Bump Charts to 1.0.1-rc2 (#586 )

Fixed missing Kubernetes host version when specified (#585 )
* fix for missing host version * added test * fix test * fix test
2026-02-26 07:44:00 +00:00 · 2025-12-03 11:44:49 +01:00 · 2025-12-03 09:21:27 +01:00 · 2025-11-25 13:48:04 +01:00 · 2025-11-21 16:28:59 +01:00 · 2025-11-17 18:24:57 +01:00
41 changed files with 1081 additions and 577 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      security-events: write # for github/codeql-action/upload-sarif to upload SARIF results
+
    steps:
    - name: Checkout code
      uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -34,4 +38,51 @@ jobs:
      env:
        REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
        REGISTRY: ""
-        
+
+    - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner (k3kcli)
+      uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@0.28.0
+      with:
+        ignore-unfixed: true
+        severity: 'MEDIUM,HIGH,CRITICAL'
+        scan-type: 'fs'
+        scan-ref: 'dist/k3kcli_linux_amd64_v1/k3kcli'
+        format: 'sarif'
+        output: 'trivy-results-k3kcli.sarif'
+
+    - name: Upload Trivy scan results to GitHub Security tab (k3kcli)
+      uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
+      with:
+        sarif_file: trivy-results-k3kcli.sarif
+        category: k3kcli
+
+    - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner (k3k)
+      uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@0.28.0
+      with:
+        ignore-unfixed: true
+        severity: 'MEDIUM,HIGH,CRITICAL'
+        scan-type: 'image'
+        scan-ref: '${{ github.repository }}:v0.0.0-amd64'
+        format: 'sarif'
+        output: 'trivy-results-k3k.sarif'
+
+    - name: Upload Trivy scan results to GitHub Security tab (k3k)
+      uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
+      with:
+        sarif_file: trivy-results-k3k.sarif
+        category: k3k
+
+    - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner (k3k-kubelet)
+      uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@0.28.0
+      with:
+        ignore-unfixed: true
+        severity: 'MEDIUM,HIGH,CRITICAL'
+        scan-type: 'image'
+        scan-ref: '${{ github.repository }}-kubelet:v0.0.0-amd64'
+        format: 'sarif'
+        output: 'trivy-results-k3k-kubelet.sarif'
+
+    - name: Upload Trivy scan results to GitHub Security tab (k3k-kubelet)
+      uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
+      with:
+        sarif_file: trivy-results-k3k-kubelet.sarif
+        category: k3k-kubelet
--- a/.github/workflows/test-conformance-shared.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-conformance-shared.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+name: Conformance Tests - Shared Mode
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 1 * * *"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+    contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  conformance:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        type:
+        - parallel
+        - serial
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+        fetch-tags: true
+
+    - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      with:
+        go-version-file: go.mod
+
+    - name: Install helm
+      uses: azure/setup-helm@v4.3.0
+    
+    - name: Install hydrophone
+      run: go install sigs.k8s.io/hydrophone@latest
+
+    - name: Install k3d and kubectl
+      run: |
+        wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k3d-io/k3d/main/install.sh | bash
+        k3d version
+
+        curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
+
+    - name: Setup Kubernetes (k3d)
+      env:
+        REPO_NAME: k3k-registry
+        REPO_PORT: 12345
+      run: |
+        echo "127.0.0.1 ${REPO_NAME}" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
+
+        k3d registry create ${REPO_NAME} --port ${REPO_PORT}
+        
+        k3d cluster create k3k --servers 2 \
+          -p "30000-30010:30000-30010@server:0" \
+          --registry-use k3d-${REPO_NAME}:${REPO_PORT}
+        
+        kubectl cluster-info
+        kubectl get nodes
+
+    - name: Setup K3k
+      env:
+        REPO: k3k-registry:12345
+      run: |
+        echo "127.0.0.1 k3k-registry" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
+
+        make build
+        make package
+        make push
+
+        # add k3kcli to $PATH
+        echo "${{ github.workspace }}/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
+        VERSION=$(make version)
+        k3d image import ${REPO}/k3k:${VERSION} -c k3k --verbose
+        k3d image import ${REPO}/k3k-kubelet:${VERSION} -c k3k --verbose
+
+        make install
+        
+        echo "Wait for K3k controller to be available"
+        kubectl wait -n k3k-system pod --for condition=Ready -l "app.kubernetes.io/name=k3k" --timeout=5m
+
+    - name: Check k3kcli
+      run: k3kcli -v
+
+    - name: Create virtual cluster
+      run: |
+        kubectl create namespace k3k-mycluster
+
+        cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
+        apiVersion: k3k.io/v1beta1
+        kind: Cluster
+        metadata:
+          name: mycluster
+          namespace: k3k-mycluster
+        spec:
+          mirrorHostNodes: true
+          tlsSANs:
+            - "127.0.0.1"
+          expose:
+            nodePort:
+              serverPort: 30001
+        EOF
+
+        echo "Wait for bootstrap secret to be available"
+        kubectl wait -n k3k-mycluster --for=create secret k3k-mycluster-bootstrap --timeout=5m
+
+        k3kcli kubeconfig generate --name mycluster
+
+        export KUBECONFIG=${{ github.workspace }}/k3k-mycluster-mycluster-kubeconfig.yaml
+        
+        kubectl cluster-info
+        kubectl get nodes
+        kubectl get pods -A
+    
+    - name: Run conformance tests (parallel)
+      if: matrix.type == 'parallel'
+      run: |
+        # Run conformance tests in parallel mode (skipping serial)
+        hydrophone --conformance --parallel 4 --skip='\[Serial\]' \
+          --kubeconfig ${{ github.workspace }}/k3k-mycluster-mycluster-kubeconfig.yaml \
+          --output-dir /tmp
+
+    - name: Run conformance tests (serial)
+      if: matrix.type == 'serial'
+      run: |        
+        # Run serial conformance tests
+        hydrophone --focus='\[Serial\].*\[Conformance\]' \
+          --kubeconfig ${{ github.workspace }}/k3k-mycluster-mycluster-kubeconfig.yaml \
+          --output-dir /tmp 
+
+    - name: Archive conformance logs
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      if: always()
+      with:
+        name: conformance-${{ matrix.type }}-logs
+        path: /tmp/e2e.log
+
+    - name: Job Summary
+      if: always()
+      run: |
+        echo '## 📊 Conformance Tests Results (${{ matrix.type }})' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+        echo '| Passed | Failed | Pending | Skipped |'              >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+        echo '|---|---|---|---|'                                    >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+
+        RESULTS=$(tail -10 /tmp/e2e.log | grep -E "Passed .* Failed .* Pending .* Skipped" | cut -d '-' -f 3)
+        RESULTS=$(echo $RESULTS | grep -oE '[0-9]+' | xargs | sed 's/ / | /g')
+        echo "| $RESULTS |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+
+        # only include failed tests section if there are any
+        if grep -q '\[FAIL\]' /tmp/e2e.log; then
+          echo ''                       >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo '### Failed Tests'       >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo '```'                    >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          grep '\[FAIL\]' /tmp/e2e.log  >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo '```'                    >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+        fi
--- a/.github/workflows/test-conformance-virtual.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-conformance-virtual.yaml
@@ -123,3 +123,23 @@ jobs:
      with:
        name: conformance-${{ matrix.type }}-logs
        path: /tmp/e2e.log
+
+    - name: Job Summary
+      if: always()
+      run: |
+        echo '## 📊 Conformance Tests Results (${{ matrix.type }})' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+        echo '| Passed | Failed | Pending | Skipped |'              >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+        echo '|---|---|---|---|'                                    >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+
+        RESULTS=$(tail -10 /tmp/e2e.log | grep -E "Passed .* Failed .* Pending .* Skipped" | cut -d '-' -f 3)
+        RESULTS=$(echo $RESULTS | grep -oE '[0-9]+' | xargs | sed 's/ / | /g')
+        echo "| $RESULTS |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+
+        # only include failed tests section if there are any
+        if grep -q '\[FAIL\]' /tmp/e2e.log; then
+          echo ''                       >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo '### Failed Tests'       >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo '```'                    >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          grep '\[FAIL\]' /tmp/e2e.log  >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo '```'                    >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+        fi
--- a/.github/workflows/test-conformance.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-conformance.yaml
@@ -1,302 +0,0 @@
-name: Conformance Tests
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 1 * * *"
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      test:
-        description: "Run specific test"
-        type: choice
-        options:
-          - conformance
-          - sig-api-machinery
-          - sig-apps
-          - sig-architecture
-          - sig-auth
-          - sig-cli
-          - sig-instrumentation
-          - sig-network
-          - sig-node
-          - sig-scheduling
-          - sig-storage
-
-permissions:
-    contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  conformance:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: inputs.test == '' || inputs.test == 'conformance'
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        type:
-        - parallel
-        - serial
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-        fetch-tags: true
-
-    - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-      with:
-        go-version-file: go.mod
-
-    - name: Install helm
-      uses: azure/setup-helm@v4.3.0
-    
-    - name: Install hydrophone
-      run: go install sigs.k8s.io/hydrophone@latest
-
-    - name: Install k3d and kubectl
-      run: |
-        wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k3d-io/k3d/main/install.sh | bash
-        k3d version
-
-        curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
-
-    - name: Setup Kubernetes (k3d)
-      env:
-        REPO_NAME: k3k-registry
-        REPO_PORT: 12345
-      run: |
-        echo "127.0.0.1 ${REPO_NAME}" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
-
-        k3d registry create ${REPO_NAME} --port ${REPO_PORT}
-        
-        k3d cluster create k3k --servers 3 \
-          -p "30000-30010:30000-30010@server:0" \
-          --registry-use k3d-${REPO_NAME}:${REPO_PORT}
-        
-        kubectl cluster-info
-        kubectl get nodes
-
-    - name: Setup K3k
-      env:
-        REPO: k3k-registry:12345
-      run: |
-        echo "127.0.0.1 k3k-registry" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
-
-        make build
-        make package
-        make push
-
-        # add k3kcli to $PATH
-        echo "${{ github.workspace }}/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-
-        VERSION=$(make version)
-        k3d image import ${REPO}/k3k:${VERSION} -c k3k --verbose
-        k3d image import ${REPO}/k3k-kubelet:${VERSION} -c k3k --verbose
-
-        make install
-        
-        echo "Wait for K3k controller to be available"
-        kubectl wait -n k3k-system pod --for condition=Ready -l "app.kubernetes.io/name=k3k" --timeout=5m
-
-    - name: Check k3kcli
-      run: k3kcli -v
-
-    - name: Create virtual cluster
-      run: |
-        kubectl create namespace k3k-mycluster
-
-        cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
-        apiVersion: k3k.io/v1beta1
-        kind: Cluster
-        metadata:
-          name: mycluster
-          namespace: k3k-mycluster
-        spec:
-          servers: 2
-          mirrorHostNodes: true
-          tlsSANs:
-            - "127.0.0.1"
-          expose:
-            nodePort:
-              serverPort: 30001
-        EOF
-
-        echo "Wait for bootstrap secret to be available"
-        kubectl wait -n k3k-mycluster --for=create secret k3k-mycluster-bootstrap --timeout=5m
-
-        k3kcli kubeconfig generate --name mycluster
-
-        export KUBECONFIG=${{ github.workspace }}/k3k-mycluster-mycluster-kubeconfig.yaml
-        
-        kubectl cluster-info
-        kubectl get nodes
-        kubectl get pods -A
-    
-    - name: Run conformance tests (parallel)
-      if: matrix.type == 'parallel'
-      run: |
-        # Run conformance tests in parallel mode (skipping serial)
-        hydrophone --conformance --parallel 4 --skip='\[Serial\]' \
-          --kubeconfig ${{ github.workspace }}/k3k-mycluster-mycluster-kubeconfig.yaml \
-          --output-dir /tmp
-
-    - name: Run conformance tests (serial)
-      if: matrix.type == 'serial'
-      run: |        
-        # Run serial conformance tests
-        hydrophone --focus='\[Serial\].*\[Conformance\]' \
-          --kubeconfig ${{ github.workspace }}/k3k-mycluster-mycluster-kubeconfig.yaml \
-          --output-dir /tmp 
-
-    - name: Archive conformance logs
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-      if: always()
-      with:
-        name: conformance-${{ matrix.type }}-logs
-        path: /tmp/e2e.log
-
-  sigs:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        tests:
-          - name: sig-api-machinery
-            focus: '\[sig-api-machinery\].*\[Conformance\]'
-          - name: sig-apps
-            focus: '\[sig-apps\].*\[Conformance\]'
-          - name: sig-architecture
-            focus: '\[sig-architecture\].*\[Conformance\]'
-          - name: sig-auth
-            focus: '\[sig-auth\].*\[Conformance\]'
-          - name: sig-cli
-            focus: '\[sig-cli\].*\[Conformance\]'
-          - name: sig-instrumentation
-            focus: '\[sig-instrumentation\].*\[Conformance\]'
-          - name: sig-network
-            focus: '\[sig-network\].*\[Conformance\]'
-          - name: sig-node
-            focus: '\[sig-node\].*\[Conformance\]'
-          - name: sig-scheduling
-            focus: '\[sig-scheduling\].*\[Conformance\]'
-          - name: sig-storage
-            focus: '\[sig-storage\].*\[Conformance\]'
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Validate input and fail fast
-      if: inputs.test != '' && inputs.test != matrix.tests.name
-      run: |
-        echo "Failing this job as it's not the intended target."
