diff --git a/.github/workflows/operator-regression.yml b/.github/workflows/operator-regression.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68a8d74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/operator-regression.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+name: Regression Testing Operator Integration
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  AGENT_TESTS: python nodejs java
+  #go dotnet --- both pending
+
+jobs:
+  integration-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Create Kind cluster and local Docker registry
+        run:
+           bash test/operator/kind-with-registry.sh
+
+      - name: Create Test Images
+        run: |
+           for t in ${AGENT_TESTS[@]}
+           do
+             echo "Creating image for $t"
+             docker build -t $t-test-app test/operator/$t
+             docker tag $t-test-app localhost:5001/registry/$t-test-app
+             docker push localhost:5001/registry/$t-test-app
+           done
+
+      - name: Set up Helm
+        uses: azure/setup-helm@v4
+        with:
+          version: v3.11.2
+
+      - name: Install Operator Skeleton
+        run: |
+          kubectl apply -f https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.15.3/cert-manager.yaml
+          bash test/operator/wait_for_pod_start.sh cert-manager cert-manager- 1/1 3
+          helm repo add open-telemetry https://open-telemetry.github.io/opentelemetry-helm-charts
+          helm repo update
+          helm install opentelemetry-operator --namespace opentelemetry-operator-system open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator --create-namespace --set manager.collectorImage.repository="docker.elastic.co/beats/elastic-agent:8.15.0-SNAPSHOT",manager.extraArgs={"--enable-go-instrumentation=true"}
+          bash test/operator/wait_for_pod_start.sh opentelemetry-operator-system opentelemetry-operator 2/2 1
+          kubectl get pods -A
+
+      - name: Add Namespaces And Instrumentation Skeleton
+        run: |
+          kubectl create namespace banana
+          kubectl create -f test/operator/elastic-instrumentation.yml
+
+      - name: Start And Test Collector Skeleton
+        run: |
+          echo "Nothing here yet"
+
+      - name: Start Test Images
+        run: |
+          for t in ${AGENT_TESTS[@]}
+          do
+            if [ "x$t" = "xgo" ]; then   CONTAINER_READY="2/2"; else   CONTAINER_READY="1/1"; fi
+            AGENT_START_GREP=`grep -A1 AGENT_HAS_STARTED_IF_YOU_SEE test/operator/$t/test-app.yaml | perl -ne '/value:\s*"(.*)"/ && print "$1\n"'`
+            echo "Starting pod for $t"
+            kubectl create -f test/operator/$t/test-app.yaml
+            bash test/operator/wait_for_pod_start.sh banana $t-test-app $CONTAINER_READY 1
+            bash test/operator/wait_for_agent_start.sh banana $t-test-app "$AGENT_START_GREP"
+            kubectl delete -f test/operator/$t/test-app.yaml
+          done
diff --git a/test/operator/dotnet/Dockerfile b/test/operator/dotnet/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12062ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/dotnet/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-dotnet
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0 AS build
+WORKDIR /source
+
+# copy csproj and restore as distinct layers
+COPY *.csproj .
+RUN dotnet restore
+
+# copy everything else and build app
+COPY . .
+RUN dotnet publish -c release -o /app --no-restore
+
+# final stage/image
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:8.0
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=build /app ./
+ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "dotnetapp.dll"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/operator/dotnet/Program.cs b/test/operator/dotnet/Program.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fa2ed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/dotnet/Program.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
+_ = builder.Logging.SetMinimumLevel(LogLevel.Trace);
+var app = builder.Build();
+
+app.MapGet("/", () => "Hello World!");
+
+app.Run();
diff --git a/test/operator/dotnet/dotnetapp.csproj b/test/operator/dotnet/dotnetapp.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b28a01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/dotnet/dotnetapp.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/test/operator/dotnet/test-app.yaml b/test/operator/dotnet/test-app.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a4c0ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/dotnet/test-app.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: dotnet-test-app
+  namespace: banana
+  annotations:
+    instrumentation.opentelemetry.io/inject-dotnet: "opentelemetry-operator-system/elastic-instrumentation"
+  labels:
+    app: dotnet-test-app
+spec:
+  containers:
+    - image: localhost:5001/registry/dotnet-test-app
+      imagePullPolicy: Always
+      name: dotnet-test-app
+      env:
+      - name: OTEL_LOG_LEVEL
+        value: "debug"
+      - name: ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_TARGETS
+        value: "stdout"
+      - name: AGENT_HAS_STARTED_IF_YOU_SEE
+        value: "Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry .NET"
diff --git a/test/operator/elastic-instrumentation.yml b/test/operator/elastic-instrumentation.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3f3f95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/elastic-instrumentation.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+apiVersion: opentelemetry.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Instrumentation
+metadata:
