Failure from logs:
STEP: Create pod 'testpod2' with 1/16 of the node cpu and high priority class @ 02/17/26 05:09:24.553
I0217 05:09:24.559121 13386 pod_resize.go:616] Unexpected error: Error creating Pod:
<*errors.StatusError | 0xc004156fa0>:
pods "testpod2" is forbidden: no PriorityClass with name testpod2-priority-class-e2e-pod-resize-deferred-resize-tests-2036 was found
{
ErrStatus:
code: 403
details:
kind: pods
name: testpod2
message: 'pods "testpod2" is forbidden: no PriorityClass with name testpod2-priority-class-e2e-pod-resize-deferred-resize-tests-2036
was found'
metadata: {}
reason: Forbidden
status: Failure,
}
[FAILED] in [It] - k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/node/pod_resize.go:616 @ 02/17/26 05:09:24.574

Shows up on vsphere crun and runc jobs

(Feel free to update this bug's summary to be more specific.)
Component Readiness has found a potential regression in the following test:

[sig-node] [Serial] Pod InPlace Resize Container (deferred-resizes) [FeatureGate:InPlacePodVerticalScaling] [Beta] pod-resize-retry-deferred-test-2

Significant regression detected.
Fishers Exact probability of a regression: 99.99%.
Test pass rate dropped from 100.00% to 88.00%.

Sample (being evaluated) Release: 4.22
Start Time: 2026-02-10T00:00:00Z
End Time: 2026-02-17T12:00:00Z
Success Rate: 88.00%
Successes: 22
Failures: 3
Flakes: 0
Base (historical) Release: 4.21
Start Time: 2026-01-04T00:00:00Z
End Time: 2026-02-03T23:59:59Z
Success Rate: 100.00%
Successes: 88
Failures: 0
Flakes: 0

View the test details report for additional context.

Filed by: cmeadors@redhat.com