From 564dedc1b9606127a8e99c226e752671b9ac0df2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolae Vartolomei <nv@redpanda.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 14:47:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] rptest: disable leader balancer in cache stress test

(cherry picked from commit ee7918a301c818ee712463477f85de79563985ed)
---
 tests/rptest/scale_tests/tiered_storage_cache_stress_test.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/rptest/scale_tests/tiered_storage_cache_stress_test.py b/tests/rptest/scale_tests/tiered_storage_cache_stress_test.py
index c1102ec25687..e25e0e41c2a9 100644
--- a/tests/rptest/scale_tests/tiered_storage_cache_stress_test.py
+++ b/tests/rptest/scale_tests/tiered_storage_cache_stress_test.py
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ def setUp(self):
             self.manifest_upload_interval,
             'disable_public_metrics': False,
             'cloud_storage_cache_check_interval': 500,
+            # We're consuming from leader node and expect specific changes in
+            # its local cache. Disable leader balancer so that our expectations
+            # are valid.
+            "enable_leader_balancer": False,
         }
         self.redpanda.set_extra_rp_conf(extra_rp_conf)