diff --git a/tests/stability/kubernetes_soak_test.sh b/tests/stability/kubernetes_soak_test.sh
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+++ b/tests/stability/kubernetes_soak_test.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2024 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+SCRIPT_PATH=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")
+source "${SCRIPT_PATH}/../metrics/lib/common.bash"
+
+set -x
+
+replicas="${replicas:-8}"
+deployment_name="${deployment_name:-deploymenttest}"
+# How many times will we run the test loop...
+iterations="${iterations:-20}"
+
+function delete_deployment() {
+	kubectl delete deployment "${deployment_name}"
+}
+
+function go() {
+	kubectl scale deployment/"${deployment_name}" --replicas="${replicas}"
+	cmd="kubectl get deployment/${deployment_name} -o yaml | grep 'availableReplicas: ${replicas}'"
+	waitForProcess "300" "30" "${cmd}"
+}
+
+function init() {
+	kubectl create -f "${SCRIPT_PATH}/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-deployment.yaml"
+	kubectl wait --for=condition=Available --timeout=30s deployment/"${deployment_name}"
+}
+
+function main() {
+	check_processes
+	local i=0
+	for (( i=1; i<="${iterations}"; i++ )); do
+		info "Start iteration $i of $iterations"
+		init
+		#spin them up
+		go
+		#shut them all down
+		delete_deployment
+	done
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/tests/stability/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-deployment.yaml b/tests/stability/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-deployment.yaml
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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2024 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: deploymenttest
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      purpose: pod-test
+  replicas: 2
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        purpose: pod-test
+    spec:
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 0
+      runtimeClassName: kata
+      containers:
+      - name: pod-test
+        image: quay.io/prometheus/busybox:latest
+        command: ["tail", "-f", "/dev/null"]