-        exit 1
-
-    - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-        fetch-tags: true
-
-    - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-      with:
-        go-version-file: go.mod
-
-    - name: Install helm
-      uses: azure/setup-helm@v4.3.0
-    
-    - name: Install hydrophone
-      run: go install sigs.k8s.io/hydrophone@latest
-
-    - name: Install k3d and kubectl
-      run: |
-        wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k3d-io/k3d/main/install.sh | bash
-        k3d version
-
-        curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
-
-    - name: Setup Kubernetes (k3d)
-      env:
-        REPO_NAME: k3k-registry
-        REPO_PORT: 12345
-      run: |
-        echo "127.0.0.1 ${REPO_NAME}" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
-
-        k3d registry create ${REPO_NAME} --port ${REPO_PORT}
-        
-        k3d cluster create k3k --servers 3 \
-          -p "30000-30010:30000-30010@server:0" \
-          --registry-use k3d-${REPO_NAME}:${REPO_PORT}
-        
-        kubectl cluster-info
-        kubectl get nodes
-
-    - name: Setup K3k
-      env:
-        REPO: k3k-registry:12345
-      run: |
-        echo "127.0.0.1 k3k-registry" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
-
-        make build
-        make package
-        make push
-
-        # add k3kcli to $PATH
-        echo "${{ github.workspace }}/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-
-        VERSION=$(make version)
-        k3d image import ${REPO}/k3k:${VERSION} -c k3k --verbose
-        k3d image import ${REPO}/k3k-kubelet:${VERSION} -c k3k --verbose
-
-        make install
-        
-        echo "Wait for K3k controller to be available"
-        kubectl wait -n k3k-system pod --for condition=Ready -l "app.kubernetes.io/name=k3k" --timeout=5m
-
-    - name: Check k3kcli
-      run: k3kcli -v
-
-    - name: Create virtual cluster
-      run: |
-        kubectl create namespace k3k-mycluster
-
-        cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
-        apiVersion: k3k.io/v1beta1
-        kind: Cluster
-        metadata:
-          name: mycluster
-          namespace: k3k-mycluster
-        spec:
-          servers: 2
-          mirrorHostNodes: true
-          tlsSANs:
-            - "127.0.0.1"
-          expose:
-            nodePort:
-              serverPort: 30001
-        EOF
-
-        echo "Wait for bootstrap secret to be available"
-        kubectl wait -n k3k-mycluster --for=create secret k3k-mycluster-bootstrap --timeout=5m
-
-        k3kcli kubeconfig generate --name mycluster
-
-        export KUBECONFIG=${{ github.workspace }}/k3k-mycluster-mycluster-kubeconfig.yaml
-        
-        kubectl cluster-info
-        kubectl get nodes
-        kubectl get pods -A
-
-    - name: Run sigs tests
-      run: |
-        FOCUS="${{ matrix.tests.focus }}"
-        echo "Running with --focus=${FOCUS}"
-
-        hydrophone --focus "${FOCUS}" \
-          --kubeconfig ${{ github.workspace }}/k3k-mycluster-mycluster-kubeconfig.yaml \
-          --output-dir /tmp
-
-    - name: Archive conformance logs
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-      if: always()
-      with:
-        name: ${{ matrix.tests.name }}-logs
-        path: /tmp/e2e.log
--- a/2
+++ b/2
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ CRD_REF_DOCS := go run github.com/elastic/crd-ref-docs@$(CRD_REF_DOCS_VER)
 ENVTEST ?= go run sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest@$(ENVTEST_VERSION)
 ENVTEST_DIR ?= $(shell pwd)/.envtest

-E2E_LABEL_FILTER ?= "e2e"
+E2E_LABEL_FILTER ?= e2e

 export KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS ?= $(shell $(ENVTEST) use $(ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION) --bin-dir $(ENVTEST_DIR) -p path)

--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # K3k: Kubernetes in Kubernetes

-[![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-experimental-orange.svg)](https://shields.io/)
 [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/rancher/k3k)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/rancher/k3k)
 ![Tests](https://github.com/rancher/k3k/actions/workflows/test.yaml/badge.svg)
 ![Build](https://github.com/rancher/k3k/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg)  
@@ -12,10 +11,6 @@ K3k, Kubernetes in Kubernetes, is a tool that empowers you to create and manage
 K3k integrates seamlessly with Rancher for simplified management of your embedded clusters.


-**Experimental Tool**
-
-This project is still under development and is considered experimental. It may have limitations, bugs, or changes. Please use with caution and report any issues you encounter. We appreciate your feedback as we continue to refine and improve this tool.
-

 ## Features and Benefits

@@ -60,7 +55,7 @@ This section provides instructions on how to install K3k and the `k3kcli`.
   helm install --namespace k3k-system --create-namespace k3k k3k/k3k
   ```

-**NOTE:** K3k is currently under development. We recommend using the latest released version when possible.
+We recommend using the latest released version when possible.


 ### Install the `k3kcli`
@@ -72,7 +67,7 @@ To install it, simply download the latest available version for your architectur
 For example, you can download the Linux amd64 version with:

 ```
-wget -qO k3kcli https://github.com/rancher/k3k/releases/download/v0.3.5/k3kcli-linux-amd64 && \
+wget -qO k3kcli https://github.com/rancher/k3k/releases/download/v1.0.0/k3kcli-linux-amd64 && \
  chmod +x k3kcli && \
  sudo mv k3kcli /usr/local/bin
 ```
@@ -80,7 +75,7 @@ wget -qO k3kcli https://github.com/rancher/k3k/releases/download/v0.3.5/k3kcli-l
 You should now be able to run:
 ```bash
 -> % k3kcli --version
-k3kcli version v0.3.5
+k3kcli version v1.0.0
 ```


--- a/charts/k3k/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/k3k/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: k3k
 description: A Helm chart for K3K
 type: application
-version: 1.0.0-rc3
-appVersion: v1.0.0-rc3
+version: 1.0.1-rc2
+appVersion: v1.0.1-rc2
--- a/charts/k3k/templates/crds/k3k.io_clusters.yaml
+++ b/charts/k3k/templates/crds/k3k.io_clusters.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
  annotations:
+    helm.sh/resource-policy: keep
    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.16.0
  name: clusters.k3k.io
 spec:
--- a/charts/k3k/templates/crds/k3k.io_virtualclusterpolicies.yaml
+++ b/charts/k3k/templates/crds/k3k.io_virtualclusterpolicies.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
  annotations:
+    helm.sh/resource-policy: keep
    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.16.0
  name: virtualclusterpolicies.k3k.io
 spec:
--- a/cli/cmds/cluster_create.go
+++ b/cli/cmds/cluster_create.go
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 package cmds

 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
+	"text/template"
 	"time"

 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -37,6 +39,8 @@ type CreateConfig struct {
 	agentArgs            []string
 	serverEnvs           []string
 	agentEnvs            []string
+	labels               []string
+	annotations          []string
 	persistenceType      string
 	storageClassName     string
 	storageRequestSize   string
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ func createAction(appCtx *AppContext, config *CreateConfig) func(cmd *cobra.Comm
 			}
 		}

-		logrus.Infof("Creating cluster [%s] in namespace [%s]", name, namespace)
+		logrus.Infof("Creating cluster '%s' in namespace '%s'", name, namespace)

 		cluster := newCluster(name, namespace, config)

@@ -134,19 +138,30 @@ func createAction(appCtx *AppContext, config *CreateConfig) func(cmd *cobra.Comm

 		if err := client.Create(ctx, cluster); err != nil {
 			if apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
-				logrus.Infof("Cluster [%s] already exists", name)
+				logrus.Infof("Cluster '%s' already exists", name)
 			} else {
 				return err
 			}
 		}

+		if err := waitForClusterReconciled(ctx, client, cluster, config.timeout); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to wait for cluster to be reconciled: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		clusterDetails, err := printClusterDetails(cluster)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to print cluster details: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		logrus.Info(clusterDetails)
+
 		logrus.Infof("Waiting for cluster to be available..")

-		if err := waitForCluster(ctx, client, cluster, config.timeout); err != nil {
+		if err := waitForClusterReady(ctx, client, cluster, config.timeout); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to wait for cluster to become ready (status: %s): %w", cluster.Status.Phase, err)
 		}

-		logrus.Infof("Extracting Kubeconfig for [%s] cluster", name)
+		logrus.Infof("Extracting Kubeconfig for '%s' cluster", name)

 		// retry every 5s for at most 2m, or 25 times
 		availableBackoff := wait.Backoff{
@@ -173,8 +188,10 @@ func createAction(appCtx *AppContext, config *CreateConfig) func(cmd *cobra.Comm
 func newCluster(name, namespace string, config *CreateConfig) *v1beta1.Cluster {
 	cluster := &v1beta1.Cluster{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:      name,
-			Namespace: namespace,
+			Name:        name,
+			Namespace:   namespace,
+			Labels:      parseKeyValuePairs(config.labels, "label"),
+			Annotations: parseKeyValuePairs(config.annotations, "annotation"),
 		},
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
 			Kind:       "Cluster",
@@ -257,7 +274,18 @@ func env(envSlice []string) []v1.EnvVar {
 	return envVars
 }

-func waitForCluster(ctx context.Context, k8sClient client.Client, cluster *v1beta1.Cluster, timeout time.Duration) error {
+func waitForClusterReconciled(ctx context.Context, k8sClient client.Client, cluster *v1beta1.Cluster, timeout time.Duration) error {
+	return wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, time.Second, timeout, false, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+		key := client.ObjectKeyFromObject(cluster)
+		if err := k8sClient.Get(ctx, key, cluster); err != nil {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to get resource: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		return cluster.Status.HostVersion != "", nil
+	})
+}
+
+func waitForClusterReady(ctx context.Context, k8sClient client.Client, cluster *v1beta1.Cluster, timeout time.Duration) error {
 	interval := 5 * time.Second

 	return wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, interval, timeout, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
@@ -341,3 +369,73 @@ func caCertSecret(certName, clusterName, clusterNamespace string, cert, key []by
 		},
 	}
 }
+
+func parseKeyValuePairs(pairs []string, pairType string) map[string]string {
+	resultMap := make(map[string]string)
+
+	for _, p := range pairs {
+		var k, v string
+
+		keyValue := strings.SplitN(p, "=", 2)
+
+		k = keyValue[0]
+		if len(keyValue) == 2 {
+			v = keyValue[1]
+		}
+
+		resultMap[k] = v
+
+		logrus.Debugf("Adding '%s=%s' %s to Cluster", k, v, pairType)
+	}
+
+	return resultMap
+}
+
+const clusterDetailsTemplate = `Cluster details:
+  Mode: {{ .Mode }}
+  Servers: {{ .Servers }}{{ if .Agents }}
+  Agents: {{ .Agents }}{{ end }}
+  Version: {{ if .Version }}{{ .Version }}{{ else }}{{ .HostVersion }}{{ end }} (Host: {{ .HostVersion }})
+  Persistence:
+    Type: {{.Persistence.Type}}{{ if .Persistence.StorageClassName }}
+    StorageClass: {{ .Persistence.StorageClassName }}{{ end }}{{ if .Persistence.StorageRequestSize }}
+    Size: {{ .Persistence.StorageRequestSize }}{{ end }}`
+
+func printClusterDetails(cluster *v1beta1.Cluster) (string, error) {
+	type templateData struct {
+		Mode        v1beta1.ClusterMode
+		Servers     int32
+		Agents      int32
+		Version     string
+		HostVersion string
+		Persistence struct {
+			Type               v1beta1.PersistenceMode
+			StorageClassName   string
+			StorageRequestSize string
+		}
+	}
+
+	data := templateData{
+		Mode:        cluster.Spec.Mode,
+		Servers:     ptr.Deref(cluster.Spec.Servers, 0),
+		Agents:      ptr.Deref(cluster.Spec.Agents, 0),
+		Version:     cluster.Spec.Version,
+		HostVersion: cluster.Status.HostVersion,
+	}
+
+	data.Persistence.Type = cluster.Spec.Persistence.Type
+	data.Persistence.StorageClassName = ptr.Deref(cluster.Spec.Persistence.StorageClassName, "")
+	data.Persistence.StorageRequestSize = cluster.Spec.Persistence.StorageRequestSize
+
+	tmpl, err := template.New("clusterDetails").Parse(clusterDetailsTemplate)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	if err = tmpl.Execute(&buf, data); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return buf.String(), nil
+}
--- a/cli/cmds/cluster_create_flags.go
+++ b/cli/cmds/cluster_create_flags.go
@@ -17,13 +17,15 @@ func createFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, cfg *CreateConfig) {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&cfg.clusterCIDR, "cluster-cidr", "", "cluster CIDR")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&cfg.serviceCIDR, "service-cidr", "", "service CIDR")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cfg.mirrorHostNodes, "mirror-host-nodes", false, "Mirror Host Cluster Nodes")
-	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&cfg.persistenceType, "persistence-type", string(v1beta1.DynamicPersistenceMode), "persistence mode for the nodes (dynamic, ephemeral, static)")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&cfg.persistenceType, "persistence-type", string(v1beta1.DynamicPersistenceMode), "persistence mode for the nodes (dynamic, ephemeral)")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&cfg.storageClassName, "storage-class-name", "", "storage class name for dynamic persistence type")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&cfg.storageRequestSize, "storage-request-size", "", "storage size for dynamic persistence type")
 	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&cfg.serverArgs, "server-args", []string{}, "servers extra arguments")
 	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&cfg.agentArgs, "agent-args", []string{}, "agents extra arguments")
 	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&cfg.serverEnvs, "server-envs", []string{}, "servers extra Envs")
