Feat: cherry pick #639

Job	Run time
Fetch Latest Distroless Versions	5s
e2e/uninstall (k8s-1.32.11)	13m 56s
e2e/interrupt (k8s-1.33.7)	12m 51s
e2e/lifecycle (k8s-1.32.11)	7m 52s
e2e/core (k8s-1.33.7)	14m 50s
e2e/core (k8s-1.32.11)	15m 34s
e2e/core (k8s-1.34.3)	15m 50s
e2e/uninstall (k8s-1.33.7)	14m 45s
e2e/lifecycle (k8s-1.33.7)	8m 17s
e2e/interrupt (k8s-1.32.11)	13m 7s
e2e/uninstall (k8s-1.34.3)	14m 29s
e2e/lifecycle (k8s-1.34.3)	7m 56s
cli-e2e (k8s-1.35.0)	5m 18s
e2e/lifecycle (k8s-1.35.0)	8m 2s
deployment-policy (k8s-1.35.0)	12m 7s
e2e/core (k8s-1.35.0)	15m 30s
e2e/interrupt (k8s-1.35.0)	12m 57s
e2e/interrupt (k8s-1.34.3)	14m 25s
helm-tests (k8s-1.35.0)	6m 42s
e2e/uninstall (k8s-1.35.0)	14m 22s
unit-tests (k8s-1.35.0)	2m 9s
upload-coverage	-1s
compute-metadata	-1s
ci-gate	2s
create-manifest	0s
build-operator	0s
e2e/uninstall (k8s-1.32.11)	13m 56s
e2e/interrupt (k8s-1.32.11)	13m 7s
e2e/core (k8s-1.32.11)	15m 34s
e2e/lifecycle (k8s-1.32.11)	7m 52s
e2e/lifecycle (k8s-1.33.7)	8m 17s
e2e/core (k8s-1.33.7)	14m 50s
e2e/interrupt (k8s-1.33.7)	12m 51s
e2e/uninstall (k8s-1.34.3)	14m 29s
e2e/uninstall (k8s-1.33.7)	14m 45s
e2e/interrupt (k8s-1.34.3)	14m 25s
e2e/core (k8s-1.34.3)	12m 14s
e2e/core (k8s-1.35.0)	15m 13s
e2e/interrupt (k8s-1.35.0)	12m 57s
e2e/lifecycle (k8s-1.34.3)	7m 56s
e2e/uninstall (k8s-1.35.0)	14m 22s
deployment-policy (k8s-1.35.0)	12m 7s
cli-e2e (k8s-1.35.0)	5m 18s
e2e/lifecycle (k8s-1.35.0)	8m 2s
helm-tests (k8s-1.35.0)	6m 42s
unit-tests (k8s-1.35.0)	2m 9s
Fetch Latest Distroless Versions	5s
upload-coverage	0s
compute-metadata	0s
ci-gate	4s
build-operator	0s
create-manifest	0s
	7h 38m 19s

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