diff --git a/docs/book/src/cronjob-tutorial/testdata/project/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go b/docs/book/src/cronjob-tutorial/testdata/project/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
index 141ebe9d5f4..265d1829d2c 100644
--- a/docs/book/src/cronjob-tutorial/testdata/project/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
+++ b/docs/book/src/cronjob-tutorial/testdata/project/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
+	By("Ensure that Prometheus is enabled")
+	_ = utils.UncommentCode("config/default/kustomization.yaml", "#- ../prometheus", "#")
+
 	By("generating files")
 	cmd := exec.Command("make", "generate")
 	_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
diff --git a/docs/book/src/cronjob-tutorial/testdata/project/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/docs/book/src/cronjob-tutorial/testdata/project/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
index 2812ef5b973..f447d2c1a31 100644
--- a/docs/book/src/cronjob-tutorial/testdata/project/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/docs/book/src/cronjob-tutorial/testdata/project/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 package e2e
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
@@ -27,34 +30,44 @@ import (
 	"tutorial.kubebuilder.io/project/test/utils"
 )
 
+// namespace where the project is deployed in
 const namespace = "project-system"
 
-// Define a set of end-to-end (e2e) tests to validate the behavior of the controller.
-var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
+// serviceAccountName created for the project
+const serviceAccountName = "project-controller-manager"
+
+// metricsServiceName is the name of the metrics service of the project
+const metricsServiceName = "project-controller-manager-metrics-service"
+
+// metricsRoleBindingName is the name of the RBAC that will be created to allow get the metrics data
+const metricsRoleBindingName = "project-metrics-binding"
+
+var _ = Describe("Manager", Ordered, func() {
 	// Before running the tests, set up the environment by creating the namespace,
 	// installing CRDs, and deploying the controller.
 	BeforeAll(func() {
 		By("creating manager namespace")
 		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "ns", namespace)
-		_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create namespace")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create namespace")
 
 		By("installing CRDs")
 		cmd = exec.Command("make", "install")
-		_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to install CRDs")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to install CRDs")
 
 		By("deploying the controller-manager")
 		cmd = exec.Command("make", "deploy", fmt.Sprintf("IMG=%s", projectImage))
-		_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to deploy the controller-manager")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to deploy the controller-manager")
 	})
 
 	// After all tests have been executed, clean up by undeploying the controller, uninstalling CRDs,
 	// and deleting the namespace.
 	AfterAll(func() {
+		By("cleaning up the curl pod for metrics")
+		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "delete", "pod", "curl-metrics", "-n", namespace)
+		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
+
 		By("undeploying the controller-manager")
-		cmd := exec.Command("make", "undeploy")
+		cmd = exec.Command("make", "undeploy")
 		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
 
 		By("uninstalling CRDs")
@@ -66,13 +79,15 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
 		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
 	})
 
-	// The Context block contains the actual tests that validate the operator's behavior.
-	Context("Operator", func() {
-		It("should run successfully", func() {
-			var controllerPodName string
+	SetDefaultEventuallyTimeout(2 * time.Minute)
+	SetDefaultEventuallyPollingInterval(time.Second)
 
+	// The Context block contains the actual tests that validate the manager's behavior.
+	Context("Manager", func() {
+		var controllerPodName string
+		It("should run successfully", func() {
 			By("validating that the controller-manager pod is running as expected")
-			verifyControllerUp := func() error {
+			verifyControllerUp := func(g Gomega) {
 				// Get the name of the controller-manager pod
 				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get",
 					"pods", "-l", "control-plane=controller-manager",
@@ -84,31 +99,161 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
 				)
 
 				podOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod information")
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod information")
 				podNames := utils.GetNonEmptyLines(string(podOutput))
-				if len(podNames) != 1 {
-					return fmt.Errorf("expected 1 controller pod running, but got %d", len(podNames))
-				}
+				g.Expect(podNames).To(HaveLen(1), "expected 1 controller pod running")
 				controllerPodName = podNames[0]
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, controllerPodName).Should(ContainSubstring("controller-manager"))
+				g.Expect(controllerPodName).To(ContainSubstring("controller-manager"))
 
 				// Validate the pod's status
 				cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get",
 					"pods", controllerPodName, "-o", "jsonpath={.status.phase}",
 					"-n", namespace,
 				)
-				status, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod status")
-				if string(status) != "Running" {
-					return fmt.Errorf("controller pod in %s status", status)
-				}
-				return nil
+				g.Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).To(BeEquivalentTo("Running"), "Incorrect controller-manager pod status")
 			}
 			// Repeatedly check if the controller-manager pod is running until it succeeds or times out.
-			EventuallyWithOffset(1, verifyControllerUp, time.Minute, time.Second).Should(Succeed())
+			Eventually(verifyControllerUp).Should(Succeed())
+		})
+
+		It("should ensure the metrics endpoint is serving metrics", func() {
+			By("creating a ClusterRoleBinding for the service account to allow access to metrics")
+			cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "clusterrolebinding", metricsRoleBindingName,
+				"--clusterrole=project-metrics-reader",
+				fmt.Sprintf("--serviceaccount=%s:%s", namespace, serviceAccountName),
+			)
+			_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create ClusterRoleBinding")
+
+			By("validating that the metrics service is available")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "service", metricsServiceName, "-n", namespace)
+			_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Metrics service should exist")
+
+			By("validating that the ServiceMonitor for Prometheus is applied in the namespace")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "ServiceMonitor", "-n", namespace)
+			_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "ServiceMonitor should exist")
+
+			By("getting the service account token")
+			token, err := serviceAccountToken()
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(token).NotTo(BeEmpty())
+
+			By("waiting for the metrics endpoint to be ready")
+			verifyMetricsEndpointReady := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "endpoints", metricsServiceName, "-n", namespace)
+				output, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve endpoints information")
+				g.Expect(string(output)).To(ContainSubstring("8443"), "Metrics endpoint is not ready")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyMetricsEndpointReady).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("verifying that the controller manager is serving the metrics server")
+			verifyMetricsServerStarted := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", controllerPodName, "-n", namespace)
+				logs, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller manager logs")
+				g.Expect(string(logs)).To(ContainSubstring("controller-runtime.metrics\tServing metrics server"),
+					"Metrics server not yet started")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyMetricsServerStarted).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("creating the curl-metrics pod to access the metrics endpoint")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "run", "curl-metrics", "--restart=Never",
+				"--namespace", namespace,
+				"--image=curlimages/curl:7.78.0",
+				"--", "/bin/sh", "-c", fmt.Sprintf(
+					"curl -v -k -H 'Authorization: Bearer %s' https://%s.%s.svc.cluster.local:8443/metrics",
+					token, metricsServiceName, namespace))
+			Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create curl-metrics pod")
+
+			By("waiting for the curl-metrics pod to complete.")
+			verifyCurlUp := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "pods", "curl-metrics",
+					"-o", "jsonpath={.status.phase}",
+					"-n", namespace)
+				g.Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).To(BeEquivalentTo("Succeeded"), "curl pod in wrong status")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyCurlUp, 5*time.Minute).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("getting the metrics by checking curl-metrics logs")
+			metricsOutput := getMetricsOutput()
+			Expect(metricsOutput).To(ContainSubstring(
+				"controller_runtime_reconcile_total",
+			))
 		})
 
-		// TODO(user): Customize the e2e test suite to include
-		// additional scenarios specific to your project.
+		// TODO: Customize the e2e test suite with scenarios specific to your project.
+		// Consider applying sample/CR(s) and check their status and/or verifying
+		// the reconciliation by using the metrics, i.e.:
+		// metricsOutput := getMetricsOutput()
+		// Expect(metricsOutput).To(ContainSubstring(
+		//    fmt.Sprintf(`controller_runtime_reconcile_total{controller="%s",result="success"} 1`,
+		//    strings.ToLower(<Kind>),
+		// ))
 	})
 })
+
+// serviceAccountToken returns a token for the specified service account in the given namespace.
+// It uses the Kubernetes TokenRequest API to generate a token by directly sending a request
+// and parsing the resulting token from the API response.
+func serviceAccountToken() (string, error) {
+	const tokenRequestRawString = `{
+		"apiVersion": "authentication.k8s.io/v1",
+		"kind": "TokenRequest"
+	}`
+
+	// Temporary file to store the token request
+	secretName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-token-request", serviceAccountName)
+	tokenRequestFile := filepath.Join("/tmp", secretName)
+	err := os.WriteFile(tokenRequestFile, []byte(tokenRequestRawString), os.FileMode(0o644))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	var out string
+	var rawJson string
+	verifyTokenCreation := func(g Gomega) {
+		// Execute kubectl command to create the token
+		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "--raw", fmt.Sprintf(
+			"/api/v1/namespaces/%s/serviceaccounts/%s/token",
+			namespace,
+			serviceAccountName,
+		), "-f", tokenRequestFile)
+
+		output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+		g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		rawJson = string(output)
+
+		// Parse the JSON output to extract the token
+		var token tokenRequest
+		err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(rawJson), &token)
+		g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		out = token.Status.Token
+	}
+	Eventually(verifyTokenCreation).Should(Succeed())
+
+	return out, err
+}
+
+// getMetricsOutput retrieves and returns the logs from the curl pod used to access the metrics endpoint.
+func getMetricsOutput() string {
+	By("getting the curl-metrics logs")
+	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", "curl-metrics", "-n", namespace)
+	metricsOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve logs from curl pod")
+	metricsOutputStr := string(metricsOutput)
+	Expect(metricsOutputStr).To(ContainSubstring("< HTTP/1.1 200 OK"))
+	return metricsOutputStr
+}
+
+// tokenRequest is a simplified representation of the Kubernetes TokenRequest API response,
+// containing only the token field that we need to extract.
+type tokenRequest struct {
+	Status struct {
+		Token string `json:"token"`
+	} `json:"status"`
+}
diff --git a/docs/book/src/cronjob-tutorial/testdata/project/test/utils/utils.go b/docs/book/src/cronjob-tutorial/testdata/project/test/utils/utils.go
index 777825397c5..db4ad3f02f6 100644
--- a/docs/book/src/cronjob-tutorial/testdata/project/test/utils/utils.go
+++ b/docs/book/src/cronjob-tutorial/testdata/project/test/utils/utils.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package utils
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -198,3 +200,52 @@ func GetProjectDir() (string, error) {
 	wd = strings.Replace(wd, "/test/e2e", "", -1)
 	return wd, nil
 }
+
+// UncommentCode searches for target in the file and remove the comment prefix
+// of the target content. The target content may span multiple lines.
+func UncommentCode(filename, target, prefix string) error {
+	// false positive
+	// nolint:gosec
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	strContent := string(content)
+
+	idx := strings.Index(strContent, target)
+	if idx < 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to find the code %s to be uncomment", target)
+	}
+
+	out := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	_, err = out.Write(content[:idx])
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewBufferString(target))
+	if !scanner.Scan() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	for {
+		_, err := out.WriteString(strings.TrimPrefix(scanner.Text(), prefix))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// Avoid writing a newline in case the previous line was the last in target.
+		if !scanner.Scan() {
+			break
+		}
+		if _, err := out.WriteString("\n"); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	_, err = out.Write(content[idx+len(target):])
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// false positive
+	// nolint:gosec
+	return os.WriteFile(filename, out.Bytes(), 0644)
+}
diff --git a/docs/book/src/getting-started/testdata/project/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go b/docs/book/src/getting-started/testdata/project/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
index 2f582ed11f9..5e3806b98ee 100644
--- a/docs/book/src/getting-started/testdata/project/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
+++ b/docs/book/src/getting-started/testdata/project/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
+	By("Ensure that Prometheus is enabled")
+	_ = utils.UncommentCode("config/default/kustomization.yaml", "#- ../prometheus", "#")
+
 	By("generating files")
 	cmd := exec.Command("make", "generate")
 	_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
diff --git a/docs/book/src/getting-started/testdata/project/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/docs/book/src/getting-started/testdata/project/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
index 66f7dcef8fd..cef5c44db8b 100644
--- a/docs/book/src/getting-started/testdata/project/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/docs/book/src/getting-started/testdata/project/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 package e2e
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
@@ -27,34 +30,44 @@ import (
 	"example.com/memcached/test/utils"
 )
 