 	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&cfg.agentEnvs, "agent-envs", []string{}, "agents extra Envs")
+	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&cfg.labels, "labels", []string{}, "Labels to add to the cluster object (e.g. key=value)")
+	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&cfg.annotations, "annotations", []string{}, "Annotations to add to the cluster object (e.g. key=value)")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&cfg.version, "version", "", "k3s version")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&cfg.mode, "mode", "shared", "k3k mode type (shared, virtual)")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&cfg.kubeconfigServerHost, "kubeconfig-server", "", "override the kubeconfig server host")
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ func validateCreateConfig(cfg *CreateConfig) error {
 		case v1beta1.EphemeralPersistenceMode, v1beta1.DynamicPersistenceMode:
 			return nil
 		default:
-			return errors.New(`persistence-type should be one of "dynamic", "ephemeral" or "static"`)
+			return errors.New(`persistence-type should be one of "dynamic" or "ephemeral"`)
 		}
 	}

--- a/cli/cmds/cluster_create_test.go
+++ b/cli/cmds/cluster_create_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package cmds
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
+
+	"github.com/rancher/k3k/pkg/apis/k3k.io/v1beta1"
+)
+
+func Test_printClusterDetails(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		cluster *v1beta1.Cluster
+		want    string
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "simple cluster",
+			cluster: &v1beta1.Cluster{
+				Spec: v1beta1.ClusterSpec{
+					Mode:    v1beta1.SharedClusterMode,
+					Version: "123",
+					Persistence: v1beta1.PersistenceConfig{
+						Type: v1beta1.DynamicPersistenceMode,
+					},
+				},
+				Status: v1beta1.ClusterStatus{
+					HostVersion: "456",
+				},
+			},
+			want: `Cluster details:
+  Mode: shared
+  Servers: 0
+  Version: 123 (Host: 456)
+  Persistence:
+    Type: dynamic`,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "simple cluster with no version",
+			cluster: &v1beta1.Cluster{
+				Spec: v1beta1.ClusterSpec{
+					Mode: v1beta1.SharedClusterMode,
+					Persistence: v1beta1.PersistenceConfig{
+						Type: v1beta1.DynamicPersistenceMode,
+					},
+				},
+				Status: v1beta1.ClusterStatus{
+					HostVersion: "456",
+				},
+			},
+			want: `Cluster details:
+  Mode: shared
+  Servers: 0
+  Version: 456 (Host: 456)
+  Persistence:
+    Type: dynamic`,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "cluster with agents",
+			cluster: &v1beta1.Cluster{
+				Spec: v1beta1.ClusterSpec{
+					Mode:   v1beta1.SharedClusterMode,
+					Agents: ptr.To[int32](3),
+					Persistence: v1beta1.PersistenceConfig{
+						Type:               v1beta1.DynamicPersistenceMode,
+						StorageClassName:   ptr.To("local-path"),
+						StorageRequestSize: "3gb",
+					},
+				},
+				Status: v1beta1.ClusterStatus{
+					HostVersion: "456",
+				},
+			},
+			want: `Cluster details:
+  Mode: shared
+  Servers: 0
+  Agents: 3
+  Version: 456 (Host: 456)
+  Persistence:
+    Type: dynamic
+    StorageClass: local-path
+    Size: 3gb`,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			clusterDetails, err := printClusterDetails(tt.cluster)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, clusterDetails)
+		})
+	}
+}
--- a/cli/cmds/cluster_delete.go
+++ b/cli/cmds/cluster_delete.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func delete(appCtx *AppContext) func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

 		namespace := appCtx.Namespace(name)

-		logrus.Infof("Deleting [%s] cluster in namespace [%s]", name, namespace)
+		logrus.Infof("Deleting '%s' cluster in namespace '%s'", name, namespace)

 		cluster := v1beta1.Cluster{
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
--- a/cli/cmds/policy_create.go
+++ b/cli/cmds/policy_create.go
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ import (
 )

 type VirtualClusterPolicyCreateConfig struct {
-	mode string
+	mode        string
+	labels      []string
+	annotations []string
+	namespaces  []string
+	overwrite   bool
 }

 func NewPolicyCreateCmd(appCtx *AppContext) *cobra.Command {
@@ -41,6 +45,10 @@ func NewPolicyCreateCmd(appCtx *AppContext) *cobra.Command {
 	}

 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&config.mode, "mode", "shared", "The allowed mode type of the policy")
+	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&config.labels, "labels", []string{}, "Labels to add to the policy object (e.g. key=value)")
+	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&config.annotations, "annotations", []string{}, "Annotations to add to the policy object (e.g. key=value)")
+	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&config.namespaces, "namespace", []string{}, "The namespaces where to bind the policy")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&config.overwrite, "overwrite", false, "Overwrite namespace binding of existing policy")

 	return cmd
 }
@@ -51,9 +59,12 @@ func policyCreateAction(appCtx *AppContext, config *VirtualClusterPolicyCreateCo
 		client := appCtx.Client
 		policyName := args[0]

-		_, err := createPolicy(ctx, client, v1beta1.ClusterMode(config.mode), policyName)
+		_, err := createPolicy(ctx, client, config, policyName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}

-		return err
+		return bindPolicyToNamespaces(ctx, client, config, policyName)
 	}
 }

@@ -71,7 +82,7 @@ func createNamespace(ctx context.Context, client client.Client, name, policyName
 			return err
 		}

-		logrus.Infof(`Creating namespace [%s]`, name)
+		logrus.Infof(`Creating namespace '%s'`, name)

 		if err := client.Create(ctx, ns); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -81,19 +92,21 @@ func createNamespace(ctx context.Context, client client.Client, name, policyName
 	return nil
 }

-func createPolicy(ctx context.Context, client client.Client, mode v1beta1.ClusterMode, policyName string) (*v1beta1.VirtualClusterPolicy, error) {
-	logrus.Infof("Creating policy [%s]", policyName)
+func createPolicy(ctx context.Context, client client.Client, config *VirtualClusterPolicyCreateConfig, policyName string) (*v1beta1.VirtualClusterPolicy, error) {
+	logrus.Infof("Creating policy '%s'", policyName)

 	policy := &v1beta1.VirtualClusterPolicy{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name: policyName,
+			Name:        policyName,
+			Labels:      parseKeyValuePairs(config.labels, "label"),
+			Annotations: parseKeyValuePairs(config.annotations, "annotation"),
 		},
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
 			Kind:       "VirtualClusterPolicy",
 			APIVersion: "k3k.io/v1beta1",
 		},
 		Spec: v1beta1.VirtualClusterPolicySpec{
-			AllowedMode: mode,
+			AllowedMode: v1beta1.ClusterMode(config.mode),
 		},
 	}

@@ -102,8 +115,67 @@ func createPolicy(ctx context.Context, client client.Client, mode v1beta1.Cluste
 			return nil, err
 		}

-		logrus.Infof("Policy [%s] already exists", policyName)
+		logrus.Infof("Policy '%s' already exists", policyName)
 	}

 	return policy, nil
 }
+
+func bindPolicyToNamespaces(ctx context.Context, client client.Client, config *VirtualClusterPolicyCreateConfig, policyName string) error {
+	var errs []error
+
+	for _, namespace := range config.namespaces {
+		var ns v1.Namespace
+		if err := client.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: namespace}, &ns); err != nil {
+			if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+				logrus.Warnf(`Namespace '%s' not found, skipping`, namespace)
+			} else {
+				errs = append(errs, err)
+			}
+
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if ns.Labels == nil {
+			ns.Labels = map[string]string{}
+		}
+
+		oldPolicy := ns.Labels[policy.PolicyNameLabelKey]
+
+		// same policy found, no need to update
+		if oldPolicy == policyName {
+			logrus.Debugf(`Policy '%s' already bound to namespace '%s'`, policyName, namespace)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// no old policy, safe to update
+		if oldPolicy == "" {
+			if err := client.Update(ctx, &ns); err != nil {
+				errs = append(errs, err)
+			} else {
+				logrus.Infof(`Added policy '%s' to namespace '%s'`, policyName, namespace)
+			}
+
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// different policy, warn or check for overwrite flag
+		if oldPolicy != policyName {
+			if config.overwrite {
+				logrus.Infof(`Found policy '%s' bound to namespace '%s'. Overwriting it with '%s'`, oldPolicy, namespace, policyName)
+
+				ns.Labels[policy.PolicyNameLabelKey] = policyName
+
+				if err := client.Update(ctx, &ns); err != nil {
+					errs = append(errs, err)
+				} else {
+					logrus.Infof(`Added policy '%s' to namespace '%s'`, policyName, namespace)
+				}
+			} else {
+				logrus.Warnf(`Found policy '%s' bound to namespace '%s'. Skipping. To overwrite it use the --overwrite flag`, oldPolicy, namespace)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return errors.Join(errs...)
+}
--- a/cli/cmds/policy_delete.go
+++ b/cli/cmds/policy_delete.go
@@ -31,13 +31,17 @@ func policyDeleteAction(appCtx *AppContext) func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []stri
 		policy.Name = name

 		if err := client.Delete(ctx, policy); err != nil {
-			if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
-				logrus.Warnf("Policy not found")
-			} else {
+			if !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 				return err
 			}
+
+			logrus.Warnf("Policy '%s' not found", name)
+
+			return nil
 		}

+		logrus.Infof("Policy '%s' deleted", name)
+
 		return nil
 	}
 }
--- a/cli/cmds/root.go
+++ b/cli/cmds/root.go
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ func NewRootCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	appCtx := &AppContext{}

 	rootCmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:     "k3kcli",
-		Short:   "CLI for K3K",
-		Version: buildinfo.Version,
+		SilenceUsage: true,
+		Use:          "k3kcli",
+		Short:        "CLI for K3K",
+		Version:      buildinfo.Version,
 		PersistentPreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			InitializeConfig(cmd)

--- a/docs/cli/k3kcli_cluster_create.md
+++ b/docs/cli/k3kcli_cluster_create.md
@@ -18,14 +18,16 @@ k3kcli cluster create [command options] NAME
      --agent-args strings            agents extra arguments
      --agent-envs strings            agents extra Envs
      --agents int                    number of agents
+      --annotations stringArray       Annotations to add to the cluster object (e.g. key=value)
      --cluster-cidr string           cluster CIDR
      --custom-certs string           The path for custom certificate directory
  -h, --help                          help for create
      --kubeconfig-server string      override the kubeconfig server host
+      --labels stringArray            Labels to add to the cluster object (e.g. key=value)
      --mirror-host-nodes             Mirror Host Cluster Nodes
      --mode string                   k3k mode type (shared, virtual) (default "shared")
  -n, --namespace string              namespace of the k3k cluster
-      --persistence-type string       persistence mode for the nodes (dynamic, ephemeral, static) (default "dynamic")
+      --persistence-type string       persistence mode for the nodes (dynamic, ephemeral) (default "dynamic")
      --policy string                 The policy to create the cluster in
      --server-args strings           servers extra arguments
      --server-envs strings           servers extra Envs
--- a/docs/cli/k3kcli_policy_create.md
+++ b/docs/cli/k3kcli_policy_create.md
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@ k3kcli policy create [command options] NAME
 ### Options

 ```
-  -h, --help          help for create
-      --mode string   The allowed mode type of the policy (default "shared")
+      --annotations stringArray   Annotations to add to the policy object (e.g. key=value)
+  -h, --help                      help for create
+      --labels stringArray        Labels to add to the policy object (e.g. key=value)
+      --mode string               The allowed mode type of the policy (default "shared")
+      --namespace strings         The namespaces where to bind the policy
+      --overwrite                 Overwrite namespace binding of existing policy
 ```

 ### Options inherited from parent commands
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/rancher/k3k

-go 1.24.2
+go 1.24.10

 replace (
 	github.com/google/cel-go => github.com/google/cel-go v0.20.1
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0
 	github.com/rancher/dynamiclistener v1.27.5
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
-	github.com/spf13/viper v1.20.1
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.1
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.10
+	github.com/spf13/viper v1.21.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v0.35.0
 	github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/modules/k3s v0.35.0
 	github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet v1.11.1-0.20250530103808-c9f64e872803
@@ -28,17 +30,17 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	helm.sh/helm/v3 v3.14.4
-	k8s.io/api v0.31.4
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.31.4
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.4
-	k8s.io/apiserver v0.31.4
-	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.31.4
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.31.4
-	k8s.io/component-base v0.31.4
-	k8s.io/component-helpers v0.31.4
-	k8s.io/kubectl v0.31.4
-	k8s.io/kubelet v0.31.4
-	k8s.io/kubernetes v1.31.4
+	k8s.io/api v0.31.13
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.31.13
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.13
+	k8s.io/apiserver v0.31.13
+	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.31.13
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.31.13
+	k8s.io/component-base v0.31.13
+	k8s.io/component-helpers v0.31.13
+	k8s.io/kubectl v0.31.13
+	k8s.io/kubelet v0.31.13
+	k8s.io/kubernetes v1.31.13
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104100929-3ea5e8cea738
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.4
 )
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/exponent-io/jsonpath v0.0.0-20210407135951-1de76d718b3f // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0 // indirect
