diff --git a/test/extended/networking/network_observability.go b/test/extended/networking/network_observability.go
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+package networking
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	g "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	o "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	exutil "github.com/openshift/origin/test/extended/util"
+	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+)
+
+const (
+	netobservOperatorNamespace = "openshift-netobserv-operator"
+	netobservNamespace         = "openshift-network-observability"
+	netobservPrivilegedNS      = "openshift-network-observability-privileged"
+	flowCollectorName          = "cluster"
+	flpMetricsPort             = "9401"
+)
+
+type flowCollectorCondition struct {
+	Type   string `json:"type"`
+	Status string `json:"status"`
+}
+
+var _ = g.Describe("[sig-network][OCPFeatureGate:NetworkObservabilityInstall][Feature:NetObserv]", func() {
+	oc := exutil.NewCLIWithoutNamespace("netobserv-e2e")
+
+	g.It("should not be installed on single node clusters", func(ctx context.Context) {
+		isSingleNode, err := exutil.IsSingleNode(ctx, oc.AdminConfigClient())
+		o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
+		if !isSingleNode {
+			g.Skip("test only applies to single node clusters")
+		}
+
+		g.By("checking that the operator namespace does not exist")
+		_, err = oc.AdminKubeClient().CoreV1().Namespaces().Get(ctx, netobservOperatorNamespace, metav1.GetOptions{})
+		o.Expect(apierrors.IsNotFound(err)).To(o.BeTrue(),
+			"Network observability operator namespace %q should not exist on single node clusters (err: %v)", netobservOperatorNamespace, err)
+
+		g.By("checking that the workload namespace does not exist")
+		_, err = oc.AdminKubeClient().CoreV1().Namespaces().Get(ctx, netobservNamespace, metav1.GetOptions{})
+		o.Expect(apierrors.IsNotFound(err)).To(o.BeTrue(),
+			"Network observability namespace %q should not exist on single node clusters (err: %v)", netobservNamespace, err)
+
+		g.By("checking that the FlowCollector CRD is not installed")
+		crdOutput, crdErr := oc.AsAdmin().WithoutNamespace().Run("get").Args("crd", "flowcollectors.flows.netobserv.io").Output()
+		o.Expect(crdErr).To(o.HaveOccurred(),
+			"FlowCollector CRD should not be installed on single node clusters, but found: %s", crdOutput)
+		o.Expect(strings.Contains(crdOutput, "NotFound") || strings.Contains(crdOutput, "not found")).To(o.BeTrue(),
+			"expected not-found error for FlowCollector CRD, got: %s", crdOutput)
+	})
+
+	g.Context("health checks", func() {
+		g.BeforeEach(func(ctx context.Context) {
+			isSingleNode, err := exutil.IsSingleNode(ctx, oc.AdminConfigClient())
+			o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred(), "failed to determine cluster topology")
+			if isSingleNode {
+				g.Skip("NetObserv is not expected on single node clusters")
+			}
+
+			isMicroShift, err := exutil.IsMicroShiftCluster(oc.AdminKubeClient())
+			o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred(), "failed to determine if cluster is MicroShift")
+			if isMicroShift {
+				g.Skip("NetObserv is not supported on MicroShift")
+			}
+		})
+
+		g.It("should have FlowCollector CR in Ready state", func(ctx context.Context) {
+			g.By("verifying operator namespace exists")
+			_, err := oc.AdminKubeClient().CoreV1().Namespaces().Get(ctx, netobservOperatorNamespace, metav1.GetOptions{})
+			o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred(),
+				"Network observability operator namespace %q must exist", netobservOperatorNamespace)
+
+			g.By("checking FlowCollector CR has Ready status")
+			output, err := oc.AsAdmin().WithoutNamespace().Run("get").Args(
+				"flowcollector", flowCollectorName,
+				"-o=jsonpath={.status.conditions}",
+			).Output()