+// namespace where the project is deployed in
 const namespace = "project-system"
 
-// Define a set of end-to-end (e2e) tests to validate the behavior of the controller.
-var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
+// serviceAccountName created for the project
+const serviceAccountName = "project-controller-manager"
+
+// metricsServiceName is the name of the metrics service of the project
+const metricsServiceName = "project-controller-manager-metrics-service"
+
+// metricsRoleBindingName is the name of the RBAC that will be created to allow get the metrics data
+const metricsRoleBindingName = "project-metrics-binding"
+
+var _ = Describe("Manager", Ordered, func() {
 	// Before running the tests, set up the environment by creating the namespace,
 	// installing CRDs, and deploying the controller.
 	BeforeAll(func() {
 		By("creating manager namespace")
 		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "ns", namespace)
-		_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create namespace")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create namespace")
 
 		By("installing CRDs")
 		cmd = exec.Command("make", "install")
-		_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to install CRDs")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to install CRDs")
 
 		By("deploying the controller-manager")
 		cmd = exec.Command("make", "deploy", fmt.Sprintf("IMG=%s", projectImage))
-		_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to deploy the controller-manager")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to deploy the controller-manager")
 	})
 
 	// After all tests have been executed, clean up by undeploying the controller, uninstalling CRDs,
 	// and deleting the namespace.
 	AfterAll(func() {
+		By("cleaning up the curl pod for metrics")
+		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "delete", "pod", "curl-metrics", "-n", namespace)
+		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
+
 		By("undeploying the controller-manager")
-		cmd := exec.Command("make", "undeploy")
+		cmd = exec.Command("make", "undeploy")
 		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
 
 		By("uninstalling CRDs")
@@ -66,13 +79,15 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
 		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
 	})
 
-	// The Context block contains the actual tests that validate the operator's behavior.
-	Context("Operator", func() {
-		It("should run successfully", func() {
-			var controllerPodName string
+	SetDefaultEventuallyTimeout(2 * time.Minute)
+	SetDefaultEventuallyPollingInterval(time.Second)
 
+	// The Context block contains the actual tests that validate the manager's behavior.
+	Context("Manager", func() {
+		var controllerPodName string
+		It("should run successfully", func() {
 			By("validating that the controller-manager pod is running as expected")
-			verifyControllerUp := func() error {
+			verifyControllerUp := func(g Gomega) {
 				// Get the name of the controller-manager pod
 				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get",
 					"pods", "-l", "control-plane=controller-manager",
@@ -84,31 +99,161 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
 				)
 
 				podOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod information")
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod information")
 				podNames := utils.GetNonEmptyLines(string(podOutput))
-				if len(podNames) != 1 {
-					return fmt.Errorf("expected 1 controller pod running, but got %d", len(podNames))
-				}
+				g.Expect(podNames).To(HaveLen(1), "expected 1 controller pod running")
 				controllerPodName = podNames[0]
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, controllerPodName).Should(ContainSubstring("controller-manager"))
+				g.Expect(controllerPodName).To(ContainSubstring("controller-manager"))
 
 				// Validate the pod's status
 				cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get",
 					"pods", controllerPodName, "-o", "jsonpath={.status.phase}",
 					"-n", namespace,
 				)
-				status, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod status")
-				if string(status) != "Running" {
-					return fmt.Errorf("controller pod in %s status", status)
-				}
-				return nil
+				g.Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).To(BeEquivalentTo("Running"), "Incorrect controller-manager pod status")
 			}
 			// Repeatedly check if the controller-manager pod is running until it succeeds or times out.
-			EventuallyWithOffset(1, verifyControllerUp, time.Minute, time.Second).Should(Succeed())
+			Eventually(verifyControllerUp).Should(Succeed())
+		})
+
+		It("should ensure the metrics endpoint is serving metrics", func() {
+			By("creating a ClusterRoleBinding for the service account to allow access to metrics")
+			cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "clusterrolebinding", metricsRoleBindingName,
+				"--clusterrole=project-metrics-reader",
+				fmt.Sprintf("--serviceaccount=%s:%s", namespace, serviceAccountName),
+			)
+			_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create ClusterRoleBinding")
+
+			By("validating that the metrics service is available")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "service", metricsServiceName, "-n", namespace)
+			_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Metrics service should exist")
+
+			By("validating that the ServiceMonitor for Prometheus is applied in the namespace")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "ServiceMonitor", "-n", namespace)
+			_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "ServiceMonitor should exist")
+
+			By("getting the service account token")
+			token, err := serviceAccountToken()
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(token).NotTo(BeEmpty())
+
+			By("waiting for the metrics endpoint to be ready")
+			verifyMetricsEndpointReady := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "endpoints", metricsServiceName, "-n", namespace)
+				output, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve endpoints information")
+				g.Expect(string(output)).To(ContainSubstring("8443"), "Metrics endpoint is not ready")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyMetricsEndpointReady).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("verifying that the controller manager is serving the metrics server")
+			verifyMetricsServerStarted := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", controllerPodName, "-n", namespace)
+				logs, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller manager logs")
+				g.Expect(string(logs)).To(ContainSubstring("controller-runtime.metrics\tServing metrics server"),
+					"Metrics server not yet started")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyMetricsServerStarted).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("creating the curl-metrics pod to access the metrics endpoint")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "run", "curl-metrics", "--restart=Never",
+				"--namespace", namespace,
+				"--image=curlimages/curl:7.78.0",
+				"--", "/bin/sh", "-c", fmt.Sprintf(
+					"curl -v -k -H 'Authorization: Bearer %s' https://%s.%s.svc.cluster.local:8443/metrics",
+					token, metricsServiceName, namespace))
+			Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create curl-metrics pod")
+
+			By("waiting for the curl-metrics pod to complete.")
+			verifyCurlUp := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "pods", "curl-metrics",
+					"-o", "jsonpath={.status.phase}",
+					"-n", namespace)
+				g.Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).To(BeEquivalentTo("Succeeded"), "curl pod in wrong status")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyCurlUp, 5*time.Minute).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("getting the metrics by checking curl-metrics logs")
+			metricsOutput := getMetricsOutput()
+			Expect(metricsOutput).To(ContainSubstring(
+				"controller_runtime_reconcile_total",
+			))
 		})
 
-		// TODO(user): Customize the e2e test suite to include
-		// additional scenarios specific to your project.
+		// TODO: Customize the e2e test suite with scenarios specific to your project.
+		// Consider applying sample/CR(s) and check their status and/or verifying
+		// the reconciliation by using the metrics, i.e.:
+		// metricsOutput := getMetricsOutput()
+		// Expect(metricsOutput).To(ContainSubstring(
+		//    fmt.Sprintf(`controller_runtime_reconcile_total{controller="%s",result="success"} 1`,
+		//    strings.ToLower(<Kind>),
+		// ))
 	})
 })
+
+// serviceAccountToken returns a token for the specified service account in the given namespace.
+// It uses the Kubernetes TokenRequest API to generate a token by directly sending a request
+// and parsing the resulting token from the API response.
+func serviceAccountToken() (string, error) {
+	const tokenRequestRawString = `{
+		"apiVersion": "authentication.k8s.io/v1",
+		"kind": "TokenRequest"
+	}`
+
+	// Temporary file to store the token request
+	secretName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-token-request", serviceAccountName)
+	tokenRequestFile := filepath.Join("/tmp", secretName)
+	err := os.WriteFile(tokenRequestFile, []byte(tokenRequestRawString), os.FileMode(0o644))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	var out string
+	var rawJson string
+	verifyTokenCreation := func(g Gomega) {
+		// Execute kubectl command to create the token
+		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "--raw", fmt.Sprintf(
+			"/api/v1/namespaces/%s/serviceaccounts/%s/token",
+			namespace,
+			serviceAccountName,
+		), "-f", tokenRequestFile)
+
+		output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+		g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		rawJson = string(output)
+
+		// Parse the JSON output to extract the token
+		var token tokenRequest
+		err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(rawJson), &token)
+		g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		out = token.Status.Token
+	}
+	Eventually(verifyTokenCreation).Should(Succeed())
+
+	return out, err
+}
+
+// getMetricsOutput retrieves and returns the logs from the curl pod used to access the metrics endpoint.
+func getMetricsOutput() string {
+	By("getting the curl-metrics logs")
+	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", "curl-metrics", "-n", namespace)
+	metricsOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve logs from curl pod")
+	metricsOutputStr := string(metricsOutput)
+	Expect(metricsOutputStr).To(ContainSubstring("< HTTP/1.1 200 OK"))
+	return metricsOutputStr
+}
+
+// tokenRequest is a simplified representation of the Kubernetes TokenRequest API response,
+// containing only the token field that we need to extract.
+type tokenRequest struct {
+	Status struct {
+		Token string `json:"token"`
+	} `json:"status"`
+}
diff --git a/docs/book/src/getting-started/testdata/project/test/utils/utils.go b/docs/book/src/getting-started/testdata/project/test/utils/utils.go
index 777825397c5..db4ad3f02f6 100644
--- a/docs/book/src/getting-started/testdata/project/test/utils/utils.go
+++ b/docs/book/src/getting-started/testdata/project/test/utils/utils.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package utils
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -198,3 +200,52 @@ func GetProjectDir() (string, error) {
 	wd = strings.Replace(wd, "/test/e2e", "", -1)
 	return wd, nil
 }
+
+// UncommentCode searches for target in the file and remove the comment prefix
+// of the target content. The target content may span multiple lines.
+func UncommentCode(filename, target, prefix string) error {
+	// false positive
+	// nolint:gosec
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	strContent := string(content)
+
+	idx := strings.Index(strContent, target)
+	if idx < 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to find the code %s to be uncomment", target)
+	}
+
+	out := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	_, err = out.Write(content[:idx])
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewBufferString(target))
+	if !scanner.Scan() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	for {
+		_, err := out.WriteString(strings.TrimPrefix(scanner.Text(), prefix))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// Avoid writing a newline in case the previous line was the last in target.
+		if !scanner.Scan() {
+			break
+		}
+		if _, err := out.WriteString("\n"); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	_, err = out.Write(content[idx+len(target):])
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// false positive
+	// nolint:gosec
+	return os.WriteFile(filename, out.Bytes(), 0644)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/golang/v4/scaffolds/internal/templates/test/e2e/suite.go b/pkg/plugins/golang/v4/scaffolds/internal/templates/test/e2e/suite.go
index b34f9d855eb..5334efdfbbe 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/golang/v4/scaffolds/internal/templates/test/e2e/suite.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/golang/v4/scaffolds/internal/templates/test/e2e/suite.go
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
+	By("Ensure that Prometheus is enabled")
+	_ = utils.UncommentCode("config/default/kustomization.yaml", "#- ../prometheus", "#")
+
 	By("generating files")
 	cmd := exec.Command("make", "generate")
 	_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/golang/v4/scaffolds/internal/templates/test/e2e/test.go b/pkg/plugins/golang/v4/scaffolds/internal/templates/test/e2e/test.go
index 6288f9d4cfd..2ffee5d71b2 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/golang/v4/scaffolds/internal/templates/test/e2e/test.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/golang/v4/scaffolds/internal/templates/test/e2e/test.go
@@ -44,44 +44,54 @@ var TestTemplate = `{{ .Boilerplate }}
 package e2e
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
-    . "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
-    . "github.com/onsi/gomega"
-	
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+
 	"{{ .Repo }}/test/utils"
 )
 
+// namespace where the project is deployed in
 const namespace = "{{ .ProjectName }}-system"
+// serviceAccountName created for the project
+const serviceAccountName = "{{ .ProjectName }}-controller-manager"
+// metricsServiceName is the name of the metrics service of the project
+const metricsServiceName = "{{ .ProjectName }}-controller-manager-metrics-service"
+// metricsRoleBindingName is the name of the RBAC that will be created to allow get the metrics data
+const metricsRoleBindingName = "{{ .ProjectName }}-metrics-binding"
 
-// Define a set of end-to-end (e2e) tests to validate the behavior of the controller.
-var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
+var _ = Describe("Manager", Ordered, func() {
 	// Before running the tests, set up the environment by creating the namespace, 
 	// installing CRDs, and deploying the controller.
 	BeforeAll(func() {
 		By("creating manager namespace")
 		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "ns", namespace)
-		_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create namespace")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create namespace")
 
 		By("installing CRDs")
 		cmd = exec.Command("make", "install")
-		_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to install CRDs")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to install CRDs")
 
 		By("deploying the controller-manager")
 		cmd = exec.Command("make", "deploy", fmt.Sprintf("IMG=%s", projectImage))
-		_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to deploy the controller-manager")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to deploy the controller-manager")
 	})
 
 	// After all tests have been executed, clean up by undeploying the controller, uninstalling CRDs, 
 	// and deleting the namespace.
 	AfterAll(func() {
+		By("cleaning up the curl pod for metrics")
+		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "delete", "pod", "curl-metrics", "-n", namespace)
+		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
+
 		By("undeploying the controller-manager")
-		cmd := exec.Command("make", "undeploy")
+		cmd = exec.Command("make", "undeploy")
 		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
 
 		By("uninstalling CRDs")
@@ -93,13 +103,15 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
 		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
 	})
 
-	// The Context block contains the actual tests that validate the operator's behavior.
-	Context("Operator", func() {
-		It("should run successfully", func() {
-			var controllerPodName string
+	SetDefaultEventuallyTimeout(2 * time.Minute)
+	SetDefaultEventuallyPollingInterval(time.Second)
 
+	// The Context block contains the actual tests that validate the manager's behavior.
+	Context("Manager", func() {
+		var controllerPodName string
+		It("should run successfully", func() {
 			By("validating that the controller-manager pod is running as expected")
-			verifyControllerUp := func() error {
+			verifyControllerUp := func(g Gomega) {
 				// Get the name of the controller-manager pod
 				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get",
 					"pods", "-l", "control-plane=controller-manager",
@@ -111,32 +123,162 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
 				)
 
 				podOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod information")
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod information")
 				podNames := utils.GetNonEmptyLines(string(podOutput))
-				if len(podNames) != 1 {
-					return fmt.Errorf("expected 1 controller pod running, but got %d", len(podNames))
-				}
+				g.Expect(podNames).To(HaveLen(1), "expected 1 controller pod running")
 				controllerPodName = podNames[0]
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, controllerPodName).Should(ContainSubstring("controller-manager"))
+				g.Expect(controllerPodName).To(ContainSubstring("controller-manager"))
 
 				// Validate the pod's status
 				cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get",
 					"pods", controllerPodName, "-o", "jsonpath={.status.phase}",
 					"-n", namespace,
 				)
-				status, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod status")
-				if string(status) != "Running" {
-					return fmt.Errorf("controller pod in %s status", status)
-				}
-				return nil
+				g.Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).To(BeEquivalentTo("Running"), "Incorrect controller-manager pod status")
 			}
 			// Repeatedly check if the controller-manager pod is running until it succeeds or times out.
-			EventuallyWithOffset(1, verifyControllerUp, time.Minute, time.Second).Should(Succeed())
+			Eventually(verifyControllerUp).Should(Succeed())
 		})
 
-		// TODO(user): Customize the e2e test suite to include 
-		// additional scenarios specific to your project.
+		It("should ensure the metrics endpoint is serving metrics", func() {
+			By("creating a ClusterRoleBinding for the service account to allow access to metrics")
+			cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "clusterrolebinding", metricsRoleBindingName,
+				"--clusterrole={{ .ProjectName}}-metrics-reader",
+				fmt.Sprintf("--serviceaccount=%s:%s", namespace, serviceAccountName),
+			)
+			_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create ClusterRoleBinding")
+
+			By("validating that the metrics service is available")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "service", metricsServiceName, "-n", namespace)
+			_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Metrics service should exist")
+
+			By("validating that the ServiceMonitor for Prometheus is applied in the namespace")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "ServiceMonitor", "-n", namespace)
+			_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "ServiceMonitor should exist")
+
+			By("getting the service account token")
+			token, err := serviceAccountToken()
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(token).NotTo(BeEmpty())
+
+			By("waiting for the metrics endpoint to be ready")
+			verifyMetricsEndpointReady := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "endpoints", metricsServiceName, "-n", namespace)
+				output, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve endpoints information")
+				g.Expect(string(output)).To(ContainSubstring("8443"), "Metrics endpoint is not ready")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyMetricsEndpointReady).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("verifying that the controller manager is serving the metrics server")
+			verifyMetricsServerStarted := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", controllerPodName, "-n", namespace)
+				logs, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller manager logs")
+				g.Expect(string(logs)).To(ContainSubstring("controller-runtime.metrics\tServing metrics server"),
+ 					"Metrics server not yet started")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyMetricsServerStarted).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("creating the curl-metrics pod to access the metrics endpoint")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "run", "curl-metrics", "--restart=Never",
+				"--namespace", namespace,
+				"--image=curlimages/curl:7.78.0",
+				"--", "/bin/sh", "-c", fmt.Sprintf(
+					"curl -v -k -H 'Authorization: Bearer %s' https://%s.%s.svc.cluster.local:8443/metrics",
+					token, metricsServiceName, namespace))
+			Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create curl-metrics pod")
+
+			By("waiting for the curl-metrics pod to complete.")
+			verifyCurlUp := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "pods", "curl-metrics",
+					"-o", "jsonpath={.status.phase}",
+					"-n", namespace)
+				g.Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).To(BeEquivalentTo("Succeeded"), "curl pod in wrong status")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyCurlUp, 5 * time.Minute).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("getting the metrics by checking curl-metrics logs")
+			metricsOutput := getMetricsOutput()
+			Expect(metricsOutput).To(ContainSubstring(
+				"controller_runtime_reconcile_total",
+			))
+		})
+
+		// TODO: Customize the e2e test suite with scenarios specific to your project. 
+		// Consider applying sample/CR(s) and check their status and/or verifying 
+		// the reconciliation by using the metrics, i.e.:
+		// metricsOutput := getMetricsOutput()		
+		// Expect(metricsOutput).To(ContainSubstring(
+		//    fmt.Sprintf(` + "`controller_runtime_reconcile_total{controller=\"%s\",result=\"success\"} 1`" + `,
+		//    strings.ToLower(<Kind>),
+		// ))
 	})
 })
+
+// serviceAccountToken returns a token for the specified service account in the given namespace.
+// It uses the Kubernetes TokenRequest API to generate a token by directly sending a request 
+// and parsing the resulting token from the API response.
+func serviceAccountToken() (string, error) {
+	const tokenRequestRawString = ` + "`" + `{
+		"apiVersion": "authentication.k8s.io/v1",
+		"kind": "TokenRequest"
+	}` + "`" + `
+
+	// Temporary file to store the token request
+	secretName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-token-request", serviceAccountName)
+	tokenRequestFile := filepath.Join("/tmp", secretName)
+	err := os.WriteFile(tokenRequestFile, []byte(tokenRequestRawString), os.FileMode(0o644))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	var out string
+	var rawJson string
+	verifyTokenCreation := func(g Gomega) {
+		// Execute kubectl command to create the token
+		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "--raw", fmt.Sprintf(
+			"/api/v1/namespaces/%s/serviceaccounts/%s/token",
+			namespace,
+			serviceAccountName,
+		), "-f", tokenRequestFile)
+
+		output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+		g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		rawJson = string(output)
+
+		// Parse the JSON output to extract the token
+		var token tokenRequest
+		err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(rawJson), &token)
+		g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		out = token.Status.Token
+	}
+	Eventually(verifyTokenCreation).Should(Succeed())
+
+	return out, err
+}
+
+// getMetricsOutput retrieves and returns the logs from the curl pod used to access the metrics endpoint.
+func getMetricsOutput() string {
+	By("getting the curl-metrics logs")
+	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", "curl-metrics", "-n", namespace)
+	metricsOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve logs from curl pod")
+	metricsOutputStr := string(metricsOutput)
+	Expect(metricsOutputStr).To(ContainSubstring("< HTTP/1.1 200 OK"))
+	return metricsOutputStr
+}
+
+// tokenRequest is a simplified representation of the Kubernetes TokenRequest API response,
+// containing only the token field that we need to extract.
+type tokenRequest struct {
+	Status struct {
+		Token string ` + "`json:\"token\"`" + `
+	} ` + "`json:\"status\"`" + `
+}
 `
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/golang/v4/scaffolds/internal/templates/test/utils/utils.go b/pkg/plugins/golang/v4/scaffolds/internal/templates/test/utils/utils.go
index f34d5cfbbc7..fd68964be6f 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/golang/v4/scaffolds/internal/templates/test/utils/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/golang/v4/scaffolds/internal/templates/test/utils/utils.go
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ var utilsTemplate = `{{ .Boilerplate }}
 package utils
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -223,4 +225,54 @@ func GetProjectDir() (string, error) {
 	wd = strings.Replace(wd, "/test/e2e", "", -1)
 	return wd, nil
 }
+
+
+// UncommentCode searches for target in the file and remove the comment prefix
+// of the target content. The target content may span multiple lines.
+func UncommentCode(filename, target, prefix string) error {
+	// false positive
+	// nolint:gosec
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	strContent := string(content)
+
+	idx := strings.Index(strContent, target)
+	if idx < 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to find the code %s to be uncomment", target)
+	}
+
+	out := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	_, err = out.Write(content[:idx])
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewBufferString(target))
+	if !scanner.Scan() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	for {
+		_, err := out.WriteString(strings.TrimPrefix(scanner.Text(), prefix))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// Avoid writing a newline in case the previous line was the last in target.
+		if !scanner.Scan() {
+			break
+		}
+		if _, err := out.WriteString("\n"); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	_, err = out.Write(content[idx+len(target):])
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// false positive
+	// nolint:gosec
+	return os.WriteFile(filename, out.Bytes(), 0644)
+}
 `
diff --git a/testdata/project-v4-multigroup-with-deploy-image/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go b/testdata/project-v4-multigroup-with-deploy-image/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
index ae4e19086c6..2404cc6ea74 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v4-multigroup-with-deploy-image/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
+++ b/testdata/project-v4-multigroup-with-deploy-image/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
+	By("Ensure that Prometheus is enabled")
+	_ = utils.UncommentCode("config/default/kustomization.yaml", "#- ../prometheus", "#")
+
 	By("generating files")
 	cmd := exec.Command("make", "generate")
 	_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
diff --git a/testdata/project-v4-multigroup-with-deploy-image/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/testdata/project-v4-multigroup-with-deploy-image/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
index fe3a6e4d75d..fbf91bee6cb 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v4-multigroup-with-deploy-image/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/testdata/project-v4-multigroup-with-deploy-image/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 package e2e
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
@@ -27,34 +30,44 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/testdata/project-v4-multigroup-with-deploy-image/test/utils"
 )
 
