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+name: Kind Cluster E2E tests
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]
+    paths-ignore:
+    - 'docs/**'
+    - '*.md'
+    - 'cli/**'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  run-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Create k8s Kind Cluster
+        uses: helm/kind-action@v1
+        with:
+          cluster_name: kinder
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+      - name: Install Carvel Tools
+        run: ./hack/install-deps.sh
+      # Run benchmark with `go test -bench` and stores the output to a file
+      - name: Install kc and run e2e tests on kind
+        run: |
+          set -e -x
+          kubectl version
+          source ./hack/version-util.sh
+          ytt -f config/config -f config/values-schema.yml -f config-dev -v dev.version="$(get_kappctrl_ver)+develop" | kbld -f- > kbld.out 2> kbldmeta.out
+          cat kbldmeta.out | tail -n 1 | sed 's/.*final: kapp-controller -> \(.*\)$/\1/p'  | tail -n 1 | xargs kind load docker-image --name kinder
+          kapp deploy -a kc -f kbld.out -c -y
+          export KAPPCTRL_E2E_SECRETGEN_CONTROLLER=true
+          source ./hack/secretgen-controller.sh
+          deploy_secretgen-controller
+          mkdir tmp
+          KAPPCTRL_E2E_NAMESPACE=kappctrl-test eval './hack/test-e2e.sh'
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