diff --git a/pkg/monitortests/testframework/operatorloganalyzer/operator_lease_check.go b/pkg/monitortests/testframework/operatorloganalyzer/operator_lease_check.go
index ee2e05a4436f..9bf5f7f1d36a 100644
--- a/pkg/monitortests/testframework/operatorloganalyzer/operator_lease_check.go
+++ b/pkg/monitortests/testframework/operatorloganalyzer/operator_lease_check.go
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/monitor/monitorapi"
 	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/monitortestframework"
+	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/monitortestlibrary/platformidentification"
 	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/test/ginkgo/junitapi"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 )
 
@@ -131,6 +133,13 @@ func (intervals byLeaseAcquisition) Swap(i, j int) {
 	intervals[i], intervals[j] = intervals[j], intervals[i]
 }
 
+// getNamespaceForJUnits makes a clone of the known namespaces
+func getNamespacesForJUnits() sets.String {
+	namespaces := platformidentification.KnownNamespaces.Clone()
+	namespaces.Insert("")
+	return namespaces
+}
+
 func (*operatorLeaseCheck) EvaluateTestsFromConstructedIntervals(ctx context.Context, finalIntervals monitorapi.Intervals) ([]*junitapi.JUnitTestCase, error) {
 	leaseIntervals := finalIntervals.Filter(func(eventInterval monitorapi.Interval) bool {
 		if eventInterval.Message.Reason == monitorapi.LeaseAcquiring {
@@ -140,6 +149,15 @@ func (*operatorLeaseCheck) EvaluateTestsFromConstructedIntervals(ctx context.Con
 	})
 
 	testNameToFailures := map[string][]string{}
+
+	// we get intermittent hits for openshift-operators that pass
+	// but don't show in all aggregated results, causing failures
+	// init all known namespaces
+	namespaces := getNamespacesForJUnits()
+	for ns := range namespaces {
+		testName := fmt.Sprintf("[sig-arch] all leases in ns/%s must gracefully release", ns)
+		testNameToFailures[testName] = []string{}
+	}
 	for _, interval := range leaseIntervals {
 		ns := monitorapi.NamespaceFromLocator(interval.Locator)
 		testName := fmt.Sprintf("[sig-arch] all leases in ns/%s must gracefully release", ns)
diff --git a/test/extended/cli/mustgather.go b/test/extended/cli/mustgather.go
index e27117642a4b..997c548a5abe 100644
--- a/test/extended/cli/mustgather.go
+++ b/test/extended/cli/mustgather.go
@@ -340,6 +340,50 @@ var _ = g.Describe("[sig-cli] oc adm must-gather", func() {
 			})
 		})
 	})
+
+	g.It("runs successfully for metrics gathering [apigroup:config.openshift.io]", func() {
+		tempDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "test.oc-adm-must-gather.")
+		o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
+		defer os.RemoveAll(tempDir)
+
+		args := []string{
+			"--dest-dir", tempDir,
+			"--",
+			"/usr/bin/gather_metrics",
+			fmt.Sprintf("--min-time=%d", time.Now().Add(-5*time.Minute).UnixMilli()),
+			fmt.Sprintf("--max-time=%d", time.Now().UnixMilli()),
+			"--match=prometheus_ready",
+			"--match=prometheus_build_info",
+		}
+		o.Expect(oc.Run("adm", "must-gather").Args(args...).Execute()).To(o.Succeed())
+
+		// wait for the contents to show up in the plugin output directory
+		time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
+
+		pluginOutputDir := GetPluginOutputDir(tempDir)
+		metricsFile := path.Join(pluginOutputDir, "monitoring", "metrics", "metrics.openmetrics")
+		errorFile := path.Join(pluginOutputDir, "monitoring", "metrics", "metrics.stderr")
+
+		// The error file should be empty
+		o.Expect(errorFile).To(o.BeAnExistingFile())
+		errorContent, err := os.ReadFile(errorFile)
+		o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
+		o.Expect(errorContent).To(o.BeEmpty())
+
+		// The metrics file should contain some series with a given format
+		o.Expect(metricsFile).To(o.BeAnExistingFile())
+		metrics, err := os.ReadFile(metricsFile)
+		o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
+
+		lines := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(metrics)), "\n")
+		count := len(lines)
+		o.Expect(count).To(o.BeNumerically(">=", 5))
+		for _, line := range lines[:count-1] {
+			o.Expect(line).To(o.MatchRegexp(`^(prometheus_ready|prometheus_build_info)\{.*\} \d+ \d+`))
+		}
+
+		o.Expect(lines[count-1]).To(o.Equal("# EOF"))
+	})
 })
 
