diff --git a/test/e2e/metrics_endpoint_test.go b/test/e2e/metrics_endpoint_test.go
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+package e2e
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"os/exec"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("Catalogd Metrics Workflow Validation", func() {
+
+	var (
+		token     string
+		namespace = "olmv1-system"
+	)
+
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		By("Creating ClusterRoleBinding for catalogd metrics")
+		_, err := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "clusterrolebinding", "catalogd-metrics-binding",
+			"--clusterrole=catalogd-metrics-reader",
+			"--serviceaccount="+namespace+":catalogd-controller-manager").CombinedOutput()
+		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+		By("Generating a token for the catalogd-controller-manager ServiceAccount")
+		out, err := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "token", "catalogd-controller-manager", "-n",
+			namespace).Output()
+		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+		token = string(bytes.TrimSpace(out))
+	})
+
+	It("Validates the metrics endpoint", func() {
+		By("Calling the metrics endpoint directly using kubectl exec")
+
+		podName := "curl-metrics"
+		metricsURL := "https://catalogd-service.olmv1-system.svc.cluster.local:7443/metrics"
+
+		curlCmd := []string{
+			"exec", podName, "-n", namespace, "--", "curl", "-v", "-k",
+			"-H", "Authorization: Bearer " + token, metricsURL,
+		}
+		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", curlCmd...)
+		output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(string(output)).To(ContainSubstring("200"))
+		Expect(string(output)).To(ContainSubstring("# HELP"))
+	})
+
+	AfterEach(func() {
+		By("Cleaning up resources")
+		_ = exec.Command("kubectl", "delete", "clusterrolebinding", "catalogd-metrics-binding",
+			"--ignore-not-found=true").Run()
+	})
+})