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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright 2026 gRPC authors.
+#
+# 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.
+
+#
+# Verifies that docker images in Artifact Registry for the last N version branches
+# for gRPC languages (cpp, python, go, java) are tagged with the matching Git commit hash from GitHub.
+#
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+#######################################
+# Check if required dependencies are installed.
+# Returns:
+#   0 if all dependencies are met, 1 otherwise.
+#######################################
+check_dependencies() {
+  local missing=()
+  local cmd
+  for cmd in gh gcloud jq; do
+    if ! command -v "${cmd}" &> /dev/null; then
+      missing+=("${cmd}")
+    fi
+  done
+  if [[ ${#missing[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
+    echo "Error: Missing required dependencies: ${missing[*]}" >&2
+    return 1
+  fi
+  return 0
+}
+
+#######################################
+# Display usage information and exit.
+# Outputs:
+#   Writes usage instructions to stderr.
+#######################################
+display_usage() {
+  cat <<EOF >/dev/stderr
+Verifies that docker images in Artifact Registry for the last N version branches
+for gRPC languages (cpp, python, go, java) are tagged with the matching Git commit hash from GitHub.
+
+USAGE: $0 [options]
+
+OPTIONS:
+   -n, --num-branches NUM   Number of recent version branches to verify per language (default: 3)
+   -r, --registry REGISTRY  Artifact Registry path (default: us-docker.pkg.dev/grpc-testing/psm-interop)
+   -l, --languages LANGS    Comma-separated list of languages to verify (default: cpp,python,go,java)
+   -m, --include-master     Include the master branch in verification
+   -h, --help               Show this help message
+
+EXAMPLES:
+   $0
+   $0 -n 3
+   $0 --languages cpp,go
+   $0 --include-master
+EOF
+  exit 1
+}
+
+#######################################
+# Get the GitHub repository for a given language.
+# Arguments:
+#   Language string (e.g., cpp, go).
+# Outputs:
+#   Writes the repository name (e.g., grpc/grpc) to stdout.
+#######################################
+get_repo_for_lang() {
+  local lang="$1"
+  case "${lang}" in
+    cpp|python) echo "grpc/grpc" ;;
+    go) echo "grpc/grpc-go" ;;
+    java) echo "grpc/grpc-java" ;;
+    *) echo "" ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+#######################################
+# Fetch version branches and their SHAs from GitHub using GraphQL.
+# Arguments:
+#   Repository name (e.g., grpc/grpc).
+#   Number of branches to fetch.
+#   Include master flag ("true" or "false").
+# Outputs:
+#   Writes lines of "branch_name commit_sha" to stdout.
+#######################################
+fetch_version_branches() {
+  local repo="$1"
+  local count="$2"
+  local include_master="$3"
+  local owner repo_name raw_branches master_branch
+
+  IFS='/' read -r owner repo_name <<< "${repo}"
+
+  if [[ "${include_master}" == "true" ]]; then
+    master_branch=$(gh api "repos/${repo}/branches/master" --jq '"master \(.commit.sha)"')
+    if [[ -n "${master_branch}" ]]; then
+      echo "${master_branch}"
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  if [[ "${count}" -gt 0 ]]; then
+    local gql_query
+    read -r -d '' gql_query << 'QUERY' || true
+query($owner: String!, $name: String!) {
+  repository(owner: $owner, name: $name) {
+    refs(refPrefix: "refs/heads/", query: "v1.", first: 100) {
+      nodes {
+        name
+        target {
+          ... on Commit {
+            oid
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+QUERY
+    raw_branches=$(gh api graphql -F owner="${owner}" -F name="${repo_name}" -f query="${gql_query}" \
+      --jq '.data.repository?.refs?.nodes[]? | select(.name | test("^v1\\.[0-9]+\\.[xX]$")) | "\(.name) \(.target.oid)"')
+
+    if [[ -n "${raw_branches}" ]]; then
+      printf '%s\n' "${raw_branches}" | sort -t. -k2,2nr | head -n "${count}"
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+#######################################
+# Verify tag for a specific image against an expected branch and SHA.
+# Arguments:
+#   Registry path.
+#   Language.
+#   Image role (client/server).
+#   Tags JSON string for this image.
+#   Branch name.
+#   Expected SHA.
+# Returns:
+#   0 if verification passed, 1 otherwise.
+#######################################
+verify_image_tag() {
+  local registry="$1"
+  local lang="$2"
+  local role="$3"
+  local tags_json="$4"
+  local branch="$5"
+  local sha="$6"
+  local result has_sha actual_shas all_tags
+
+  # Use jq to extract status, actual SHAs, and all tags in a single pipe-separated line.
