[WINC-1777] Add OTE extension binary skeleton for Windows Containers tests

Add initial OTE (OpenShift Tests Extension) binary using upstream Ginkgo
(github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.2) without the OpenShift fork.

Tests are registered as plain Go functions via et.ExtensionTestSpecs instead
of BuildExtensionTestSpecsFromOpenShiftGinkgoSuite(), which requires the
OpenShift Ginkgo fork's internal APIs. This keeps WMCO's go.mod clean.

Changes:
- cmd/windows-machine-config-operator-tests-ext/main.go: OTE binary with
  four suites (windows/all, windows/parallel, windows/serial, windows/storage).
  Specs registered manually; no OpenShift Ginkgo fork required.
- test/extended/winc.go: OCP-37362 as a plain Go function returning error
- test/extended/utils/cli.go: lightweight oc wrapper; AsAdmin() wired to
  --as=system:admin
- Makefile: add build-tests-ext target with mkdir -p guard
- Containerfile: add COPY test test so the OTE binary can find internal
  packages during Konflux hermetic build
- go.mod: add openshift-tests-extension; upstream ginkgo v2.22.2 used
  directly, no fork replace directive

Verified locally:
  make build-tests-ext                             OK
  ./windows-machine-config-operator-tests-ext list 1 test listed
  ./windows-machine-config-operator-tests-ext run-test OCP-37362  PASSED
  (Azure IPI, OCP 4.20, WMCO v10.20.1)

Jira: WINC-1777

Author: weinliu

Containerfile

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ COPY cmd cmd
 COPY controllers controllers
 COPY hack hack
 COPY pkg pkg
+COPY test test
 RUN make build
 RUN make build-daemon
 

Makefile

@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ build: fmt vet
 build-daemon:
 	env GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -o ${OUTPUT_DIR}/bin/windows-instance-config-daemon.exe ./cmd/daemon
 
+# Build the OTE (OpenShift Tests Extension) binary for Windows Containers tests.
+# GO_COMPLIANCE_POLICY=exempt_all is required for test binaries per ART compliance policy.
+.PHONY: build-tests-ext
+build-tests-ext:
+	mkdir -p ${OUTPUT_DIR}/bin
+	GO_COMPLIANCE_POLICY="exempt_all" go build -o ${OUTPUT_DIR}/bin/windows-machine-config-operator-tests-ext \
+		./cmd/windows-machine-config-operator-tests-ext
+
 .PHONY: run
 run: manifests generate fmt vet ## Run a controller from your host.
 	go run cmd/operator/main.go

