diff --git a/test/e2e/common/node/keystone_containers.go b/test/e2e/common/node/keystone_containers.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2022 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 node
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	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"
+	imageutils "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/image"
+	admissionapi "k8s.io/pod-security-admission/api"
+)
+
+var _ = SIGDescribe("Keystone Containers [Feature:KeystoneContainers]", func() {
+	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("keystone-container-test")
+	f.NamespacePodSecurityEnforceLevel = admissionapi.LevelPrivileged
+	var podClient *framework.PodClient
+	ginkgo.BeforeEach(func() {
+		podClient = f.PodClient()
+	})
+
+	ginkgo.Context("When creating a pod with two containers", func() {
+
+		ginkgo.It("should delete the pod once the keystone container exits successfully [Feature:KeystoneContainers]", func() {
+			keystone := "Keystone"
+			podName := fmt.Sprintf("keystone-test-pod-%s", uuid.NewUUID())
+			pod := &v1.Pod{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: podName,
+				},
+				Spec: v1.PodSpec{
+					RestartPolicy: v1.RestartPolicyOnFailure,
+					Containers: []v1.Container{
+						// the main container should exit before the sidecar with 0 exit code
+						{
+							Name:    "main-container",
+							Image:   imageutils.GetE2EImage(imageutils.BusyBox),
+							Command: []string{"sh", "-c", "sleep 10 && exit 0"},
+							Lifecycle: &v1.Lifecycle{
+								Type: &keystone,
+							},
+						},
+						{
+							Name:    "sidecar-container",
+							Image:   imageutils.GetE2EImage(imageutils.BusyBox),
+							Command: []string{"sh", "-c", "sleep 3600"},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}
+
+			// create the pod and wait for it to be in running state
+			podClient.CreateSync(pod)
+
+			// the pod should succeed when the main container exits
+			podClient.WaitForSuccess(podName, framework.PodStartTimeout)
+
+		})
+
+	})
+})