This test has been part of the Conformance suite since at least Kubernetes 1.2 (2015-10-xx). Some years later, around 2018-10-xx, we drafted a rigorous set of rules for tests to follow in order to be eligible for promotion to Conformance. We explicitly disallowed any tests that check for specific Events, since they are not an API, and we make no guarantees about their contents nor their delivery. Unfortunately, we neglected to go through the existing corpus of Conformance tests with a fine-toothed comb after drafting these rules. The very nature of what this test is attempting to exercise and verify is specific Events, and their delivery, thus making it ineligible for Conformance. We should have caught and demoted this test back then. Better late than never?
WARNING: Do not add tests in this directory
There are two types of end-to-end tests in Kubernetes:
Tests located in ${KUBE_ROOT}/test/e2e/common are shared by both Cluster
and Node E2E test jobs. Tests in ${KUBE_ROOT}/test/e2e_node are exclusively
owned by Node E2E. If you want to add a test, most likely than not, you want
to add the test to one of the two directories mentioned above. If you are
unsure, please check with the OWNER of the directory. This directory currently
contains misplaced and legacy tests; they will be cleaned up in the future.