 	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 // indirect
-	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-errors/errors v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-gorp/gorp/v3 v3.1.0 // indirect
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.23.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/v3 v3.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.2.1 // indirect
+	github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.3 // indirect
+	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.4 // indirect
 	github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
@@ -164,15 +166,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	github.com/rubenv/sql-migrate v1.7.1 // indirect
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.11.0 // indirect
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3 v3.23.12 // indirect
 	github.com/shoenig/go-m1cpu v0.1.6 // indirect
 	github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.4.0 // indirect
-	github.com/sourcegraph/conc v0.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/afero v1.12.0 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.1 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1
-	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6
+	github.com/sourcegraph/conc v0.3.1-0.20240121214520-5f936abd7ae8 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/afero v1.15.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/cast v1.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/stoewer/go-strcase v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.12 // indirect
@@ -196,16 +196,17 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.3.1 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.38.0 // indirect
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.40.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.40.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.42.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.14.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.33.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.32.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.25.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.16.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.34.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.33.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.28.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.9.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.26.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.35.0 // indirect
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20241209162323-e6fa225c2576 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241223144023-3abc09e42ca8 // indirect
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.2.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
-	k8s.io/kms v0.31.4 // indirect
+	k8s.io/kms v0.31.13 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20241105132330-32ad38e42d3f // indirect
 	oras.land/oras-go v1.2.5 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.31.0 // indirect
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ github.com/foxcpp/go-mockdns v1.0.0 h1:7jBqxd3WDWwi/6WhDvacvH1XsN3rOLXyHM1uhvIx6
 github.com/foxcpp/go-mockdns v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lgRN6+KxQBawyIghpnl5CezHFGS9VLzvtVlwxvzXTQ4=
 github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.6 h1:7Xjx+VpznH+oBnejlPUj8oUpdxnVs4f8XU8WnHkI4W8=
 github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.6/go.mod h1:4ptaffx2x8+WTWXmUCuVU6aPUX1/Mz7zb5vbUoiM6w0=
-github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.8.0 h1:dAwr6QBTBZIkG8roQaJjGof0pp0EeF+tNV7YBP3F/8M=
-github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:8jBTzvmWwFyi3Pb8djgCCO5IBqzKJ/Jwo8TRcHyHii0=
+github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0 h1:2Ml+OJNzbYCTzsxtv8vKSFD9PbJjmhYF14k/jKC7S9k=
+github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:8jBTzvmWwFyi3Pb8djgCCO5IBqzKJ/Jwo8TRcHyHii0=
 github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0 h1:iM5WgngdRBanHcxugY4JySA0nk1wZorNOpTgCMedv5E=
 github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0/go.mod h1:pxXPTn3joSm21Gbwsv0w9OSA2y1HFR9qXEeXQVeNoDQ=
 github.com/go-errors/errors v1.4.2 h1:J6MZopCL4uSllY1OfXM374weqZFFItUbrImctkmUxIA=
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.8.1 h1:LedoTUt/eveggdHS9qUFC1EFSa8bU2+1pZjSRpv
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.8.1/go.mod h1:wEBSXgmK//2ZFJyE+qWnIsVGmvmEKlqwuVSjsCm7DZg=
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/v3 v3.0.0 h1:sUs3vkvUymDpBKi3qH1YSqBQk9+9D/8M2mN1vB6EwHI=
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:W848ghGpv3Qj3dhTPRyJypKRiqCdHZiAzKg9hl15HA8=
-github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.2.1 h1:ZAaOCxANMuZx5RCeg0mBdEZk7DZasvvZIxtHqx8aGss=
-github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:oJDH3BJKyqBA2TXFhDsKDGDTlndYOZ6rGS0BRZIxGhM=
+github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.4.0 h1:EBsztssimR/CONLSZZ04E8qAkxNYq4Qp9LvH92wZUgs=
+github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:oJDH3BJKyqBA2TXFhDsKDGDTlndYOZ6rGS0BRZIxGhM=
 github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3 h1:A4xDbljILXROh+kObIiy5kIaPYD8e96x1tgBhUI5J+Y=
 github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3/go.mod h1:d3Ez4x06l9bZtSvzIay5+Yzi0fmZzPgnTbPcKjJAkT8=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
@@ -353,8 +353,8 @@ github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0JzlMkj0TRzQZfJkVvzbP0HBR3IKzErnv2BNG4W4MAM=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0 h1:8SG7/vwALn54lVB/0yZ/MMwhFrPYtpEHQb2IpWsCzug=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0/go.mod h1:W4s4sFTMaBeK1BQLXbG4AdM2szdn85PY75RI83NrTrM=
-github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.3 h1:YmeHyLY8mFWbdkNWwpr+qIL2bEqT0o95WSdkNHvL12M=
-github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.3/go.mod h1:MfCQTFTvCcUyyvvwm1+G6H/jORL20Xlb6rzQu9GuUkc=
+github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.4 h1:mye9XuhQ6gvn5h28+VilKrrPoQVanw5PMw/TB0t5Ec4=
+github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.4/go.mod h1:2gIqNv+qfxSVS7cM2xJQKtLSTLUE9V8t9Stt+h56mCY=
 github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible h1:UBdAOUP5p4RWqPBg048CAvpKN+vxiaj6gdUUzhl4XmI=
 github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:uqqh8zWWbv1HBMNONnaR/tNboyR3/BZd58JJSHlUSCU=
 github.com/phayes/freeport v0.0.0-20220201140144-74d24b5ae9f5 h1:Ii+DKncOVM8Cu1Hc+ETb5K+23HdAMvESYE3ZJ5b5cMI=
@@ -388,8 +388,8 @@ github.com/rubenv/sql-migrate v1.7.1 h1:f/o0WgfO/GqNuVg+6801K/KW3WdDSupzSjDYODmi
 github.com/rubenv/sql-migrate v1.7.1/go.mod h1:Ob2Psprc0/3ggbM6wCzyYVFFuc6FyZrb2AS+ezLDFb4=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 h1:JIOH55/0cWyOuilr9/qlrm0BSXldqnqwMsf35Ld67mk=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
-github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.7.0 h1:5MqpDsTGNDhY8sGp0Aowyf0qKsPrhewaLSsFaodPcyo=
-github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.7.0/go.mod h1:2za3Cg5rMaTMoG/2Ulr9AwtFaIppKXTRYnozin4aB5k=
+github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.11.0 h1:1iurJgmM9G3PA/I+wWYIOw/5SyBtxapeHDcg+AAIFXc=
+github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.11.0/go.mod h1:nVIGvgyzw595SUSUE6tvCp3YYTeHs15MvlmU87WwIik=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.2.0 h1:XU+rvMAioB0UC3q1MFrIQy4Vo5/4VsRDQQXHsEya6xQ=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.2.0/go.mod h1:STckp+ISIX8hZLjrqAeVduY0gWCT9IjLuqbuNXdaHfM=
 github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3 v3.23.12 h1:z90NtUkp3bMtmICZKpC4+WaknU1eXtp5vtbQ11DgpE4=
@@ -404,18 +404,19 @@ github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 h1:dueUQJ1C2q9oE3F7wvmSGAaVtTmUizReu6fjN8uqzbQ
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3/go.mod h1:naHLuLoDiP4jHNo9R0sCBMtWGeIprob74mVsIT4qYEQ=
 github.com/soheilhy/cmux v0.1.5 h1:jjzc5WVemNEDTLwv9tlmemhC73tI08BNOIGwBOo10Js=
 github.com/soheilhy/cmux v0.1.5/go.mod h1:T7TcVDs9LWfQgPlPsdngu6I6QIoyIFZDDC6sNE1GqG0=
-github.com/sourcegraph/conc v0.3.0 h1:OQTbbt6P72L20UqAkXXuLOj79LfEanQ+YQFNpLA9ySo=
-github.com/sourcegraph/conc v0.3.0/go.mod h1:Sdozi7LEKbFPqYX2/J+iBAM6HpqSLTASQIKqDmF7Mt0=
-github.com/spf13/afero v1.12.0 h1:UcOPyRBYczmFn6yvphxkn9ZEOY65cpwGKb5mL36mrqs=
-github.com/spf13/afero v1.12.0/go.mod h1:ZTlWwG4/ahT8W7T0WQ5uYmjI9duaLQGy3Q2OAl4sk/4=
-github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.1 h1:cuNEagBQEHWN1FnbGEjCXL2szYEXqfJPbP2HNUaca9Y=
-github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.1/go.mod h1:ancEpBxwJDODSW/UG4rDrAqiKolqNNh2DX3mk86cAdo=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1 h1:CXSaggrXdbHK9CF+8ywj8Amf7PBRmPCOJugH954Nnlo=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1/go.mod h1:nDyEzZ8ogv936Cinf6g1RU9MRY64Ir93oCnqb9wxYW0=
-github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6 h1:jFzHGLGAlb3ruxLB8MhbI6A8+AQX/2eW4qeyNZXNp2o=
-github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
-github.com/spf13/viper v1.20.1 h1:ZMi+z/lvLyPSCoNtFCpqjy0S4kPbirhpTMwl8BkW9X4=
-github.com/spf13/viper v1.20.1/go.mod h1:P9Mdzt1zoHIG8m2eZQinpiBjo6kCmZSKBClNNqjJvu4=
+github.com/sourcegraph/conc v0.3.1-0.20240121214520-5f936abd7ae8 h1:+jumHNA0Wrelhe64i8F6HNlS8pkoyMv5sreGx2Ry5Rw=
+github.com/sourcegraph/conc v0.3.1-0.20240121214520-5f936abd7ae8/go.mod h1:3n1Cwaq1E1/1lhQhtRK2ts/ZwZEhjcQeJQ1RuC6Q/8U=
+github.com/spf13/afero v1.15.0 h1:b/YBCLWAJdFWJTN9cLhiXXcD7mzKn9Dm86dNnfyQw1I=
+github.com/spf13/afero v1.15.0/go.mod h1:NC2ByUVxtQs4b3sIUphxK0NioZnmxgyCrfzeuq8lxMg=
+github.com/spf13/cast v1.10.0 h1:h2x0u2shc1QuLHfxi+cTJvs30+ZAHOGRic8uyGTDWxY=
+github.com/spf13/cast v1.10.0/go.mod h1:jNfB8QC9IA6ZuY2ZjDp0KtFO2LZZlg4S/7bzP6qqeHo=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.1 h1:lJeBwCfmrnXthfAupyUTzJ/J4Nc1RsHC/mSRU2dll/s=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.1/go.mod h1:7SmJGaTHFVBY0jW4NXGluQoLvhqFQM+6XSKD+P4XaB0=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.9/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.10 h1:4EBh2KAYBwaONj6b2Ye1GiHfwjqyROoF4RwYO+vPwFk=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.10/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
+github.com/spf13/viper v1.21.0 h1:x5S+0EU27Lbphp4UKm1C+1oQO+rKx36vfCoaVebLFSU=
+github.com/spf13/viper v1.21.0/go.mod h1:P0lhsswPGWD/1lZJ9ny3fYnVqxiegrlNrEmgLjbTCAY=
 github.com/stoewer/go-strcase v1.3.0 h1:g0eASXYtp+yvN9fK8sH94oCIk0fau9uV1/ZdJ0AVEzs=
 github.com/stoewer/go-strcase v1.3.0/go.mod h1:fAH5hQ5pehh+j3nZfvwdk2RgEgQjAoM8wodgtPmh1xo=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
@@ -433,8 +434,9 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 h1:7s2iGBzp5EwR7/aIZr8ao5+dra3wiQyKjjFuvgVKu7U=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1/go.mod h1:wZwfW3scLgRK+23gO65QZefKpKQRnfz6sD981Nm4B6U=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0 h1:9NlTDc1FTs4qu0DDq7AEtTPNw6SVm7uBMsUCUjABIf8=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0/go.mod h1:Dk4QP5c2W3ibzajGcXpNraDfq2IrhjMIvMSWPKKo0FU=
 github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v0.35.0 h1:uADsZpTKFAtp8SLK+hMwSaa+X+JiERHtd4sQAFmXeMo=
@@ -520,6 +522,8 @@ go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 h1:blXXJkSxSSfBVBlC76pxqeO+LN3aDfLQo+309xJstO0=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0/go.mod h1:20+QtiLqy0Nd6FdQB9TLXag12DsQkrbs3htMFfDN80Y=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 h1:aJMhYGrd5QSmlpLMr2MftRKl7t8J8PTZPA732ud/XR8=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0/go.mod h1:GB2qFLM7cTU87MWRP2mPIjqfIDnGu+VIO4V/SdhGo2E=
+go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 h1:tfq32ie2Jv2UxXFdLJdh3jXuOzWiL1fo0bu/FbuKpbc=
+go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4/go.mod h1:DhzuOOF2ATzADvBadXxruRBLzYTpT36CKvDb3+aBEFg=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
@@ -527,8 +531,9 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5y
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.13.0/go.mod h1:y6Z2r+Rw4iayiXXAIxJIDAJ1zMW4yaTpebo8fPOliYc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0/go.mod h1:Iy9bg/ha4yyC70EfRS8jz+B6ybOBKMaSxLj6P6oBDfU=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.23.0/go.mod h1:CKFgDieR+mRhux2Lsu27y0fO304Db0wZe70UKqHu0v8=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.38.0 h1:jt+WWG8IZlBnVbomuhg2Mdq0+BBQaHbtqHEFEigjUV8=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.38.0/go.mod h1:MvrbAqul58NNYPKnOra203SB9vpuZW0e+RRZV+Ggqjw=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.40.0 h1:r4x+VvoG5Fm+eJcxMaY8CQM7Lb0l1lsmjGBQ6s8BfKM=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.40.0/go.mod h1:Qr1vMER5WyS2dfPHAlsOj01wgLbsyWtFn/aY+5+ZdxY=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56 h1:2dVuKD2vS7b0QIHQbpyTISPd0LeHDbnYEryqj5Q1ug8=
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@@ -560,8 +565,9 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.10.0/go.mod h1:0qNGK6F8kojg2nk9dLZ2mShWaEBan6FAoqfSigmmuDg=
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--- a/k3k-kubelet/controller/syncer/syncer_suite_test.go
+++ b/k3k-kubelet/controller/syncer/syncer_suite_test.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func NewTestEnv() *TestEnv {
 	By("bootstrapping test environment")

 	testEnv := &envtest.Environment{
-		CRDDirectoryPaths:     []string{filepath.Join("..", "..", "..", "charts", "k3k", "crds")},
+		CRDDirectoryPaths:     []string{filepath.Join("..", "..", "..", "charts", "k3k", "templates", "crds")},
 		ErrorIfCRDPathMissing: true,
 		BinaryAssetsDirectory: tempDir,
 		Scheme:                buildScheme(),
--- a/k3k-kubelet/provider/provider.go
+++ b/k3k-kubelet/provider/provider.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func New(hostConfig rest.Config, hostMgr, virtualMgr manager.Manager, logger log
 		CoreClient:       coreClient,
 		ClusterNamespace: namespace,
 		ClusterName:      name,
-		logger:           logger,
+		logger:           logger.WithValues("cluster", name),
 		serverIP:         serverIP,
 		dnsIP:            dnsIP,
 	}
@@ -95,8 +95,12 @@ func New(hostConfig rest.Config, hostMgr, virtualMgr manager.Manager, logger log
 }

 // GetContainerLogs retrieves the logs of a container by name from the provider.
