diff --git a/e2e-test-app/db-init-job.yaml b/e2e-test-app/db-init-job.yaml
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+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: Job
+metadata:
+  name: e2e-test-app-db-init
+  labels:
+    component: db-init
+spec:
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        component: db-init
+    spec:
+      restartPolicy: OnFailure
+      securityContext:
+        runAsNonRoot: true
+        runAsUser: 999
+        runAsGroup: 999
+        seccompProfile:
+          type: RuntimeDefault
+      containers:
+      - name: postgres-init
+        image: postgres:15
+        securityContext:
+          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+          capabilities:
+            drop:
+            - ALL
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
+        env:
+        - name: PGHOST
+          value: {{ .dbHost }}
+        - name: PGUSER
+          value: postgres
+        - name: PGPASSWORD
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: e2e-test-app-secrets
+              key: postgres.password
+        - name: DB_NAME
+          value: {{ .dbName }}
+        - name: DB_USER
+          value: {{ .dbUser }}
+        - name: DB_PASSWORD
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: e2e-test-app-secrets
+              key: dbPassword
+        command:
+        - /bin/bash
+        - -c
+        - |
+          set -e
+          echo "Waiting for PostgreSQL to be ready..."
+          until pg_isready; do
+            echo "PostgreSQL is not ready - sleeping"
+            sleep 2
+          done
+          echo "PostgreSQL is ready"
+
+          echo "Creating database and user..."
+          psql -c "CREATE DATABASE ${DB_NAME};" || echo "Database ${DB_NAME} already exists"
+          psql -c "CREATE USER ${DB_USER} WITH PASSWORD '${DB_PASSWORD}';" || echo "User ${DB_USER} already exists"
+          psql -c "ALTER USER ${DB_USER} WITH PASSWORD '${DB_PASSWORD}';"
+          psql -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE ${DB_NAME} TO ${DB_USER};"
+          psql -d ${DB_NAME} -c "GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA public TO ${DB_USER};"
+
+          echo "Creating test data table..."
+          psql -d ${DB_NAME} -c "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS e2e_test_data (id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, key TEXT UNIQUE NOT NULL, value TEXT NOT NULL, created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW());"
+          psql -d ${DB_NAME} -c "GRANT ALL ON TABLE e2e_test_data TO ${DB_USER};"
+          psql -d ${DB_NAME} -c "GRANT USAGE, SELECT ON SEQUENCE e2e_test_data_id_seq TO ${DB_USER};"
+
+          echo "Database initialization complete"
diff --git a/e2e-test-app/deployment.yaml b/e2e-test-app/deployment.yaml
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+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: e2e-test-app
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  strategy:
+    type: Recreate
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      component: web
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        component: web
+    spec:
+      securityContext:
+        runAsNonRoot: true
+        runAsUser: 101
+        runAsGroup: 101
+        fsGroup: 101
+        seccompProfile:
+          type: RuntimeDefault
+      containers:
+        - name: nginx
+          image: nginxinc/nginx-unprivileged:alpine
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 8080
+              name: http
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: app-data
+              mountPath: /data
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              cpu: 100m
+              memory: 64Mi
+            requests:
+              cpu: 50m
+              memory: 32Mi
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /
+              port: 8080
+            initialDelaySeconds: 3
+            periodSeconds: 5
+          securityContext:
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+            capabilities:
+              drop:
+                - ALL
+            readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
+      volumes:
+        - name: app-data
+          persistentVolumeClaim:
+            claimName: e2e-test-app-data
diff --git a/e2e-test-app/kustomization.yaml b/e2e-test-app/kustomization.yaml
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+++ b/e2e-test-app/kustomization.yaml
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+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+namespace: e2e-test-app
+labels:
+  - includeSelectors: true
+    pairs:
+      app: e2e-test-app
+      managedBy: kustomize
+      partOf: wild-cloud
+resources:
+  - namespace.yaml
+  - deployment.yaml
+  - service.yaml
+  - pvc.yaml
+  - db-init-job.yaml
diff --git a/e2e-test-app/manifest.yaml b/e2e-test-app/manifest.yaml
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+name: e2e-test-app
+is: e2e-test-app
+description: End-to-end test application for automated integration testing. Includes PVC and PostgreSQL dependency to exercise all backup strategies.
+version: 1.0.0
+requires:
+  - name: postgres
+defaultConfig:
+  namespace: e2e-test-app
+  domain: e2e-test-app.{{ .cloud.domain }}
+  externalDnsDomain: "{{ .cloud.domain }}"
+  tlsSecretName: wildcard-wild-cloud-tls
+  storage: 1Gi
+  dbHost: "{{ .apps.postgres.host }}"
+  dbPort: "{{ .apps.postgres.port }}"
+  dbName: e2e_test_app
+  dbUser: e2e_test_app
+  timezone: UTC
+defaultSecrets:
+  - key: dbPassword
+  - key: dbUrl
+    default: "postgres://{{ .app.dbUser }}:{{ .secrets.dbPassword }}@{{ .app.dbHost }}:{{ .app.dbPort }}/{{ .app.dbName }}?sslmode=disable"
+requiredSecrets:
+  - postgres.password
diff --git a/e2e-test-app/namespace.yaml b/e2e-test-app/namespace.yaml
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+++ b/e2e-test-app/namespace.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .namespace }}
diff --git a/e2e-test-app/pvc.yaml b/e2e-test-app/pvc.yaml
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+++ b/e2e-test-app/pvc.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: e2e-test-app-data
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  storageClassName: longhorn
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: {{ .storage }}
diff --git a/e2e-test-app/service.yaml b/e2e-test-app/service.yaml
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+++ b/e2e-test-app/service.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: e2e-test-app
+spec:
+  selector:
+    component: web
+  ports:
+    - port: 80
+      targetPort: 8080
+      name: http