+  result=$(jq -r --arg branch "${branch}" --arg sha "${sha}" \
+    '.[] | select((.tags // []) | index($branch) != null) | [
+      ((.tags // []) | index($sha) != null),
+      ([.tags[]? | select(test("^[0-9a-f]{40}$"))] | join(",")),
+      ((.tags // []) | join(","))
+    ] | join("|")' <<< "${tags_json}")
+
+  if [[ -z "${result}" ]]; then
+    echo "❌ [FAIL] https://${registry}/${lang}-${role}:${branch} -> Branch tag missing"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  IFS='|' read -r has_sha actual_shas all_tags <<< "${result}"
+
+  if [[ "${has_sha}" == "true" ]]; then
+    echo "✅ [PASS] https://${registry}/${lang}-${role}:${branch} -> ${sha}"
+    return 0
+  else
+    if [[ -n "${actual_shas}" ]]; then
+      echo "❌ [FAIL] https://${registry}/${lang}-${role}:${branch} -> ${actual_shas} (Expected ${sha})"
+    else
+      echo "❌ [FAIL] https://${registry}/${lang}-${role}:${branch} -> No SHA (Expected ${sha}, tags: ${all_tags})"
+    fi
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+main() {
+  local num_branches=3
+  local registry="us-docker.pkg.dev/grpc-testing/psm-interop"
+  local languages="cpp,python,go,java"
+  local include_master=false
+
+  while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case "$1" in
+      -n|--num-branches|-r|--registry|-l|--languages)
+        [[ $# -ge 2 ]] || { echo "Error: Option $1 requires an argument." >&2; display_usage; }
+        case "$1" in
+          -n|--num-branches) num_branches="$2" ;;
+          -r|--registry)     registry="$2" ;;
+          -l|--languages)    languages="$2" ;;
+        esac
+        shift 2
+        ;;
+      -m|--include-master)
+        include_master=true
+        shift 1
+        ;;
+      -h|--help)
+        display_usage
+        ;;
+      *)
+        echo "Unknown argument: $1" >&2
+        display_usage
+        ;;
+    esac
+  done
+
+  if [[ ! "${num_branches}" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+    echo "Error: --num-branches must be a non-negative integer, got '${num_branches}'" >&2
+    display_usage
+  fi
+
+  if ! check_dependencies; then
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  local SCRIPT_DIR XDS_K8S_DRIVER_DIR
+  SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd -- "$(dirname "$0")" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; pwd -P )"
+  XDS_K8S_DRIVER_DIR="${SCRIPT_DIR}/.."
+
+  cd "${XDS_K8S_DRIVER_DIR}"
+
+  local lang_array
+  IFS=',' read -r -a lang_array <<< "${languages}"
+
+  local overall_passed=true
+  local lang repo branches role
+  declare -A branch_cache
+
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  echo "Verifying Image Tags for Last ${num_branches} Version Branches"
+  echo "Registry: ${registry}"
+  echo "======================================================================"
+
+  for lang in "${lang_array[@]}"; do
+    lang=$(printf '%s\n' "${lang}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -d '[:space:]')
+    repo=$(get_repo_for_lang "${lang}")
+
+    if [[ -z "${repo}" ]]; then
+      printf "\nSkipping unknown language: %s\n" "${lang}"
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    printf "\n--- Language: %s (repo: %s) ---\n" "$(printf '%s\n' "${lang}" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')" "${repo}"
+
+    local cache_key="${repo}_${num_branches}_${include_master}"
+    if [[ -z "${branch_cache[${cache_key}]:-}" ]]; then
+      branch_cache[${cache_key}]=$(fetch_version_branches "${repo}" "${num_branches}" "${include_master}")
+    fi
+    branches="${branch_cache[${cache_key}]}"
+
+    if [[ -z "${branches}" ]]; then
+      echo "Error: No version branches found for ${repo}"
+      overall_passed=false
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    local client_tags_json server_tags_json
+    if ! client_tags_json=$(gcloud container images list-tags "${registry}/${lang}-client" --format="json" 2>/dev/null) || \
+       ! server_tags_json=$(gcloud container images list-tags "${registry}/${lang}-server" --format="json" 2>/dev/null); then
+      echo "❌ [FAIL] Failed to list image tags for ${registry}/${lang}. Ensure images exist and permissions are granted." >&2
+      overall_passed=false
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    local first_branch=true
+    while read -r branch sha; do
+      [[ -z "${branch}" ]] && continue
+      if ${first_branch}; then
+        first_branch=false
+      else
+        echo ""
+      fi
+      echo "Branch ${branch} (Git SHA: ${sha})"
+
+      if ! verify_image_tag "${registry}" "${lang}" "client" "${client_tags_json}" "${branch}" "${sha}"; then
+        overall_passed=false
+      fi
+      if ! verify_image_tag "${registry}" "${lang}" "server" "${server_tags_json}" "${branch}" "${sha}"; then
+        overall_passed=false
+      fi
+    done <<< "${branches}"
+  done
+
+  echo "======================================================================"
+  if ${overall_passed}; then
+    echo "🎉 RESULT: ALL IMAGE TAG VERIFICATIONS PASSED 🎉"
+    return 0
+  else
+    echo "💥 RESULT: IMAGE TAG VERIFICATION FAILED 💥"
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+main "$@"