fix(e2e): reference @main workflow after .github merge

Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>

.github/workflows/dual-approval.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: Dual Approval (CTO + QA)
+
+# Calls the shared dual-approval-check workflow.
+# Passes when both privilegedescalation-cto and privilegedescalation-qa
+# have approved the PR. Add "Dual Approval (CTO + QA)" to required_status_checks
+# in branch protection to enforce this gate.
+
+on:
+  pull_request_review:
+    types: [submitted, dismissed]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]
+
+jobs:
+  dual-approval:
+    uses: privilegedescalation/.github/.github/workflows/dual-approval-check.yaml@main
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      pr_number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}

.github/workflows/e2e.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: E2E Tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: e2e-${{ github.repository }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  e2e:
+    uses: privilegedescalation/.github/.github/workflows/plugin-e2e.yaml@main
+    with:
+      node-version: '22'
+      headlamp-version: v0.40.1
+      e2e-namespace: headlamp-dev

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ on:
         description: 'Release version (e.g. 1.0.0)'
         required: true
         type: string
+  repository_dispatch:
+    types: [release]
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
@@ -15,6 +17,10 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   release:
     uses: privilegedescalation/.github/.github/workflows/plugin-release.yaml@main
+    secrets:
+      RELEASE_APP_ID: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_APP_ID }}
+      RELEASE_APP_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
     with:
-      version: ${{ inputs.version }}
+      version: ${{ inputs.version || github.event.client_payload.version }}
       upstream-repo: 'kube-vip/kube-vip'
+

.github/workflows/renovate-app-token.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: Mend Renovate GitHub App Token
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    outputs:
+      token:
+        description: "Short-lived GitHub App installation token"
+        value: ${{ jobs.app-token.outputs.token }}
+
+jobs:
+  app-token:
+    runs-on: runners-privilegedescalation
+    outputs:
+      token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Generate GitHub App token
+        id: app-token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v3
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}

.markdownlint-cli2.jsonc

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{
+  "config": {
+    // Line length — not enforced for docs with code examples
+    "MD013": false,
+    // First line heading — files use YAML frontmatter, not headings
+    "MD041": false,
+    // Emphasis as heading — common pattern for Option 1/2/3 sections
+    "MD036": false,
+    // No duplicate heading — changelog files repeat section names intentionally
+    "MD024": false,
+    // Fenced code language — not always applicable for diagram blocks
+    "MD040": false,
+    // Table column style — table alignment is visual, not semantic
+    "MD060": false,
+    // Ordered list item prefix — number resets are intentional in documents
+    "MD029": false,
+    // No inline HTML — each elements are valid in valid Markdown
+    "MD033": false,
+    // List marker space — spacing after list markers varies by editor
+    "MD030": false,
+    // Blanks around headings — not always needed in compact docs
+    "MD022": false,
+    // Blanks around lists — not always needed in compact docs
+    "MD032": false,
+    // Blanks around fences — not always needed between adjacent blocks
+    "MD031": false,
+    // Multiple blanks — editor artifacts, not semantic
+    "MD012": false,
+    // Single title — files may have multiple H1 sections
+    "MD025": false,
+    // Trailing spaces — editor artifacts
+    "MD009": false,
+    // Bare URLs — URL shortening not always needed
+    "MD034": false,
+    // Single trailing newline — editor artifacts
+    "MD047": false,
+    // Trailing punctuation — heading punctuation is intentional
+    "MD026": false,
+    // Space in emphasis — double-asterisk bold spacing varies by renderer
+    "MD037": false,
+    // No hard tabs — some generated docs use tabs for indentation
+    "MD010": false,
+    // Code block style — generated docs may use inconsistent styles
+    "MD046": false,
+    // Comment style — generated docs have no comments
+    "MD048": false,
+    // Commands show output — shell examples intentionally show only commands
+    "MD014": false
+  },
+  "ignores": [
+    "docs/api-reference/generated/**"
+  ]
+}

.markdownlintignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+docs/api-reference/generated/**

