#### What happened: Several e2e cases in `tests/e2e/network/ensureloadbalancer.go` create and expose a `Service`, then call `Get(...)`, and only register the cleanup `defer` after that `Get` returns. If that `Get` call fails, or if `Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())` fails immediately after it, the cleanup `defer` is never registered, so the test can leave the `Service` behind. Confirmed occurrences: - `It("should respect service with various configurations")` at `tests/e2e/network/ensureloadbalancer.go:986-992` - `It("should respect service with BYO public IP with various configurations")` at `tests/e2e/network/ensureloadbalancer.go:1050-1056` - `It("should respect service with BYO public IP prefix with various configurations")` at `tests/e2e/network/ensureloadbalancer.go:1114-1120` - `It("should respect internal service with various configurations")` at `tests/e2e/network/ensureloadbalancer.go:1148-1154` #### What you expected to happen: Cleanup should be registered as soon as the `Service` is known to exist, before later `Get(...)` calls or assertions that can abort the spec. #### How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible): 1. Run one of the listed tests. 2. Force the `Get(...)` call at one of the listed locations to return an error, or inject a failing assertion before the cleanup `defer` line. 3. Observe that the `DeleteService(...)` cleanup block is never executed because the `defer` was not registered yet. #### Anything else we need to know?: I searched `tests/e2e` for the same `Get(...); defer cleanup; Expect(err)` ordering and found the four confirmed cases above. I also checked nearby `WaitServiceExposureAndValidateConnectivity(...)` cases. Those are less urgent because that helper already deletes the `Service` on its own error path, so this issue is scoped to the confirmed post-create `Get(...)` gaps. A straightforward fix would be to move the cleanup registration earlier, immediately after `Create(...)` succeeds or immediately after any helper that guarantees the `Service` exists. #### Environment: - Kubernetes version (use `kubectl version`): N/A - Cloud provider or hardware configuration: N/A - OS (e.g: `cat /etc/os-release`): N/A - Kernel (e.g. `uname -a`): N/A - Install tools: N/A - Network plugin and version (if this is a network-related bug): N/A - Others: N/A