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+/*
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes 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.
+*/
+
+package e2enode
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
+	testutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils"
+	admissionapi "k8s.io/pod-security-admission/api"
+
+	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+// Pod sigkill test will cover pods with graceful termination period set but failed
+// to terminate and forcefully killed by kubelet. This test examine pod's container's
+// exit code is 137 and the exit reason is `Error`
+var _ = SIGDescribe("Pod SIGKILL [LinuxOnly] [NodeConformance]", func() {
+	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("sigkill-test")
+	f.NamespacePodSecurityEnforceLevel = admissionapi.LevelBaseline
+
+	podName := "sigkill-pod-" + string(uuid.NewUUID())
+	containerName := "sigkill-target-container"
+	podSpec := getSigkillTargetPod(podName, containerName)
+	ginkgo.Context("", func() {
+		ginkgo.BeforeEach(func() {
+			ginkgo.By("setting up the pod to be used in the test")
+			e2epod.NewPodClient(f).Create(context.TODO(), podSpec)
+		})
+
+		ginkgo.It("The containers terminated forcefully by Sigkill should have the correct exit code(137) and reason (Error)", func() {
+
+			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Waiting for the pod (%v/%v) to be running", f.Namespace.Name, podSpec.Name))
+			err := e2epod.WaitForPodNameRunningInNamespace(context.TODO(), f.ClientSet, podSpec.Name, f.Namespace.Name)
+			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Failed to await for the pod to be running: %q", podSpec.Name)
+
+			// Checking pod's readiness to confirm the signal handler has registered successfully.
+			err = e2epod.WaitForPodCondition(context.TODO(), f.ClientSet, f.Namespace.Name, podSpec.Name, "Ready", f.Timeouts.PodStart, testutils.PodRunningReady)
+			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Failed to await Pod (%v/%v) become ready after registering signal handler: %v", f.Namespace.Name, podSpec.Name, err)
+
+			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Deleting the pod (%v/%v) to set a deletion timestamp", f.Namespace.Name, podSpec.Name))
+			err = e2epod.NewPodClient(f).Delete(context.TODO(), podSpec.Name, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Failed to delete the pod: %q", podSpec.Name)
+
+			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Waiting for the pod (%v/%v) to be transitioned to the terminated phase", f.Namespace.Name, podSpec.Name))
+			err = e2epod.WaitForPodTerminatedInNamespace(context.TODO(), f.ClientSet, podSpec.Name, "", f.Namespace.Name)
+			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Failed to await for the pod to be terminated: %q", podSpec.Name)
+
+			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Fetching the end state of the pod (%v/%v)", f.Namespace.Name, podSpec.Name))
+			pod, err := e2epod.NewPodClient(f).Get(context.TODO(), podSpec.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Failed to fetch the end state of the pod: %q", podSpec.Name)
+
+			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Verify the pod (%v/%v) container is in the terminated state", pod.Namespace, podSpec.Name))
+			gomega.Expect(pod.Status.ContainerStatuses).Should(gomega.HaveLen(1), "The pod container has %v status", len(pod.Status.ContainerStatuses))
+			containerStatus := pod.Status.ContainerStatuses[0]
+			gomega.Expect(containerStatus.State.Terminated).ShouldNot(gomega.BeNil(), "The pod container is in not in the Terminated state")
+
+			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Verifying the exit code for the terminated container is 137 for pod (%v/%v)", pod.Namespace, podSpec.Name))
+			gomega.Expect(containerStatus.State.Terminated.ExitCode).Should(gomega.Equal(int32(137)))
+
+			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Verify exit reason of the pod (%v/%v) container", f.Namespace.Name, podSpec.Name))
+			framework.ExpectEqual(containerStatus.State.Terminated.Reason, "Error", fmt.Sprintf("Container terminated by sigkill expect Error but got %v", containerStatus.State.Terminated.Reason))
+		})
+
+		ginkgo.AfterEach(func() {
+			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Deleting pod by removing finalizers: %s", podSpec.Name))
+			e2epod.NewPodClient(f).RemoveFinalizer(context.TODO(), podSpec.Name, testFinalizer)
+
+			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Confirm the pod was successfully deleted: %s", podSpec.Name))
+			e2epod.WaitForPodNotFoundInNamespace(context.TODO(), f.ClientSet, podSpec.Name, f.Namespace.Name, f.Timeouts.PodDelete)
+		})
+	})
+})
+
+func getSigkillTargetPod(podName string, ctnName string) *v1.Pod {
+	gracePeriod := int64(5)
+	return &v1.Pod{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: podName,
+			// Using default test finalizer to keep exit status and code can be
+			// preserved after deleting the pod
+			Finalizers: []string{testFinalizer},
+		},
+		Spec: v1.PodSpec{
+			RestartPolicy: v1.RestartPolicyNever,
+			Containers: []v1.Container{
+				{
+					Name:  ctnName,
+					Image: busyboxImage,
+					// In the main container, SIGTERM was trapped and later /tmp/healthy
+					// will be created for readiness probe to verify if the trap was
+					// excucuted successfully
+					Command: []string{
+						"sh",
+						"-c",
+						"trap \"echo SIGTERM caught\" SIGTERM SIGINT; touch /tmp/healthy; sleep 1000",
+					},
+					// Using readinessprobe to guarantee signal handler registering finished
+					ReadinessProbe: &v1.Probe{
+						InitialDelaySeconds: 1,
+						TimeoutSeconds:      2,
+						ProbeHandler: v1.ProbeHandler{
+							Exec: &v1.ExecAction{
+								Command: []string{"/bin/sh", "-c", "cat /tmp/healthy"},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			TerminationGracePeriodSeconds: &gracePeriod,
+		},
+	}
+}