diff --git a/test/gatewayapi/test-session-affinity.sh b/test/gatewayapi/test-session-affinity.sh
index d066014e..88c6493c 100755
--- a/test/gatewayapi/test-session-affinity.sh
+++ b/test/gatewayapi/test-session-affinity.sh
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ done
 echo '>>> Verifying session affinity'
 if ! URL=http://localhost:8888 HOST=www.example.com CANARY_VERSION=6.1.0 \
   CANARY_COOKIE_NAME=canary-flagger-cookie PRIMARY_VERSION=6.0.4 PRIMARY_COOKIE_NAME=primary-flagger-cookie \
-    go run ${REPO_ROOT}/test/gatewayapi/verify_session_affinity.go; then
+    go run ${REPO_ROOT}/test/verify_session_affinity.go; then
     echo "failed to verify session affinity"
     exit $?
 fi
diff --git a/test/istio/run.sh b/test/istio/run.sh
index b2a3301a..26234e3e 100755
--- a/test/istio/run.sh
+++ b/test/istio/run.sh
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
 
 "$REPO_ROOT"/test/workloads/init.sh
 "$DIR"/test-delegation.sh
+
+"$REPO_ROOT"/test/workloads/init.sh
+"$DIR"/test-session-affinity.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/istio/test-session-affinity.sh b/test/istio/test-session-affinity.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..377f3821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/istio/test-session-affinity.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# This script runs e2e tests for progressive traffic shifting with session affinity, Canary analysis and promotion
+# Prerequisites: Kubernetes Kind and Istio
+
+set -o errexit
+
+REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+
+echo '>>> Initialising Gateway'
+cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
+apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v1alpha3
+kind: Gateway
+metadata:
+  name: istio-ingressgateway
+  namespace: istio-system
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: istio-ingressgateway
+    istio: ingressgateway
+  servers:
+  - port:
+      number: 80
+      name: http
+      protocol: HTTP
+    hosts:
+      - "*"
+EOF
+
+echo '>>> Initialising canary for session affinity'
+cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
+apiVersion: flagger.app/v1beta1
+kind: Canary
+metadata:
+  name: podinfo
+  namespace: test
+spec:
+  targetRef:
+    apiVersion: apps/v1
+    kind: Deployment
+    name: podinfo
+  progressDeadlineSeconds: 60
+  service:
+    port: 80
+    targetPort: 9898
+    gateways:
+      - istio-system/istio-ingressgateway
+    hosts:
+      - "*"
+  analysis:
+    interval: 15s
+    threshold: 15
+    maxWeight: 30
+    stepWeight: 10
+    sessionAffinity:
+      cookieName: canary-flagger-cookie
+      primaryCookieName: primary-flagger-cookie
+    webhooks:
+      - name: load-test
+        url: http://flagger-loadtester.test/
+        timeout: 5s
+        metadata:
+          type: cmd
+          cmd: "hey -z 10m -q 10 -c 2 http://istio-ingressgateway.istio-system/podinfo"
+          logCmdOutput: "true"
+EOF
+
+echo '>>> Waiting for primary to be ready'
+retries=50
+count=0
+ok=false
+until ${ok}; do
+    kubectl -n test get canary/podinfo | grep 'Initialized' && ok=true || ok=false
+    sleep 5
+    count=$(($count + 1))
+    if [[ ${count} -eq ${retries} ]]; then
+        kubectl -n istio-system logs deployment/flagger
+        echo "No more retries left"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
+echo '✔ Canary initialization test passed'
+
+echo '>>> Port forwarding load balancer'
+INGRESS_GATEWAY_POD=$(kubectl get pods -n istio-system -l app=istio-ingressgateway -o name | awk -F'/' '{print $2}')
+kubectl port-forward -n istio-system "$INGRESS_GATEWAY_POD" 8080:8080 2>&1 > /dev/null &
+pf_pid=$!
+
+cleanup() {
+    echo ">> Killing port forward process ${pf_pid}"
+    kill -9 $pf_pid
+}
+trap "cleanup" EXIT SIGINT
+
+echo '>>> Triggering canary deployment'
+kubectl -n test set image deployment/podinfo podinfod=ghcr.io/stefanprodan/podinfo:6.0.1
+
+echo '>>> Waiting for initial traffic shift'
+retries=50
+count=0
+ok=false
+until ${ok}; do
+    kubectl -n test get canary podinfo -o=jsonpath='{.status.canaryWeight}' | grep '10' && ok=true || ok=false
+    sleep 5
+    kubectl -n istio-system logs deployment/flagger --tail 1
+    count=$(($count + 1))
+    if [[ ${count} -eq ${retries} ]]; then
+        kubectl -n istio-system logs deployment/flagger
+        echo "No more retries left"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
+echo '>>> Verifying session affinity'
+if ! URL=http://localhost:8080 HOST=localhost CANARY_VERSION=6.0.1 \
+  CANARY_COOKIE_NAME=canary-flagger-cookie PRIMARY_VERSION=6.0.0 PRIMARY_COOKIE_NAME=primary-flagger-cookie \
+    go run ${REPO_ROOT}/test/verify_session_affinity.go; then
+    echo "failed to verify session affinity"
+    exit $?
+fi
+
+echo '>>> Waiting for canary promotion'
+retries=50
+count=0
+ok=false
+until ${ok}; do
+    kubectl -n test describe deployment/podinfo-primary | grep '6.0.1' && ok=true || ok=false
+    sleep 10
+    kubectl -n istio-system logs deployment/flagger --tail 1
+    count=$(($count + 1))
+    if [[ ${count} -eq ${retries} ]]; then
+        kubectl -n istio-system logs deployment/flagger
+        echo "No more retries left"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
+echo '>>> Waiting for canary finalization'
+retries=50
+count=0
+ok=false
+until ${ok}; do
+    kubectl -n test get canary/podinfo | grep 'Succeeded' && ok=true || ok=false
+    sleep 5
+    count=$(($count + 1))
+    if [[ ${count} -eq ${retries} ]]; then
+        kubectl -n istio-system logs deployment/flagger
+        echo "No more retries left"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
+echo '>>> Verifying cookie cleanup'
+canary_cookie=$(kubectl -n test get canary podinfo -o=jsonpath='{.status.previousSessionAffinityCookie}' | xargs)
+response=$(curl -H "Cookie: $canary_cookie" -D - http://localhost:8080)
+
+if [[ $response == *"$canary_cookie"* ]]; then
+  echo "✔ Found previous cookie in response"
+else
+  echo "⨯ Previous cookie ${canary_cookie} not found in response"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ $response == *"Max-Age=-1"* ]]; then
+  echo "✔ Found Max-Age attribute in cookie"
+else
+  echo "⨯ Max-Age attribute not present in cookie"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo '✔ Canary release with session affinity promotion test passed'
+
+kubectl delete -n test canary podinfo
diff --git a/test/gatewayapi/verify_session_affinity.go b/test/verify_session_affinity.go
similarity index 100%
rename from test/gatewayapi/verify_session_affinity.go
rename to test/verify_session_affinity.go