diff --git a/.coderabbit.yaml b/.coderabbit.yaml
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index 000000000000..9185aad67c35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.coderabbit.yaml
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+inheritance: true
+reviews:
+  fail_commit_status: true
diff --git a/test/extended/operators/commit_status.go b/test/extended/operators/commit_status.go
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index 000000000000..8bde85117b59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/extended/operators/commit_status.go
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+package operators
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+
+	g "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	o "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+)
+
+var _ = g.Describe("[sig-arch] Commit status validation", func() {
+	defer g.GinkgoRecover()
+
+	g.It("should validate all pods are running", func() {
+		cfg, err := rest.InClusterConfig()
+		o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
+		client, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(cfg)
+		o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
+
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 1*time.Second)
+
+		pods, err := client.CoreV1().Pods("").List(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{})
+		o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
+
+		cancel()
+
+		totalPods := 0
+		runningPods := 0
+		for i := 0; i < len(pods.Items); i++ {
+			totalPods = totalPods + 1
+			if pods.Items[i].Status.Phase == "Running" {
+				runningPods = runningPods + 1
+			}
+		}
+
+		o.Expect(runningPods).To(o.Equal(totalPods), "all pods should be running")
+	})
+})