-func (p *Provider) GetContainerLogs(ctx context.Context, namespace, podName, containerName string, opts api.ContainerLogOpts) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
-	hostPodName := p.Translator.TranslateName(namespace, podName)
+func (p *Provider) GetContainerLogs(ctx context.Context, namespace, name, containerName string, opts api.ContainerLogOpts) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+	hostPodName := p.Translator.TranslateName(namespace, name)
+
+	logger := p.logger.WithValues("namespace", namespace, "name", name, "pod", hostPodName, "container", containerName)
+	logger.V(1).Info("GetContainerLogs")
+
 	options := corev1.PodLogOptions{
 		Container:  containerName,
 		Timestamps: opts.Timestamps,
@@ -125,20 +129,27 @@ func (p *Provider) GetContainerLogs(ctx context.Context, namespace, podName, con
 	}

 	closer, err := p.CoreClient.Pods(p.ClusterNamespace).GetLogs(hostPodName, &options).Stream(ctx)
-	p.logger.Error(err, fmt.Sprintf("got error when getting logs for %s in %s", hostPodName, p.ClusterNamespace))
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error(err, "Error getting logs from container")
+	}

 	return closer, err
 }

 // RunInContainer executes a command in a container in the pod, copying data
 // between in/out/err and the container's stdin/stdout/stderr.
-func (p *Provider) RunInContainer(ctx context.Context, namespace, podName, containerName string, cmd []string, attach api.AttachIO) error {
-	hostPodName := p.Translator.TranslateName(namespace, podName)
+func (p *Provider) RunInContainer(ctx context.Context, namespace, name, containerName string, cmd []string, attach api.AttachIO) error {
+	hostPodName := p.Translator.TranslateName(namespace, name)
+
+	logger := p.logger.WithValues("namespace", namespace, "name", name, "pod", hostPodName, "container", containerName)
+	logger.V(1).Info("RunInContainer")
+
 	req := p.CoreClient.RESTClient().Post().
 		Resource("pods").
 		Name(hostPodName).
 		Namespace(p.ClusterNamespace).
 		SubResource("exec")
+
 	req.VersionedParams(&corev1.PodExecOptions{
 		Container: containerName,
 		Command:   cmd,
@@ -150,10 +161,11 @@ func (p *Provider) RunInContainer(ctx context.Context, namespace, podName, conta

 	exec, err := remotecommand.NewSPDYExecutor(&p.ClientConfig, http.MethodPost, req.URL())
 	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error(err, "Error creating SPDY executor")
 		return err
 	}

-	return exec.StreamWithContext(ctx, remotecommand.StreamOptions{
+	if err = exec.StreamWithContext(ctx, remotecommand.StreamOptions{
 		Stdin:  attach.Stdin(),
 		Stdout: attach.Stdout(),
 		Stderr: attach.Stderr(),
@@ -161,18 +173,28 @@ func (p *Provider) RunInContainer(ctx context.Context, namespace, podName, conta
 		TerminalSizeQueue: &translatorSizeQueue{
 			resizeChan: attach.Resize(),
 		},
-	})
+	}); err != nil {
+		logger.Error(err, "Error while executing command in container")
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }

 // AttachToContainer attaches to the executing process of a container in the pod, copying data
 // between in/out/err and the container's stdin/stdout/stderr.
-func (p *Provider) AttachToContainer(ctx context.Context, namespace, podName, containerName string, attach api.AttachIO) error {
-	hostPodName := p.Translator.TranslateName(namespace, podName)
+func (p *Provider) AttachToContainer(ctx context.Context, namespace, name, containerName string, attach api.AttachIO) error {
+	hostPodName := p.Translator.TranslateName(namespace, name)
+
+	logger := p.logger.WithValues("namespace", namespace, "name", name, "pod", hostPodName, "container", containerName)
+	logger.V(1).Info("AttachToContainer")
+
 	req := p.CoreClient.RESTClient().Post().
 		Resource("pods").
 		Name(hostPodName).
 		Namespace(p.ClusterNamespace).
 		SubResource("attach")
+
 	req.VersionedParams(&corev1.PodAttachOptions{
 		Container: containerName,
 		TTY:       attach.TTY(),
@@ -183,10 +205,11 @@ func (p *Provider) AttachToContainer(ctx context.Context, namespace, podName, co

 	exec, err := remotecommand.NewSPDYExecutor(&p.ClientConfig, http.MethodPost, req.URL())
 	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error(err, "Error creating SPDY executor")
 		return err
 	}

-	return exec.StreamWithContext(ctx, remotecommand.StreamOptions{
+	if err = exec.StreamWithContext(ctx, remotecommand.StreamOptions{
 		Stdin:  attach.Stdin(),
 		Stdout: attach.Stdout(),
 		Stderr: attach.Stderr(),
@@ -194,7 +217,12 @@ func (p *Provider) AttachToContainer(ctx context.Context, namespace, podName, co
 		TerminalSizeQueue: &translatorSizeQueue{
 			resizeChan: attach.Resize(),
 		},
-	})
+	}); err != nil {
+		logger.Error(err, "Error while attaching to container")
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }

 // GetStatsSummary gets the stats for the node, including running pods
@@ -203,7 +231,8 @@ func (p *Provider) GetStatsSummary(ctx context.Context) (*stats.Summary, error)

 	nodeList := &corev1.NodeList{}
 	if err := p.CoreClient.RESTClient().Get().Resource("nodes").Do(ctx).Into(nodeList); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to get nodes of cluster %s in namespace %s: %w", p.ClusterName, p.ClusterNamespace, err)
+		p.logger.Error(err, "Unable to get nodes of cluster")
+		return nil, err
 	}

 	// fetch the stats from all the nodes
@@ -221,14 +250,13 @@ func (p *Provider) GetStatsSummary(ctx context.Context) (*stats.Summary, error)
 			Suffix("stats/summary").
 			DoRaw(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf(
-				"unable to get stats of node '%s', from cluster %s in namespace %s: %w",
-				n.Name, p.ClusterName, p.ClusterNamespace, err,
-			)
+			p.logger.Error(err, "Unable to get stats/summary from cluster node", "node", n.Name)
+			return nil, err
 		}

 		stats := &stats.Summary{}
 		if err := json.Unmarshal(res, stats); err != nil {
+			p.logger.Error(err, "Error unmarshaling stats/summary from cluster node", "node", n.Name)
 			return nil, err
 		}

@@ -241,6 +269,7 @@ func (p *Provider) GetStatsSummary(ctx context.Context) (*stats.Summary, error)

 	pods, err := p.GetPods(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
+		p.logger.Error(err, "Error getting pods from cluster for stats")
 		return nil, err
 	}

@@ -278,9 +307,12 @@ func (p *Provider) GetStatsSummary(ctx context.Context) (*stats.Summary, error)

 // GetMetricsResource gets the metrics for the node, including running pods
 func (p *Provider) GetMetricsResource(ctx context.Context) ([]*dto.MetricFamily, error) {
+	p.logger.V(1).Info("GetMetricsResource")
+
 	statsSummary, err := p.GetStatsSummary(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Join(err, errors.New("error fetching MetricsResource"))
+		p.logger.Error(err, "Error getting stats summary from cluster for metrics")
+		return nil, err
 	}

 	registry := compbasemetrics.NewKubeRegistry()
@@ -288,15 +320,20 @@ func (p *Provider) GetMetricsResource(ctx context.Context) ([]*dto.MetricFamily,

 	metricFamily, err := registry.Gather()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Join(err, errors.New("error gathering metrics from collector"))
+		p.logger.Error(err, "Error gathering metrics from collector")
+		return nil, err
 	}

 	return metricFamily, nil
 }

 // PortForward forwards a local port to a port on the pod
-func (p *Provider) PortForward(ctx context.Context, namespace, pod string, port int32, stream io.ReadWriteCloser) error {
-	hostPodName := p.Translator.TranslateName(namespace, pod)
+func (p *Provider) PortForward(ctx context.Context, namespace, name string, port int32, stream io.ReadWriteCloser) error {
+	hostPodName := p.Translator.TranslateName(namespace, name)
+
+	logger := p.logger.WithValues("namespace", namespace, "name", name, "pod", hostPodName, "port", port)
+	logger.V(1).Info("PortForward")
+
 	req := p.CoreClient.RESTClient().Post().
 		Resource("pods").
 		Name(hostPodName).
@@ -305,6 +342,7 @@ func (p *Provider) PortForward(ctx context.Context, namespace, pod string, port

 	transport, upgrader, err := spdy.RoundTripperFor(&p.ClientConfig)
 	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error(err, "Error creating RoundTripper for PortForward")
 		return err
 	}

@@ -318,10 +356,16 @@ func (p *Provider) PortForward(ctx context.Context, namespace, pod string, port
 	// so more work is needed to detect a close and handle that appropriately.
 	fw, err := portforward.New(dialer, []string{portAsString}, stopChannel, readyChannel, stream, stream)
 	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error(err, "Error creating new PortForward")
 		return err
 	}

-	return fw.ForwardPorts()
+	if err := fw.ForwardPorts(); err != nil {
+		logger.Error(err, "Error forwarding ports")
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }

 // CreatePod executes createPod with retry
@@ -331,16 +375,22 @@ func (p *Provider) CreatePod(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) error {

 // createPod takes a Kubernetes Pod and deploys it within the provider.