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.0.0] - 2026-03-24
+
+### Added
+
+- Add missing devDependencies to align with reference plugin: `@mui/material`, `@types/react`, `@types/react-dom`, `notistack`
+- Pin `vitest` to `^3.2.4`
+- Add dual-approval caller workflow for CI
+
+### Changed
+
+- Bump version from 0.1.5 to 1.0.0 (stable release)
+- Extend Renovate config from org-level preset
+- Add pinDigests for GitHub Actions SHA pinning
+
 ## [0.1.3] - 2026-03-04
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -38,3 +52,9 @@
 - Nodes page with kube-vip pod status and leader designation
 - Configuration page with DaemonSet config, IP pools, leases
 - Service detail section injected into native Headlamp Service views
+
+[1.0.0]: https://github.com/privilegedescalation/headlamp-kube-vip-plugin/compare/v0.1.5...v1.0.0
+[0.1.3]: https://github.com/privilegedescalation/headlamp-kube-vip-plugin/compare/v0.1.2...v0.1.3
+[0.1.2]: https://github.com/privilegedescalation/headlamp-kube-vip-plugin/compare/v0.1.1...v0.1.2
+[0.1.1]: https://github.com/privilegedescalation/headlamp-kube-vip-plugin/compare/v0.1.0...v0.1.1
+[0.1.0]: https://github.com/privilegedescalation/headlamp-kube-vip-plugin/releases/tag/v0.1.0

artifacthub-pkg.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version: "0.1.4"
+version: "1.0.2"
 name: headlamp-kube-vip
 displayName: kube-vip
 createdAt: "2026-03-04T00:00:00Z"
@@ -25,7 +25,22 @@ maintainers:
 provider:
   name: privilegedescalation
 annotations:
-  headlamp/plugin/archive-url: "https://github.com/privilegedescalation/headlamp-kube-vip-plugin/releases/download/v0.1.4/kube-vip-0.1.4.tar.gz"
-  headlamp/plugin/archive-checksum: sha256:d926d467a091e7b346afd3f6a09abc2205b7a8c290ecf65920f45df6206f7017
+  headlamp/plugin/archive-url: "https://github.com/privilegedescalation/headlamp-kube-vip-plugin/releases/download/v1.0.2/kube-vip-1.0.2.tar.gz"
+  headlamp/plugin/archive-checksum: sha256:cb6b8b6d93a41c129304c57ed705cdafbcb4d6e7511ce5bad0aa05d5762c3fbf
   headlamp/plugin/version-compat: ">=0.26"
   headlamp/plugin/distro-compat: "in-cluster"
+changes:
+  - kind: changed
+    description: "Fix ArtifactHub checksum for v1.0.0 release tarball"
+  - kind: added
+    description: "v1.0.0 stable release"
+  - kind: changed
+    description: "Bump version from 0.1.5 to 1.0.0"
+  - kind: changed
+    description: "Add missing devDependencies: @mui/material, @types/react, @types/react-dom, notistack; pin vitest to ^3.2.4"
+  - kind: changed
+    description: "Extend Renovate config from org-level preset"
+  - kind: changed
+    description: "Add pinDigests for GitHub Actions SHA pinning"
+  - kind: changed
+    description: "Add dual-approval caller workflow"