cmd/windows-machine-config-operator-tests-ext/main.go

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+// windows-machine-config-operator-tests-ext is the OTE (OpenShift Tests Extension)
+// binary for Windows Containers tests. Tests are registered as plain Go functions
+// using upstream Ginkgo, without the OpenShift Ginkgo fork.
+//
+// References:
+//   - OTE Integration Guide: https://github.com/openshift-eng/openshift-tests-extension
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+
+	otecmd "github.com/openshift-eng/openshift-tests-extension/pkg/cmd"
+	e "github.com/openshift-eng/openshift-tests-extension/pkg/extension"
+	et "github.com/openshift-eng/openshift-tests-extension/pkg/extension/extensiontests"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"github.com/openshift/windows-machine-config-operator/test/extended"
+	"github.com/openshift/windows-machine-config-operator/test/extended/utils"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	registry := e.NewRegistry()
+	ext := e.NewExtension("openshift", "payload", "windows-machine-config-operator")
+
+	// All WINC tests - used for full runs and informing jobs.
+	ext.AddSuite(e.Suite{
+		Name: "windows/all",
+		Qualifiers: []string{
+			`name.contains("[sig-windows]")`,
+		},
+	})
+
+	// Parallel subset: non-Serial, non-Slow, non-Disruptive tests.
+	ext.AddSuite(e.Suite{
+		Name: "windows/parallel",
+		Qualifiers: []string{
+			`name.contains("[sig-windows]") && !name.contains("[Serial]") && !name.contains("[Slow]") && !name.contains("[Disruptive]")`,
+		},
+	})
+
+	// Serial subset: tests that must run in isolation.
+	ext.AddSuite(e.Suite{
+		Name: "windows/serial",
+		Qualifiers: []string{
+			`name.contains("[sig-windows]") && name.contains("[Serial]")`,
+		},
+	})
+
+	// Storage-specific tests.
+	ext.AddSuite(e.Suite{
+		Name: "windows/storage",
+		Qualifiers: []string{
+			`name.contains("[sig-windows]") && name.contains("storage")`,
+		},
+	})
+
+	// Register test specs manually — no OpenShift Ginkgo fork required.
+	specs := et.ExtensionTestSpecs{
+		{
+			Name: "[sig-windows] Windows_Containers Author:rrasouli-Smokerun-Medium-37362-[wmco] wmco using correct golang version [OTP]",
+			Run: func(ctx context.Context) *et.ExtensionTestResult {
+				if err := extended.CheckWmcoGolangVersion(ctx, utils.NewCLIWithoutNamespace()); err != nil {
+					return &et.ExtensionTestResult{Result: et.ResultFailed, Output: err.Error()}
+				}
+				return &et.ExtensionTestResult{Result: et.ResultPassed}
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	ext.AddSpecs(specs)
+	registry.Register(ext)
+
+	root := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "windows-machine-config-operator-tests-ext",
+		Short: "OpenShift Windows Containers test extension (OTE)",
+		Long:  "Runs the WINC test suite as an OpenShift Tests Extension binary.",
+	}
+
+	root.AddCommand(otecmd.DefaultExtensionCommands(registry)...)
+
+	if err := root.Execute(); err != nil {
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}

go.mod

@@ -1,27 +1,20 @@
 module github.com/openshift/windows-machine-config-operator
 
-go 1.24.0
-
-toolchain go1.24.6
-
-replace (
-	// fix CVE-2025-30204 transitive deps still using older v4. Remove once `go mod graph` shows only 4.5.2 or higher
-	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 => github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.5.2
-	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 => github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.2
-)
+go 1.25.7
 
 require (
 	github.com/apparentlymart/go-cidr v1.1.0
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.55.8
-	github.com/coreos/ignition/v2 v2.23.0
+	github.com/coreos/ignition/v2 v2.26.0
 	github.com/go-imports-organizer/goio v1.5.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3
-	github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20260213204242-d34f11c515b3
-	github.com/openshift/client-go v0.0.0-20260213141500-06efc6dce93b
-	github.com/openshift/library-go v0.0.0-20260213153706-03f1709971c5
-	github.com/operator-framework/api v0.16.0
+	github.com/openshift-eng/openshift-tests-extension v0.0.0-20260127124016-0fed2b824818
+	github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20260311132013-1d84ab4f6a62
+	github.com/openshift/client-go v0.0.0-20260306160707-3935d929fc7d
+	github.com/openshift/library-go v0.0.0-20260311094140-ac826d10cb40
+	github.com/operator-framework/api v0.41.0
 	github.com/operator-framework/operator-lib v0.4.0
-	github.com/operator-framework/operator-lifecycle-manager v0.22.0
+	github.com/operator-framework/operator-lifecycle-manager v0.41.0
 	github.com/pkg/sftp v1.13.10
 	github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring v0.86.2
 	github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/client v0.86.2
@@ -31,36 +24,36 @@ require (
 	github.com/vincent-petithory/dataurl v1.0.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.1
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.48.0
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.32.0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.41.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.34.4
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.4
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.34.4
-	k8s.io/cloud-provider v0.34.4
-	k8s.io/component-base v0.34.4
-	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
-	k8s.io/kubectl v0.34.4
-	k8s.io/kubelet v0.34.4
-	k8s.io/kubernetes v1.34.2
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.34.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.42.0
+	k8s.io/api v0.35.2
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.2
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.35.2
+	k8s.io/cloud-provider v0.35.2
+	k8s.io/component-base v0.35.2
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.140.0
+	k8s.io/kubectl v0.35.2
+	k8s.io/kubelet v0.35.2
+	k8s.io/kubernetes v1.35.2
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260210185600-b8788abfbbc2
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.5
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
 )
 