+			o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred(), "FlowCollector CR %q should exist", flowCollectorName)
+
+			var conditions []flowCollectorCondition
+			err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(output), &conditions)
+			o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred(), "failed to parse FlowCollector conditions")
+
+			ready := false
+			for _, c := range conditions {
+				if c.Type == "Ready" && c.Status == "True" {
+					ready = true
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			o.Expect(ready).To(o.BeTrue(), "FlowCollector should have Ready=True condition")
+		})
+
+		g.It("should have operator pod running", func(ctx context.Context) {
+			pods, err := oc.AdminKubeClient().CoreV1().Pods(netobservOperatorNamespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{})
+			o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred(), "failed to list pods in %s", netobservOperatorNamespace)
+			o.Expect(pods.Items).NotTo(o.BeEmpty(), "expected at least one pod in %s", netobservOperatorNamespace)
+
+			found := false
+			for _, pod := range pods.Items {
+				if strings.Contains(pod.Name, "netobserv-controller-manager") {
+					o.Expect(string(pod.Status.Phase)).To(o.Equal("Running"),
+						"netobserv-controller-manager pod should be Running, got %s", pod.Status.Phase)
+					found = true
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			o.Expect(found).To(o.BeTrue(), "netobserv-controller-manager pod not found in %s", netobservOperatorNamespace)
+		})
+
+		g.It("should have FLP pods running", func(ctx context.Context) {
+			o.Eventually(func() bool {
+				flpPods, err := oc.AdminKubeClient().CoreV1().Pods(netobservNamespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{
+					LabelSelector: "app=flowlogs-pipeline",
+				})
+				if err != nil {
+					framework.Logf("failed to list FLP pods")
+					return false
+				}
+				if len(flpPods.Items) == 0 {
+					framework.Logf("no FLP pods found in %s", netobservNamespace)
+					return false
+				}
+				for _, pod := range flpPods.Items {
+					if pod.Status.Phase != "Running" {
+						framework.Logf("FLP pod %s phase is %s", pod.Name, pod.Status.Phase)
+						return false
+					}
+				}
+				return true
+			}, 3*time.Minute, 5*time.Second).Should(o.BeTrue(), "FLP pods should be Running in %s", netobservNamespace)
+		})
+
+		g.It("should have eBPF agent DaemonSet fully ready", func(ctx context.Context) {
+			g.By("checking eBPF agent DaemonSet readiness")
+			o.Eventually(func() bool {
+				ds, err := oc.AdminKubeClient().AppsV1().DaemonSets(netobservPrivilegedNS).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{})
+				if err != nil {
+					framework.Logf("failed to list DaemonSets in %s", netobservPrivilegedNS)
+					return false
+				}
+				for _, d := range ds.Items {
+					if strings.Contains(d.Name, "netobserv-ebpf-agent") {
+						desired := d.Status.DesiredNumberScheduled
+						readyCount := d.Status.NumberReady
+						if desired == 0 {
+							framework.Logf("eBPF DaemonSet desired=0")
+							return false
+						}
+						if desired != readyCount {
+							framework.Logf("eBPF DaemonSet desired=%d ready=%d", desired, readyCount)
+							return false
+						}
+						return true
+					}
+				}
+				framework.Logf("no eBPF agent DaemonSet found in %s", netobservPrivilegedNS)
+				return false
+			}, 3*time.Minute, 5*time.Second).Should(o.BeTrue(), "eBPF agent DaemonSet should have desired=ready")
+
+			g.By("verifying all eBPF agent pods are Running")
+			ebpfPods, err := oc.AdminKubeClient().CoreV1().Pods(netobservPrivilegedNS).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{
+				LabelSelector: "app=netobserv-ebpf-agent",
+			})
+			o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred(), "failed to list eBPF agent pods in %s", netobservPrivilegedNS)