e2e/auth.setup.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { test as setup, expect, Page } from '@playwright/test';
+
+const AUTH_STATE_PATH = 'e2e/.auth/state.json';
+
+async function authenticateWithOIDC(page: Page, username: string, password: string): Promise<void> {
+  await page.goto('/');
+  await page.waitForURL('**/login');
+
+  const popupPromise = page.waitForEvent('popup');
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: /sign in/i }).click();
+  const popup = await popupPromise;
+
+  await popup.waitForLoadState('domcontentloaded');
+  await popup.waitForLoadState('networkidle');
+
+  const usernameField = popup.getByRole('textbox', { name: /email or username/i });
+  await usernameField.waitFor({ state: 'visible', timeout: 15_000 });
+  await usernameField.fill(username);
+  await popup.getByRole('button', { name: /log in/i }).click();
+
+  await popup.waitForLoadState('networkidle');
+  const passwordField = popup.getByRole('textbox', { name: /password/i });
+  await passwordField.waitFor({ state: 'visible', timeout: 15_000 });
+  await passwordField.fill(password);
+  await popup.getByRole('button', { name: /continue|log in/i }).click();
+
+  await popup.waitForEvent('close', { timeout: 15_000 });
+
+  await expect(page.getByRole('navigation', { name: 'Navigation' })).toBeVisible({
+    timeout: 15_000,
+  });
+}
+
+async function authenticateWithToken(page: Page, token: string): Promise<void> {
+  await page.goto('/');
+  await page.waitForURL(/\/(login|token)$/);
+
+  if (page.url().includes('/login')) {
+    const useTokenBtn = page.getByRole('button', { name: /use a token/i });
+    await useTokenBtn.waitFor({ state: 'visible', timeout: 15_000 });
+    await useTokenBtn.click();
+    await page.waitForURL('**/token');
+  }
+
+  await page.getByRole('textbox', { name: /id token/i }).fill(token);
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: /authenticate/i }).click();
+
+  await expect(page.getByRole('navigation', { name: 'Navigation' })).toBeVisible({
+    timeout: 15_000,
+  });
+}
+
+setup('authenticate with Headlamp', async ({ page }) => {
+  const username = process.env.AUTHENTIK_USERNAME;
+  const password = process.env.AUTHENTIK_PASSWORD;
+  const token = process.env.HEADLAMP_TOKEN;
+
+  if (username && password) {
+    await authenticateWithOIDC(page, username, password);
+  } else if (token) {
+    await authenticateWithToken(page, token);
+  } else {
+    throw new Error(
+      'Set AUTHENTIK_USERNAME + AUTHENTIK_PASSWORD for OIDC auth, or HEADLAMP_TOKEN for token auth'
+    );
+  }
+
+  await page.context().storageState({ path: AUTH_STATE_PATH });
+});

e2e/kube-vip.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+
+async function waitForSidebar(page: import('@playwright/test').Page) {
+  const sidebar = page.getByRole('navigation', { name: 'Navigation' });
+  await expect(sidebar).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15_000 });
+  await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');
+  return sidebar;
+}
+
+test.describe('kube-vip plugin smoke tests', () => {
+  test('sidebar contains kube-vip entry', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto('/');
+    const sidebar = await waitForSidebar(page);
+    await expect(sidebar.getByRole('button', { name: /kube.vip/i })).toBeVisible();
+  });
+
+  test('kube-vip sidebar entry navigates to kube-vip view', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto('/');
+    const sidebar = await waitForSidebar(page);
+
+    const entry = sidebar.getByRole('button', { name: /kube.vip/i });
+    await expect(entry).toBeVisible();
+    await entry.click();
+
+    await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');
+    await expect(page).toHaveURL(/kube-vip/);
+    await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: /kube.vip/i }).first()).toBeVisible();
+  });
+
+  test('kube-vip page renders content', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto('/c/main/kube-vip');
+    await waitForSidebar(page);
+
+    await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: /kube.vip/i }).first()).toBeVisible({
+      timeout: 15_000,
+    });
+
+    const hasTable = await page.locator('table').first().isVisible().catch(() => false);
+    const hasContent = await page.locator('[class*="Mui"]').first().isVisible().catch(() => false);
+    expect(hasTable || hasContent).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test('plugin settings page shows kube-vip plugin entry', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto('/settings/plugins');
+    await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');
+    await page.waitForSelector('table, [class*="PluginList"], [class*="plugin"]', { timeout: 10_000 }).catch(() => {});
+
+    const pluginEntry = page.locator('text=/kube.vip/i').first();
+    await expect(pluginEntry).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+  });
+});