+// namespace where the project is deployed in
 const namespace = "project-v4-multigroup-with-deploy-image-system"
 
-// Define a set of end-to-end (e2e) tests to validate the behavior of the controller.
-var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
+// serviceAccountName created for the project
+const serviceAccountName = "project-v4-multigroup-with-deploy-image-controller-manager"
+
+// metricsServiceName is the name of the metrics service of the project
+const metricsServiceName = "project-v4-multigroup-with-deploy-image-controller-manager-metrics-service"
+
+// metricsRoleBindingName is the name of the RBAC that will be created to allow get the metrics data
+const metricsRoleBindingName = "project-v4-multigroup-with-deploy-image-metrics-binding"
+
+var _ = Describe("Manager", Ordered, func() {
 	// Before running the tests, set up the environment by creating the namespace,
 	// installing CRDs, and deploying the controller.
 	BeforeAll(func() {
 		By("creating manager namespace")
 		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "ns", namespace)
-		_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create namespace")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create namespace")
 
 		By("installing CRDs")
 		cmd = exec.Command("make", "install")
-		_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to install CRDs")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to install CRDs")
 
 		By("deploying the controller-manager")
 		cmd = exec.Command("make", "deploy", fmt.Sprintf("IMG=%s", projectImage))
-		_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to deploy the controller-manager")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to deploy the controller-manager")
 	})
 
 	// After all tests have been executed, clean up by undeploying the controller, uninstalling CRDs,
 	// and deleting the namespace.
 	AfterAll(func() {
+		By("cleaning up the curl pod for metrics")
+		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "delete", "pod", "curl-metrics", "-n", namespace)
+		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
+
 		By("undeploying the controller-manager")
-		cmd := exec.Command("make", "undeploy")
+		cmd = exec.Command("make", "undeploy")
 		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
 
 		By("uninstalling CRDs")
@@ -66,13 +79,15 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
 		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
 	})
 
-	// The Context block contains the actual tests that validate the operator's behavior.
-	Context("Operator", func() {
-		It("should run successfully", func() {
-			var controllerPodName string
+	SetDefaultEventuallyTimeout(2 * time.Minute)
+	SetDefaultEventuallyPollingInterval(time.Second)
 
+	// The Context block contains the actual tests that validate the manager's behavior.
+	Context("Manager", func() {
+		var controllerPodName string
+		It("should run successfully", func() {
 			By("validating that the controller-manager pod is running as expected")
-			verifyControllerUp := func() error {
+			verifyControllerUp := func(g Gomega) {
 				// Get the name of the controller-manager pod
 				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get",
 					"pods", "-l", "control-plane=controller-manager",
@@ -84,31 +99,161 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
 				)
 
 				podOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod information")
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod information")
 				podNames := utils.GetNonEmptyLines(string(podOutput))
-				if len(podNames) != 1 {
-					return fmt.Errorf("expected 1 controller pod running, but got %d", len(podNames))
-				}
+				g.Expect(podNames).To(HaveLen(1), "expected 1 controller pod running")
 				controllerPodName = podNames[0]
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, controllerPodName).Should(ContainSubstring("controller-manager"))
+				g.Expect(controllerPodName).To(ContainSubstring("controller-manager"))
 
 				// Validate the pod's status
 				cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get",
 					"pods", controllerPodName, "-o", "jsonpath={.status.phase}",
 					"-n", namespace,
 				)
-				status, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod status")
-				if string(status) != "Running" {
-					return fmt.Errorf("controller pod in %s status", status)
-				}
-				return nil
+				g.Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).To(BeEquivalentTo("Running"), "Incorrect controller-manager pod status")
 			}
 			// Repeatedly check if the controller-manager pod is running until it succeeds or times out.
-			EventuallyWithOffset(1, verifyControllerUp, time.Minute, time.Second).Should(Succeed())
+			Eventually(verifyControllerUp).Should(Succeed())
+		})
+
+		It("should ensure the metrics endpoint is serving metrics", func() {
+			By("creating a ClusterRoleBinding for the service account to allow access to metrics")
+			cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "clusterrolebinding", metricsRoleBindingName,
+				"--clusterrole=project-v4-multigroup-with-deploy-image-metrics-reader",
+				fmt.Sprintf("--serviceaccount=%s:%s", namespace, serviceAccountName),
+			)
+			_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create ClusterRoleBinding")
+
+			By("validating that the metrics service is available")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "service", metricsServiceName, "-n", namespace)
+			_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Metrics service should exist")
+
+			By("validating that the ServiceMonitor for Prometheus is applied in the namespace")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "ServiceMonitor", "-n", namespace)
+			_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "ServiceMonitor should exist")
+
+			By("getting the service account token")
+			token, err := serviceAccountToken()
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(token).NotTo(BeEmpty())
+
+			By("waiting for the metrics endpoint to be ready")
+			verifyMetricsEndpointReady := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "endpoints", metricsServiceName, "-n", namespace)
+				output, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve endpoints information")
+				g.Expect(string(output)).To(ContainSubstring("8443"), "Metrics endpoint is not ready")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyMetricsEndpointReady).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("verifying that the controller manager is serving the metrics server")
+			verifyMetricsServerStarted := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", controllerPodName, "-n", namespace)
+				logs, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller manager logs")
+				g.Expect(string(logs)).To(ContainSubstring("controller-runtime.metrics\tServing metrics server"),
+					"Metrics server not yet started")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyMetricsServerStarted).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("creating the curl-metrics pod to access the metrics endpoint")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "run", "curl-metrics", "--restart=Never",
+				"--namespace", namespace,
+				"--image=curlimages/curl:7.78.0",
+				"--", "/bin/sh", "-c", fmt.Sprintf(
+					"curl -v -k -H 'Authorization: Bearer %s' https://%s.%s.svc.cluster.local:8443/metrics",
+					token, metricsServiceName, namespace))
+			Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create curl-metrics pod")
+
+			By("waiting for the curl-metrics pod to complete.")
+			verifyCurlUp := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "pods", "curl-metrics",
+					"-o", "jsonpath={.status.phase}",
+					"-n", namespace)
+				g.Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).To(BeEquivalentTo("Succeeded"), "curl pod in wrong status")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyCurlUp, 5*time.Minute).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("getting the metrics by checking curl-metrics logs")
+			metricsOutput := getMetricsOutput()
+			Expect(metricsOutput).To(ContainSubstring(
+				"controller_runtime_reconcile_total",
+			))
 		})
 
-		// TODO(user): Customize the e2e test suite to include
-		// additional scenarios specific to your project.
+		// TODO: Customize the e2e test suite with scenarios specific to your project.
+		// Consider applying sample/CR(s) and check their status and/or verifying
+		// the reconciliation by using the metrics, i.e.:
+		// metricsOutput := getMetricsOutput()
+		// Expect(metricsOutput).To(ContainSubstring(
+		//    fmt.Sprintf(`controller_runtime_reconcile_total{controller="%s",result="success"} 1`,
+		//    strings.ToLower(<Kind>),
+		// ))
 	})
 })
+
+// serviceAccountToken returns a token for the specified service account in the given namespace.
+// It uses the Kubernetes TokenRequest API to generate a token by directly sending a request
+// and parsing the resulting token from the API response.
+func serviceAccountToken() (string, error) {
+	const tokenRequestRawString = `{
+		"apiVersion": "authentication.k8s.io/v1",
+		"kind": "TokenRequest"
+	}`
+
+	// Temporary file to store the token request
+	secretName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-token-request", serviceAccountName)
+	tokenRequestFile := filepath.Join("/tmp", secretName)
+	err := os.WriteFile(tokenRequestFile, []byte(tokenRequestRawString), os.FileMode(0o644))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	var out string
+	var rawJson string
+	verifyTokenCreation := func(g Gomega) {
+		// Execute kubectl command to create the token
+		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "--raw", fmt.Sprintf(
+			"/api/v1/namespaces/%s/serviceaccounts/%s/token",
+			namespace,
+			serviceAccountName,
+		), "-f", tokenRequestFile)
+
+		output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+		g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		rawJson = string(output)
+
+		// Parse the JSON output to extract the token
+		var token tokenRequest
+		err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(rawJson), &token)
+		g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		out = token.Status.Token
+	}
+	Eventually(verifyTokenCreation).Should(Succeed())
+
+	return out, err
+}
+
+// getMetricsOutput retrieves and returns the logs from the curl pod used to access the metrics endpoint.
+func getMetricsOutput() string {
+	By("getting the curl-metrics logs")
+	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", "curl-metrics", "-n", namespace)
+	metricsOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve logs from curl pod")
+	metricsOutputStr := string(metricsOutput)
+	Expect(metricsOutputStr).To(ContainSubstring("< HTTP/1.1 200 OK"))
+	return metricsOutputStr
+}
+
+// tokenRequest is a simplified representation of the Kubernetes TokenRequest API response,
+// containing only the token field that we need to extract.
+type tokenRequest struct {
+	Status struct {
+		Token string `json:"token"`
+	} `json:"status"`
+}
diff --git a/testdata/project-v4-multigroup-with-deploy-image/test/utils/utils.go b/testdata/project-v4-multigroup-with-deploy-image/test/utils/utils.go
index 777825397c5..db4ad3f02f6 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v4-multigroup-with-deploy-image/test/utils/utils.go
+++ b/testdata/project-v4-multigroup-with-deploy-image/test/utils/utils.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package utils
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -198,3 +200,52 @@ func GetProjectDir() (string, error) {
 	wd = strings.Replace(wd, "/test/e2e", "", -1)
 	return wd, nil
 }
+
+// UncommentCode searches for target in the file and remove the comment prefix
+// of the target content. The target content may span multiple lines.
+func UncommentCode(filename, target, prefix string) error {
+	// false positive
+	// nolint:gosec
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	strContent := string(content)
+
+	idx := strings.Index(strContent, target)
+	if idx < 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to find the code %s to be uncomment", target)
+	}
+
+	out := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	_, err = out.Write(content[:idx])
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewBufferString(target))
+	if !scanner.Scan() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	for {
+		_, err := out.WriteString(strings.TrimPrefix(scanner.Text(), prefix))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// Avoid writing a newline in case the previous line was the last in target.
+		if !scanner.Scan() {
+			break
+		}
+		if _, err := out.WriteString("\n"); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	_, err = out.Write(content[idx+len(target):])
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// false positive
+	// nolint:gosec
+	return os.WriteFile(filename, out.Bytes(), 0644)
+}
diff --git a/testdata/project-v4-multigroup/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go b/testdata/project-v4-multigroup/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
index b68ec10b389..be68fdc2df9 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v4-multigroup/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
+++ b/testdata/project-v4-multigroup/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
+	By("Ensure that Prometheus is enabled")
+	_ = utils.UncommentCode("config/default/kustomization.yaml", "#- ../prometheus", "#")
+
 	By("generating files")
 	cmd := exec.Command("make", "generate")
 	_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
diff --git a/testdata/project-v4-multigroup/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/testdata/project-v4-multigroup/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
index 580c8745b03..06c0f49519e 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v4-multigroup/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/testdata/project-v4-multigroup/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 package e2e
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
@@ -27,34 +30,44 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/testdata/project-v4-multigroup/test/utils"
 )
 
