jianl - First e2e test

Author: JianLi-RH

.gitignore

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 bin/
 .DS_Store
 _output
+.openshift-tests-extension

.openshift-tests-extension/openshift_payload_cluster-version-operator.json

@@ -1,12 +1,34 @@
 package cvo
 
 import (
-	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
-	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	"context"
+
+	g "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	o "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	"github.com/openshift/cluster-version-operator/test/utilities"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 )
 
-var _ = Describe("[Jira:Cluster Version Operator] cluster-version-operator-tests", func() {
-	It("should support passing tests", func() {
-		Expect(true).To(BeTrue())
+var _ = g.Describe("[Jira:Cluster Version Operator] cluster-version-operator-tests", g.Ordered, g.Label("cvo"), func() {
+	defer g.GinkgoRecover()
+	var oc *kubernetes.Clientset
+
+	g.BeforeAll(func() {
+		oc, _ = utilities.GetClient()
+		o.Expect(oc).NotTo(o.BeNil())
+	})
+
+	g.It("Author:jianl-High-42543-the removed resources are not created in a fresh installed cluster", g.Label("High", "42543"), func() {
+		g.By("Validate resource with 'release.openshift.io/delete: \"true\"' annotation is not installed")
+
+		_, err := oc.CoreV1().Services("openshift-cloud-credential-operator").Get(context.TODO(), "controller-manager-service", metav1.GetOptions{})
+		o.Expect(err).To(o.HaveOccurred(), "Service controller-manager-service was accidentally installed")
+
+		_, err = oc.RbacV1().ClusterRoleBindings().Get(context.TODO(), "default-account-openshift-machine-config-operator", metav1.GetOptions{})
+		o.Expect(err).To(o.HaveOccurred(), "ClusterRoleBinding default-account-openshift-machine-config-operator was accidentally installed")
+
+		_, err = oc.BatchV1().CronJobs("openshift-machine-config-operator").Get(context.TODO(), "machine-config-nodes-crd-cleanup", metav1.GetOptions{})
+		o.Expect(err).To(o.HaveOccurred(), "CronJob machine-config-nodes-crd-cleanup was accidentally installed")
 	})
 })

test/cvo/cvo.go

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package utilities
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"os"
+
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
+)
+
+// getClient
+// @Description	create a kubernetes.Clientset object
+// @Create 		jianl Oct 23 2025
+// @Return 		(Instance of kubernetes.Clientset, error)
+func GetClient() (*kubernetes.Clientset, error) {
+	configPath, present := os.LookupEnv("KUBECONFIG")
+	if present {
+		config, err := clientcmd.BuildConfigFromFlags("", configPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		// Create the Clientset
+		clientset, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(config)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return clientset, nil
+	} else {
+		return nil, errors.New("KUBECONFIG not set")
+	}
+}