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "kube-vip",
-  "version": "0.1.4",
+  "version": "1.0.2",
   "description": "Headlamp plugin for kube-vip virtual IP and load balancer visibility",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/privilegedescalation/headlamp-kube-vip-plugin#readme",
   "author": "privilegedescalation",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "packageManager": "pnpm@10.32.1",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "headlamp-plugin start",
     "build": "headlamp-plugin build",
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@
     "format": "prettier --write src/",
     "format:check": "prettier --check src/",
     "test": "vitest run",
-    "test:watch": "vitest"
+    "test:watch": "vitest",
+    "e2e": "playwright test"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "react": "^18.0.0",
@@ -30,17 +32,28 @@
   },
   "overrides": {
     "tar": "^7.5.11",
-    "undici": "^7.24.3"
+    "undici": "^7.24.3",
+    "lodash": ">=4.18.0",
+    "vite": ">=6.4.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@headlamp-k8s/eslint-config": "^0.6.0",
     "@kinvolk/headlamp-plugin": "^0.13.0",
+    "@mui/material": "^5.15.14",
+    "@playwright/test": "^1.59.1",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^6.4.8",
     "@testing-library/react": "^16.0.0",
     "@testing-library/user-event": "^14.5.2",
+    "@types/react": "^18.0.0",
+    "@types/react-dom": "^18.0.0",
+    "eslint": "^8.57.0",
     "jsdom": "^24.0.0",
+    "notistack": "^3.0.0",
+    "prettier": "^2.8.8",
     "react": "^18.3.1",
     "react-dom": "^18.3.1",
     "react-router-dom": "^5.3.0",
-    "vitest": "^3.0.5"
+    "typescript": "~5.6.2",
+    "vitest": "^3.2.4"
   }
 }

playwright.config.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { defineConfig, devices } from '@playwright/test';
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  testDir: './e2e',
+  timeout: 30_000,
+  expect: { timeout: 10_000 },
+  fullyParallel: false,
+  forbidOnly: !!process.env.CI,
+  retries: process.env.CI ? 1 : 0,
+  reporter: 'list',
+  use: {
+    baseURL: process.env.HEADLAMP_URL || (() => { throw new Error('HEADLAMP_URL is required — run scripts/deploy-e2e-headlamp.sh first'); })(),
+    trace: 'on-first-retry',
+    screenshot: 'only-on-failure',
+  },
+  projects: [
+    { name: 'setup', testMatch: /auth\.setup\.ts/, timeout: 60_000 },
+    {
+      name: 'chromium',
+      use: {
+        ...devices['Desktop Chrome'],
+        storageState: 'e2e/.auth/state.json',
+      },
+      dependencies: ['setup'],
+    },
+  ],
+});

renovate.json

@@ -1,19 +1,5 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
-  "extends": ["config:recommended"],
-  "baseBranches": ["main"],
-  "schedule": ["every weekend"],
-  "prConcurrentLimit": 10,
-  "packageRules": [
-    {
-      "matchManagers": ["npm"],
-      "matchUpdateTypes": ["minor", "patch"],
-      "groupName": "npm minor and patch"
-    },
-    {
-      "matchManagers": ["github-actions"],
-      "matchUpdateTypes": ["minor", "patch"],
-      "groupName": "github-actions minor and patch"
-    }
-  ]
+  "extends": ["github>privilegedescalation/.github:renovate-config"]
 }
+