+// namespace where the project is deployed in
 const namespace = "project-v4-multigroup-system"
 
-// Define a set of end-to-end (e2e) tests to validate the behavior of the controller.
-var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
+// serviceAccountName created for the project
+const serviceAccountName = "project-v4-multigroup-controller-manager"
+
+// metricsServiceName is the name of the metrics service of the project
+const metricsServiceName = "project-v4-multigroup-controller-manager-metrics-service"
+
+// metricsRoleBindingName is the name of the RBAC that will be created to allow get the metrics data
+const metricsRoleBindingName = "project-v4-multigroup-metrics-binding"
+
+var _ = Describe("Manager", Ordered, func() {
 	// Before running the tests, set up the environment by creating the namespace,
 	// installing CRDs, and deploying the controller.
 	BeforeAll(func() {
 		By("creating manager namespace")
 		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "ns", namespace)
-		_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create namespace")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create namespace")
 
 		By("installing CRDs")
 		cmd = exec.Command("make", "install")
-		_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to install CRDs")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to install CRDs")
 
 		By("deploying the controller-manager")
 		cmd = exec.Command("make", "deploy", fmt.Sprintf("IMG=%s", projectImage))
-		_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to deploy the controller-manager")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to deploy the controller-manager")
 	})
 
 	// After all tests have been executed, clean up by undeploying the controller, uninstalling CRDs,
 	// and deleting the namespace.
 	AfterAll(func() {
+		By("cleaning up the curl pod for metrics")
+		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "delete", "pod", "curl-metrics", "-n", namespace)
+		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
+
 		By("undeploying the controller-manager")
-		cmd := exec.Command("make", "undeploy")
+		cmd = exec.Command("make", "undeploy")
 		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
 
 		By("uninstalling CRDs")
@@ -66,13 +79,15 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
 		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
 	})
 
-	// The Context block contains the actual tests that validate the operator's behavior.
-	Context("Operator", func() {
-		It("should run successfully", func() {
-			var controllerPodName string
+	SetDefaultEventuallyTimeout(2 * time.Minute)
+	SetDefaultEventuallyPollingInterval(time.Second)
 
+	// The Context block contains the actual tests that validate the manager's behavior.
+	Context("Manager", func() {
+		var controllerPodName string
+		It("should run successfully", func() {
 			By("validating that the controller-manager pod is running as expected")
-			verifyControllerUp := func() error {
+			verifyControllerUp := func(g Gomega) {
 				// Get the name of the controller-manager pod
 				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get",
 					"pods", "-l", "control-plane=controller-manager",
@@ -84,31 +99,161 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
 				)
 
 				podOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod information")
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod information")
 				podNames := utils.GetNonEmptyLines(string(podOutput))
-				if len(podNames) != 1 {
-					return fmt.Errorf("expected 1 controller pod running, but got %d", len(podNames))
-				}
+				g.Expect(podNames).To(HaveLen(1), "expected 1 controller pod running")
 				controllerPodName = podNames[0]
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, controllerPodName).Should(ContainSubstring("controller-manager"))
+				g.Expect(controllerPodName).To(ContainSubstring("controller-manager"))
 
 				// Validate the pod's status
 				cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get",
 					"pods", controllerPodName, "-o", "jsonpath={.status.phase}",
 					"-n", namespace,
 				)
-				status, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod status")
-				if string(status) != "Running" {
-					return fmt.Errorf("controller pod in %s status", status)
-				}
-				return nil
+				g.Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).To(BeEquivalentTo("Running"), "Incorrect controller-manager pod status")
 			}
 			// Repeatedly check if the controller-manager pod is running until it succeeds or times out.
-			EventuallyWithOffset(1, verifyControllerUp, time.Minute, time.Second).Should(Succeed())
+			Eventually(verifyControllerUp).Should(Succeed())
+		})
+
+		It("should ensure the metrics endpoint is serving metrics", func() {
+			By("creating a ClusterRoleBinding for the service account to allow access to metrics")
+			cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "clusterrolebinding", metricsRoleBindingName,
+				"--clusterrole=project-v4-multigroup-metrics-reader",
+				fmt.Sprintf("--serviceaccount=%s:%s", namespace, serviceAccountName),
+			)
+			_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create ClusterRoleBinding")
+
+			By("validating that the metrics service is available")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "service", metricsServiceName, "-n", namespace)
+			_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Metrics service should exist")
+
+			By("validating that the ServiceMonitor for Prometheus is applied in the namespace")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "ServiceMonitor", "-n", namespace)
+			_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "ServiceMonitor should exist")
+
+			By("getting the service account token")
+			token, err := serviceAccountToken()
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(token).NotTo(BeEmpty())
+
+			By("waiting for the metrics endpoint to be ready")
+			verifyMetricsEndpointReady := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "endpoints", metricsServiceName, "-n", namespace)
+				output, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve endpoints information")
+				g.Expect(string(output)).To(ContainSubstring("8443"), "Metrics endpoint is not ready")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyMetricsEndpointReady).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("verifying that the controller manager is serving the metrics server")
+			verifyMetricsServerStarted := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", controllerPodName, "-n", namespace)
+				logs, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller manager logs")
+				g.Expect(string(logs)).To(ContainSubstring("controller-runtime.metrics\tServing metrics server"),
+					"Metrics server not yet started")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyMetricsServerStarted).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("creating the curl-metrics pod to access the metrics endpoint")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "run", "curl-metrics", "--restart=Never",
+				"--namespace", namespace,
+				"--image=curlimages/curl:7.78.0",
+				"--", "/bin/sh", "-c", fmt.Sprintf(
+					"curl -v -k -H 'Authorization: Bearer %s' https://%s.%s.svc.cluster.local:8443/metrics",
+					token, metricsServiceName, namespace))
+			Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create curl-metrics pod")
+
+			By("waiting for the curl-metrics pod to complete.")
+			verifyCurlUp := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "pods", "curl-metrics",
+					"-o", "jsonpath={.status.phase}",
+					"-n", namespace)
+				g.Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).To(BeEquivalentTo("Succeeded"), "curl pod in wrong status")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyCurlUp, 5*time.Minute).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("getting the metrics by checking curl-metrics logs")
+			metricsOutput := getMetricsOutput()
+			Expect(metricsOutput).To(ContainSubstring(
+				"controller_runtime_reconcile_total",
+			))
 		})
 
-		// TODO(user): Customize the e2e test suite to include
-		// additional scenarios specific to your project.
+		// TODO: Customize the e2e test suite with scenarios specific to your project.
+		// Consider applying sample/CR(s) and check their status and/or verifying
+		// the reconciliation by using the metrics, i.e.:
+		// metricsOutput := getMetricsOutput()
+		// Expect(metricsOutput).To(ContainSubstring(
+		//    fmt.Sprintf(`controller_runtime_reconcile_total{controller="%s",result="success"} 1`,
+		//    strings.ToLower(<Kind>),
+		// ))
 	})
 })
+
+// serviceAccountToken returns a token for the specified service account in the given namespace.
+// It uses the Kubernetes TokenRequest API to generate a token by directly sending a request
+// and parsing the resulting token from the API response.
+func serviceAccountToken() (string, error) {
+	const tokenRequestRawString = `{
+		"apiVersion": "authentication.k8s.io/v1",
+		"kind": "TokenRequest"
+	}`
+
+	// Temporary file to store the token request
+	secretName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-token-request", serviceAccountName)
+	tokenRequestFile := filepath.Join("/tmp", secretName)
+	err := os.WriteFile(tokenRequestFile, []byte(tokenRequestRawString), os.FileMode(0o644))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	var out string
+	var rawJson string
+	verifyTokenCreation := func(g Gomega) {
+		// Execute kubectl command to create the token
+		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "--raw", fmt.Sprintf(
+			"/api/v1/namespaces/%s/serviceaccounts/%s/token",
+			namespace,
+			serviceAccountName,
+		), "-f", tokenRequestFile)
+
+		output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+		g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		rawJson = string(output)
+
+		// Parse the JSON output to extract the token
+		var token tokenRequest
+		err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(rawJson), &token)
+		g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		out = token.Status.Token
+	}
+	Eventually(verifyTokenCreation).Should(Succeed())
+
+	return out, err
+}
+
+// getMetricsOutput retrieves and returns the logs from the curl pod used to access the metrics endpoint.
+func getMetricsOutput() string {
+	By("getting the curl-metrics logs")
+	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", "curl-metrics", "-n", namespace)
+	metricsOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve logs from curl pod")
+	metricsOutputStr := string(metricsOutput)
+	Expect(metricsOutputStr).To(ContainSubstring("< HTTP/1.1 200 OK"))
+	return metricsOutputStr
+}
+
+// tokenRequest is a simplified representation of the Kubernetes TokenRequest API response,
+// containing only the token field that we need to extract.
+type tokenRequest struct {
+	Status struct {
+		Token string `json:"token"`
+	} `json:"status"`
+}
diff --git a/testdata/project-v4-multigroup/test/utils/utils.go b/testdata/project-v4-multigroup/test/utils/utils.go
index 777825397c5..db4ad3f02f6 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v4-multigroup/test/utils/utils.go
+++ b/testdata/project-v4-multigroup/test/utils/utils.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package utils
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -198,3 +200,52 @@ func GetProjectDir() (string, error) {
 	wd = strings.Replace(wd, "/test/e2e", "", -1)
 	return wd, nil
 }
+
+// UncommentCode searches for target in the file and remove the comment prefix
+// of the target content. The target content may span multiple lines.
+func UncommentCode(filename, target, prefix string) error {
+	// false positive
+	// nolint:gosec
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	strContent := string(content)
+
+	idx := strings.Index(strContent, target)
+	if idx < 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to find the code %s to be uncomment", target)
+	}
+
+	out := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	_, err = out.Write(content[:idx])
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewBufferString(target))
+	if !scanner.Scan() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	for {
+		_, err := out.WriteString(strings.TrimPrefix(scanner.Text(), prefix))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// Avoid writing a newline in case the previous line was the last in target.
+		if !scanner.Scan() {
+			break
+		}
+		if _, err := out.WriteString("\n"); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	_, err = out.Write(content[idx+len(target):])
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// false positive
+	// nolint:gosec
+	return os.WriteFile(filename, out.Bytes(), 0644)
+}
diff --git a/testdata/project-v4-with-deploy-image/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go b/testdata/project-v4-with-deploy-image/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
index 68830827b0b..c2020988060 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v4-with-deploy-image/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
+++ b/testdata/project-v4-with-deploy-image/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
+	By("Ensure that Prometheus is enabled")
+	_ = utils.UncommentCode("config/default/kustomization.yaml", "#- ../prometheus", "#")
+
 	By("generating files")
 	cmd := exec.Command("make", "generate")
 	_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
diff --git a/testdata/project-v4-with-deploy-image/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/testdata/project-v4-with-deploy-image/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
index 144c8c76d1d..5375a53b929 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v4-with-deploy-image/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/testdata/project-v4-with-deploy-image/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 package e2e
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
@@ -27,34 +30,44 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/testdata/project-v4-with-deploy-image/test/utils"
 )
 
