diff --git a/.github/workflows/notebook_controller_integration_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/notebook_controller_integration_test.yaml
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+name: Notebook Controller Integration Test
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - components/notebook-controller/**
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  IMG: notebook-controller
+  TAG: integration-test
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install podman
+        run: |
+          sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
+          curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/unstable/xUbuntu_$(lsb_release -rs)/Release.key \
+            | gpg --dearmor \
+            | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/devel_kubic_libcontainers_unstable.gpg > /dev/null
+          echo \
+            "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/devel_kubic_libcontainers_unstable.gpg]\
+              https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/unstable/xUbuntu_$(lsb_release -rs)/ /" \
+            | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devel:kubic:libcontainers:unstable.list > /dev/null
+          sudo apt-get update -qq
+          sudo apt-get -qq -y install podman
+          podman version
+
+          # temporary fix for https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/21024
+          wget https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable/xUbuntu_22.04/amd64/conmon_2.1.2~0_amd64.deb -O /tmp/conmon_2.1.2.deb
+          sudo apt install /tmp/conmon_2.1.2.deb
+
+          # Starting systemd user service
+          systemctl --user daemon-reload
+          systemctl --user start podman.socket
+
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          check-latest: true
+          go-version-file: components/notebook-controller/go.mod
+          cache-dependency-path: components/notebook-controller/go.sum
+
+      - name: Build Notebook Controller Image
+        run: |
+          cd components/notebook-controller
+          make docker-build
+        env:
+          CACHE_IMAGE: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}/components/notebook-controller/build-cache
+
+      - name: Install KinD
+        run: ./components/testing/gh-actions/install_kind.sh
+
+      - name: Create KinD Cluster
+        run: kind create cluster --config components/testing/gh-actions/kind-1-25.yaml
+
+      - name: Load Images into KinD Cluster
+        run: |
+          # kind load docker-image localhost/${{env.IMG}}:${{env.TAG}}
+          podman save -o img.tar localhost/${{env.IMG}}:${{env.TAG}}
+          kind load image-archive img.tar
+
+      - name: Install kustomize
+        run: ./components/testing/gh-actions/install_kustomize.sh
+
+      - name: Install Istio
+        run: ./components/testing/gh-actions/install_istio.sh
+
+      - name: Build & Apply manifests
+        run: |
+          set -x
+
+          cd components/notebook-controller/config/overlays/kubeflow
+          kubectl create ns kubeflow
+
+          export CURRENT_NOTEBOOK_IMG=docker.io/kubeflownotebookswg/notebook-controller
+          export PR_NOTEBOOK_IMG=localhost/${{env.IMG}}:${{env.TAG}}
+          kustomize edit set image ${CURRENT_NOTEBOOK_IMG}=${PR_NOTEBOOK_IMG}
+
+          cat <<EOF | oc apply -f -
+          ---
+          apiVersion: v1
+          kind: ConfigMap
+          metadata:
+            name: notebook-controller-culler-config
+            namespace: kubeflow
+          data:
+            ENABLE_CULLING: "true"
+            CULL_IDLE_TIME: "60" # In minutes (1 hour)
+            IDLENESS_CHECK_PERIOD: "5" # In minutes
+          EOF
+
+          kustomize build . | sed 's/imagePullPolicy: Always/imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent/g' | kubectl apply -f -
+          kubectl wait pods -n kubeflow -l app=notebook-controller --for=condition=Ready --timeout=300s
+
+      - name: Print logs
+        if: "!cancelled()"
+        run: kubectl describe pods -n kubeflow -l app=notebook-controller
diff --git a/.github/workflows/odh_notebook_controller_integration_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/odh_notebook_controller_integration_test.yaml
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+name: ODH Notebook Controller Integration Test
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - components/odh-notebook-controller/**
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  IMG: odh-notebook-controller
+  TAG: integration-test
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install podman
+        run: |
+          sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
+          curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/unstable/xUbuntu_$(lsb_release -rs)/Release.key \
+            | gpg --dearmor \
+            | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/devel_kubic_libcontainers_unstable.gpg > /dev/null
+          echo \
+            "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/devel_kubic_libcontainers_unstable.gpg]\
+              https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/unstable/xUbuntu_$(lsb_release -rs)/ /" \
+            | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devel:kubic:libcontainers:unstable.list > /dev/null
+          sudo apt-get update -qq
+          sudo apt-get -qq -y install podman
+          podman version
+
+          # temporary fix for https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/21024
+          wget https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable/xUbuntu_22.04/amd64/conmon_2.1.2~0_amd64.deb -O /tmp/conmon_2.1.2.deb
+          sudo apt install /tmp/conmon_2.1.2.deb
+
+          # Starting systemd user service
+          systemctl --user daemon-reload
+          systemctl --user start podman.socket
+
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          check-latest: true
+          go-version-file: components/odh-notebook-controller/go.mod
+          cache-dependency-path: components/odh-notebook-controller/go.sum
+
+      - name: Build Notebook Controller Image
+        run: |
+          cd components/odh-notebook-controller
+          make docker-build
+        env:
+          CACHE_IMAGE: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}/components/odh-notebook-controller/build-cache
+
+      - name: Install KinD
+        run: ./components/testing/gh-actions/install_kind.sh
+
+      - name: Create KinD Cluster
+        run: kind create cluster --config components/testing/gh-actions/kind-1-25.yaml
+
+      - name: Load Images into KinD Cluster
+        run: |
+          # kind load docker-image localhost/${{env.IMG}}:${{env.TAG}}
+          podman save -o img.tar localhost/${{env.IMG}}:${{env.TAG}}
+          kind load image-archive img.tar
+
+      - name: Install kustomize
+        run: ./components/testing/gh-actions/install_kustomize.sh
+
+      - name: Install Istio
+        run: ./components/testing/gh-actions/install_istio.sh
+
+      - name: Build & Apply manifests
+        run: |
+          set -x
+
+          cd components/odh-notebook-controller/config/default
+          kubectl create ns opendatahub
+
+          export CURRENT_NOTEBOOK_IMG=quay.io/opendatahub/odh-notebook-controller:latest
+          export PR_NOTEBOOK_IMG=localhost/${{env.IMG}}:${{env.TAG}}
+          kustomize edit set image ${CURRENT_NOTEBOOK_IMG}=${PR_NOTEBOOK_IMG}
+
+          cat <<EOF | oc apply -f -
+          ---
+          apiVersion: v1
+          kind: ConfigMap
+          metadata:
+            name: notebook-controller-culler-config
+            namespace: opendatahub
+          data:
+            ENABLE_CULLING: "true"
+            CULL_IDLE_TIME: "60" # In minutes (1 hour)
+            IDLENESS_CHECK_PERIOD: "5" # In minutes
+          EOF
+
+          kustomize build . | sed 's/imagePullPolicy: Always/imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent/g' | kubectl apply -f -
+          kubectl wait pods -n opendatahub -l app=odh-notebook-controller --for=condition=Ready --timeout=300s
+
+      - name: Print logs
+        if: "!cancelled()"
+        run: kubectl describe pods -n kubeflow -l app=odh-notebook-controller