diff --git a/.github/kind-cluster.yaml b/.github/kind-cluster.yaml
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+kind: Cluster
+apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
+nodes:
+- role: control-plane
+- role: control-plane
+- role: control-plane
+- role: worker
+- role: worker
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-tests.yml
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+# This needs all the previous artifacts to be created:
+# the image should be published, the repo should be tagged, the helm
+# chart pushed. It's assumed everything is working, and we are doing
+# a last final test at the release creation time to _ensure_ we can
+# release. At this point it's still time to back off in case of problem,
+# not publish the release and iterate on tags.
+
+name: Smoke test
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - '**'
+  release:
+    types: created
+
+jobs:
+  deploy-manifests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: "0"
+
+      - name: Workaround "Failed to attach 1 to compat systemd cgroup /actions_job/..." on gh actions
+        run: |
+          sudo bash << EOF
+              cp /etc/docker/daemon.json /etc/docker/daemon.json.old
+              echo '{}' > /etc/docker/daemon.json
+              systemctl restart docker || journalctl --no-pager -n 500
+              systemctl status docker
+          EOF
+
+      - name: Create 5 node kind cluster
+        uses: helm/kind-action@master
+        with:
+          config: .github/kind-cluster.yaml
+
+      - name: Deploy kured on default namespace with its helm chart
+        run: |
+          # Documented in official helm doc to live on the edge
+          curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/master/scripts/get-helm-3 | bash
+          # Refresh bins
+          hash -r
+          helm install kured ./charts/kured/ --set configuration.period=1m
+          kubectl config set-context kind-chart-testing
+          kubectl get ds --all-namespaces
+          kubectl describe ds kured
+
+      - name: Ensure kured is ready
+        uses: nick-invision/retry@v1
+        with:
+          timeout_minutes: 10
+          max_attempts: 10
+          retry_wait_seconds: 60
+          # DESIRED   CURRENT   READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE should all be = 5
+          command: "kubectl get ds kured | grep -E 'kured.*5.*5.*5.*5.*5' "
+
+      - name: Create reboot sentinel files
+        run: |
+          ./tests/kind/create-reboot-sentinels.sh
+
+      - name: Follow reboot until success
+        env:
+          DEBUG: true
+        run: |
+          ./tests/kind/follow-coordinated-reboot.sh
diff --git a/tests/kind/create-reboot-sentinels.sh b/tests/kind/create-reboot-sentinels.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# USE KUBECTL_CMD to pass context and/or namespaces.
+KUBECTL_CMD="${KUBECTL_CMD:-kubectl}"
+SENTINEL_FILE="${SENTINEL_FILE:-/var/run/reboot-required}"
+
+echo "Creating reboot sentinel on all nodes"
+
+for nodename in $("$KUBECTL_CMD" get nodes -o name); do
+    docker exec "${nodename/node\//}" hostname
+    docker exec "${nodename/node\//}" touch "${SENTINEL_FILE}"
+done
diff --git a/tests/kind/follow-coordinated-reboot.sh b/tests/kind/follow-coordinated-reboot.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+NODECOUNT=${NODECOUNT:-5}
+KUBECTL_CMD="${KUBECTL_CMD:-kubectl}"
+DEBUG="${DEBUG:-false}"
+
+tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d -t kured-XXXX)
+
+declare -A was_unschedulable
+declare -A has_recovered
+
+max_attempts="60"
+sleep_time=60
+attempt_num=1
+
+set +o errexit
+echo "There are $NODECOUNT nodes in the cluster"
+until [ ${#was_unschedulable[@]} == "$NODECOUNT" ] && [ ${#has_recovered[@]} == "$NODECOUNT" ]
+do
+    echo "${#was_unschedulable[@]} nodes were removed from pool once:" "${!was_unschedulable[@]}"
+    echo "${#has_recovered[@]} nodes removed from the pool are now back:" "${!has_recovered[@]}"
+
+    "$KUBECTL_CMD" get nodes -o custom-columns=NAME:.metadata.name,SCHEDULABLE:.spec.unschedulable --no-headers > "$tmp_dir"/node_output
+    if [[ "$DEBUG" == "true" ]]; then
+        # This is useful to see if a node gets stuck after drain, and doesn't
+        # come back up.
+        echo "Result of command $KUBECTL_CMD get nodes ... showing unschedulable nodes:"
+        cat "$tmp_dir"/node_output
+    fi
+    while read -r node; do
+        unschedulable=$(echo "$node" | grep true | cut -f 1 -d ' ')
+        if [ -n "$unschedulable" ] && [ -z ${was_unschedulable["$unschedulable"]+x} ] ; then
+            echo "$unschedulable is now unschedulable!"
+            was_unschedulable["$unschedulable"]=1
+        fi
+        schedulable=$(echo "$node" | grep '<none>' | cut -f 1 -d ' ')
+        if [ -n "$schedulable" ] && [ ${was_unschedulable["$schedulable"]+x} ] && [ -z ${has_recovered["$schedulable"]+x} ]; then
+            echo "$schedulable has recovered!"
+            has_recovered["$schedulable"]=1
+        fi
+    done < "$tmp_dir"/node_output
+
+    if [[ "${#has_recovered[@]}" == "$NODECOUNT" ]]; then
+        echo "All nodes recovered."
+        break
+    else
+        if (( attempt_num == max_attempts ))
+        then
+            echo "Attempt $attempt_num failed and there are no more attempts left!"
+            exit 1
+        else
+            echo "Attempt $attempt_num failed! Trying again in $sleep_time seconds..."
+            sleep "$sleep_time"
+        fi
+    fi
+    (( attempt_num++ ))
+done
+if [[ "$DEBUG" == "true" ]]; then
+    # This is useful to see if containers have crashed
+    echo "Debug logs"
+    echo "docker ps:"
+    docker ps
+    # This is useful to see if the nodes have _properly_ rebooted.
+    # It should show the reboot/two container starts per node.
+    for name in chart-testing-control-plane chart-testing-control-plane2 chart-testing-control-plane3  chart-testing-worker  chart-testing-worker2; do
+        echo "############################################################"
+        echo "docker logs for node $name:"
+        docker logs $name
+    done
+fi
+
+set -o errexit
+echo "Test successful"
+
+rm "$tmp_dir"/node_output
+rmdir "$tmp_dir"