e2e: add background step to ensure the cluster is running

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Fixes #5068

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• Tests
  • Added a cluster initialization verification step to ensure proper environment setup before executing Windows filesystem-related feature tests.

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Walkthrough

A Background step is added to the 9pfs feature file to ensure the CRC cluster is running before test scenarios execute. This prevents test failures caused by missing infrastructure.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Test setup configuration test/e2e/features/9pfs.feature	Added Background block with step "Given ensuring CRC cluster is running" to initialize cluster state before scenarios

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

• Single file modification
• Configuration-only change (no logic or code alterations)
• Addition of existing, proven setup pattern from similar feature files

Poem

🐰 A cluster must wake before tests take flight,
With Background steps, all systems ignite!
No failed machines, just smooth paths ahead—
Infrastructure ready, tests thrive instead. ✨

Pre-merge checks and finishing touches

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Description check	⚠️ Warning	The description is minimal and only references issue #5068 without following the provided template structure for description, type of change, proposed changes, testing, or contribution checklist.	Expand the description to follow the template: add type of change, proposed changes, testing details, and confirm platform testing.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding a background step to ensure the CRC cluster is running in e2e tests.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The pull request successfully adds the Background step to 9pfs.feature to ensure CRC is running, directly addressing the requirement from issue #5068.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	All changes are scoped to the 9pfs.feature file and directly address the requirement to add a Background step for CRC cluster validation.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.

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🔇 Additional comments (1)

test/e2e/features/9pfs.feature (1)

7-9: Good addition to ensure test reliability.

Adding the Background block with the step "ensuring CRC cluster is running" is the correct approach. This step is already defined in the step definitions and is consistently used in application_deployment.feature, ensuring the CRC cluster precondition is properly validated before scenarios execute.

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@lilyLuLiu PTAL, will this increase testing time, as it adds another crc start?

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ci/prow/security	af201f0	link	false	/test security
ci/prow/e2e-crc	af201f0	link	true	/test e2e-crc

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