+// namespace where the project is deployed in
 const namespace = "project-v4-with-deploy-image-system"
 
-// Define a set of end-to-end (e2e) tests to validate the behavior of the controller.
-var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
+// serviceAccountName created for the project
+const serviceAccountName = "project-v4-with-deploy-image-controller-manager"
+
+// metricsServiceName is the name of the metrics service of the project
+const metricsServiceName = "project-v4-with-deploy-image-controller-manager-metrics-service"
+
+// metricsRoleBindingName is the name of the RBAC that will be created to allow get the metrics data
+const metricsRoleBindingName = "project-v4-with-deploy-image-metrics-binding"
+
+var _ = Describe("Manager", Ordered, func() {
 	// Before running the tests, set up the environment by creating the namespace,
 	// installing CRDs, and deploying the controller.
 	BeforeAll(func() {
 		By("creating manager namespace")
 		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "ns", namespace)
-		_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create namespace")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create namespace")
 
 		By("installing CRDs")
 		cmd = exec.Command("make", "install")
-		_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to install CRDs")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to install CRDs")
 
 		By("deploying the controller-manager")
 		cmd = exec.Command("make", "deploy", fmt.Sprintf("IMG=%s", projectImage))
-		_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to deploy the controller-manager")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to deploy the controller-manager")
 	})
 
 	// After all tests have been executed, clean up by undeploying the controller, uninstalling CRDs,
 	// and deleting the namespace.
 	AfterAll(func() {
+		By("cleaning up the curl pod for metrics")
+		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "delete", "pod", "curl-metrics", "-n", namespace)
+		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
+
 		By("undeploying the controller-manager")
-		cmd := exec.Command("make", "undeploy")
+		cmd = exec.Command("make", "undeploy")
 		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
 
 		By("uninstalling CRDs")
@@ -66,13 +79,15 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
 		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
 	})
 
-	// The Context block contains the actual tests that validate the operator's behavior.
-	Context("Operator", func() {
-		It("should run successfully", func() {
-			var controllerPodName string
+	SetDefaultEventuallyTimeout(2 * time.Minute)
+	SetDefaultEventuallyPollingInterval(time.Second)
 
+	// The Context block contains the actual tests that validate the manager's behavior.
+	Context("Manager", func() {
+		var controllerPodName string
+		It("should run successfully", func() {
 			By("validating that the controller-manager pod is running as expected")
-			verifyControllerUp := func() error {
+			verifyControllerUp := func(g Gomega) {
 				// Get the name of the controller-manager pod
 				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get",
 					"pods", "-l", "control-plane=controller-manager",
@@ -84,31 +99,161 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
 				)
 
 				podOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod information")
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod information")
 				podNames := utils.GetNonEmptyLines(string(podOutput))
-				if len(podNames) != 1 {
-					return fmt.Errorf("expected 1 controller pod running, but got %d", len(podNames))
-				}
+				g.Expect(podNames).To(HaveLen(1), "expected 1 controller pod running")
 				controllerPodName = podNames[0]
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, controllerPodName).Should(ContainSubstring("controller-manager"))
+				g.Expect(controllerPodName).To(ContainSubstring("controller-manager"))
 
 				// Validate the pod's status
 				cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get",
 					"pods", controllerPodName, "-o", "jsonpath={.status.phase}",
 					"-n", namespace,
 				)
-				status, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod status")
-				if string(status) != "Running" {
-					return fmt.Errorf("controller pod in %s status", status)
-				}
-				return nil
+				g.Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).To(BeEquivalentTo("Running"), "Incorrect controller-manager pod status")
 			}
 			// Repeatedly check if the controller-manager pod is running until it succeeds or times out.
-			EventuallyWithOffset(1, verifyControllerUp, time.Minute, time.Second).Should(Succeed())
+			Eventually(verifyControllerUp).Should(Succeed())
+		})
+
+		It("should ensure the metrics endpoint is serving metrics", func() {
+			By("creating a ClusterRoleBinding for the service account to allow access to metrics")
+			cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "clusterrolebinding", metricsRoleBindingName,
+				"--clusterrole=project-v4-with-deploy-image-metrics-reader",
+				fmt.Sprintf("--serviceaccount=%s:%s", namespace, serviceAccountName),
+			)
+			_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create ClusterRoleBinding")
+
+			By("validating that the metrics service is available")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "service", metricsServiceName, "-n", namespace)
+			_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Metrics service should exist")
+
+			By("validating that the ServiceMonitor for Prometheus is applied in the namespace")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "ServiceMonitor", "-n", namespace)
+			_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "ServiceMonitor should exist")
+
+			By("getting the service account token")
+			token, err := serviceAccountToken()
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(token).NotTo(BeEmpty())
+
+			By("waiting for the metrics endpoint to be ready")
+			verifyMetricsEndpointReady := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "endpoints", metricsServiceName, "-n", namespace)
+				output, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve endpoints information")
+				g.Expect(string(output)).To(ContainSubstring("8443"), "Metrics endpoint is not ready")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyMetricsEndpointReady).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("verifying that the controller manager is serving the metrics server")
+			verifyMetricsServerStarted := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", controllerPodName, "-n", namespace)
+				logs, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller manager logs")
+				g.Expect(string(logs)).To(ContainSubstring("controller-runtime.metrics\tServing metrics server"),
+					"Metrics server not yet started")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyMetricsServerStarted).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("creating the curl-metrics pod to access the metrics endpoint")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "run", "curl-metrics", "--restart=Never",
+				"--namespace", namespace,
+				"--image=curlimages/curl:7.78.0",
+				"--", "/bin/sh", "-c", fmt.Sprintf(
+					"curl -v -k -H 'Authorization: Bearer %s' https://%s.%s.svc.cluster.local:8443/metrics",
+					token, metricsServiceName, namespace))
+			Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create curl-metrics pod")
+
+			By("waiting for the curl-metrics pod to complete.")
+			verifyCurlUp := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "pods", "curl-metrics",
+					"-o", "jsonpath={.status.phase}",
+					"-n", namespace)
+				g.Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).To(BeEquivalentTo("Succeeded"), "curl pod in wrong status")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyCurlUp, 5*time.Minute).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("getting the metrics by checking curl-metrics logs")
+			metricsOutput := getMetricsOutput()
+			Expect(metricsOutput).To(ContainSubstring(
+				"controller_runtime_reconcile_total",
+			))
 		})
 
-		// TODO(user): Customize the e2e test suite to include
-		// additional scenarios specific to your project.
+		// TODO: Customize the e2e test suite with scenarios specific to your project.
+		// Consider applying sample/CR(s) and check their status and/or verifying
+		// the reconciliation by using the metrics, i.e.:
+		// metricsOutput := getMetricsOutput()
+		// Expect(metricsOutput).To(ContainSubstring(
+		//    fmt.Sprintf(`controller_runtime_reconcile_total{controller="%s",result="success"} 1`,
+		//    strings.ToLower(<Kind>),
+		// ))
 	})
 })
+
+// serviceAccountToken returns a token for the specified service account in the given namespace.
+// It uses the Kubernetes TokenRequest API to generate a token by directly sending a request
+// and parsing the resulting token from the API response.
+func serviceAccountToken() (string, error) {
+	const tokenRequestRawString = `{
+		"apiVersion": "authentication.k8s.io/v1",
+		"kind": "TokenRequest"
+	}`
+
+	// Temporary file to store the token request
+	secretName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-token-request", serviceAccountName)
+	tokenRequestFile := filepath.Join("/tmp", secretName)
+	err := os.WriteFile(tokenRequestFile, []byte(tokenRequestRawString), os.FileMode(0o644))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	var out string
+	var rawJson string
+	verifyTokenCreation := func(g Gomega) {
+		// Execute kubectl command to create the token
+		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "--raw", fmt.Sprintf(
+			"/api/v1/namespaces/%s/serviceaccounts/%s/token",
+			namespace,
+			serviceAccountName,
+		), "-f", tokenRequestFile)
+
+		output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+		g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		rawJson = string(output)
+
+		// Parse the JSON output to extract the token
+		var token tokenRequest
+		err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(rawJson), &token)
+		g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		out = token.Status.Token
+	}
+	Eventually(verifyTokenCreation).Should(Succeed())
+
+	return out, err
+}
+
+// getMetricsOutput retrieves and returns the logs from the curl pod used to access the metrics endpoint.
+func getMetricsOutput() string {
+	By("getting the curl-metrics logs")
+	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", "curl-metrics", "-n", namespace)
+	metricsOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve logs from curl pod")
+	metricsOutputStr := string(metricsOutput)
+	Expect(metricsOutputStr).To(ContainSubstring("< HTTP/1.1 200 OK"))
+	return metricsOutputStr
+}
+
+// tokenRequest is a simplified representation of the Kubernetes TokenRequest API response,
+// containing only the token field that we need to extract.
+type tokenRequest struct {
+	Status struct {
+		Token string `json:"token"`
+	} `json:"status"`
+}
diff --git a/testdata/project-v4-with-deploy-image/test/utils/utils.go b/testdata/project-v4-with-deploy-image/test/utils/utils.go
index 777825397c5..db4ad3f02f6 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v4-with-deploy-image/test/utils/utils.go
+++ b/testdata/project-v4-with-deploy-image/test/utils/utils.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package utils
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -198,3 +200,52 @@ func GetProjectDir() (string, error) {
 	wd = strings.Replace(wd, "/test/e2e", "", -1)
 	return wd, nil
 }
+
+// UncommentCode searches for target in the file and remove the comment prefix
+// of the target content. The target content may span multiple lines.
+func UncommentCode(filename, target, prefix string) error {
+	// false positive
+	// nolint:gosec
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	strContent := string(content)
+
+	idx := strings.Index(strContent, target)
+	if idx < 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to find the code %s to be uncomment", target)
+	}
+
+	out := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	_, err = out.Write(content[:idx])
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewBufferString(target))
+	if !scanner.Scan() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	for {
+		_, err := out.WriteString(strings.TrimPrefix(scanner.Text(), prefix))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// Avoid writing a newline in case the previous line was the last in target.
+		if !scanner.Scan() {
+			break
+		}
+		if _, err := out.WriteString("\n"); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	_, err = out.Write(content[idx+len(target):])
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// false positive
+	// nolint:gosec
+	return os.WriteFile(filename, out.Bytes(), 0644)
+}
diff --git a/testdata/project-v4-with-grafana/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go b/testdata/project-v4-with-grafana/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
index f006e422db7..24357e32ee0 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v4-with-grafana/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
+++ b/testdata/project-v4-with-grafana/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
+	By("Ensure that Prometheus is enabled")
+	_ = utils.UncommentCode("config/default/kustomization.yaml", "#- ../prometheus", "#")
+
 	By("generating files")
 	cmd := exec.Command("make", "generate")
 	_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
diff --git a/testdata/project-v4-with-grafana/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/testdata/project-v4-with-grafana/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
index a26e626abbe..c5b96a92c33 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v4-with-grafana/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/testdata/project-v4-with-grafana/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 package e2e
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
@@ -27,34 +30,44 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/testdata/project-v4-with-grafana/test/utils"
 )
 