 func (p *Provider) createPod(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) error {
+	logger := p.logger.WithValues("namespace", pod.Namespace, "name", pod.Name)
+	logger.V(1).Info("CreatePod")
+
 	// fieldPath envs are not being translated correctly using the virtual kubelet pod controller
 	// as a workaround we will try to fetch the pod from the virtual cluster and copy over the envSource
 	var sourcePod corev1.Pod
 	if err := p.VirtualClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: pod.Name, Namespace: pod.Namespace}, &sourcePod); err != nil {
+		logger.Error(err, "Error getting Pod from Virtual Cluster")
 		return err
 	}

 	tPod := sourcePod.DeepCopy()
 	p.Translator.TranslateTo(tPod)

+	logger = p.logger.WithValues("pod", tPod.Name)
+
 	// get Cluster definition
 	clusterKey := types.NamespacedName{
 		Namespace: p.ClusterNamespace,
@@ -350,7 +400,8 @@ func (p *Provider) createPod(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) error {
 	var cluster v1beta1.Cluster

 	if err := p.HostClient.Get(ctx, clusterKey, &cluster); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to get cluster %s in namespace %s: %w", p.ClusterName, p.ClusterNamespace, err)
+		logger.Error(err, "Error getting Virtual Cluster definition")
+		return err
 	}

 	// these values shouldn't be set on create
@@ -384,16 +435,18 @@ func (p *Provider) createPod(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) error {

 	// fieldpath annotations
 	if err := p.configureFieldPathEnv(&sourcePod, tPod); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to fetch fieldpath annotations for pod %s/%s: %w", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err)
-	}
-	// volumes will often refer to resources in the virtual cluster, but instead need to refer to the sync'd
-	// host cluster version
-	if err := p.transformVolumes(pod.Namespace, tPod.Spec.Volumes); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to sync volumes for pod %s/%s: %w", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err)
+		logger.Error(err, "Unable to fetch fieldpath annotations for pod")
+		return err
 	}
+
+	// volumes will often refer to resources in the virtual cluster
+	// but instead need to refer to the synced host cluster version
+	p.transformVolumes(pod.Namespace, tPod.Spec.Volumes)
+
 	// sync serviceaccount token to a the host cluster
 	if err := p.transformTokens(ctx, pod, tPod); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to transform tokens for pod %s/%s: %w", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err)
+		logger.Error(err, "Unable to transform tokens for pod")
+		return err
 	}

 	for i, imagePullSecret := range tPod.Spec.ImagePullSecrets {
@@ -403,17 +456,20 @@ func (p *Provider) createPod(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) error {
 	// inject networking information to the pod including the virtual cluster controlplane endpoint
 	configureNetworking(tPod, pod.Name, pod.Namespace, p.serverIP, p.dnsIP)

-	p.logger.Info("creating pod",
-		"host_namespace", tPod.Namespace, "host_name", tPod.Name,
-		"virtual_namespace", pod.Namespace, "virtual_name", pod.Name,
-	)
-
 	// set ownerReference to the cluster object
 	if err := controllerutil.SetControllerReference(&cluster, tPod, p.HostClient.Scheme()); err != nil {
+		logger.Error(err, "Unable to set owner reference for pod")
 		return err
 	}

-	return p.HostClient.Create(ctx, tPod)
+	if err := p.HostClient.Create(ctx, tPod); err != nil {
+		logger.Error(err, "Error creating pod on host cluster")
+		return err
+	}
+
+	logger.Info("Pod created on host cluster")
+
+	return nil
 }

 // withRetry retries passed function with interval and timeout
@@ -445,7 +501,7 @@ func (p *Provider) withRetry(ctx context.Context, f func(context.Context, *corev

 // transformVolumes changes the volumes to the representation in the host cluster. Will return an error
 // if one/more volumes couldn't be transformed
-func (p *Provider) transformVolumes(podNamespace string, volumes []corev1.Volume) error {
+func (p *Provider) transformVolumes(podNamespace string, volumes []corev1.Volume) {
 	for _, volume := range volumes {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(volume.Name, kubeAPIAccessPrefix) {
 			continue
@@ -479,8 +535,6 @@ func (p *Provider) transformVolumes(podNamespace string, volumes []corev1.Volume
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
-	return nil
 }

 // UpdatePod executes updatePod with retry
@@ -489,7 +543,10 @@ func (p *Provider) UpdatePod(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) error {
 }

 func (p *Provider) updatePod(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) error {
-	p.logger.V(1).Info("got a request for update pod")
+	hostPodName := p.Translator.TranslateName(pod.Namespace, pod.Name)
+
+	logger := p.logger.WithValues("namespace", pod.Namespace, "name", pod.Name, "pod", hostPodName)
+	logger.V(1).Info("UpdatePod")

 	// Once scheduled a Pod cannot update other fields than the image of the containers, initcontainers and a few others
 	// See: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/#pod-update-and-replacement
@@ -498,28 +555,31 @@ func (p *Provider) updatePod(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) error {

 	var currentVirtualPod corev1.Pod
 	if err := p.VirtualClient.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(pod), &currentVirtualPod); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to get pod to update from virtual cluster: %w", err)
+		logger.Error(err, "Unable to get pod to update from virtual cluster")
+		return err
 	}

 	hostNamespaceName := types.NamespacedName{
 		Namespace: p.ClusterNamespace,
-		Name:      p.Translator.TranslateName(pod.Namespace, pod.Name),
+		Name:      hostPodName,
 	}

-	var currentHostPod corev1.Pod
+	logger = logger.WithValues()

+	var currentHostPod corev1.Pod
 	if err := p.HostClient.Get(ctx, hostNamespaceName, &currentHostPod); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to get pod to update from host cluster: %w", err)
+		logger.Error(err, "Unable to get Pod to update from host cluster")
+		return err
 	}

 	// Handle ephemeral containers
 	if !cmp.Equal(currentHostPod.Spec.EphemeralContainers, pod.Spec.EphemeralContainers) {
-		p.logger.Info("Updating ephemeral containers")
+		logger.V(1).Info("Updating ephemeral containers")

 		currentHostPod.Spec.EphemeralContainers = pod.Spec.EphemeralContainers

 		if _, err := p.CoreClient.Pods(p.ClusterNamespace).UpdateEphemeralContainers(ctx, currentHostPod.Name, &currentHostPod, metav1.UpdateOptions{}); err != nil {
-			p.logger.Error(err, "error when updating ephemeral containers")
+			logger.Error(err, "error when updating ephemeral containers")
 			return err
 		}

@@ -528,7 +588,8 @@ func (p *Provider) updatePod(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) error {

 	// fieldpath annotations
 	if err := p.configureFieldPathEnv(&currentVirtualPod, &currentHostPod); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to fetch fieldpath annotations for pod %s/%s: %w", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err)
+		logger.Error(err, "Unable to fetch fieldpath annotations for Pod")
+		return err
 	}

 	currentVirtualPod.Spec.Containers = updateContainerImages(currentVirtualPod.Spec.Containers, pod.Spec.Containers)
@@ -542,7 +603,8 @@ func (p *Provider) updatePod(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) error {
 	currentVirtualPod.Labels = pod.Labels

 	if err := p.VirtualClient.Update(ctx, &currentVirtualPod); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to update pod in the virtual cluster: %w", err)
+		logger.Error(err, "Unable to update Pod in virtual cluster")
+		return err
 	}

 	// Update Pod in the host cluster
@@ -558,9 +620,12 @@ func (p *Provider) updatePod(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) error {
 	maps.Copy(currentHostPod.Labels, pod.Labels)

 	if err := p.HostClient.Update(ctx, &currentHostPod); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to update pod in the host cluster: %w", err)
+		logger.Error(err, "Unable to update Pod in host cluster")
+		return err
 	}

+	logger.Info("Pod updated in virtual and host cluster")
+
 	return nil
 }

@@ -590,20 +655,24 @@ func (p *Provider) DeletePod(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) error {
 // expected to call the NotifyPods callback with a terminal pod status where all the containers are in a terminal
 // state, as well as the pod. DeletePod may be called multiple times for the same pod.
 func (p *Provider) deletePod(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) error {
-	p.logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("got request to delete pod %s/%s", pod.Namespace, pod.Name))
-	hostName := p.Translator.TranslateName(pod.Namespace, pod.Name)
+	hostPodName := p.Translator.TranslateName(pod.Namespace, pod.Name)

-	err := p.CoreClient.Pods(p.ClusterNamespace).Delete(ctx, hostName, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+	logger := p.logger.WithValues("namespace", pod.Namespace, "name", pod.Name, "pod", hostPodName)
+	logger.V(1).Info("DeletePod")
+
+	err := p.CoreClient.Pods(p.ClusterNamespace).Delete(ctx, hostPodName, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
-			p.logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("pod %s/%s already deleted from host cluster", p.ClusterNamespace, hostName))
+			logger.Info("Pod to delete not found in host cluster")
 			return nil
 		}

-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to delete pod %s/%s: %w", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err)
+		logger.Error(err, "Error trying to delete pod from host cluster")
+
+		return err
 	}

-	p.logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("pod %s/%s deleted from host cluster", p.ClusterNamespace, hostName))
+	logger.Info("Pod deleted from host cluster")

 	return nil
 }
@@ -613,21 +682,18 @@ func (p *Provider) deletePod(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) error {
 // concurrently outside of the calling goroutine. Therefore it is recommended
 // to return a version after DeepCopy.
 func (p *Provider) GetPod(ctx context.Context, namespace, name string) (*corev1.Pod, error) {
-	p.logger.V(1).Info("got a request for get pod", "namespace", namespace, "name", name)
-	hostNamespaceName := types.NamespacedName{
-		Namespace: p.ClusterNamespace,
-		Name:      p.Translator.TranslateName(namespace, name),
+	hostPodName := p.Translator.TranslateName(namespace, name)
+
+	logger := p.logger.WithValues("namespace", namespace, "name", name, "pod", hostPodName)
+	logger.V(1).Info("GetPod")
+
+	pod, err := p.getPodFromHostCluster(ctx, hostPodName)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error(err, "Error getting pod from host cluster for GetPod")
+		return nil, err
 	}

-	var pod corev1.Pod
-
-	if err := p.HostClient.Get(ctx, hostNamespaceName, &pod); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error when retrieving pod: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	p.Translator.TranslateFrom(&pod)
-
-	return &pod, nil
+	return pod, nil
 }

 // GetPodStatus retrieves the status of a pod by name from the provider.
@@ -635,28 +701,49 @@ func (p *Provider) GetPod(ctx context.Context, namespace, name string) (*corev1.
 // concurrently outside of the calling goroutine. Therefore it is recommended
 // to return a version after DeepCopy.
 func (p *Provider) GetPodStatus(ctx context.Context, namespace, name string) (*corev1.PodStatus, error) {
-	p.logger.V(1).Info("got a request for pod status", "namespace", namespace, "name", name)
+	hostPodName := p.Translator.TranslateName(namespace, name)

-	pod, err := p.GetPod(ctx, namespace, name)
+	logger := p.logger.WithValues("namespace", namespace, "name", name, "pod", hostPodName)
+	logger.V(1).Info("GetPodStatus")
+
+	pod, err := p.getPodFromHostCluster(ctx, hostPodName)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to get pod for status: %w", err)
+		logger.Error(err, "Error getting pod from host cluster for PodStatus")
+		return nil, err
 	}

-	p.logger.V(1).Info("got pod status", "namespace", namespace, "name", name, "status", pod.Status)
-
 	return pod.Status.DeepCopy(), nil
 }

+func (p *Provider) getPodFromHostCluster(ctx context.Context, hostPodName string) (*corev1.Pod, error) {
+	key := types.NamespacedName{
+		Namespace: p.ClusterNamespace,
+		Name:      hostPodName,
+	}
+
+	var pod corev1.Pod
+	if err := p.HostClient.Get(ctx, key, &pod); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	p.Translator.TranslateFrom(&pod)
+
+	return &pod, nil
+}
+
 // GetPods retrieves a list of all pods running on the provider (can be cached).
 // The Pods returned are expected to be immutable, and may be accessed
 // concurrently outside of the calling goroutine. Therefore it is recommended
 // to return a version after DeepCopy.
 func (p *Provider) GetPods(ctx context.Context) ([]*corev1.Pod, error) {
+	p.logger.V(1).Info("GetPods")
+
 	selector := labels.NewSelector()

 	requirement, err := labels.NewRequirement(translate.ClusterNameLabel, selection.Equals, []string{p.ClusterName})
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to create label selector: %w", err)
+		p.logger.Error(err, "Error creating label selector for GetPods")
+		return nil, err
 	}

 	selector = selector.Add(*requirement)
@@ -665,7 +752,8 @@ func (p *Provider) GetPods(ctx context.Context) ([]*corev1.Pod, error) {

 	err = p.HostClient.List(ctx, &podList, &client.ListOptions{LabelSelector: selector})
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to list pods: %w", err)
+		p.logger.Error(err, "Error listing pods from host cluster")
+		return nil, err
 	}

 	retPods := []*corev1.Pod{}
--- a/pkg/controller/cluster/agent/shared.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/cluster/agent/shared.go
@@ -381,6 +381,11 @@ func (s *SharedAgent) role(ctx context.Context) error {
 				Resources: []string{"persistentvolumeclaims", "pods", "pods/log", "pods/attach", "pods/exec", "pods/ephemeralcontainers", "secrets", "configmaps", "services"},
 				Verbs:     []string{"*"},
 			},
+			{
+				APIGroups: []string{""},
+				Resources: []string{"events"},
+				Verbs:     []string{"create"},
+			},
 			{
 				APIGroups: []string{"networking.k8s.io"},
 				Resources: []string{"ingresses"},
--- a/pkg/controller/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ func (c *ClusterReconciler) reconcile(ctx context.Context, cluster *v1beta1.Clus

 	// if the Version is not specified we will try to use the same Kubernetes version of the host.
 	// This version is stored in the Status object, and it will not be updated if already set.
-	if cluster.Spec.Version == "" && cluster.Status.HostVersion == "" {
-		log.V(1).Info("Cluster version not set. Using host version.")
+	if cluster.Status.HostVersion == "" {
+		log.V(1).Info("Cluster host version not set.")

 		hostVersion, err := c.DiscoveryClient.ServerVersion()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -278,8 +278,9 @@ func (c *ClusterReconciler) reconcile(ctx context.Context, cluster *v1beta1.Clus
 		}

 		// update Status HostVersion
-		k8sVersion := strings.Split(hostVersion.GitVersion, "+")[0]
-		cluster.Status.HostVersion = k8sVersion + "-k3s1"
+		k8sVersion, _, _ := strings.Cut(hostVersion.GitVersion, "+")
+		k8sVersion, _, _ = strings.Cut(k8sVersion, "-")
+		cluster.Status.HostVersion = k8sVersion
 	}

 	token, err := c.token(ctx, cluster)
--- a/pkg/controller/cluster/cluster_suite_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/cluster/cluster_suite_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var (
 var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
 	By("bootstrapping test environment")
 	testEnv = &envtest.Environment{
-		CRDDirectoryPaths:     []string{filepath.Join("..", "..", "..", "charts", "k3k", "crds")},
+		CRDDirectoryPaths:     []string{filepath.Join("..", "..", "..", "charts", "k3k", "templates", "crds")},
 		ErrorIfCRDPathMissing: true,
 	}

--- a/pkg/controller/cluster/cluster_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/cluster/cluster_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package cluster_test

 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"time"

 	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Cluster Controller", Label("controller"), Label("Cluster"), fu

 				serverVersion, err := k8s.ServerVersion()
 				Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()))
-				expectedHostVersion := fmt.Sprintf("%s-k3s1", serverVersion.GitVersion)

 				Eventually(func() string {
 					err := k8sClient.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(cluster), cluster)
@@ -82,7 +80,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Cluster Controller", Label("controller"), Label("Cluster"), fu
 				}).
