chore(ci): make release e2e tests run in parallel jobs (#4346)

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   verify-manifest-tag:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      fullversion_tag: ${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.fullversion }}
     steps:
       - uses: mukunku/[email protected]
         id: check-tag
@@ -129,46 +131,14 @@ jobs:
             TAG=${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
             COMMIT=${{ github.sha }}
             REPO_INFO=https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git
+
   test-e2e:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build-push-images
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: true
-      matrix:
-        kubernetes-version:
-          - 'v1.22.17'
-          - 'v1.23.17'
-          - 'v1.24.15'
-          - 'v1.25.11'
-          - 'v1.26.6'
-          - 'v1.27.3'
-    steps:
-      - name: checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: setup golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-        with:
-          go-version: '^1.20'
-      - uses: Kong/kong-license@master
-        id: license
-        with:
-          password: ${{ secrets.PULP_PASSWORD }}
-      - name: Parse semver string
-        id: semver_parser
-        uses: booxmedialtd/[email protected]
-        with:
-          input_string: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
-          version_extractor_regex: 'v(.*)$'
-      - name: e2e - ${{ matrix.kubernetes-version }}
-        run: make test.e2e
-        env:
-          TEST_KONG_CONTROLLER_IMAGE_OVERRIDE: "kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller:${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.fullversion }}"
-          KONG_LICENSE_DATA: ${{ steps.license.outputs.license }}
-          KONG_CLUSTER_VERSION: ${{ matrix.kubernetes-version }}
-          NCPU: 1 # it was found that github actions (specifically) did not seem to perform well when spawning
-          # multiple kind clusters within a single job, so only 1 is allowed at a time.
+    needs: [verify-manifest-tag, build-push-images]
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/_e2e_tests.yaml
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      kic-image: kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller:${{ needs.verify-manifest-tag.outputs.fullversion_tag }}
+      all-supported-k8s-versions: true
 
   publish-release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest