fix

Author: Radovan Fuchs

tests/e2e-prow/rhoai/pipeline.sh

@@ -224,9 +224,18 @@ oc expose pod lightspeed-stack-service \
   --type=ClusterIP \
   -n $NAMESPACE
 
-# Kill any existing processes on ports 8080 and 8000
-lsof -ti:8080 | xargs kill -9 2>/dev/null || true
-lsof -ti:8000 | xargs kill -9 2>/dev/null || true
+# Kill any existing processes on ports 8080 and 8000 (lsof often missing in minimal images)
+kill_listeners_on_ports() {
+  local p
+  for p in "$@"; do
+    if command -v lsof >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      lsof -ti:"$p" | xargs kill -9 2>/dev/null || true
+    elif command -v fuser >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      fuser -k "${p}/tcp" 2>/dev/null || true
+    fi
+  done
+}
+kill_listeners_on_ports 8080 8000
 
 # Start port-forward for lightspeed-stack
 progress "Starting port-forward, then E2E tests"

tests/e2e-prow/rhoai/run-tests.sh

@@ -35,10 +35,22 @@ for i in $(seq 1 12); do
 done
 ts "End: wait for service"
 
-ts "Start: pip install uv"
+ts "Start: ensure uv is available"
 echo "Installing test dependencies..."
-pip install uv
-ts "End: pip install uv"
+if command -v uv >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "uv already on PATH"
+elif command -v pip >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  pip install uv
+elif command -v python3 >/dev/null 2>&1 && python3 -m pip --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  python3 -m pip install --user uv
+  export PATH="${HOME}/.local/bin:${PATH}"
+else
+  echo "Installing uv via astral.sh (no pip in image)..."
+  curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
+  export PATH="${HOME}/.local/bin:${PATH}"
+fi
+command -v uv >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "❌ uv not available after install"; exit 1; }
+ts "End: ensure uv is available"
 
 ts "Start: uv sync"
 uv sync