 require (
-	cel.dev/expr v0.24.0 // indirect
+	cel.dev/expr v0.25.1 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20250102033503-faa5f7b0171c // indirect
 	github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/antlr4-go/antlr/v4 v4.13.1 // indirect
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.38.2 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.41.1 // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/chai2010/gettext-go v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/coreos/go-json v0.0.0-20230131223807-18775e0fb4fb // indirect
 	github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1 // indirect
-	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.1-0.20231103132048-7d375ecc2b09 // indirect
+	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/coreos/vcontext v0.0.0-20231102161604-685dc7299dc5 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.13.0 // indirect
@@ -72,91 +65,84 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-errors/errors v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.22.4 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.21.4 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.25.4 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/swag/cmdutils v0.25.4 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/swag/conv v0.25.4 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/swag/fileutils v0.25.4 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/swag/jsonname v0.25.4 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/swag/jsonutils v0.25.4 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/swag/loading v0.25.4 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/swag/mangling v0.25.4 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/swag/netutils v0.25.4 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/swag/stringutils v0.25.4 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/swag/typeutils v0.25.4 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/swag/yamlutils v0.25.4 // indirect
-	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.22.5 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.21.5 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.25.5 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag/cmdutils v0.25.5 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag/conv v0.25.5 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag/fileutils v0.25.5 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag/jsonname v0.25.5 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag/jsonutils v0.25.5 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag/loading v0.25.5 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag/mangling v0.25.5 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag/netutils v0.25.5 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag/stringutils v0.25.5 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag/typeutils v0.25.5 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag/yamlutils v0.25.5 // indirect
 	github.com/google/btree v1.1.3 // indirect
-	github.com/google/cel-go v0.26.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/cel-go v0.27.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.7.1 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.4-0.20250319132907-e064f32e3674 // indirect
 	github.com/gregjones/httpcache v0.0.0-20190611155906-901d90724c79 // indirect
-	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.26.3 // indirect
+	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.27.7 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/fs v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/liggitt/tabwriter v0.0.0-20181228230101-89fcab3d43de // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap v1.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/moby/spdystream v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/moby/term v0.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.3-0.20250322232337-35a7c28c31ee // indirect
 	github.com/monochromegane/go-gitignore v0.0.0-20200626010858-205db1a8cc00 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
-	github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f // indirect
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5 // indirect
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.2 // indirect
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.2 // indirect
 	github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.67.5 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.19.2 // indirect
-	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.20.1 // indirect
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.3.2-0.20230802210424-5b0b94c5c0d3 // indirect
-	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 // indirect
-	github.com/stoewer/go-strcase v1.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.4 // indirect
 	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
 	github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.61.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.36.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.34.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.34.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.36.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.36.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.36.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.5.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.65.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.9.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
-	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3 // indirect
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.4 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250128182459-e0ece0dbea4c // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.49.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.34.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.40.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.34.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/time v0.14.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20260112195511-716be5621a96 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.51.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.36.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.20.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.41.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.35.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.15.0 // indirect
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.5.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250721164621-a45f3dfb1074 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250721164621-a45f3dfb1074 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.74.2 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260203192932-546029d2fa20 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260203192932-546029d2fa20 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.79.1 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.4 // indirect
-	k8s.io/apiserver v0.34.4 // indirect
-	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.34.4 // indirect
-	k8s.io/controller-manager v0.34.4 // indirect
-	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20260127142750-a19766b6e2d4 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.31.2 // indirect
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.2 // indirect
+	k8s.io/apiserver v0.35.2 // indirect
+	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.35.2 // indirect
+	k8s.io/controller-manager v0.35.2 // indirect
+	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20260304202019-5b3e3fdb0acf // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.34.0 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.20.1 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.20.1 // indirect