spec, runtime RuntimeConfig, bundlePath, cid st
 		GuestSeLinuxLabel: runtime.GuestSeLinuxLabel,
 
 		Experimental: runtime.Experimental,
+
+		CreateContainerTimeout: runtime.CreateContainerTimeout,
 	}
 
 	if err := addAnnotations(ocispec, &sandboxConfig, runtime); err != nil {
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils_test.go b/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils_test.go
index 778db87b55..1f53b831ad 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/oci/utils_test.go
@@ -810,12 +810,14 @@ func TestAddRuntimeAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.SandboxCgroupOnly] = "true"
 	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.DisableNewNetNs] = "true"
 	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.InterNetworkModel] = "macvtap"
+	ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.CreateContainerTimeout] = "100"
 
 	addAnnotations(ocispec, &config, runtimeConfig)
 	assert.Equal(config.DisableGuestSeccomp, true)
 	assert.Equal(config.SandboxCgroupOnly, true)
 	assert.Equal(config.NetworkConfig.DisableNewNetwork, true)
 	assert.Equal(config.NetworkConfig.InterworkingModel, vc.NetXConnectMacVtapModel)
+	assert.Equal(config.CreateContainerTimeout, uint64(100))
 }
 
 func TestRegexpContains(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
index 2de9297da9..34e4b39700 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ type customRequestTimeoutKeyType struct{}
 
 var (
 	checkRequestTimeout              = 30 * time.Second
+	createContainerRequestTimeout    = 60 * time.Second
 	defaultRequestTimeout            = 60 * time.Second
 	remoteRequestTimeout             = 300 * time.Second
 	customRequestTimeoutKey          = customRequestTimeoutKeyType(struct{}{})
@@ -376,6 +377,11 @@ func (k *kataAgent) init(ctx context.Context, sandbox *Sandbox, config KataAgent
 	k.kmodules = config.KernelModules
 	k.dialTimout = config.DialTimeout
 
+	createContainerRequestTimeout = time.Duration(sandbox.config.CreateContainerTimeout) * time.Second
+	k.Logger().WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+		"createContainerRequestTimeout": fmt.Sprintf("%+v", createContainerRequestTimeout),
+	}).Info("The createContainerRequestTimeout has been set ")
+
 	return disableVMShutdown, nil
 }
 
@@ -2207,6 +2213,8 @@ func (k *kataAgent) getReqContext(ctx context.Context, reqName string) (newCtx c
 		// Wait and GetOOMEvent have no timeout
 	case grpcCheckRequest:
 		newCtx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(ctx, checkRequestTimeout)
+	case grpcCreateContainerRequest:
+		newCtx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(ctx, createContainerRequestTimeout)
 	default:
 		var requestTimeout = defaultRequestTimeout
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
index 03498fef75..2b9cfbdd56 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
@@ -271,6 +271,9 @@ const (
 	// VfioMode is a sandbox annotation to specify how attached VFIO devices should be treated
 	// Overrides the runtime.vfio_mode parameter in the global configuration.toml
 	VfioMode = kataAnnotRuntimePrefix + "vfio_mode"
+
+	// CreateContainerTimeout is a sandbox annotaion that sets the create container timeout.
+	CreateContainerTimeout = kataAnnotRuntimePrefix + "create_container_timeout"
 )
 
 // Agent related annotations
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/sandbox.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
index bff8b6b9b0..4a9d9e698d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ type SandboxConfig struct {
 
 	// EnableVCPUsPinning controls whether each vCPU thread should be scheduled to a fixed CPU
 	EnableVCPUsPinning bool
+
+	// Create container timeout which, if provided, indicates the create container timeout
+	// needed for the workload(s)
+	CreateContainerTimeout uint64
 }
 
 // valid checks that the sandbox configuration is valid.
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image.bats
index e6b9a85383..7a7c5d7eba 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image.bats
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ setup() {
     setup_common 
     unencrypted_image_1="quay.io/sjenning/nginx:1.15-alpine"
     unencrypted_image_2="quay.io/prometheus/busybox:latest"
+    large_image="quay.io/confidential-containers/test-images:largeimage"
 }
 
 @test "Test we can pull an unencrypted image outside the guest with runc and then inside the guest successfully" {
@@ -58,6 +59,43 @@ setup() {
     assert_rootfs_count "$node" "$sandbox_id" "1"
 }
 
+@test "Test we can pull a large image inside the guest" {
+    [[ " ${SUPPORTED_NON_TEE_HYPERVISORS} " =~ " ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} " ]] && skip "Test not supported for ${KATA_HYPERVISOR}."
+    skip "This test requires large memory, which the encrypted memory is typically small and valuable in TEE. \
+          The test will be skiped until https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/8142 is addressed."
+    kata_pod_with_nydus_config="$(new_pod_config "$large_image" "kata-${KATA_HYPERVISOR}")"
+    set_node "$kata_pod_with_nydus_config" "$node"
+    set_container_command "$kata_pod_with_nydus_config" "0" "sleep" "30"
+
+    # Set annotation to pull large image in guest
+    set_metadata_annotation "$kata_pod_with_nydus_config" \
+        "io.containerd.cri.runtime-handler" \
+        "kata-${KATA_HYPERVISOR}"
+
+    # For debug sake
+    echo "Pod $kata_pod_with_nydus_config file:"
+    cat $kata_pod_with_nydus_config
+
+    # The pod should be failed because the default timeout of CreateContainerRequest is 60s 
+    assert_pod_fail "$kata_pod_with_nydus_config"
+    assert_logs_contain "$node" kata "$node_start_time" \
+		'context deadline exceeded'
+
+    kubectl delete -f $kata_pod_with_nydus_config
+
+    # Set CreateContainerRequest timeout in the annotation to pull large image in guest
+    create_container_timeout=300
+    set_metadata_annotation "$kata_pod_with_nydus_config" \
+        "io.katacontainers.config.runtime.create_container_timeout" \
+        "${create_container_timeout}"
+
+    # For debug sake
+    echo "Pod $kata_pod_with_nydus_config file:"
+    cat $kata_pod_with_nydus_config
+
+    k8s_create_pod "$kata_pod_with_nydus_config"
+}
+
 @test "Test we can pull an unencrypted image inside the guest twice in a row and then outside the guest successfully" {
     [[ " ${SUPPORTED_NON_TEE_HYPERVISORS} " =~ " ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} " ]] && skip "Test not supported for ${KATA_HYPERVISOR}."
     skip "Skip this test until we use containerd 2.0 with 'image pull per runtime class' feature: https://github.com/containerd/containerd/issues/9377"