+// namespace where the project is deployed in
 const namespace = "project-v4-with-grafana-system"
 
-// Define a set of end-to-end (e2e) tests to validate the behavior of the controller.
-var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
+// serviceAccountName created for the project
+const serviceAccountName = "project-v4-with-grafana-controller-manager"
+
+// metricsServiceName is the name of the metrics service of the project
+const metricsServiceName = "project-v4-with-grafana-controller-manager-metrics-service"
+
+// metricsRoleBindingName is the name of the RBAC that will be created to allow get the metrics data
+const metricsRoleBindingName = "project-v4-with-grafana-metrics-binding"
+
+var _ = Describe("Manager", Ordered, func() {
 	// Before running the tests, set up the environment by creating the namespace,
 	// installing CRDs, and deploying the controller.
 	BeforeAll(func() {
 		By("creating manager namespace")
 		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "ns", namespace)
-		_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create namespace")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create namespace")
 
 		By("installing CRDs")
 		cmd = exec.Command("make", "install")
-		_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to install CRDs")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to install CRDs")
 
 		By("deploying the controller-manager")
 		cmd = exec.Command("make", "deploy", fmt.Sprintf("IMG=%s", projectImage))
-		_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to deploy the controller-manager")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to deploy the controller-manager")
 	})
 
 	// After all tests have been executed, clean up by undeploying the controller, uninstalling CRDs,
 	// and deleting the namespace.
 	AfterAll(func() {
+		By("cleaning up the curl pod for metrics")
+		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "delete", "pod", "curl-metrics", "-n", namespace)
+		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
+
 		By("undeploying the controller-manager")
-		cmd := exec.Command("make", "undeploy")
+		cmd = exec.Command("make", "undeploy")
 		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
 
 		By("uninstalling CRDs")
@@ -66,13 +79,15 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
 		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
 	})
 
-	// The Context block contains the actual tests that validate the operator's behavior.
-	Context("Operator", func() {
-		It("should run successfully", func() {
-			var controllerPodName string
+	SetDefaultEventuallyTimeout(2 * time.Minute)
+	SetDefaultEventuallyPollingInterval(time.Second)
 
+	// The Context block contains the actual tests that validate the manager's behavior.
+	Context("Manager", func() {
+		var controllerPodName string
+		It("should run successfully", func() {
 			By("validating that the controller-manager pod is running as expected")
-			verifyControllerUp := func() error {
+			verifyControllerUp := func(g Gomega) {
 				// Get the name of the controller-manager pod
 				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get",
 					"pods", "-l", "control-plane=controller-manager",
@@ -84,31 +99,161 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
 				)
 
 				podOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod information")
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod information")
 				podNames := utils.GetNonEmptyLines(string(podOutput))
-				if len(podNames) != 1 {
-					return fmt.Errorf("expected 1 controller pod running, but got %d", len(podNames))
-				}
+				g.Expect(podNames).To(HaveLen(1), "expected 1 controller pod running")
 				controllerPodName = podNames[0]
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, controllerPodName).Should(ContainSubstring("controller-manager"))
+				g.Expect(controllerPodName).To(ContainSubstring("controller-manager"))
 
 				// Validate the pod's status
 				cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get",
 					"pods", controllerPodName, "-o", "jsonpath={.status.phase}",
 					"-n", namespace,
 				)
-				status, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod status")
-				if string(status) != "Running" {
-					return fmt.Errorf("controller pod in %s status", status)
-				}
-				return nil
+				g.Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).To(BeEquivalentTo("Running"), "Incorrect controller-manager pod status")
 			}
 			// Repeatedly check if the controller-manager pod is running until it succeeds or times out.
-			EventuallyWithOffset(1, verifyControllerUp, time.Minute, time.Second).Should(Succeed())
+			Eventually(verifyControllerUp).Should(Succeed())
+		})
+
+		It("should ensure the metrics endpoint is serving metrics", func() {
+			By("creating a ClusterRoleBinding for the service account to allow access to metrics")
+			cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "clusterrolebinding", metricsRoleBindingName,
+				"--clusterrole=project-v4-with-grafana-metrics-reader",
+				fmt.Sprintf("--serviceaccount=%s:%s", namespace, serviceAccountName),
+			)
+			_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create ClusterRoleBinding")
+
+			By("validating that the metrics service is available")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "service", metricsServiceName, "-n", namespace)
+			_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Metrics service should exist")
+
+			By("validating that the ServiceMonitor for Prometheus is applied in the namespace")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "ServiceMonitor", "-n", namespace)
+			_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "ServiceMonitor should exist")
+
+			By("getting the service account token")
+			token, err := serviceAccountToken()
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(token).NotTo(BeEmpty())
+
+			By("waiting for the metrics endpoint to be ready")
+			verifyMetricsEndpointReady := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "endpoints", metricsServiceName, "-n", namespace)
+				output, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve endpoints information")
+				g.Expect(string(output)).To(ContainSubstring("8443"), "Metrics endpoint is not ready")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyMetricsEndpointReady).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("verifying that the controller manager is serving the metrics server")
+			verifyMetricsServerStarted := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", controllerPodName, "-n", namespace)
+				logs, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller manager logs")
+				g.Expect(string(logs)).To(ContainSubstring("controller-runtime.metrics\tServing metrics server"),
+					"Metrics server not yet started")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyMetricsServerStarted).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("creating the curl-metrics pod to access the metrics endpoint")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "run", "curl-metrics", "--restart=Never",
+				"--namespace", namespace,
+				"--image=curlimages/curl:7.78.0",
+				"--", "/bin/sh", "-c", fmt.Sprintf(
+					"curl -v -k -H 'Authorization: Bearer %s' https://%s.%s.svc.cluster.local:8443/metrics",
+					token, metricsServiceName, namespace))
+			Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create curl-metrics pod")
+
+			By("waiting for the curl-metrics pod to complete.")
+			verifyCurlUp := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "pods", "curl-metrics",
+					"-o", "jsonpath={.status.phase}",
+					"-n", namespace)
+				g.Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).To(BeEquivalentTo("Succeeded"), "curl pod in wrong status")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyCurlUp, 5*time.Minute).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("getting the metrics by checking curl-metrics logs")
+			metricsOutput := getMetricsOutput()
+			Expect(metricsOutput).To(ContainSubstring(
+				"controller_runtime_reconcile_total",
+			))
 		})
 
-		// TODO(user): Customize the e2e test suite to include
-		// additional scenarios specific to your project.
+		// TODO: Customize the e2e test suite with scenarios specific to your project.
+		// Consider applying sample/CR(s) and check their status and/or verifying
+		// the reconciliation by using the metrics, i.e.:
+		// metricsOutput := getMetricsOutput()
+		// Expect(metricsOutput).To(ContainSubstring(
+		//    fmt.Sprintf(`controller_runtime_reconcile_total{controller="%s",result="success"} 1`,
+		//    strings.ToLower(<Kind>),
+		// ))
 	})
 })
+
+// serviceAccountToken returns a token for the specified service account in the given namespace.
+// It uses the Kubernetes TokenRequest API to generate a token by directly sending a request
+// and parsing the resulting token from the API response.
+func serviceAccountToken() (string, error) {
+	const tokenRequestRawString = `{
+		"apiVersion": "authentication.k8s.io/v1",
+		"kind": "TokenRequest"
+	}`
+
+	// Temporary file to store the token request
+	secretName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-token-request", serviceAccountName)
+	tokenRequestFile := filepath.Join("/tmp", secretName)
+	err := os.WriteFile(tokenRequestFile, []byte(tokenRequestRawString), os.FileMode(0o644))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	var out string
+	var rawJson string
+	verifyTokenCreation := func(g Gomega) {
+		// Execute kubectl command to create the token
+		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "--raw", fmt.Sprintf(
+			"/api/v1/namespaces/%s/serviceaccounts/%s/token",
+			namespace,
+			serviceAccountName,
+		), "-f", tokenRequestFile)
+
+		output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+		g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		rawJson = string(output)
+
+		// Parse the JSON output to extract the token
+		var token tokenRequest
+		err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(rawJson), &token)
+		g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		out = token.Status.Token
+	}
+	Eventually(verifyTokenCreation).Should(Succeed())
+
+	return out, err
+}
+
+// getMetricsOutput retrieves and returns the logs from the curl pod used to access the metrics endpoint.
+func getMetricsOutput() string {
+	By("getting the curl-metrics logs")
+	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", "curl-metrics", "-n", namespace)
+	metricsOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve logs from curl pod")
+	metricsOutputStr := string(metricsOutput)
+	Expect(metricsOutputStr).To(ContainSubstring("< HTTP/1.1 200 OK"))
+	return metricsOutputStr
+}
+
+// tokenRequest is a simplified representation of the Kubernetes TokenRequest API response,
+// containing only the token field that we need to extract.
+type tokenRequest struct {
+	Status struct {
+		Token string `json:"token"`
+	} `json:"status"`
+}
diff --git a/testdata/project-v4-with-grafana/test/utils/utils.go b/testdata/project-v4-with-grafana/test/utils/utils.go
index 777825397c5..db4ad3f02f6 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v4-with-grafana/test/utils/utils.go
+++ b/testdata/project-v4-with-grafana/test/utils/utils.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package utils
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -198,3 +200,52 @@ func GetProjectDir() (string, error) {
 	wd = strings.Replace(wd, "/test/e2e", "", -1)
 	return wd, nil
 }
+
+// UncommentCode searches for target in the file and remove the comment prefix
+// of the target content. The target content may span multiple lines.
+func UncommentCode(filename, target, prefix string) error {
+	// false positive
+	// nolint:gosec
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	strContent := string(content)
+
+	idx := strings.Index(strContent, target)
+	if idx < 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to find the code %s to be uncomment", target)
+	}
+
+	out := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	_, err = out.Write(content[:idx])
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewBufferString(target))
+	if !scanner.Scan() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	for {
+		_, err := out.WriteString(strings.TrimPrefix(scanner.Text(), prefix))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// Avoid writing a newline in case the previous line was the last in target.
+		if !scanner.Scan() {
+			break
+		}
+		if _, err := out.WriteString("\n"); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	_, err = out.Write(content[idx+len(target):])
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// false positive
+	// nolint:gosec
+	return os.WriteFile(filename, out.Bytes(), 0644)
+}
diff --git a/testdata/project-v4/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go b/testdata/project-v4/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
index 048651805bc..59afad48a06 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v4/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
+++ b/testdata/project-v4/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
+	By("Ensure that Prometheus is enabled")
+	_ = utils.UncommentCode("config/default/kustomization.yaml", "#- ../prometheus", "#")
+
 	By("generating files")
 	cmd := exec.Command("make", "generate")
 	_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
diff --git a/testdata/project-v4/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/testdata/project-v4/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
index 690c711c470..1300dcbe96e 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v4/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/testdata/project-v4/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 package e2e
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
@@ -27,34 +30,44 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/testdata/project-v4/test/utils"
 )
 
