diff --git a/kubernetes-client/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/informers/impl/cache/CacheImplConcurrencyTest.java b/kubernetes-client/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/informers/impl/cache/CacheImplConcurrencyTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.informers.impl.cache;
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Pod;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.PodBuilder;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.informers.cache.Cache;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * Verifies that concurrent index reads never observe partially-updated index state.
+ *
+ * @see <a href="https://github.com/fabric8io/kubernetes-client/issues/7265">Issue 7265</a>
+ */
+@Disabled("https://github.com/fabric8io/kubernetes-client/issues/7265")
+class CacheImplConcurrencyTest {
+
+  private static final String LABEL_INDEX = "label-index";
+
+  @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0} should never miss object during concurrent updates")
+  @ValueSource(strings = { "byIndex", "indexKeys" })
+  void indexReadShouldNeverMissObjectDuringConcurrentUpdates(String readMethod) throws InterruptedException {
+    CacheImpl<Pod> cache = new CacheImpl<>(Cache.NAMESPACE_INDEX, Cache::metaNamespaceIndexFunc, Cache::metaNamespaceKeyFunc);
+    cache.addIndexFunc(LABEL_INDEX, pod -> Collections.singletonList(pod.getMetadata().getLabels().get("app")));
+
+    Pod pod = new PodBuilder()
+        .withNewMetadata()
+        .withName("test-pod")
+        .withNamespace("default")
+        .withResourceVersion("1")
+        .addToLabels("app", "myapp")
+        .endMetadata()
+        .build();
+    cache.put(pod);
+
+    int writerThreads = 4;
+    int readerThreads = 8;
+    int iterations = 5000;
+    AtomicBoolean missDetected = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+    AtomicInteger missCount = new AtomicInteger(0);
+    CountDownLatch startLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+    CountDownLatch doneLatch = new CountDownLatch(writerThreads + readerThreads);
+
+    ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(writerThreads + readerThreads);
+
+    // Writers: continuously update the pod (same index key "myapp") to trigger remove+re-add in updateIndices
+    for (int w = 0; w < writerThreads; w++) {
+      final int writerId = w;
+      executor.submit(() -> {
+        try {
+          startLatch.await();
+          for (int i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
+            Pod updated = new PodBuilder()
+                .withNewMetadata()
+                .withName("test-pod")
+                .withNamespace("default")
+                .withResourceVersion(String.valueOf(writerId * iterations + i + 2))
+                .addToLabels("app", "myapp")
+                .endMetadata()
+                .build();
+            cache.put(updated);
+          }
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+          Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+        } finally {
+          doneLatch.countDown();
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
+    // Readers: continuously query the index and verify the pod is always found
+    for (int r = 0; r < readerThreads; r++) {
+      executor.submit(() -> {
+        try {
+          startLatch.await();
+          for (int i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
+            boolean empty = readIndex(cache, readMethod);
+            if (empty) {
+              missDetected.set(true);
+              missCount.incrementAndGet();
+            }
+          }
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+          Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+        } finally {
+          doneLatch.countDown();
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
+    // Start all threads simultaneously
+    startLatch.countDown();
+    assertThat(doneLatch.await(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
+        .as("All threads should complete within timeout")
+        .isTrue();
+    executor.shutdown();
+    assertThat(executor.awaitTermination(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
+        .as("Executor should terminate within timeout")
+        .isTrue();
+
+    assertThat(missDetected.get())
+        .as("%s() should never return empty during concurrent updates, but missed %d times", readMethod, missCount.get())
+        .isFalse();
+  }
+
+  private boolean readIndex(CacheImpl<Pod> cache, String method) {
+    if ("byIndex".equals(method)) {
+      List<Pod> result = cache.byIndex(LABEL_INDEX, "myapp");
+      return result.isEmpty();
+    } else {
+      List<String> keys = cache.indexKeys(LABEL_INDEX, "myapp");
+      return keys.isEmpty();
+    }
+  }
+}