From c41747e563b5635b2b70dd25565c6151f6c5a9cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Christoph=20St=C3=A4bler?= <cstabler@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:08:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix flaky metrics e2e test by adding curl retries

The curl-metrics pod runs a single curl invocation. If the metrics
endpoint is transiently unavailable when the pod starts, curl exits
with a connection refused error and the pod enters Failed status,
causing the test to time out.

Add --retry, --retry-delay, and --retry-connrefused flags so curl
retries on transient connection failures.
---
 test/e2e/metrics_test.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/test/e2e/metrics_test.go b/test/e2e/metrics_test.go
index 47e0f37..6dbae93 100644
--- a/test/e2e/metrics_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/metrics_test.go
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Manager", func() {
 							"name": "curl",
 							"image": "curlimages/curl:latest",
 							"command": ["/bin/sh", "-c"],
-							"args": ["curl -v %s.%s.svc.cluster.local:%s/metrics"],
+							"args": ["curl -v --retry 10 --retry-delay 5 --retry-connrefused %s.%s.svc.cluster.local:%s/metrics"],
 							"securityContext": {
 								"allowPrivilegeEscalation": false,
 								"capabilities": {