[Flaky test] [sig-storage] Volume metrics PVC should create metrics for total time taken in volume operations in P/V Controller

Which jobs are flaking?

e2e-kops-aws e2e-kops-gcp e2e-kops-azure

Which tests are flaking?

[sig-storage] Volume metrics PVC should create metrics for total time taken in volume operations in P/V Controller

Since when has it been flaking?

Based on https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s-triage/index.html?date=2026-09-07&test=Volume%20metrics%20PVC%20should%20create%20metrics%20for%20total%20time%20taken looks like since 8/27, roughly 1-2/hour.

Testgrid link

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Reason for failure (if possible)

[FAILED] Failed to find metric volume_operation_total_seconds_count with labels map[operation_name:provision plugin_name:csi-hostpath-volume-metrics-669]. Got [volume_operation_total_seconds_count{operation_name="delete", plugin_name="csi-hostpath-ephemeral-4215"} => 2 @[0] volume_operation_total_seconds_count{operation_name="delete", plugin_name="csi-hostpath-volume-expand-2126"} => 1 @[0] volume_operation_total_seconds_count{operation_name="delete", plugin_name="csi-hostpath-volume-expand-4774"} => 1 @[0] volume_operation_total_seconds_count{operation_name="delete", plugin_name="csi-mock-csi-mock-volumes-expansion-6100"} => 1 @[0] volume_operation_total_seconds_count{operation_name="delete", plugin_name="csi-mock-csi-mock-volumes-workload-8481"} => 1 @[0] volume_operation_total_seconds_count{operation_name="provision", plugin_name="csi-hostpath-ephemeral-970"} => 1 @[0]]
In [It] at: k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/volume_metrics.go:308 @ 09/14/26 12:51:14.763

from https://prow.k8s.io/view/gs/kubernetes-ci-logs/pr-logs/pull/141613/pull-kubernetes-e2e-gce/2099473048389292032

Anything else we need to know?

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Relevant SIG(s)

/sig storage