diff --git a/libraries/k8s.robot b/libraries/k8s.robot
index d656dfd..f9ce0f3 100755
--- a/libraries/k8s.robot
+++ b/libraries/k8s.robot
@@ -458,6 +458,14 @@
         ...    Pods Are Ready By Label    ${namespace}    app    ${app_name}
     END
 
+Get Pod Ready Timestamp by Label
+    [Arguments]    ${namespace}    ${key}    ${value}
+    [Documentation]    delivers timestamp of pod was ready
+    ${cmd}=    Catenate    kubectl -n ${namespace} get pods -l ${key}=${value} -o=json | jq -r
+    ...    ".items[].status.containerStatuses[].state.running.startedAt"
+    ${output}=    Run   ${cmd}
+    [Return]    ${output}
+
 Check Expected Running Pods Number By Label
     [Arguments]    ${namespace}    ${key}    ${value}    ${number}
     [Documentation]    Succeeds if the desired pod has expected number replicas
@@ -479,6 +487,13 @@
     ...    kubectl get pods -n ${namespace} | grep ${name} | awk 'NR==1{print $4}'
     [Return]    ${count}
 
+Get Pod Age
+    [Arguments]    ${namespace}    ${name}
+    [Documentation]    Returns the age for the given Pod
+    ${rc}    ${age}=    Run and Return Rc and Output
+    ...    kubectl get pods -n ${namespace} | grep ${name} | awk 'NR==1{print $5}'
+    [Return]    ${age}
+
 Verify ONOS Pod Restart
     [Arguments]    ${restarted}=True
     [Documentation]    Verifies if any of the given ONOS instances restarted
diff --git a/libraries/onu_utilities.robot b/libraries/onu_utilities.robot
index 3db563a..48316d1 100755
--- a/libraries/onu_utilities.robot
+++ b/libraries/onu_utilities.robot
@@ -114,46 +114,48 @@
     # teardown is used as 'return' for result of Validate ONU Devices With Duration (used for ONUNegativeStateTests)
     [Teardown]    Run Keyword If    "${KEYWORD STATUS}"=="FAIL"    Set Suite Variable    ${StateTestAllONUs}    False
 
-Wait for ONU Adapter Reconcile
-    [Documentation]     After the OpenONU adapter is restarted waits for all the ONUs to go through the reconciling process
-    ...     till they reach the expect OpenStatus
-    [Arguments]     ${oper_status}
+Reconcile Onu Adapter
+    [Documentation]     Restarts the openonu adapter and waits for reconciling is finished and expected oper-state is reached
+    [Arguments]     ${namespace}    ${usekill2restart}    ${oper_status}
+    # get time of restart of openonu adapter
+    ${restart_ts}=    Get Current Date
+    # restart OpenONU adapter
+    Run Keyword If    ${usekill2restart}    Kill And Check Onu Adaptor    ${namespace}
+    ...    ELSE    Restart And Check Onu Adaptor    ${namespace}
+    #check ready timestamp of openonu adapter, should be younger than restart timestamp
+    ${openonu_ready_ts}=    Get Pod Ready Timestamp by Label    ${namespace}    app    adapter-open-onu
+    ${restart_duration}=    Subtract Date From Date    ${openonu_ready_ts}    ${restart_ts}
+    Should Be True     ${restart_duration}>0
     # wait for the reconcile to complete
-    # - we check that the first ONU state is set to reconciling. All of the ONUs will be set to reconciling
-    # very quickly at that point
-    # we need the Ignore Error to support he kafka case, in which the reconcile happens meanwhile we're waiting for
-    # the adapter to restart
-    Run Keyword And Ignore Error    Wait Until Keyword Succeeds    ${timeout}
-    ...     100ms  Check ONU OperStatus     ${hosts.src[0]['onu']}  RECONCILING
+    # - we check that communication to openonu-adapter is established again
+    # - we check that all ONUs leave reconcile state by validate a simple voltctl request will not responds with error
+    Wait Until Keyword Succeeds    ${timeout}    1s    Validate Last ONU Communication
+    Wait Until Keyword Succeeds    ${timeout}    1s    Operation Of Onu Adaptor Finished    reconciling
     # - then we wait that all ONU move to the next state
+    ${list_onus}    Create List
+    Build ONU SN List    ${list_onus}
+    Run Keyword And Ignore Error    Wait Until Keyword Succeeds    ${timeout}
+    ...     1s  Check all ONU OperStatus     ${list_onus}  ${oper_status}
+
+Operation Of Onu Adaptor Finished
+    [Documentation]    This keyword checks onu adaptor finished named operation with help of a simple voltctl request.
+    ...                It is an implicit check. Possible operations are (device) 'deletion' or 'reconciling'.
+    ...                As long as one of the named operations still running we've got an rc!=0 and we will find our
+    ...                'operation' as part of output of get request.
+    ...                As get request Onu image list is used, any other get command could be used for this check.
+    [Arguments]    ${operation}
     ${onu_list}    Create List
     FOR    ${I}    IN RANGE    0    ${num_all_onus}
-        ${onu_sn}=  Set Variable    ${hosts.src[${I}]['onu']}
-        # skip the check if we have already performed it for this ONU
-        ${onu_id}=    Get Index From List    ${onu_list}   ${onu_sn}
+        ${src}=    Set Variable    ${hosts.src[${I}]}
+        ${onu_device_id}=    Get Device ID From SN    ${src['onu']}
+        ${onu_id}=    Get Index From List    ${onu_list}   ${onu_device_id}
         Continue For Loop If    -1 != ${onu_id}
-        Append To List    ${onu_list}    ${onu_sn}
-        Wait Until Keyword Succeeds    ${timeout}    100ms  Check ONU OperStatus     ${onu_sn}  ${oper_status}
+        Append To List    ${onu_list}    ${onu_device_id}
+        ${rc}    ${output}=    Get Onu Image List    ${onu_device_id}
+        Run Keyword If    ${rc}!=0    Should Not Contain    ${output}    ${operation}
+        ...    Onu adaptor operation ${operation} still in progress.
     END
 