+  name: elastic-instrumentation
+  namespace: opentelemetry-operator-system
+spec:
+  exporter:
+    endpoint: http://opentelemetry-kube-stack-daemon-collector:4318
+  propagators:
+    - tracecontext
+    - baggage
+    - b3
+  sampler:
+    type: parentbased_traceidratio
+    argument: "1.0"
+  java:
+    image: docker.elastic.co/observability/elastic-otel-javaagent:1.0.0
+  nodejs:
+    image: docker.elastic.co/observability/elastic-otel-node:edge
+  dotnet:
+    image: docker.elastic.co/observability/elastic-otel-dotnet:edge
+  python:
+    image: docker.elastic.co/observability/elastic-otel-python:edge
+  go:
+    image: ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-instrumentation/autoinstrumentation-go:v0.14.0-alpha
diff --git a/test/operator/go/Dockerfile b/test/operator/go/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bcbcbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/go/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#dummy implementation for now
+FROM busybox
+CMD ["bash", "-c", "sleep", "6000"]
diff --git a/test/operator/go/test-app.yaml b/test/operator/go/test-app.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..743f4df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/go/test-app.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: go-test-app
+  namespace: banana
+  annotations:
+    instrumentation.opentelemetry.io/inject-go: "opentelemetry-operator-system/elastic-instrumentation"
+    instrumentation.opentelemetry.io/otel-go-auto-target-exe: "/usr/src/app/productcatalogservice"
+    sidecar.opentelemetry.io/inject: "true"
+  labels:
+    app: go-test-app
+spec:
+  shareProcessNamespace: true
+  containers:
+    - image: ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/e2e-test-app-golang:main
+      imagePullPolicy: Always
+      name: go-test-app
+      env:
+      - name: OTEL_LOG_LEVEL
+        value: "debug"
+      - name: AGENT_HAS_STARTED_IF_YOU_SEE
+        value: "no idea"
+      securityContext:
+        runAsUser: 0
+        privileged: true
diff --git a/test/operator/java/Dockerfile b/test/operator/java/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..453d031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/java/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+FROM eclipse-temurin:17
+COPY Hello.java /usr/src/Hello.java
+CMD ["java", "/usr/src/Hello.java"]
diff --git a/test/operator/java/Hello.java b/test/operator/java/Hello.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c385fe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/java/Hello.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+public class Hello{
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+    System.out.println("This is java app in a container");
+    for(;;) {
+      Thread.sleep(2000L);
+      test();
+    }
+  }
+  public static void test() {
+    System.out.println("Executing test()");
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/operator/java/test-app.yaml b/test/operator/java/test-app.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a6af09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/java/test-app.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: java-test-app
+  namespace: banana
+  annotations:
+    instrumentation.opentelemetry.io/inject-java: "opentelemetry-operator-system/elastic-instrumentation"
+  labels:
+    app: java-test-app
+spec:
+  containers:
+    - image: localhost:5001/registry/java-test-app
+      imagePullPolicy: Always
+      name: java-test-app
+      env:
+      - name: OTEL_JAVAAGENT_DEBUG
+        value: "true"
+      - name: AGENT_HAS_STARTED_IF_YOU_SEE
+        value: "javaagent.tooling.VersionLogger - opentelemetry-javaagent"
diff --git a/test/operator/kind-with-registry.sh b/test/operator/kind-with-registry.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a83bc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/kind-with-registry.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -o errexit
+#https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/local-registry/
+
+# create registry container unless it already exists
+reg_name='kind-registry'
+reg_port='5001'
+if [ "$(docker inspect -f '{{.State.Running}}' "${reg_name}" 2>/dev/null || true)" != 'true' ]; then
+  docker run \
+    -d --restart=always -p "127.0.0.1:${reg_port}:5000" --name "${reg_name}" \
+    registry:2
+fi
+
+# create a cluster with the local registry enabled in containerd
+cat <<EOF | kind create cluster --config=-
+kind: Cluster
+apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
+containerdConfigPatches:
+- |-
+  [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".registry.mirrors."localhost:${reg_port}"]
+    endpoint = ["http://${reg_name}:5000"]
+EOF
+
+# connect the registry to the cluster network if not already connected
+if [ "$(docker inspect -f='{{json .NetworkSettings.Networks.kind}}' "${reg_name}")" = 'null' ]; then
+  docker network connect "kind" "${reg_name}"
+fi
+
+# Document the local registry
+# https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-cluster-lifecycle/generic/1755-communicating-a-local-registry
+cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: local-registry-hosting
+  namespace: kube-public
+data:
+  localRegistryHosting.v1: |
+    host: "localhost:${reg_port}"
+    help: "https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/local-registry/"
+EOF
+
diff --git a/test/operator/nodejs/Dockerfile b/test/operator/nodejs/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12e3984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/nodejs/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+FROM node
+
+ADD ./app.js .
