diff --git a/e2e/tests/regression/test_ha.robot b/e2e/tests/regression/test_ha.robot
index 15cc9d1e5d..bc2121ace1 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/regression/test_ha.robot
+++ b/e2e/tests/regression/test_ha.robot
@@ -30,3 +30,18 @@ Disrupt Data Plane Traffic For Less Than Long Engine Replica Timeout
     And Wait for volume of statefulset 0 attached and degraded
     And Wait for volume of statefulset 0 healthy
     And Check statefulset 0 data in file data is intact
+
+Don't Orphan Processes When Node Not Ready
+    [Documentation]    Don't orphan processes when a node becomes not ready.
+    ...
+    ...                1. Create a volume of any size and a number of replicas equal to the number of nodes.
+    ...                2. Attach the volume to a node.
+    ...                3. Stop kubelet on the attached node long enough the node to become not ready and its instance
+    ...                   manager to have state unknown.
+    ...                   NOTE: The timing is important here. The instance manager reaches state unknown after
+    ...                   approximately 30 seconds. Approximately 6 minutes later, Kubernetes evicts most pods on the
+    ...                   node, including the instance manager pod, so the instance manager transitions to state error.
+    ...                   The remaining steps must be executed before this happens.
+    ...                4. Detach the volume.
+    ...                5. Verify that no instance-manager CR has a status.instanceEngines[<volume-name-e-...>].
+    ...                6. Verify that no instance-manager CR has a status.instanceReplicas[<volume-name-r-...>].