diff --git a/test/extended/include.go b/test/extended/include.go
index 3364790ee828..872270aa69c6 100644
--- a/test/extended/include.go
+++ b/test/extended/include.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/openshift/origin/test/extended/quota"
 	_ "github.com/openshift/origin/test/extended/router"
 	_ "github.com/openshift/origin/test/extended/security"
+	_ "github.com/openshift/origin/test/extended/single_node"
 	_ "github.com/openshift/origin/test/extended/tbr_health"
 	_ "github.com/openshift/origin/test/extended/templates"
 	_ "github.com/openshift/origin/test/extended/topology_manager"
diff --git a/test/extended/single_node/topology.go b/test/extended/single_node/topology.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..37ac971b6ef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/extended/single_node/topology.go
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+package single_node
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	v1 "github.com/openshift/api/config/v1"
+	exutil "github.com/openshift/origin/test/extended/util"
+	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	e2e "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+	e2eskipper "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/skipper"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func getOpenshiftNamespaces(f *e2e.Framework) []corev1.Namespace {
+	list, err := f.ClientSet.CoreV1().Namespaces().List(context.Background(), metav1.ListOptions{})
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+	var openshiftNamespaces []corev1.Namespace
+	for _, namespace := range list.Items {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(namespace.Name, "openshift-") {
+			openshiftNamespaces = append(openshiftNamespaces, namespace)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return openshiftNamespaces
+}
+
+func getNamespaceDeployments(f *e2e.Framework, namespace corev1.Namespace) []appsv1.Deployment {
+	list, err := f.ClientSet.AppsV1().Deployments(namespace.Name).List(context.Background(), metav1.ListOptions{})
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+	return list.Items
+}
+
+func getTopologies(f *e2e.Framework) (controlPlaneTopology, infraTopology v1.TopologyMode) {
+	oc := exutil.NewCLIWithFramework(f)
+	infra, err := oc.AdminConfigClient().ConfigV1().Infrastructures().Get(context.Background(),
+		"cluster", metav1.GetOptions{})
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+	return infra.Status.ControlPlaneTopology, infra.Status.InfrastructureTopology
+}
+
+func isInfrastructureDeployment(deployment appsv1.Deployment) bool {
+	infrastructureNamespaces := map[string][]string{
+		"openshift-ingress": {
+			"router-default",
+		},
+	}
+
+	namespaceInfraDeployments, ok := infrastructureNamespaces[deployment.Namespace]
+
+	if !ok {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for _, infraDeploymentName := range namespaceInfraDeployments {
+		if deployment.Name == infraDeploymentName {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+func validateReplicas(deployment appsv1.Deployment,
+	controlPlaneTopology, infraTopology v1.TopologyMode, failureAllowed bool) {
+	if isInfrastructureDeployment(deployment) {
+		if infraTopology != v1.SingleReplicaTopologyMode {
+			return
+		}
+	} else if controlPlaneTopology != v1.SingleReplicaTopologyMode {
+		return
+	}
+
+	Expect(deployment.Spec.Replicas).ToNot(BeNil())
+
+	replicas := int(*deployment.Spec.Replicas)
+
+	if !failureAllowed {
+		Expect(replicas).To(Equal(1),
+			"%s in %s namespace has wrong number of replicas", deployment.Name, deployment.Namespace)
+	} else {
+		if replicas == 1 {
+			t := GinkgoT()
+			t.Logf("Deployment %s in namespace %s has one replica, consider taking it off the topology allow-list",
+				deployment.Name, deployment.Namespace)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func isAllowedToFail(deployment appsv1.Deployment) bool {
+	// allowedToFail is a list of deployments that currently have 2 replicas even in single-replica
+	// topology deployments, because their operator has yet to be made aware of the new API.
+	// We will slowly remove deployments from this list once their operators have been made
+	// aware until this list is empty and this function will be removed.
+	allowedToFail := map[string][]string{
+		"openshift-authentication": {
+			"oauth-openshift",
+		},
+		"openshift-console": {
+			"console",
+			"downloads",
+		},
+		"openshift-monitoring": {
+			"prometheus-adapter",
+			"thanos-querier",
+		},
+		"openshift-operator-lifecycle-manager": {
+			"packageserver",
+		},
+	}
+
+	namespaceAllowedToFailDeployments, ok := allowedToFail[deployment.Namespace]
+
+	if !ok {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for _, allowedToFailDeploymentName := range namespaceAllowedToFailDeployments {
+		if deployment.Name == allowedToFailDeploymentName {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+var _ = Describe("[sig-arch] Cluster topology single node tests", func() {
+	f := e2e.NewDefaultFramework("single-node")
+
+	It("Verify that OpenShift components deploy one replica in SingleReplica topology mode", func() {
+		controlPlaneTopology, infraTopology := getTopologies(f)
+
+		if controlPlaneTopology != v1.SingleReplicaTopologyMode && infraTopology != v1.SingleReplicaTopologyMode {
+			e2eskipper.Skipf("Test is only relevant for single replica topologies")
+		}
+
+		for _, namespace := range getOpenshiftNamespaces(f) {
+			for _, deployment := range getNamespaceDeployments(f, namespace) {
+				validateReplicas(deployment, controlPlaneTopology, infraTopology, isAllowedToFail(deployment))
+			}
+		}
+	})
+})
diff --git a/test/extended/util/annotate/generated/zz_generated.annotations.go b/test/extended/util/annotate/generated/zz_generated.annotations.go
index 12ba329c76e5..9368f5ad07a6 100644
--- a/test/extended/util/annotate/generated/zz_generated.annotations.go
+++ b/test/extended/util/annotate/generated/zz_generated.annotations.go
@@ -831,6 +831,8 @@ var annotations = map[string]string{
 
 	"[Top Level] [sig-apps][Feature:OpenShiftControllerManager] TestTriggers_manual": "TestTriggers_manual [Suite:openshift/conformance/parallel]",
 
+	"[Top Level] [sig-arch] Cluster topology single node tests Verify that OpenShift components deploy one replica in SingleReplica topology mode": "Verify that OpenShift components deploy one replica in SingleReplica topology mode [Suite:openshift/conformance/parallel]",
+
 	"[Top Level] [sig-arch] ClusterOperators should define at least one namespace in their lists of related objects": "at least one namespace in their lists of related objects [Suite:openshift/conformance/parallel]",
 
 	"[Top Level] [sig-arch] ClusterOperators should define at least one related object that is not a namespace": "at least one related object that is not a namespace [Suite:openshift/conformance/parallel]",