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "node", "app.js" ]
diff --git a/test/operator/nodejs/app.js b/test/operator/nodejs/app.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb09232
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/nodejs/app.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+var http = require("http");
+
+http.createServer(function (request, response) {
+   response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
+   response.end('Hello from kubernetes\n');
+}).listen(8080);
+
+console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8080/');
diff --git a/test/operator/nodejs/test-app.yaml b/test/operator/nodejs/test-app.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a3f9bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/nodejs/test-app.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: nodejs-test-app
+  namespace: banana
+  annotations:
+    instrumentation.opentelemetry.io/inject-nodejs: "opentelemetry-operator-system/elastic-instrumentation"
+  labels:
+    app: nodejs-test-app
+spec:
+  containers:
+    - image: localhost:5001/registry/nodejs-test-app
+      imagePullPolicy: Always
+      name: nodejs-test-app
+      env:
+      - name: OTEL_LOG_LEVEL
+        value: "debug"
+      - name: AGENT_HAS_STARTED_IF_YOU_SEE
+        value: "@opentelemetry/instrumentation-http Applying instrumentation patch for nodejs core module"
diff --git a/test/operator/python/Dockerfile b/test/operator/python/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c402f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/python/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+FROM python:3.9-slim-buster
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY . /app
+
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+CMD [ "python3", "-m" , "flask", "run"]
diff --git a/test/operator/python/app.py b/test/operator/python/app.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76c086a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/python/app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# app.py
+from flask import Flask
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+@app.route("/")
+def hello_world():
+    return "Hello, World!"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/operator/python/requirements.txt b/test/operator/python/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61a6a90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/python/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+blinker==1.8.2
+click==8.1.7
+Flask==3.0.3
+itsdangerous==2.2.0
+Jinja2==3.1.4
+MarkupSafe==2.1.5
+Werkzeug==3.0.4
diff --git a/test/operator/python/test-app.yaml b/test/operator/python/test-app.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e4f7c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/python/test-app.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: python-test-app
+  namespace: banana
+  annotations:
+    instrumentation.opentelemetry.io/inject-python: "opentelemetry-operator-system/elastic-instrumentation"
+  labels:
+    app: python-test-app
+spec:
+  containers:
+    - image: localhost:5001/registry/python-test-app
+      imagePullPolicy: Always
+      name: python-test-app
+      env:
+      - name: OTEL_LOG_LEVEL
+        value: "debug"
+      - name: AGENT_HAS_STARTED_IF_YOU_SEE
+        value: "Exception while exporting metrics HTTPConnectionPool"
diff --git a/test/operator/wait_for_agent_start.sh b/test/operator/wait_for_agent_start.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb1cb57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/wait_for_agent_start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+MAX_WAIT_SECONDS=60
+NAMESPACE=$1
+POD_NAME=$2
+GREP=$3
+
+echo "Waiting up to $MAX_WAIT_SECONDS seconds for the agent to start in $NAMESPACE/$POD_NAME"
+count=0
+while [ $count -lt $MAX_WAIT_SECONDS ]
+do
+  count=`expr $count + 1`
+  STARTED=$(kubectl logs $POD_NAME -n $NAMESPACE | (grep "$GREP" || true) | wc -l)
+  if [ $STARTED -eq 1 ]
+  then
+    exit 0
+  fi
+  sleep 1
+done
+
+echo "error: the $NAMESPACE/$POD_NAME pod failed to start an agent within $MAX_WAIT_SECONDS seconds"
+echo "-- pod info:"
+kubectl logs $POD_NAME -n $NAMESPACE
+kubectl describe pod/$POD_NAME -n $NAMESPACE
+echo "--"
+exit 1
diff --git a/test/operator/wait_for_pod_start.sh b/test/operator/wait_for_pod_start.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80ef6b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/wait_for_pod_start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+MAX_WAIT_SECONDS=60
+NAMESPACE=$1
+POD_NAME=$2
+GREP=$3
+COUNT_PODS=$4
+
+echo "Waiting up to $MAX_WAIT_SECONDS seconds for the $NAMESPACE pods called $POD_NAME to be ready"
+count=0
+while [ $count -lt $MAX_WAIT_SECONDS ]
+do
+  count=`expr $count + 1`
+  STARTED=$(kubectl get pod -n $NAMESPACE | (grep "$POD_NAME" || true) | (grep "$GREP" || true) | wc -l)
+  if [ $STARTED -eq $COUNT_PODS ]
+  then
+    exit 0
+  fi
+  sleep 1
+done
+
+echo "error: the $NAMESPACE pods called $POD_NAME failed to be ready within $MAX_WAIT_SECONDS seconds"
+echo "-- pod info:"
+kubectl get pod -A
+echo "--"
+exit 1