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+#!groovy
+
+/// file: test-update-single-f12less.groovy
+
+def build_make_target(edition, cross_edition_target="") {
+    def prefix = "test-update-";
+    def suffix = "-docker";
+    switch(edition) {
+        case 'enterprise':
+            switch(cross_edition_target) {
+                case 'cce':
+                case 'cme':
+                    // from CEE to CCE or CME
+                    return prefix + "cross-edition-" + cross_edition_target + suffix;
+                default:
+                    return prefix + "cee" + suffix;
+            }
+        case 'cloud':
+            return prefix + "cce" + suffix;
+        case 'saas':
+            return prefix + "cse" + suffix;
+        default:
+            error("The update tests are not yet enabled for edition: " + edition);
+    }
+}
+
+def main() {
+    check_job_parameters([
+        ["EDITION", true],  // the testees package long edition string (e.g. 'enterprise')
+        ["DISTRO", true],  // the testees package distro string (e.g. 'ubuntu-22.04')
+        "VERSION",
+    ]);
+
+    check_environment_variables([
+        "DOCKER_REGISTRY",
+        "EDITION",
+        "CROSS_EDITION_TARGET",
+        "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT",
+    ]);
+
+    def versioning = load("${checkout_dir}/buildscripts/scripts/utils/versioning.groovy");
+
+    def safe_branch_name = versioning.safe_branch_name(scm);
+    def branch_version = versioning.get_branch_version(checkout_dir);
+    def cmk_version_rc_aware = versioning.get_cmk_version(safe_branch_name, branch_version, params.VERSION);
+    def cmk_version = versioning.strip_rc_number_from_version(cmk_version_rc_aware);
+    def docker_tag = versioning.select_docker_tag(
+        "",                 // 'build tag'
+        safe_branch_name,   // 'branch' returns '<BRANCH>-latest'
+    );
+
+    def version = params.VERSION;
+    def distro = params.DISTRO;
+    def edition = params.EDITION;
+
+    def cross_edition_target = params.CROSS_EDITION_TARGET ?: "";
+    if (cross_edition_target) {
+        // see CMK-18366
+        distro = "ubuntu-22.04";
+    }
+    def make_target = build_make_target(edition, cross_edition_target);
+    def download_dir = "package_download";
+
+    currentBuild.description += (
+        """
+        |Run update tests for packages<br>
+        |safe_branch_name: ${safe_branch_name}<br>
+        |branch_version: ${branch_version}<br>
+        |cmk_version: ${cmk_version}<br>
+        |cmk_version_rc_aware: ${cmk_version_rc_aware}<br>
+        |docker_tag: ${docker_tag}<br>
+        |edition: ${edition}<br>
+        |distro: ${distro}<br>
+        |make_target: ${make_target}<br>
+        """.stripMargin());
+
+    print(
+        """
+        |===== CONFIGURATION ===============================
+        |safe_branch_name:...... │${safe_branch_name}│
+        |branch_version:........ │${branch_version}│
+        |cmk_version:........... │${cmk_version}
+        |cmk_version_rc_aware:.. │${cmk_version_rc_aware}
+        |branch_version:........ │${branch_version}│
+        |docker_tag:............ │${docker_tag}│
+        |cross_edition_target:.. |${cross_edition_target}|
+        |edition:............... │${edition}│
+        |distro:................ │${distro}│
+        |checkout_dir:.......... │${checkout_dir}│
+        |make_target:........... │${make_target}│
+        |===================================================
+        """.stripMargin());
+
+    // this is a quick fix for FIPS based tests, see CMK-20851
+    def build_node = params.CIPARAM_OVERRIDE_BUILD_NODE;
+    if (build_node == "fips") {
+        // Do not start builds on FIPS node
+        println("Detected build node 'fips', switching this to 'fra'.");
+        build_node = "fra"
+    }
+
+    stage("Prepare workspace") {
+        inside_container(
+            args: [
+                "--env HOME=/home/jenkins",
+            ],
+            set_docker_group_id: true,
+            ulimit_nofile: 1024,
+            mount_credentials: true,
+            priviliged: true,
+        ) {
+            dir("${checkout_dir}") {
+                // Cleanup test results directory before starting the test to prevent previous
+                // runs somehow affecting the current run.
+                sh("rm -rf ${WORKSPACE}/test-results");
+
+                /// remove downloaded packages since they consume dozens of MiB
+                sh("""rm -rf "${checkout_dir}/${download_dir}" """);
+
+                // Initialize our virtual environment before parallelization
+                sh("make .venv");
+
+                stage("Fetch Checkmk package") {
+                    upstream_build(
+                        relative_job_name: "builders/build-cmk-distro-package",
+                        build_params: [
+                            /// currently CUSTOM_GIT_REF must match, but in the future
+                            /// we should define dependency paths for build-cmk-distro-package
+                            CUSTOM_GIT_REF: cmd_output("git rev-parse HEAD"),
+                            EDITION: edition,
+                            DISTRO: distro,
+                        ],
+                        build_params_no_check: [
+                            CIPARAM_OVERRIDE_BUILD_NODE: build_node,
+                        ],
+                        dest: download_dir,
+                    );
+                }
+                try {
+                    stage("Run `make ${make_target}`") {
+                        dir("${checkout_dir}/tests") {
+                            docker.withRegistry(DOCKER_REGISTRY, "nexus") {
+                                sh("""
+                                    RESULT_PATH='${WORKSPACE}/test-results/${distro}' \
+                                    EDITION='${edition}' \
+                                    DOCKER_TAG='${docker_tag}' \
+                                    VERSION='${VERSION == "daily" ? VERSION : cmk_version}' \
+                                    DISTRO='${distro}' \
+                                    BRANCH='${safe_branch_name}' \
+                                    OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT='${env.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT}' \
+                                    make ${make_target}
+                                """);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                } finally {
+                    stage("Archive / process test reports") {
+                        dir("${WORKSPACE}") {
+                            show_duration("archiveArtifacts") {
+                                archiveArtifacts("test-results/**");
+                            }
+                            xunit([Custom(
+                                customXSL: "$JENKINS_HOME/userContent/xunit/JUnit/0.1/pytest-xunit.xsl",
+                                deleteOutputFiles: true,
+                                failIfNotNew: true,
+                                pattern: "**/junit.xml",
+                                skipNoTestFiles: false,
+                                stopProcessingIfError: true
+                            )]);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+return this;