+			o.Expect(ebpfPods.Items).NotTo(o.BeEmpty(), "expected eBPF agent pods in %s", netobservPrivilegedNS)
+			for _, pod := range ebpfPods.Items {
+				o.Expect(string(pod.Status.Phase)).To(o.Equal("Running"),
+					"eBPF agent pod %s should be Running", pod.Name)
+			}
+		})
+
+		g.It("should have console plugin healthy if deployed [apigroup:console.openshift.io]", func(ctx context.Context) {
+			pluginPods, err := oc.AdminKubeClient().CoreV1().Pods(netobservNamespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{
+				LabelSelector: "app=netobserv-plugin",
+			})
+			if err != nil || len(pluginPods.Items) == 0 {
+				g.Skip("console plugin not deployed")
+			}
+
+			for _, pod := range pluginPods.Items {
+				o.Expect(string(pod.Status.Phase)).To(o.Equal("Running"),
+					"console plugin pod %s should be Running, got %s", pod.Name, pod.Status.Phase)
+			}
+
+			pluginOutput, err := oc.AsAdmin().WithoutNamespace().Run("get").Args(
+				"consoleplugin", "netobserv-plugin",
+				"-o=jsonpath={.metadata.name}",
+			).Output()
+			o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred(), "failed to get consoleplugin resource")
+			o.Expect(pluginOutput).To(o.Equal("netobserv-plugin"),
+				"consoleplugin resource name mismatch")
+		})
+
+		g.It("should not have excessive errors in operator logs", func(ctx context.Context) {
+			logOutput, err := oc.AsAdmin().WithoutNamespace().Run("logs").Args(
+				"-n", netobservOperatorNamespace,
+				"deployment/netobserv-controller-manager",
+				"--tail=50",
+			).Output()
+			o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred(), "failed to fetch operator logs")
+
+			errorCount := 0
+			for _, line := range strings.Split(logOutput, "\n") {
+				if strings.Contains(line, "\"level\":\"error\"") || strings.Contains(line, "level=error") {
+					errorCount++
+				}
+			}
+			o.Expect(errorCount).To(o.BeNumerically("<=", 5),
+				"found %d error-level log entries in the last 50 operator log lines (threshold: 5)", errorCount)
+		})
+
+		g.It("should have monitoring resources deployed", func(ctx context.Context) {
+			g.By("checking ServiceMonitors exist")
+			smCount, err := countResources(oc, "servicemonitor", netobservNamespace)
+			o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred(), "failed to list ServiceMonitors in %s", netobservNamespace)
+			o.Expect(smCount).To(o.BeNumerically(">", 0),
+				"expected at least one ServiceMonitor in %s", netobservNamespace)
+			framework.Logf("Found %d ServiceMonitor(s) in %s", smCount, netobservNamespace)
+
+			smPrivCount, err := countResources(oc, "servicemonitor", netobservPrivilegedNS)
+			o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred(), "failed to list ServiceMonitors in %s", netobservPrivilegedNS)
+			o.Expect(smPrivCount).To(o.BeNumerically(">", 0),
+				"expected at least one ServiceMonitor in %s", netobservPrivilegedNS)
+			framework.Logf("Found %d ServiceMonitor(s) in %s", smPrivCount, netobservPrivilegedNS)
+
+			g.By("checking alert rules are deployed")
+			rulesCount, err := countResources(oc, "prometheusrules", netobservNamespace)
+			o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred(), "failed to list PrometheusRules in %s", netobservNamespace)
+			o.Expect(rulesCount).To(o.BeNumerically(">", 0),
+				"expected at least one PrometheusRule in %s", netobservNamespace)
+			framework.Logf("Found %d PrometheusRule(s) in %s", rulesCount, netobservNamespace)
+		})
+
+		g.It("should have FLP producing non-zero flow data", func(ctx context.Context) {
+			flpPods, err := oc.AdminKubeClient().CoreV1().Pods(netobservNamespace).List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{
+				LabelSelector: "app=flowlogs-pipeline",
+			})
+			o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred(), "failed to list FLP pods in %s", netobservNamespace)
+			o.Expect(flpPods.Items).NotTo(o.BeEmpty(), "no FLP pods found in %s", netobservNamespace)