 // GetPluginOutputDir returns the directory containing must-gather assets.
diff --git a/test/extended/images/dryrun.go b/test/extended/images/dryrun.go
index 8be9d28d560f..7b146cc50d08 100644
--- a/test/extended/images/dryrun.go
+++ b/test/extended/images/dryrun.go
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 package images
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+
 	g "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	o "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	admissionapi "k8s.io/pod-security-admission/api"
 
 	exutil "github.com/openshift/origin/test/extended/util"
-	"github.com/openshift/origin/test/extended/util/image"
 )
 
 var _ = g.Describe("[sig-imageregistry] Image --dry-run", func() {
@@ -19,7 +22,7 @@ var _ = g.Describe("[sig-imageregistry] Image --dry-run", func() {
 
 	g.It("should not delete resources [apigroup:image.openshift.io]", func() {
 		g.By("preparing the image stream where the test image will be pushed")
-		err := oc.Run("tag").Args("--source=docker", image.ShellImage(), "test:latest").Execute()
+		err := oc.Run("tag").Args("openshift/cli:latest", "test:latest").Execute()
 		o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
 
 		err = exutil.WaitForAnImageStreamTag(oc, oc.Namespace(), "test", "latest")
@@ -41,4 +44,36 @@ var _ = g.Describe("[sig-imageregistry] Image --dry-run", func() {
 		_, err = oc.Run("get").Args("imagestream", "test", "-o", "jsonpath={.image.metadata.name}").Output()
 		o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
 	})
+
+	g.It("should not update resources [apigroup:image.openshift.io]", func() {
+
+		g.By("actually creating imagestream for update dry-run test")
+		err := oc.Run("create").Args("imagestream", "dryrun-test").Execute()
+		o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
+
+		defer func() {
+			g.By("cleaning up imagestream")
+			err := oc.Run("delete").Args("imagestream/dryrun-test", "--ignore-not-found=true").Execute()
+			o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
+		}()
+
+		g.By("verifying the imagestream was actually created")
+		err = wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(context.Background(), 1*time.Second, 30*time.Second, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+			_, err := oc.Run("get").Args("imagestream", "dryrun-test", "-o", "jsonpath={.metadata.name}").Output()
+			if err != nil {
+				return false, nil // Continue polling
+			}
+			return true, nil // Success
+		})
+		o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
+
+		g.By("triggering imagestream annotation update with --dry-run=server")
+		err = oc.Run("annotate").Args("imagestream/dryrun-test", "test-annotation=value1", "--dry-run=server").Execute()
+		o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
+
+		g.By("verifying the annotation was not persisted")
+		output, err := oc.Run("get").Args("imagestream", "dryrun-test", "-o", "jsonpath={.metadata.annotations.test-annotation}").Output()
+		o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
+		o.Expect(output).To(o.BeEmpty())
+	})
 })
diff --git a/test/extended/util/annotate/generated/zz_generated.annotations.go b/test/extended/util/annotate/generated/zz_generated.annotations.go
index 29b0bf4b2ee8..fcec5608d9c7 100644
--- a/test/extended/util/annotate/generated/zz_generated.annotations.go
+++ b/test/extended/util/annotate/generated/zz_generated.annotations.go
@@ -801,6 +801,8 @@ var Annotations = map[string]string{
 
 	"[sig-cli] oc adm must-gather runs successfully for audit logs [apigroup:config.openshift.io][apigroup:oauth.openshift.io]": " [Suite:openshift/conformance/parallel]",
 
+	"[sig-cli] oc adm must-gather runs successfully for metrics gathering [apigroup:config.openshift.io]": " [Suite:openshift/conformance/parallel]",
+
 	"[sig-cli] oc adm must-gather runs successfully with options [apigroup:config.openshift.io]": " [Suite:openshift/conformance/parallel]",
 
 	"[sig-cli] oc adm must-gather when looking at the audit logs [apigroup:config.openshift.io] [sig-node] kubelet runs apiserver processes strictly sequentially in order to not risk audit log corruption": " [Suite:openshift/conformance/parallel]",
diff --git a/test/extended/util/compat_otp/testdata/opm/render/validate/catalog-error/operator-2/index.json b/test/extended/util/compat_otp/testdata/opm/render/validate/catalog-error/operator-2/index.json
index fa67b2522cf1..2d73356e7807 100644
--- a/test/extended/util/compat_otp/testdata/opm/render/validate/catalog-error/operator-2/index.json
+++ b/test/extended/util/compat_otp/testdata/opm/render/validate/catalog-error/operator-2/index.json
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+[
 {
     "schema": "olm.package",
     "name": "operator-2",
     "defaultChannel": "beta"
-}
+},
 {
     "schema": "olm.channel",
     "name": "4.7",
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@
             ]
         }
     ]
-}
+},
 {
     "schema": "olm.channel",
     "name": "4.8",
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@
             "replaces": "operator-2.v0.4.0"
         }
     ]
-}
+},
 {
     "schema": "olm.channel",
     "name": "4.9",
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@
             "skipRange": ">=0.1.0 <0.6.0"
         }
     ]
-}
+},
 {
     "schema": "olm.channel",
     "name": "alpha",
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@
             "replaces": "operator-2.v0.1.1"
         }
     ]
-}
+},
 {
     "schema": "olm.bundle",
     "name": "operator-2.v0.1.0",
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@
             }
         }
     ]
-}
+},
 {
     "schema": "olm.bundle",
     "name": "operator-2.v0.2.0",
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@
             }
         }
     ]
-}
+},
 {
     "schema": "olm.bundle",
     "name": "operator-2.v0.3.0",
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@
             }
         }
     ]
-}
+},
 {
     "schema": "olm.bundle",
     "name": "operator-2.v0.4.0",
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@
             }
         }
     ]
-}
+},
 {
     "schema": "olm.bundle",
     "name": "operator-2.v0.5.0",
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@
             }
         }
     ]
-}
+},
 {
     "schema": "olm.bundle",
     "name": "operator-2.v0.6.0",
@@ -194,3 +195,4 @@
         }
     ]
 }
+]