+// namespace where the project is deployed in
 const namespace = "project-v4-system"
 
-// Define a set of end-to-end (e2e) tests to validate the behavior of the controller.
-var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
+// serviceAccountName created for the project
+const serviceAccountName = "project-v4-controller-manager"
+
+// metricsServiceName is the name of the metrics service of the project
+const metricsServiceName = "project-v4-controller-manager-metrics-service"
+
+// metricsRoleBindingName is the name of the RBAC that will be created to allow get the metrics data
+const metricsRoleBindingName = "project-v4-metrics-binding"
+
+var _ = Describe("Manager", Ordered, func() {
 	// Before running the tests, set up the environment by creating the namespace,
 	// installing CRDs, and deploying the controller.
 	BeforeAll(func() {
 		By("creating manager namespace")
 		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "ns", namespace)
-		_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create namespace")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create namespace")
 
 		By("installing CRDs")
 		cmd = exec.Command("make", "install")
-		_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to install CRDs")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to install CRDs")
 
 		By("deploying the controller-manager")
 		cmd = exec.Command("make", "deploy", fmt.Sprintf("IMG=%s", projectImage))
-		_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
-		ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to deploy the controller-manager")
+		Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to deploy the controller-manager")
 	})
 
 	// After all tests have been executed, clean up by undeploying the controller, uninstalling CRDs,
 	// and deleting the namespace.
 	AfterAll(func() {
+		By("cleaning up the curl pod for metrics")
+		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "delete", "pod", "curl-metrics", "-n", namespace)
+		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
+
 		By("undeploying the controller-manager")
-		cmd := exec.Command("make", "undeploy")
+		cmd = exec.Command("make", "undeploy")
 		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
 
 		By("uninstalling CRDs")
@@ -66,13 +79,15 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
 		_, _ = utils.Run(cmd)
 	})
 
-	// The Context block contains the actual tests that validate the operator's behavior.
-	Context("Operator", func() {
-		It("should run successfully", func() {
-			var controllerPodName string
+	SetDefaultEventuallyTimeout(2 * time.Minute)
+	SetDefaultEventuallyPollingInterval(time.Second)
 
+	// The Context block contains the actual tests that validate the manager's behavior.
+	Context("Manager", func() {
+		var controllerPodName string
+		It("should run successfully", func() {
 			By("validating that the controller-manager pod is running as expected")
-			verifyControllerUp := func() error {
+			verifyControllerUp := func(g Gomega) {
 				// Get the name of the controller-manager pod
 				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get",
 					"pods", "-l", "control-plane=controller-manager",
@@ -84,31 +99,161 @@ var _ = Describe("controller", Ordered, func() {
 				)
 
 				podOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod information")
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod information")
 				podNames := utils.GetNonEmptyLines(string(podOutput))
-				if len(podNames) != 1 {
-					return fmt.Errorf("expected 1 controller pod running, but got %d", len(podNames))
-				}
+				g.Expect(podNames).To(HaveLen(1), "expected 1 controller pod running")
 				controllerPodName = podNames[0]
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, controllerPodName).Should(ContainSubstring("controller-manager"))
+				g.Expect(controllerPodName).To(ContainSubstring("controller-manager"))
 
 				// Validate the pod's status
 				cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get",
 					"pods", controllerPodName, "-o", "jsonpath={.status.phase}",
 					"-n", namespace,
 				)
-				status, err := utils.Run(cmd)
-				ExpectWithOffset(2, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller-manager pod status")
-				if string(status) != "Running" {
-					return fmt.Errorf("controller pod in %s status", status)
-				}
-				return nil
+				g.Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).To(BeEquivalentTo("Running"), "Incorrect controller-manager pod status")
 			}
 			// Repeatedly check if the controller-manager pod is running until it succeeds or times out.
-			EventuallyWithOffset(1, verifyControllerUp, time.Minute, time.Second).Should(Succeed())
+			Eventually(verifyControllerUp).Should(Succeed())
+		})
+
+		It("should ensure the metrics endpoint is serving metrics", func() {
+			By("creating a ClusterRoleBinding for the service account to allow access to metrics")
+			cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "clusterrolebinding", metricsRoleBindingName,
+				"--clusterrole=project-v4-metrics-reader",
+				fmt.Sprintf("--serviceaccount=%s:%s", namespace, serviceAccountName),
+			)
+			_, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create ClusterRoleBinding")
+
+			By("validating that the metrics service is available")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "service", metricsServiceName, "-n", namespace)
+			_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Metrics service should exist")
+
+			By("validating that the ServiceMonitor for Prometheus is applied in the namespace")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "ServiceMonitor", "-n", namespace)
+			_, err = utils.Run(cmd)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "ServiceMonitor should exist")
+
+			By("getting the service account token")
+			token, err := serviceAccountToken()
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(token).NotTo(BeEmpty())
+
+			By("waiting for the metrics endpoint to be ready")
+			verifyMetricsEndpointReady := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "endpoints", metricsServiceName, "-n", namespace)
+				output, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve endpoints information")
+				g.Expect(string(output)).To(ContainSubstring("8443"), "Metrics endpoint is not ready")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyMetricsEndpointReady).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("verifying that the controller manager is serving the metrics server")
+			verifyMetricsServerStarted := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", controllerPodName, "-n", namespace)
+				logs, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve controller manager logs")
+				g.Expect(string(logs)).To(ContainSubstring("controller-runtime.metrics\tServing metrics server"),
+					"Metrics server not yet started")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyMetricsServerStarted).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("creating the curl-metrics pod to access the metrics endpoint")
+			cmd = exec.Command("kubectl", "run", "curl-metrics", "--restart=Never",
+				"--namespace", namespace,
+				"--image=curlimages/curl:7.78.0",
+				"--", "/bin/sh", "-c", fmt.Sprintf(
+					"curl -v -k -H 'Authorization: Bearer %s' https://%s.%s.svc.cluster.local:8443/metrics",
+					token, metricsServiceName, namespace))
+			Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).Error().NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create curl-metrics pod")
+
+			By("waiting for the curl-metrics pod to complete.")
+			verifyCurlUp := func(g Gomega) {
+				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "pods", "curl-metrics",
+					"-o", "jsonpath={.status.phase}",
+					"-n", namespace)
+				g.Expect(utils.Run(cmd)).To(BeEquivalentTo("Succeeded"), "curl pod in wrong status")
+			}
+			Eventually(verifyCurlUp, 5*time.Minute).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("getting the metrics by checking curl-metrics logs")
+			metricsOutput := getMetricsOutput()
+			Expect(metricsOutput).To(ContainSubstring(
+				"controller_runtime_reconcile_total",
+			))
 		})
 
-		// TODO(user): Customize the e2e test suite to include
-		// additional scenarios specific to your project.
+		// TODO: Customize the e2e test suite with scenarios specific to your project.
+		// Consider applying sample/CR(s) and check their status and/or verifying
+		// the reconciliation by using the metrics, i.e.:
+		// metricsOutput := getMetricsOutput()
+		// Expect(metricsOutput).To(ContainSubstring(
+		//    fmt.Sprintf(`controller_runtime_reconcile_total{controller="%s",result="success"} 1`,
+		//    strings.ToLower(<Kind>),
+		// ))
 	})
 })
+
+// serviceAccountToken returns a token for the specified service account in the given namespace.
+// It uses the Kubernetes TokenRequest API to generate a token by directly sending a request
+// and parsing the resulting token from the API response.
+func serviceAccountToken() (string, error) {
+	const tokenRequestRawString = `{
+		"apiVersion": "authentication.k8s.io/v1",
+		"kind": "TokenRequest"
+	}`
+
+	// Temporary file to store the token request
+	secretName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-token-request", serviceAccountName)
+	tokenRequestFile := filepath.Join("/tmp", secretName)
+	err := os.WriteFile(tokenRequestFile, []byte(tokenRequestRawString), os.FileMode(0o644))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	var out string
+	var rawJson string
+	verifyTokenCreation := func(g Gomega) {
+		// Execute kubectl command to create the token
+		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "--raw", fmt.Sprintf(
+			"/api/v1/namespaces/%s/serviceaccounts/%s/token",
+			namespace,
+			serviceAccountName,
+		), "-f", tokenRequestFile)
+
+		output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+		g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		rawJson = string(output)
+
+		// Parse the JSON output to extract the token
+		var token tokenRequest
+		err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(rawJson), &token)
+		g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		out = token.Status.Token
+	}
+	Eventually(verifyTokenCreation).Should(Succeed())
+
+	return out, err
+}
+
+// getMetricsOutput retrieves and returns the logs from the curl pod used to access the metrics endpoint.
+func getMetricsOutput() string {
+	By("getting the curl-metrics logs")
+	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", "curl-metrics", "-n", namespace)
+	metricsOutput, err := utils.Run(cmd)
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to retrieve logs from curl pod")
+	metricsOutputStr := string(metricsOutput)
+	Expect(metricsOutputStr).To(ContainSubstring("< HTTP/1.1 200 OK"))
+	return metricsOutputStr
+}
+
+// tokenRequest is a simplified representation of the Kubernetes TokenRequest API response,
+// containing only the token field that we need to extract.
+type tokenRequest struct {
+	Status struct {
+		Token string `json:"token"`
+	} `json:"status"`
+}
diff --git a/testdata/project-v4/test/utils/utils.go b/testdata/project-v4/test/utils/utils.go
index 777825397c5..db4ad3f02f6 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v4/test/utils/utils.go
+++ b/testdata/project-v4/test/utils/utils.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package utils
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -198,3 +200,52 @@ func GetProjectDir() (string, error) {
 	wd = strings.Replace(wd, "/test/e2e", "", -1)
 	return wd, nil
 }
+
+// UncommentCode searches for target in the file and remove the comment prefix
+// of the target content. The target content may span multiple lines.
+func UncommentCode(filename, target, prefix string) error {
+	// false positive
+	// nolint:gosec
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	strContent := string(content)
+
+	idx := strings.Index(strContent, target)
+	if idx < 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to find the code %s to be uncomment", target)
+	}
+
+	out := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	_, err = out.Write(content[:idx])
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewBufferString(target))
+	if !scanner.Scan() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	for {
+		_, err := out.WriteString(strings.TrimPrefix(scanner.Text(), prefix))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// Avoid writing a newline in case the previous line was the last in target.
+		if !scanner.Scan() {
+			break
+		}
+		if _, err := out.WriteString("\n"); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	_, err = out.Write(content[idx+len(target):])
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// false positive
+	// nolint:gosec
+	return os.WriteFile(filename, out.Bytes(), 0644)
+}