+
+			flpPod := flpPods.Items[0].Name
+			o.Eventually(func() bool {
+				metricsOutput, err := oc.AsAdmin().WithoutNamespace().Run("exec").Args(
+					"-n", netobservNamespace, flpPod, "--",
+					"curl", "-s", fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%s/metrics", flpMetricsPort),
+				).Output()
+				if err != nil {
+					framework.Logf("failed to query FLP metrics endpoint")
+					return false
+				}
+
+				for _, line := range strings.Split(metricsOutput, "\n") {
+					if strings.HasPrefix(line, "netobserv_ingest_flows_processed") && !strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") {
+						parts := strings.Fields(line)
+						if len(parts) >= 2 {
+							val, err := strconv.ParseFloat(parts[len(parts)-1], 64)
+							if err == nil && val > 0 {
+								framework.Logf("FLP processed flows metric: %v", val)
+								return true
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				framework.Logf("netobserv_ingest_flows_processed metric is zero or not found")
+				return false
+			}, 3*time.Minute, 10*time.Second).Should(o.BeTrue(),
+				"FLP should show non-zero netobserv_ingest_flows_processed metric")
+		})
+
+		g.It("should have Prometheus scraping non-zero NetObserv metrics", func(ctx context.Context) {
+			promPods, err := oc.AdminKubeClient().CoreV1().Pods("openshift-monitoring").List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{
+				LabelSelector: "app.kubernetes.io/name=prometheus",
+			})
+			o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred(), "failed to list Prometheus pods in openshift-monitoring")
+			o.Expect(promPods.Items).NotTo(o.BeEmpty(), "expected at least one Prometheus pod in openshift-monitoring")
+			promPodName := promPods.Items[0].Name
+
+			o.Eventually(func() bool {
+				promOutput, err := oc.AsAdmin().WithoutNamespace().Run("exec").Args(
+					"-n", "openshift-monitoring",
+					promPodName, "-c", "prometheus", "--",
+					"curl", "-s",
+					"http://localhost:9090/api/v1/query?query=netobserv_ingest_flows_processed",
+				).Output()
+				if err != nil {
+					framework.Logf("failed to query Prometheus API")
+					return false
+				}
+
+				type promResult struct {
+					Data struct {
+						Result []struct {
+							Value []json.RawMessage `json:"value"`
+						} `json:"result"`
+					} `json:"data"`
+				}
+				var result promResult
+				if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(promOutput), &result); err != nil {
+					framework.Logf("failed to parse Prometheus response")
+					return false
+				}
+				if len(result.Data.Result) == 0 {
+					framework.Logf("Prometheus netobserv_ingest_flows_processed: no results yet")
+					return false
+				}
+				for _, r := range result.Data.Result {
+					if len(r.Value) >= 2 {
+						var valStr string
+						if err := json.Unmarshal(r.Value[1], &valStr); err != nil {
+							continue
+						}
+						val, err := strconv.ParseFloat(valStr, 64)
+						if err != nil {
+							continue
+						}
+						if val > 0 {
+							framework.Logf("Prometheus netobserv_ingest_flows_processed sample value: %v", val)
+							return true
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				framework.Logf("Prometheus netobserv_ingest_flows_processed: all sample values are zero")
+				return false
+			}, 5*time.Minute, 15*time.Second).Should(o.BeTrue(),
+				"Prometheus should have non-zero netobserv_ingest_flows_processed results")
+		})
+	})
+})
+
+func countResources(oc *exutil.CLI, resource, namespace string) (int, error) {
+	output, err := oc.AsAdmin().WithoutNamespace().Run("get").Args(
+		resource, "-n", namespace,
+		"-o=jsonpath={.items[*].metadata.name}",
+	).Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(output)
+	if trimmed == "" {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+	return len(strings.Fields(trimmed)), nil
+}