scripts/deploy-e2e-headlamp.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
+DIST_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/dist"
+
+E2E_NAMESPACE="${E2E_NAMESPACE:-headlamp-dev}"
+E2E_RELEASE="${E2E_RELEASE:-headlamp-e2e}"
+HEADLAMP_VERSION="${HEADLAMP_VERSION:-latest}"
+
+if [ ! -d "$DIST_DIR" ]; then
+  echo "ERROR: dist/ not found. Run 'pnpm build' first." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Checking RBAC permissions in namespace '${E2E_NAMESPACE}'..."
+if ! kubectl auth can-i delete configmaps -n "$E2E_NAMESPACE" --quiet 2>/dev/null; then
+  echo "ERROR: Missing RBAC — cannot delete configmaps in namespace '${E2E_NAMESPACE}'." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "=== E2E Headlamp Deployment ==="
+echo "  Image:     ghcr.io/headlamp-k8s/headlamp:${HEADLAMP_VERSION}"
+echo "  Namespace: $E2E_NAMESPACE"
+echo "  Release:   $E2E_RELEASE"
+
+echo ""
+echo "Creating ConfigMap with plugin files..."
+
+kubectl delete configmap headlamp-kube-vip-plugin   -n "$E2E_NAMESPACE" --ignore-not-found
+
+kubectl create configmap headlamp-kube-vip-plugin   -n "$E2E_NAMESPACE"   --from-file="$DIST_DIR"   --from-file=package.json="$REPO_ROOT/package.json"
+
+echo ""
+echo "Removing any existing E2E deployment (clean-start)..."
+kubectl delete deployment "${E2E_RELEASE}" -n "$E2E_NAMESPACE" --ignore-not-found --wait
+kubectl delete service "${E2E_RELEASE}" -n "$E2E_NAMESPACE" --ignore-not-found --wait
+kubectl delete serviceaccount "${E2E_RELEASE}" -n "$E2E_NAMESPACE" --ignore-not-found --wait
+
+echo ""
+echo "Deploying Headlamp E2E instance..."
+
+kubectl apply -f - <<EOF
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: ${E2E_RELEASE}
+  namespace: ${E2E_NAMESPACE}
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: ${E2E_RELEASE}
+  namespace: ${E2E_NAMESPACE}
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: headlamp
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: ${E2E_RELEASE}
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: headlamp
+      app.kubernetes.io/instance: ${E2E_RELEASE}
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app.kubernetes.io/name: headlamp
+        app.kubernetes.io/instance: ${E2E_RELEASE}
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: ${E2E_RELEASE}
+      automountServiceAccountToken: true
+      securityContext: {}
+      containers:
+        - name: headlamp
+          image: ghcr.io/headlamp-k8s/headlamp:${HEADLAMP_VERSION}
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          securityContext:
+            runAsNonRoot: true
+            privileged: false
+            runAsUser: 100
+            runAsGroup: 101
+          args:
+            - "-in-cluster"
+            - "-in-cluster-context-name=main"
+            - "-plugins-dir=/headlamp/plugins"
+          ports:
+            - name: http
+              containerPort: 4466
+              protocol: TCP
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /
+              port: http
+            initialDelaySeconds: 5
+            periodSeconds: 5
+            failureThreshold: 6
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /
+              port: http
+            initialDelaySeconds: 10
+            periodSeconds: 10
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: kube-vip-plugin
+              mountPath: /headlamp/plugins/headlamp-kube-vip
+              readOnly: true
+      volumes:
+        - name: kube-vip-plugin
+          configMap:
+            name: headlamp-kube-vip-plugin
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: ${E2E_RELEASE}
+  namespace: ${E2E_NAMESPACE}
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: headlamp
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: ${E2E_RELEASE}
+spec:
+  type: LoadBalancer
+  selector:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: headlamp
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: ${E2E_RELEASE}
+  ports:
+    - name: http
+      port: 80
+      targetPort: http
+      protocol: TCP
+EOF
+
+echo "Waiting for rollout..."
+kubectl rollout status "deployment/${E2E_RELEASE}"   -n "$E2E_NAMESPACE" --timeout=120s
+
+SVC_URL="http://${E2E_RELEASE}.${E2E_NAMESPACE}.svc.cluster.local"
+
+echo ""
+echo "Waiting for ${SVC_URL} to be reachable..."
+ATTEMPTS=0
+MAX_ATTEMPTS=24
+until curl -sf --max-time 5 "${SVC_URL}" -o /dev/null 2>/dev/null; do
+  ATTEMPTS=$((ATTEMPTS + 1))
+  if [ "$ATTEMPTS" -ge "$MAX_ATTEMPTS" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: ${SVC_URL} not reachable after $((MAX_ATTEMPTS * 5))s" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  echo "  [${ATTEMPTS}/${MAX_ATTEMPTS}] not yet reachable, retrying in 5s..."
+  sleep 5
+done
+echo ""
+echo "E2E Headlamp is ready at: ${SVC_URL}"
+
+echo ""
+echo "Getting LoadBalancer IP for Headlamp service..."
+LB_IP=""
+ATTEMPTS=0
+MAX_ATTEMPTS=24
+while [ -z "${LB_IP}" ] || [ "${LB_IP}" = "<pending>" ]; do
+  ATTEMPTS=$((ATTEMPTS + 1))
+  if [ "$ATTEMPTS" -ge "$MAX_ATTEMPTS" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: LoadBalancer IP not assigned after $((MAX_ATTEMPTS * 5))s" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  LB_IP=$(kubectl get svc "${E2E_RELEASE}" -n "$E2E_NAMESPACE" -o jsonpath='{.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip}' 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+  if [ -z "${LB_IP}" ] || [ "${LB_IP}" = "<pending>" ]; then
+    LB_IP=""
+    echo "  [${ATTEMPTS}/${MAX_ATTEMPTS}] LoadBalancer IP not yet assigned, retrying in 5s..."
+    sleep 5
+  fi
+done
+echo "  LoadBalancer IP: ${LB_IP}"
+
+echo ""
+echo "Waiting for Headlamp at http://${LB_IP}:80 to be reachable..."
+ATTEMPTS=0
+MAX_ATTEMPTS=24
+until curl -sf --max-time 5 "http://${LB_IP}:80" -o /dev/null 2>/dev/null; do
+  ATTEMPTS=$((ATTEMPTS + 1))
+  if [ "$ATTEMPTS" -ge "$MAX_ATTEMPTS" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: http://${LB_IP}:80 not reachable after $((MAX_ATTEMPTS * 5))s" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  echo "  [${ATTEMPTS}/${MAX_ATTEMPTS}] LoadBalancer not yet reachable, retrying in 5s..."
+  sleep 5
+done
+echo ""
+echo "Headlamp is ready at http://${LB_IP}:80"
+
+echo ""
+echo "Creating service account token for E2E auth..."
+kubectl create serviceaccount headlamp-e2e-test   -n "$E2E_NAMESPACE" --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
+
+TOKEN=$(kubectl create token headlamp-e2e-test -n "$E2E_NAMESPACE" --duration=1h 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+if [ -n "$TOKEN" ]; then
+  echo "HEADLAMP_URL=http://${LB_IP}:80" > "$REPO_ROOT/.env.e2e"
+  echo "HEADLAMP_TOKEN=${TOKEN}" >> "$REPO_ROOT/.env.e2e"
+  echo "Wrote .env.e2e with HEADLAMP_URL=http://${LB_IP}:80 and HEADLAMP_TOKEN"
+else
+  echo "  WARNING: Could not generate token."
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "E2E deployment complete."