 					WithTimeout(time.Second * 30).
 					WithPolling(time.Second).
-					Should(Equal(expectedHostVersion))
+					Should(Equal(serverVersion.GitVersion))

 				// check NetworkPolicy
 				expectedNetworkPolicy := &networkingv1.NetworkPolicy{
--- a/pkg/controller/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/controller.go
@@ -25,21 +25,24 @@ var Backoff = wait.Backoff{
 	Jitter:   0.1,
 }

-// Image returns the rancher/k3s image tagged with the specified Version.
-// If Version is empty it will use with the same k8s version of the host cluster,
-// stored in the Status object. It will return the latest version as last fallback.
+// K3SImage returns the rancher/k3s image tagged with the found K3SVersion.
 func K3SImage(cluster *v1beta1.Cluster, k3SImage string) string {
-	image := k3SImage
-
-	imageVersion := "latest"
+	return k3SImage + ":" + K3SVersion(cluster)
+}

+// K3SVersion returns the rancher/k3s specified version.
+// If empty it will return the k3s version of the Kubernetes version of the host cluster, stored in the Status object.
+// Returns the latest version as fallback.
+func K3SVersion(cluster *v1beta1.Cluster) string {
 	if cluster.Spec.Version != "" {
-		imageVersion = cluster.Spec.Version
-	} else if cluster.Status.HostVersion != "" {
-		imageVersion = cluster.Status.HostVersion
+		return cluster.Spec.Version
 	}

-	return image + ":" + imageVersion
+	if cluster.Status.HostVersion != "" {
+		return cluster.Status.HostVersion + "-k3s1"
+	}
+
+	return "latest"
 }

 // SafeConcatNameWithPrefix runs the SafeConcatName with extra prefix.
--- a/pkg/controller/controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/controller_test.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func Test_K3S_Image(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			expectedData: "rancher/k3s:v4.5.6",
+			expectedData: "rancher/k3s:v4.5.6-k3s1",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "cluster with empty version spec and empty hostVersion status",
--- a/pkg/controller/kubeconfig/kubeconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/kubeconfig/kubeconfig.go
@@ -108,13 +108,27 @@ func getURLFromService(ctx context.Context, client client.Client, cluster *v1bet
 	ip := k3kService.Spec.ClusterIP
 	port := int32(443)

+	if len(k3kService.Spec.Ports) == 0 {
+		logrus.Warn("No ports exposed by the cluster service.")
+	}
+
 	switch k3kService.Spec.Type {
 	case v1.ServiceTypeNodePort:
 		ip = hostServerIP
-		port = k3kService.Spec.Ports[0].NodePort
+
+		if len(k3kService.Spec.Ports) > 0 {
+			port = k3kService.Spec.Ports[0].NodePort
+		}
 	case v1.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer:
-		ip = k3kService.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0].IP
-		port = k3kService.Spec.Ports[0].Port
+		if len(k3kService.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress) > 0 {
+			ip = k3kService.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress[0].IP
+		} else {
+			logrus.Warn("No ingress found in LoadBalancer service.")
+		}
+
+		if len(k3kService.Spec.Ports) > 0 {
+			port = k3kService.Spec.Ports[0].Port
+		}
 	}

 	if serverPort != 0 {
@@ -122,7 +136,7 @@ func getURLFromService(ctx context.Context, client client.Client, cluster *v1bet
 	}

 	if !slices.Contains(cluster.Status.TLSSANs, ip) {
-		logrus.Warnf("ip %s not in tlsSANs", ip)
+		logrus.Warnf("IP %s not in tlsSANs.", ip)

 		if len(cluster.Spec.TLSSANs) > 0 {
 			logrus.Warnf("Using the first TLS SAN in the spec as a fallback: %s", cluster.Spec.TLSSANs[0])
@@ -133,7 +147,7 @@ func getURLFromService(ctx context.Context, client client.Client, cluster *v1bet

 			ip = cluster.Status.TLSSANs[0]
 		} else {
-			logrus.Warn("ip not found in tlsSANs. This could cause issue with the certificate validation.")
+			logrus.Warn("IP not found in tlsSANs. This could cause issue with the certificate validation.")
 		}
 	}

--- a/pkg/controller/policy/policy_suite_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/policy/policy_suite_test.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ var (
 var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
 	By("bootstrapping test environment")
 	testEnv = &envtest.Environment{
-		CRDDirectoryPaths:     []string{filepath.Join("..", "..", "..", "charts", "k3k", "crds")},
+		CRDDirectoryPaths:     []string{filepath.Join("..", "..", "..", "charts", "k3k", "templates", "crds")},
 		ErrorIfCRDPathMissing: true,
 	}
 	cfg, err := testEnv.Start()
--- a/scripts/generate
+++ b/scripts/generate
@@ -10,4 +10,11 @@ CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION=v0.16.0
 go run sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen@${CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION} \
    crd:generateEmbeddedObjectMeta=true,allowDangerousTypes=false \
    object paths=./pkg/apis/... \
-    output:crd:dir=./charts/k3k/crds
+    output:crd:dir=./charts/k3k/templates/crds
+
+# add the 'helm.sh/resource-policy: keep' annotation to the CRDs
+for f in ./charts/k3k/templates/crds/*.yaml; do
+    sed -i '0,/^[[:space:]]*annotations:/s/^[[:space:]]*annotations:/&\n    helm.sh\/resource-policy: keep/' "$f"
+    echo "Validating $f"
+    yq . "$f" > /dev/null
+done
--- a/tests/cli_test.go
+++ b/tests/cli_test.go
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"time"

 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/rand"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
-
-	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"

 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
@@ -47,12 +43,7 @@ var _ = When("using the k3kcli", Label("cli"), func() {
 			clusterNamespace := "k3k-" + clusterName

 			DeferCleanup(func() {
-				err := k8sClient.Delete(context.Background(), &corev1.Namespace{
-					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: clusterNamespace,
-					},
-				})
-				Expect(client.IgnoreNotFound(err)).To(Not(HaveOccurred()))
+				DeleteNamespaces(clusterNamespace)
 			})

 			_, stderr, err = K3kcli("cluster", "create", clusterName)
@@ -66,7 +57,7 @@ var _ = When("using the k3kcli", Label("cli"), func() {

 			_, stderr, err = K3kcli("cluster", "delete", clusterName)
 			Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()), string(stderr))
-			Expect(stderr).To(ContainSubstring("Deleting [%s] cluster in namespace [%s]", clusterName, clusterNamespace))
+			Expect(stderr).To(ContainSubstring(`Deleting '%s' cluster in namespace '%s'`, clusterName, clusterNamespace))

 			// The deletion could take a bit
 			Eventually(func() string {
@@ -78,6 +69,24 @@ var _ = When("using the k3kcli", Label("cli"), func() {
 				WithPolling(time.Second).
 				Should(BeEmpty())
 		})
+
+		It("can create a cluster with the specified kubernetes version", func() {
+			var (
+				stderr string
+				err    error
+			)
+
+			clusterName := "cluster-" + rand.String(5)
+			clusterNamespace := "k3k-" + clusterName
+
+			DeferCleanup(func() {
+				DeleteNamespaces(clusterNamespace)
+			})
+
+			_, stderr, err = K3kcli("cluster", "create", "--version", "v1.33.6-k3s1", clusterName)
+			Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()), string(stderr))
+			Expect(stderr).To(ContainSubstring("You can start using the cluster"))
+		})
 	})

 	When("trying the policy commands", func() {
@@ -92,7 +101,7 @@ var _ = When("using the k3kcli", Label("cli"), func() {

 			_, stderr, err = K3kcli("policy", "create", policyName)
 			Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()), string(stderr))
-			Expect(stderr).To(ContainSubstring("Creating policy [%s]", policyName))
+			Expect(stderr).To(ContainSubstring(`Creating policy '%s'`, policyName))

 			stdout, stderr, err = K3kcli("policy", "list")
 			Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()), string(stderr))
@@ -102,7 +111,7 @@ var _ = When("using the k3kcli", Label("cli"), func() {
 			stdout, stderr, err = K3kcli("policy", "delete", policyName)
 			Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()), string(stderr))
 			Expect(stdout).To(BeEmpty())
-			Expect(stderr).To(BeEmpty())
+			Expect(stderr).To(ContainSubstring(`Policy '%s' deleted`, policyName))

 			stdout, stderr, err = K3kcli("policy", "list")
 			Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()), string(stderr))
@@ -122,12 +131,7 @@ var _ = When("using the k3kcli", Label("cli"), func() {
 			clusterNamespace := "k3k-" + clusterName

 			DeferCleanup(func() {
-				err := k8sClient.Delete(context.Background(), &corev1.Namespace{
-					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: clusterNamespace,
-					},
-				})
-				Expect(client.IgnoreNotFound(err)).To(Not(HaveOccurred()))
+				DeleteNamespaces(clusterNamespace)
 			})

 			_, stderr, err = K3kcli("cluster", "create", clusterName)
@@ -140,7 +144,7 @@ var _ = When("using the k3kcli", Label("cli"), func() {

 			_, stderr, err = K3kcli("cluster", "delete", clusterName)
 			Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()), string(stderr))
-			Expect(stderr).To(ContainSubstring("Deleting [%s] cluster in namespace [%s]", clusterName, clusterNamespace))
+			Expect(stderr).To(ContainSubstring(`Deleting '%s' cluster in namespace '%s'`, clusterName, clusterNamespace))
 		})
 	})
 })
--- a/tests/cluster_certs_test.go
+++ b/tests/cluster_certs_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )

-var _ = When("a cluster with custom certificates is installed with individual cert secrets", Label("e2e"), Label(certificatesTestsLabel), func() {
+var _ = When("a cluster with custom certificates is installed with individual cert secrets", Label(e2eTestLabel), Label(certificatesTestsLabel), func() {
 	var virtualCluster *VirtualCluster

 	BeforeEach(func() {
--- a/tests/cluster_network_test.go
+++ b/tests/cluster_network_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )

-var _ = When("two virtual clusters are installed", Label("e2e"), Label(networkingTestsLabel), func() {
+var _ = When("two virtual clusters are installed", Label(e2eTestLabel), Label(networkingTestsLabel), func() {
 	var (
 		cluster1 *VirtualCluster
 		cluster2 *VirtualCluster
--- a/tests/cluster_persistence_test.go
+++ b/tests/cluster_persistence_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )

-var _ = When("an ephemeral cluster is installed", Label("e2e"), Label(persistenceTestsLabel), func() {
+var _ = When("an ephemeral cluster is installed", Label(e2eTestLabel), Label(persistenceTestsLabel), func() {
 	var virtualCluster *VirtualCluster

 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ var _ = When("an ephemeral cluster is installed", Label("e2e"), Label(persistenc
 	})
 })

-var _ = When("a dynamic cluster is installed", Label("e2e"), Label(persistenceTestsLabel), func() {
+var _ = When("a dynamic cluster is installed", Label(e2eTestLabel), Label(persistenceTestsLabel), func() {
 	var virtualCluster *VirtualCluster

 	BeforeEach(func() {
--- a/tests/cluster_pod_test.go
+++ b/tests/cluster_pod_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+package k3k_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1/pod"
+
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+
+	"github.com/rancher/k3k/k3k-kubelet/translate"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+var _ = When("a cluster creates a pod with an invalid configuration", Label(e2eTestLabel), func() {
+	var (
+		virtualCluster *VirtualCluster
+		virtualPod     *v1.Pod
+	)
+
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		virtualCluster = NewVirtualCluster()
+
+		DeferCleanup(func() {
+			DeleteNamespaces(virtualCluster.Cluster.Namespace)
+		})
+
+		p := &v1.Pod{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				GenerateName: "nginx-",
+				Namespace:    "default",
+				Labels: map[string]string{
+					"name": "var-expansion-test",
+				},
+				Annotations: map[string]string{
+					"notmysubpath": "mypath",
+				},
+			},
+			Spec: v1.PodSpec{
+				Containers: []v1.Container{
+					{
+						Name:  "nginx",
+						Image: "nginx",
+						Env: []v1.EnvVar{
+							{
+								Name:  "POD_NAME",
+								Value: "nginx",
+							},
+							{
+								Name: "ANNOTATION",
+								ValueFrom: &v1.EnvVarSource{
+									FieldRef: &v1.ObjectFieldSelector{
+										FieldPath: "metadata.annotations['mysubpath']",
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+						VolumeMounts: []v1.VolumeMount{
+							{
+								Name:      "workdir",
+								MountPath: "/volume_mount",
+							},
+							{
+								Name:        "workdir",
+								MountPath:   "/subpath_mount",
+								SubPathExpr: "$(ANNOTATION)/$(POD_NAME)",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				Volumes: []v1.Volume{{
+					Name:         "workdir",
+					VolumeSource: v1.VolumeSource{EmptyDir: &v1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{}},
+				}},
+			},
+		}
+
+		ctx := context.Background()
+		var err error
+
+		virtualPod, err = virtualCluster.Client.CoreV1().Pods(p.Namespace).Create(ctx, p, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+		Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()))
+	})
+
+	It("should be in Pending status with the CreateContainerConfigError until we fix the annotation", func() {
+		ctx := context.Background()
+
+		By("Checking the container status of the Pod in the Virtual Cluster")
+
+		Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
+			pod, err := virtualCluster.Client.CoreV1().Pods(virtualPod.Namespace).Get(ctx, virtualPod.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+			g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+			g.Expect(pod.Status.Phase).To(Equal(v1.PodPending))
+
+			containerStatuses := pod.Status.ContainerStatuses
+			g.Expect(containerStatuses).To(HaveLen(1))
+
+			waitingState := containerStatuses[0].State.Waiting
+			g.Expect(waitingState).NotTo(BeNil())
+			g.Expect(waitingState.Reason).To(Equal("CreateContainerConfigError"))
+		}).
+			WithPolling(time.Second).
+			WithTimeout(time.Minute).
+			Should(Succeed())
+
+		By("Checking the container status of the Pod in the Host Cluster")
+
+		Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
+			translator := translate.NewHostTranslator(virtualCluster.Cluster)
+			hostPodName := translator.NamespacedName(virtualPod)
+
+			pod, err := k8s.CoreV1().Pods(hostPodName.Namespace).Get(ctx, hostPodName.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+			g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+			g.Expect(pod.Status.Phase).To(Equal(v1.PodPending))
+
+			containerStatuses := pod.Status.ContainerStatuses
+			g.Expect(containerStatuses).To(HaveLen(1))
+
+			waitingState := containerStatuses[0].State.Waiting
+			g.Expect(waitingState).NotTo(BeNil())
+			g.Expect(waitingState.Reason).To(Equal("CreateContainerConfigError"))
+		}).
+			WithPolling(time.Second).
+			WithTimeout(time.Minute).
+			Should(Succeed())
+
+		By("Fixing the annotation")
+
+		var err error
+
+		virtualPod, err = virtualCluster.Client.CoreV1().Pods(virtualPod.Namespace).Get(ctx, virtualPod.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		virtualPod.Annotations["mysubpath"] = virtualPod.Annotations["notmysubpath"]
+		delete(virtualPod.Annotations, "notmysubpath")
+
+		virtualPod, err = virtualCluster.Client.CoreV1().Pods(virtualPod.Namespace).Update(ctx, virtualPod, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		By("Checking the status of the Pod in the Virtual Cluster")
+
+		Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
+			vPod, err := virtualCluster.Client.CoreV1().Pods(virtualPod.Namespace).Get(ctx, virtualPod.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+			g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+			_, cond := pod.GetPodCondition(&vPod.Status, v1.PodReady)
+			g.Expect(cond).NotTo(BeNil())
+			g.Expect(cond.Status).To(BeEquivalentTo(metav1.ConditionTrue))
+		}).
+			WithPolling(time.Second).
+			WithTimeout(time.Minute).
+			Should(Succeed())
+
+		By("Checking the status of the Pod in the Host Cluster")
+
+		Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
+			translator := translate.NewHostTranslator(virtualCluster.Cluster)
+			hostPodName := translator.NamespacedName(virtualPod)
+
+			hPod, err := k8s.CoreV1().Pods(hostPodName.Namespace).Get(ctx, hostPodName.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+			g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+			_, cond := pod.GetPodCondition(&hPod.Status, v1.PodReady)
+			g.Expect(cond).NotTo(BeNil())
+			g.Expect(cond.Status).To(BeEquivalentTo(metav1.ConditionTrue))
+		}).
+			WithPolling(time.Second).
+			WithTimeout(time.Minute).
+			Should(Succeed())
+	})
+})
--- a/tests/cluster_status_test.go
+++ b/tests/cluster_status_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )

-var _ = When("a cluster's status is tracked", Label("e2e"), Label(statusTestsLabel), func() {
+var _ = When("a cluster's status is tracked", Label(e2eTestLabel), Label(statusTestsLabel), func() {
 	var (
 		namespace *corev1.Namespace
 		vcp       *v1beta1.VirtualClusterPolicy
--- a/tests/cluster_sync_test.go
+++ b/tests/cluster_sync_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )

-var _ = When("a shared mode cluster is created", Ordered, Label("e2e"), func() {
+var _ = When("a shared mode cluster is created", Ordered, Label(e2eTestLabel), func() {
 	var (
 		virtualCluster   *VirtualCluster
 		virtualConfigMap *corev1.ConfigMap
--- a/tests/cluster_update_test.go
+++ b/tests/cluster_update_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )

-var _ = When("a shared mode cluster update its envs", Label("e2e"), Label(updateTestsLabel), Label(slowTestsLabel), func() {
+var _ = When("a shared mode cluster update its envs", Label(e2eTestLabel), Label(updateTestsLabel), Label(slowTestsLabel), func() {
 	var virtualCluster *VirtualCluster
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ var _ = When("a shared mode cluster update its envs", Label("e2e"), Label(update
 	})
 })

-var _ = When("a shared mode cluster update its server args", Label("e2e"), Label(updateTestsLabel), Label(slowTestsLabel), func() {
+var _ = When("a shared mode cluster update its server args", Label(e2eTestLabel), Label(updateTestsLabel), Label(slowTestsLabel), func() {
 	var virtualCluster *VirtualCluster
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ var _ = When("a shared mode cluster update its server args", Label("e2e"), Label
 	})
 })

-var _ = When("a virtual mode cluster update its envs", Label("e2e"), Label(updateTestsLabel), Label(slowTestsLabel), func() {
+var _ = When("a virtual mode cluster update its envs", Label(e2eTestLabel), Label(updateTestsLabel), Label(slowTestsLabel), func() {
 	var virtualCluster *VirtualCluster
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ var _ = When("a virtual mode cluster update its envs", Label("e2e"), Label(updat
 	})
 })

-var _ = When("a virtual mode cluster update its server args", Label("e2e"), Label(updateTestsLabel), Label(slowTestsLabel), func() {
+var _ = When("a virtual mode cluster update its server args", Label(e2eTestLabel), Label(updateTestsLabel), Label(slowTestsLabel), func() {
 	var virtualCluster *VirtualCluster
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	BeforeEach(func() {
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ var _ = When("a virtual mode cluster update its server args", Label("e2e"), Labe
 	})
 })

-var _ = When("a shared mode cluster update its version", Label("e2e"), Label(updateTestsLabel), Label(slowTestsLabel), func() {
+var _ = When("a shared mode cluster update its version", Label(e2eTestLabel), Label(updateTestsLabel), Label(slowTestsLabel), func() {
 	var (
 		virtualCluster *VirtualCluster
 		nginxPod       *v1.Pod
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ var _ = When("a shared mode cluster update its version", Label("e2e"), Label(upd
 	})
 })

-var _ = When("a virtual mode cluster update its version", Label("e2e"), Label(updateTestsLabel), Label(slowTestsLabel), func() {
+var _ = When("a virtual mode cluster update its version", Label(e2eTestLabel), Label(updateTestsLabel), Label(slowTestsLabel), func() {
 	var (
 		virtualCluster *VirtualCluster
 		nginxPod       *v1.Pod
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ var _ = When("a virtual mode cluster update its version", Label("e2e"), Label(up
 	})
 })

-var _ = When("a shared mode cluster scales up servers", Label("e2e"), Label(updateTestsLabel), Label(slowTestsLabel), func() {
+var _ = When("a shared mode cluster scales up servers", Label(e2eTestLabel), Label(updateTestsLabel), Label(slowTestsLabel), func() {
 	var (
 		virtualCluster *VirtualCluster
 		nginxPod       *v1.Pod
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ var _ = When("a shared mode cluster scales up servers", Label("e2e"), Label(upda
 	})
 })

-var _ = When("a shared mode cluster scales down servers", Label("e2e"), Label(updateTestsLabel), Label(slowTestsLabel), func() {
+var _ = When("a shared mode cluster scales down servers", Label(e2eTestLabel), Label(updateTestsLabel), Label(slowTestsLabel), func() {
 	var (
 		virtualCluster *VirtualCluster
 		nginxPod       *v1.Pod
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ var _ = When("a shared mode cluster scales down servers", Label("e2e"), Label(up
 	})
 })

-var _ = When("a virtual mode cluster scales up servers", Label("e2e"), Label(updateTestsLabel), Label(slowTestsLabel), func() {
+var _ = When("a virtual mode cluster scales up servers", Label(e2eTestLabel), Label(updateTestsLabel), Label(slowTestsLabel), func() {
 	var (
 		virtualCluster *VirtualCluster
 		nginxPod       *v1.Pod
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ var _ = When("a virtual mode cluster scales up servers", Label("e2e"), Label(upd
 	})
 })

-var _ = When("a virtual mode cluster scales down servers", Label("e2e"), Label(updateTestsLabel), Label(slowTestsLabel), func() {
+var _ = When("a virtual mode cluster scales down servers", Label(e2eTestLabel), Label(updateTestsLabel), Label(slowTestsLabel), func() {
 	var (
 		virtualCluster *VirtualCluster
 		nginxPod       *v1.Pod
--- a/tests/common_test.go
+++ b/tests/common_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1/pod"
 	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"

 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -113,24 +114,18 @@ func DeleteNamespaces(names ...string) {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			defer GinkgoRecover()

-			deleteNamespace(name)
+			By(fmt.Sprintf("Deleting namespace %s", name))
+
+			err := k8s.CoreV1().Namespaces().Delete(context.Background(), name, metav1.DeleteOptions{
+				GracePeriodSeconds: ptr.To[int64](0),
+			})
+			Expect(client.IgnoreNotFound(err)).To(Not(HaveOccurred()))
 		}()
 	}

 	wg.Wait()
 }

-func deleteNamespace(name string) {
-	GinkgoHelper()
-
-	By(fmt.Sprintf("Deleting namespace %s", name))
-
-	err := k8s.CoreV1().Namespaces().Delete(context.Background(), name, metav1.DeleteOptions{
-		GracePeriodSeconds: ptr.To[int64](0),
-	})
-	Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()))
-}
-
 func NewCluster(namespace string) *v1beta1.Cluster {
 	return &v1beta1.Cluster{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
--- a/tests/tests_suite_test.go
+++ b/tests/tests_suite_test.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	k3kNamespace = "k3k-system"

+	e2eTestLabel           = "e2e"
 	slowTestsLabel         = "slow"
 	updateTestsLabel       = "update"
 	persistenceTestsLabel  = "persistence"
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Enrico Candino	93025d301b	Bump Charts to `1.0.1-rc2` (#586 )	2025-12-03 11:44:49 +01:00
Enrico Candino	e385ceb66f	Fixed missing Kubernetes host version when specified (#585 ) * fix for missing host version * added test * fix test * fix test	2025-12-03 09:21:27 +01:00
Enrico Candino	5c49c3d6b7	Fix create events rbac (#575 ) * cleanup logs in kubelet provider * added events create rbac to kubelet * fix lint, moved fetch pod logic in separate func	2025-11-25 13:48:04 +01:00
Enrico Candino	521ff17ef6	Added test for SubPathExpr (#569 ) * small fixes * added test for subpathexpr * removed old comment	2025-11-21 16:28:59 +01:00
Enrico Candino	5b4f31ef73	bump version to 1.0.1-rc1 in Chart.yaml (#567 )	2025-11-17 18:24:57 +01:00
Enrico Candino	8856419e70	added check for failing tests (#566 )	2025-11-17 12:58:59 +01:00
Enrico Candino	8760afd5bc	Added `--namespace` flag to `k3kcli policy create` (#564 ) * added --namespace flag to policy create to actually bind the new policy to existing namespaces * fix lint * fix tests * added overwrite flag * updated cli docs * fix tests 2 * moved double quotes to single quote * fix test	2025-11-14 21:45:28 +01:00
Enrico Candino	27730305c2	Added labels and annotations flags to cluster and policy create (#565 ) * added labels and annotations flags to cluster create * added labels and annotations flag to create policy command	2025-11-14 16:54:01 +01:00
Enrico Candino	d0e50a580d	Added cluster details in cli during creation (#562 ) * added cluster details in cli during cluster creation, silenced usage, removed static persistence type from help * fix docs	2025-11-14 12:53:15 +01:00
Enrico Candino	7dc4726bbd	Fixed panic during kubeconfig generate (#554 ) * fix panic during kubeconfig generate * moved check	2025-11-11 17:18:26 +01:00
Enrico Candino	7144cf9e66	Moved CRDs to Helm templates folder (#552 ) * moved CRDs of Cluster and VirtualClusterPolicy Updated the generate script to output CRDs to the correct directory and include the keep resource policy annotation. * fix crd directory in tests	2025-11-11 16:22:56 +01:00
Enrico Candino	de0d2a0019	Add Job Summary reports to Conformance tests (#553 ) * simplify shared conformance tests * summary * added failed test to summary * space * fix failed tests file * removed sigs test	2025-11-11 13:01:23 +01:00
Enrico Candino	a84c49f9b6	Update Go version and some deps (#551 ) * bump to Go 1.24.10 * bump k8s libs to v0.31.13 and v1.31.13 * bump cli deps (cobra, viper, pflag)	2025-11-07 12:34:34 +01:00
Enrico Candino	e79e6dbfc4	add upload permissions (#550 )	2025-11-06 16:53:51 +01:00
Enrico Candino	2b6441e54e	Added `trivy` vulns check (#549 ) * image check * added k3kcli	2025-11-06 12:46:15 +01:00
Enrico Candino	49a8d2a0ba	Bump Charts to `1.0.0` (#543 )	2025-11-03 16:44:11 +01:00