diff --git a/k6/configmap.yaml b/k6/configmap.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: k6-test-sonar-test-pyt
+  namespace: dev
+  labels:
+    app: sonar-test-pyt
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: backstage
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: load-testing
+data:
+  K6_OUT: opentelemetry
+  K6_OTEL_GRPC_EXPORTER_INSECURE: 'true'
+  K6_OTEL_GRPC_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT: otel-collector.monitoring.svc.cluster.local:4317
+  K6_OTEL_METRIC_PREFIX: k6_
+  K6_OTEL_FLUSH_INTERVAL: '1000'
+  K6_OTEL_EXPORT_INTERVAL: '5000'
+  K6_OTEL_SERVICE_NAME: k6-sonar-test-pyt
+  load-test.js: "import http from 'k6/http';\nimport { check, sleep, group } from\
+    \ 'k6';\n\nconst vus = parseInt(__ENV.TEST_VUS || '10');\nconst duration = __ENV.TEST_DURATION\
+    \ || '30s';\nconst targetUrl = __ENV.TARGET_URL || 'http://sonar-test-pyt.dev.svc.cluster.local:8000';\n\
+    \nexport const options = {\n  scenarios: {\n    load_test: {\n      executor:\
+    \ 'ramping-vus',\n      startVUs: 0,\n      stages: [\n        { duration: '10s',\
+    \ target: vus },\n        { duration: duration, target: vus },\n        { duration:\
+    \ '5s', target: 0 },\n      ],\n    },\n  },\n  thresholds: {\n    http_req_duration:\
+    \ ['p(95)<500'],\n    http_req_failed: ['rate<0.01'],\n  },\n};\n\nhttp.setResponseCallback(http.expectedStatuses({\
+    \ min: 200, max: 399 }));\n\nexport default function () {\n  group('Observability\
+    \ API', () => {\n    const res = http.get(`${targetUrl}/health`);\n    check(res,\
+    \ {\n      'status is 200': (r) => r.status === 200,\n      'response time < 500ms':\
+    \ (r) => r.timings.duration < 500,\n      'body contains status': (r) => r.json().status\
+    \ === 'UP',\n    });\n  });\n\n  sleep(0.5);\n\n  group('Items API', () => {\n\
+    \    const listRes = http.get(`${targetUrl}/api/items`);\n    check(listRes, {\n\
+    \      'status is 200': (r) => r.status === 200,\n      'response time < 500ms':\
+    \ (r) => r.timings.duration < 500,\n      'body is an array': (r) => Array.isArray(r.json()),\n\
+    \    });\n\n    const createRes = http.post(\n      `${targetUrl}/api/items`,\n\
+    \      JSON.stringify({ name: 'Test Item', description: 'A test item description'\
+    \ }),\n      { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } }\n    );\n   \
+    \ check(createRes, {\n      'status is 201': (r) => r.status === 201,\n      'response\
+    \ time < 500ms': (r) => r.timings.duration < 500,\n      'body contains id': (r)\
+    \ => r.json().id !== undefined,\n    });\n\n    const itemId = createRes.json().id;\n\
+    \n    const getRes = http.get(`${targetUrl}/api/items/${itemId}`);\n    check(getRes,\
+    \ {\n      'status is 200': (r) => r.status === 200,\n      'response time < 500ms':\
+    \ (r) => r.timings.duration < 500,\n      'body contains correct id': (r) => r.json().id\
+    \ === itemId,\n    });\n\n    const updateRes = http.put(\n      `${targetUrl}/api/items/${itemId}`,\n\
+    \      JSON.stringify({ name: 'Updated Item', description: 'Updated description'\
+    \ }),\n      { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } }\n    );\n   \
+    \ check(updateRes, {\n      'status is 200': (r) => r.status === 200,\n      'response\
+    \ time < 500ms': (r) => r.timings.duration < 500,\n      'body contains updated\
+    \ name': (r) => r.json().name === 'Updated Item',\n    });\n\n    const deleteRes\
+    \ = http.del(`${targetUrl}/api/items/${itemId}`);\n    check(deleteRes, {\n  \
+    \    'status is 200': (r) => r.status === 200,\n      'response time < 500ms':\
+    \ (r) => r.timings.duration < 500,\n      'body contains deleted id': (r) => r.json().deleted\
+    \ === itemId,\n    });\n  });\n\n  sleep(0.5);\n}"
diff --git a/k6/load-test.js b/k6/load-test.js