-Check ONU OperStatus
-    [Documentation]     Checks that all ONUs OperStatus is ACTIVE
-    [Arguments]     ${sn}   ${oper_status}
-    ${List_ONU_Serial}    Create List
-    Build ONU SN List    ${List_ONU_Serial}
-    ${cmd}=    Catenate    voltctl -c ${VOLTCTL_CONFIG} device list -m 8MB -f Type=brcm_openomci_onu
-    ...    --format "{{.SerialNumber}}\t{{.AdminState}}\t{{.OperStatus}}\t{{.ConnectStatus}}\t{{.Reason}}"
-    ...     | grep -v SERIALNUMBER | grep ${sn}
-    ${rc}    ${output}=    Run and Return Rc and Output    ${cmd}
-    Should Be Equal As Integers    ${rc}    0
-    Log     ${output}
-
-    @{words}=    Split String    ${output}    \t
-    ${sn}=    Set Variable    ${words[0]}
-    ${opstatus}=    Set Variable    ${words[2]}
-    Log     OperStatus is ${opstatus} for device ${sn}
-    Should Be True      '${opstatus}' == '${oper_status}'   OperStatus ${oper_status} not matched on ONU ${sn}
-
 Log Ports
     [Documentation]    This keyword logs all port data available in ONOS of first port per ONU
     [Arguments]    ${onlyenabled}=False
diff --git a/libraries/voltctl.robot b/libraries/voltctl.robot
index f0e873a..2814990 100755
--- a/libraries/voltctl.robot
+++ b/libraries/voltctl.robot
@@ -434,6 +434,39 @@
     Should Be Equal    '${mib_state}'    '${onu_reason}'
     ...    Device ${sn} mib_state incorrect (${mib_state}) values=False
 
+Check all ONU OperStatus
+    [Documentation]     Checks that all ONUs OperStatus is the required one.
+    [Arguments]     ${List_ONU_Serial}   ${oper_status}
+    ${cmd}=    Catenate    voltctl -c ${VOLTCTL_CONFIG} device list -m 8MB -f Type=brcm_openomci_onu
+    ...    --format "{{.SerialNumber}}\t{{.AdminState}}\t{{.OperStatus}}\t{{.ConnectStatus}}\t{{.Reason}}"
+    ...     | grep -v SERIALNUMBER | grep ${oper_status}
+    ${rc}    ${output}=    Run and Return Rc and Output    ${cmd}
+    Should Be Equal As Integers    ${rc}    0
+    @{Results}=    Split String    ${output}    \n
+    FOR    ${Line}    IN     @{Results}
+        @{words}=    Split String    ${Line}    \t
+        ${sn}=    Set Variable    ${words[0]}
+        Remove Values From List    ${List_ONU_Serial}    ${sn}
+    END
+    Should Be Empty    ${List_ONU_Serial}    For ONUs ${List_ONU_Serial} OperStatus ${oper_status} not matched!
+
+Validate Last ONU Communication
+    [Documentation]     Validates last communication with ONU.
+    [Arguments]     ${validation_duration}=5s
+    ${cmd}=    Catenate    voltctl -c ${VOLTCTL_CONFIG} adapter list -f Type=brcm_openomci_onu
+    ...    --format '{{gosince .LastCommunication}}'
+    ${rc}    ${output}=    Run and Return Rc and Output    ${cmd}
+    Should Be Equal As Integers    ${rc}    0
+    ${lastcomm}= 	Convert Time 	${output}
+    ${validduration}= 	Convert Time 	${validation_duration}
+    Should Be True    ${lastcomm}<=${validduration}
+
+Get Onu Image List
+    [Documentation]    Delivers the ONU device image list
+    [Arguments]    ${dev_id}
+    ${rc}    ${output}=    Run and Return Rc and Output
+    ...    voltctl -c ${VOLTCTL_CONFIG} device onuimage list ${dev_id}
+    [return]    ${rc}    ${output}
 
