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+/*
+Copyright 2024 Red Hat
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package helpers
+
+import (
+	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+)
+
+// GetPod - retrieves a Pod resource.
+//
+// example usage:
+//
+//	th.Pod(types.NamespacedName{Name: "test-pod", Namespace: "test-namespace"})
+func (tc *TestHelper) GetPod(name types.NamespacedName) *corev1.Pod {
+	pod := &corev1.Pod{}
+	gomega.Eventually(func(g gomega.Gomega) {
+		g.Expect(tc.K8sClient.Get(tc.Ctx, name, pod)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
+	}, tc.Timeout, tc.Interval).Should(gomega.Succeed())
+	return pod
+}
+
+// SimulatePodPhaseRunning retrieves the Pod and simulates
+// a running phase for the Pod in a Kubernetes cluster.
+//
+// example usage:
+//
+//	th.SimulatePodPhaseRunning(types.NamespacedName{Name: "test-pod", Namespace: "test-namespace"})
+func (tc *TestHelper) SimulatePodPhaseRunning(name types.NamespacedName) {
+	gomega.Eventually(func(g gomega.Gomega) {
+		pod := tc.GetPod(name)
+		pod.Status.Phase = corev1.PodRunning
+		g.Expect(tc.K8sClient.Status().Update(tc.Ctx, pod)).To(gomega.Succeed())
+
+	}, tc.Timeout, tc.Interval).Should(gomega.Succeed())
+	tc.Logger.Info("Simulated pod running phase", "on", name)
+}