scripts/teardown-e2e-headlamp.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
+
+E2E_NAMESPACE="${E2E_NAMESPACE:-headlamp-dev}"
+E2E_RELEASE="${E2E_RELEASE:-headlamp-e2e}"
+
+echo "=== E2E Headlamp Teardown ==="
+echo "  Namespace: $E2E_NAMESPACE"
+echo "  Release:   $E2E_RELEASE"
+
+echo "Removing Headlamp Deployment, Service, and ServiceAccount..."
+kubectl delete deployment "${E2E_RELEASE}" -n "$E2E_NAMESPACE" --ignore-not-found
+kubectl delete service "${E2E_RELEASE}" -n "$E2E_NAMESPACE" --ignore-not-found
+kubectl delete serviceaccount "${E2E_RELEASE}" -n "$E2E_NAMESPACE" --ignore-not-found
+
+echo "Cleaning up ConfigMap..."
+kubectl delete configmap headlamp-kube-vip-plugin -n "$E2E_NAMESPACE" --ignore-not-found
+
+echo "Cleaning up test service account..."
+kubectl delete serviceaccount headlamp-e2e-test -n "$E2E_NAMESPACE" --ignore-not-found
+
+if [ -f "$REPO_ROOT/.env.e2e" ]; then
+  rm -f "$REPO_ROOT/.env.e2e"
+  echo "Removed .env.e2e"
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "E2E teardown complete."