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+++ b/k6/load-test.js
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+import http from 'k6/http';
+import { check, sleep, group } from 'k6';
+
+const vus = parseInt(__ENV.TEST_VUS || '10');
+const duration = __ENV.TEST_DURATION || '30s';
+const targetUrl = __ENV.TARGET_URL || 'http://sonar-test-pyt.dev.svc.cluster.local:8000';
+
+export const options = {
+  scenarios: {
+    load_test: {
+      executor: 'ramping-vus',
+      startVUs: 0,
+      stages: [
+        { duration: '10s', target: vus },
+        { duration: duration, target: vus },
+        { duration: '5s', target: 0 },
+      ],
+    },
+  },
+  thresholds: {
+    http_req_duration: ['p(95)<500'],
+    http_req_failed: ['rate<0.01'],
+  },
+};
+
+http.setResponseCallback(http.expectedStatuses({ min: 200, max: 399 }));
+
+export default function () {
+  group('Observability API', () => {
+    const res = http.get(`${targetUrl}/health`);
+    check(res, {
+      'status is 200': (r) => r.status === 200,
+      'response time < 500ms': (r) => r.timings.duration < 500,
+      'body contains status': (r) => r.json().status === 'UP',
+    });
+  });
+
+  sleep(0.5);
+
+  group('Items API', () => {
+    const listRes = http.get(`${targetUrl}/api/items`);
+    check(listRes, {
+      'status is 200': (r) => r.status === 200,
+      'response time < 500ms': (r) => r.timings.duration < 500,
+      'body is an array': (r) => Array.isArray(r.json()),
+    });
+
+    const createRes = http.post(
+      `${targetUrl}/api/items`,
+      JSON.stringify({ name: 'Test Item', description: 'A test item description' }),
+      { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } }
+    );
+    check(createRes, {
+      'status is 201': (r) => r.status === 201,
+      'response time < 500ms': (r) => r.timings.duration < 500,
+      'body contains id': (r) => r.json().id !== undefined,
+    });
+
+    const itemId = createRes.json().id;
+
+    const getRes = http.get(`${targetUrl}/api/items/${itemId}`);
+    check(getRes, {
+      'status is 200': (r) => r.status === 200,
+      'response time < 500ms': (r) => r.timings.duration < 500,
+      'body contains correct id': (r) => r.json().id === itemId,
+    });
+
+    const updateRes = http.put(
+      `${targetUrl}/api/items/${itemId}`,
+      JSON.stringify({ name: 'Updated Item', description: 'Updated description' }),
+      { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } }
+    );
+    check(updateRes, {
+      'status is 200': (r) => r.status === 200,
+      'response time < 500ms': (r) => r.timings.duration < 500,
+      'body contains updated name': (r) => r.json().name === 'Updated Item',
+    });
+
+    const deleteRes = http.del(`${targetUrl}/api/items/${itemId}`);
+    check(deleteRes, {
+      'status is 200': (r) => r.status === 200,
+      'response time < 500ms': (r) => r.timings.duration < 500,
+      'body contains deleted id': (r) => r.json().deleted === itemId,
+    });
+  });
+
+  sleep(0.5);
+}
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diff --git a/k6/testrun.yaml b/k6/testrun.yaml
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+++ b/k6/testrun.yaml
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+apiVersion: k6.io/v1alpha1
+kind: TestRun
+metadata:
+  name: k6-sonar-test-pyt
+  namespace: dev
+  labels:
+    app: sonar-test-pyt
+    backstage.io/component: sonar-test-pyt
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: backstage
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: load-testing
+spec:
+  parallelism: 1
+  script:
+    configMap:
+      name: k6-test-sonar-test-pyt
+      file: load-test.js
+  runner:
+    image: grafana/k6:latest
+    envFrom:
+    - configMapRef:
+        name: k6-test-sonar-test-pyt
+    env:
+    - name: K6_OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
+      value: k6-sonar-test-pyt