 Compare Lists
     [Documentation]
@@ -700,8 +733,12 @@
     [Arguments]    ${serial_numbers}    ${olt_serial_number}=${EMPTY}    ${num_onus}=${num_all_onus}
     [Documentation]    Appends all ONU SNs for the given OLT to the ${serial_numbers} list
     FOR    ${INDEX}    IN RANGE    0    ${num_onus}
-    Run Keyword IF  "${olt_serial_number}"=="${hosts.src[${INDEX}].olt}" or "${olt_serial_number}"=="${EMPTY}"
-    ...   Append To List    ${serial_numbers}    ${hosts.src[${INDEX}].onu}
+        ${onu_sn}=  Set Variable    ${hosts.src[${INDEX}]['onu']}
+        # skip if we have already append this ONU
+        ${onu_id}=    Get Index From List    ${serial_numbers}   ${onu_sn}
+        Continue For Loop If    -1 != ${onu_id}
+        Run Keyword IF  "${olt_serial_number}"=="${hosts.src[${INDEX}].olt}" or "${olt_serial_number}"=="${EMPTY}"
+        ...   Append To List    ${serial_numbers}    ${onu_sn}
     END
 
 Get SN From Device ID
diff --git a/tests/openonu-go-adapter/Voltha_ONUReconcileTests.robot b/tests/openonu-go-adapter/Voltha_ONUReconcileTests.robot
index 678365d..11bfdb1 100755
--- a/tests/openonu-go-adapter/Voltha_ONUReconcileTests.robot
+++ b/tests/openonu-go-adapter/Voltha_ONUReconcileTests.robot
@@ -263,9 +263,7 @@
         Enable Device    ${olt_device_id}
     END
     Current State Test All Onus    ${expected_onu_reason}
-    Run Keyword If    ${usekill2restart}    Kill And Check Onu Adaptor    ${NAMESPACE}
-    ...    ELSE    Restart And Check Onu Adaptor    ${NAMESPACE}
-    Wait for ONU Adapter Reconcile      ACTIVE
+    Reconcile Onu Adapter    ${NAMESPACE}    ${usekill2restart}    ACTIVE
     Run Keyword If    "${workflow}"=="DT"    Perform Sanity Test DT
     ...    ELSE IF    "${workflow}"=="TT"    Perform Sanity Tests TT
     ...    ELSE       Perform Sanity Test
@@ -299,9 +297,7 @@
     Run Keyword If    "${workflow}"=="DT"    Current State Test All Onus    omci-admin-lock
     ...    ELSE IF    "${workflow}"=="TT"    Current State Test All Onus    omci-admin-lock
     ...    ELSE       Current State Test All Onus    omci-admin-lock    alternativeonustate=${alternativeonustates}
-    Run Keyword If    ${usekill2restart}    Kill And Check Onu Adaptor    ${NAMESPACE}
-    ...    ELSE    Restart And Check Onu Adaptor    ${NAMESPACE}
-    Wait for ONU Adapter Reconcile      UNKNOWN
+    Reconcile Onu Adapter    ${NAMESPACE}    ${usekill2restart}    UNKNOWN
     Run Keyword If    "${workflow}"=="DT"    Current State Test All Onus    omci-admin-lock
     ...    ELSE IF    "${workflow}"=="TT"    Current State Test All Onus    omci-admin-lock
     ...    ELSE       Current State Test All Onus    omci-admin-lock    alternativeonustate=${alternativeonustates}
@@ -334,9 +330,7 @@
     Run Keyword If    "${workflow}"=="DT"    Perform Sanity Test DT
     ...    ELSE IF    "${workflow}"=="TT"    Perform Sanity Tests TT
     ...    ELSE       Perform Sanity Test
-    Run Keyword If    ${usekill2restart}    Kill And Check Onu Adaptor    ${NAMESPACE}
-    ...    ELSE    Restart And Check Onu Adaptor    ${NAMESPACE}
-    Wait for ONU Adapter Reconcile      ACTIVE
+    Reconcile Onu Adapter    ${NAMESPACE}    ${usekill2restart}    ACTIVE
     Run Keyword If    "${workflow}"=="DT"    Perform Sanity Test DT     ${suppressaddsubscriber}
     ...    ELSE IF    "${workflow}"=="TT"    Perform Sanity Tests TT    ${suppressaddsubscriber}
     ...    ELSE       Perform Sanity Test    ${suppressaddsubscriber}