chore(e2e): bump client-go to v0.36.1, Go to 1.26.4, switch pod exec to WebSocket (#8628)

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: r2k1

.github/workflows/validate-components.yml

@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
       with:
-        go-version: '1.25'
+        go-version-file: e2e/go.mod
+        cache-dependency-path: e2e/go.sum
     - name: Run GPU managed components version consistency test
       working-directory: ./e2e
       run: |

e2e/exec.go

@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func execOnPod(ctx context.Context, kube *Kubeclient, namespace, podName string,
 }
 
 func attemptExecOnPod(ctx context.Context, kube *Kubeclient, namespace, podName string, command []string) (*podExecResult, error) {
-	req := kube.Typed.CoreV1().RESTClient().Post().Resource("pods").Name(podName).Namespace(namespace).SubResource("exec")
+	req := kube.Typed.CoreV1().RESTClient().Get().Resource("pods").Name(podName).Namespace(namespace).SubResource("exec")
 
 	option := &corev1.PodExecOptions{
 		Command: command,
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ func attemptExecOnPod(ctx context.Context, kube *Kubeclient, namespace, podName
 		scheme.ParameterCodec,
 	)
 
-	exec, err := remotecommand.NewSPDYExecutor(kube.RESTConfig, "POST", req.URL())
+	exec, err := remotecommand.NewWebSocketExecutor(kube.RESTConfig, "GET", req.URL().String())
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to create new SPDY executor for pod exec: %w", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to create new WebSocket executor for pod exec: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	var (

e2e/go.mod

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/Azure/agentbaker/e2e
 
-go 1.25.10
+go 1.26.4
 
 require (
 	github.com/Azure/agentbaker v0.20240503.0
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.18.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.51.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.34.2
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.2
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.34.2
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.4
+	k8s.io/api v0.36.1
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.1
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.36.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.24.1
 )
 
 require (
@@ -44,33 +44,34 @@ require (
 	github.com/coreos/butane v0.25.1 // indirect
 	github.com/coreos/go-json v0.0.0-20230131223807-18775e0fb4fb // indirect
 	github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1 // indirect
-	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/coreos/ignition/v2 v2.23.0 // indirect
 	github.com/coreos/vcontext v0.0.0-20230201181013-d72178a18687 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/vincent-petithory/dataurl v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 // indirect
-	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.1 // indirect
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.36.1 // indirect
+	k8s.io/streaming v0.36.1 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.2 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0 // indirect
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/internal v1.11.2 // indirect
 	github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-go v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
-	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.12.2 // indirect
+	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.13.0 // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.11 // indirect
 	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.21.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.21.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.23.1 // indirect
-	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
@@ -83,7 +84,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.3-0.20250322232337-35a7c28c31ee // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
-	github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20240102092130-5ac0b6a4141c // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
@@ -92,18 +92,18 @@ require (
 	github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.55.0
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.34.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.45.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.43.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.37.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/time v0.12.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.6 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.14.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12-0.20260120151049-f2248ac996af // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250710124328-f3f2b991d03b // indirect
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250604170112-4c0f3b243397 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8 // indirect
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.140.0 // indirect
+	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20260317180543-43fb72c5454a // indirect
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260210185600-b8788abfbbc2 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 // indirect
 )
 
 replace github.com/Azure/agentbaker => ../